BREZHNEV MESSAGE TO ALGERIAN PRESIDENT URGES AID TO ARABS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-184-6-28-1
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: December 5, 2012
• Sequence Number: 28
• Publication Date: October 9, 1973
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

No Objection to Declassification in Full 2012/12/05: LOC-HAK-184-6-28-1
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BREZHNEV MESSAGE TO ALGERIAN PRESIDENT URGES AID TO ARABS
L091350 ALGIERS DOMESTIC SERVICE IN FRENCH 1300 GMT 9 OCT 73 L
(TEXT) 'LATE LAST NIGHT PRESIDENT HOUARI BOUMEDIENE?RECEIVED
THE ? SOVIET AIDASSADOR, WHO HANDED HIM AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM
THE CPSU CENTRAL COMMITTEE GENERAL SECRETARY ON THE NIDDLE EAST
SITUATION. THE MESSAGE READS:
RESPONSIBILITY FOR. THE. NEW MILITARY. FLARE-UP ? IN THE MIDDLE
EAST LIES ENTIRELY AND ? COMPLETELY WITH THE TEL AVIV LEADERS. ?
WHILE .ENJOYING SUPPORT AND PROTECTION FROM. IMPERIALIST. CIRCLES,
ISRAEL CONTINUES ITS AGGRESSION AGAINST .THE ARABS BEGUN IN
1967, FOILS ALL EFFORTS AIMED AT ESTABLISHING A JUST PEACE IN
THE MIDDLE EAST, AND DELIVERATELY STAGES PROVOCATIONS, INCLUDING
ARMED PROVOCATIONS, AGAINST SYRIA, EGYPT AND LEBANON, THUS
EXACERBATING THE SITUATION IN THIS REGION TO THE EXTREME.
I BELIEVE,- COMRADE PRESIDENT, THAT YOU WILL AGREE THAT, IN THE
STRUGGLE NOW BEING WAGED AGAINST ISRAELI AGGRESSION FOR THE ?
LLIBERATION OF ARAB TERRITORIES OCCUPIED IN 1967 AND. THE
SAFEGUARDING OF THE. LEGITIMATE RIGHTS?OF THE ARAB PEOPLE OF
PALESTINE, FRATERNAL ARAB SOLIDARITY CAN PLAY A DECISIVE ROLE
AS NEVER BEFORE. ? SYRIA AND EGYPT MUST NOT BE ALONE IN THEIR
STRUGGLE. AGAINST A TREACHEROUS ENEMY. THERE IS AN URGENT?
NEED FOR THE. GREATEST POSSIBLE AID AND SUPPORT OF THE PROGRESSIVE
REGIMES IN THESE COUNTRIES,. WHICH, LIKE ALGERIA, (7 ARE THE HOPE)
FDR PROGRESS ANP FREEDOM IN THE ARAB WORLD.
THE CPSU CENTRAL COMMITTEE AND THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT ARE
FIRMLY CONVINCED THAT THE ALGERIAN LEADERS, WHO HAVE EXTENSIVE
EXPERIENCE IN THE ANTI-.IMPERIALISTS STRUGGLE, UNDERSTAND FULL
WELL ALL THE REGULARITIES OF THE PRESENT SITUATION AND THAT,
GUIDED BY THE IDEALS OF FRATERNAL SOLIDARITY, WILL USE ALL MEANS
AT THEIR DISPOSAL AND TAKE ALL THE. REQUIRED STEPS WITH A VIEW TO
SUPPORTING SYRIA AND EGYPT IN THE DIFFICULT STRUGGLE IMPOSED
BY THE ISRAELI AGGRESSOR.
DEAR COMRADE PRESIDENT, YOUR HIGH PERSONAL PRESTIGE IN THE =NIRO
VORLD COUNTRIES, WHICH PARTICULARLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE GREAT SUCCESS
OF THE FOURTH NONALINED CONFERENCE, UNDOUBTEDLY GIVES YOU THE
MEANS OF ACTING WITH THE ARAB STATES WITH A VIEW TO BRINGING
ABOUT A UNITED STAND IN THE FACE OF COMMON DANSER.
AS FOR THE SOVIET UNION, IT GIVES ALL-ROUND AID AND SUPPORT
TO THE FRIENDLY ARAB STATES IN THEIR JUST STRUGGLE AGAINST
IMPERIALIST ISRAELI AGGRESSION.
9 OCT 1456l PK/WP
MORI/CDF
C05510030
No Objection to Declassification in Full 2012/12/05: LOC-HAK-184-6-28-1