INFORMATION ITEMS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-551-3-39-4
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: June 1, 2010
• Sequence Number: 39
• Publication Date: August 28, 1975
• Content Type: CABLE

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INSTRUCTIONS APPLY
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VIETNAM, AL)OITIONAL1 Y, LAF2GF NUMOIRS OF AMMINTSTRATTVE
EXPE4 TS ROM NORTH VIETNAM HAVE BEFN REQUIRED F4ECAUSF OF
THE AHOPTA5 OF 30U'`$ RN CC.MMUNNIF?TS WITH NECF$84NY SKILLS
ANTI E XPER IENCE. i MANY OF THESE PFPSONNEL ARF" SE TNG PL AGED
IN KEY MANAt F$FNT AND ADMINI.$TRATIVE PO3ITTONS IN SOUTH
VIETNAM.,
pop Ap. MQV MENT SHOWING MTL!TAWY, POLITICAL STRFMRTH IN
ANGO} Am THE POPULAR MAVEMFNT OF THt LIUFRAT1ow OF ANGOLA
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ANGOLA IN RECENT WEEK, $UT THE NATIONAL FRONT FOR THE
LIM>FRATIcnN OF 4NtUI?A ANO THE NATIONAL UNION FOR TMF TOTAL.
INOEEENi:>F'NCk OF ANGOLA MAY STILL MF AI L.E TO SQUEF7F THE
MOVEMENT FTWEFN THEM? $00 THEIR PART, THF'? PoaTUGUFSt
ARE UNALIL:F: TO PEASSERT THEIR AUTHORITY QVER TGIF TERRITORY.
THE POpU, AR MOVEMENT RAS 4EEN SUCCESSFUL 30 FAR kIFCAUSF: ITS
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OF ITS RIVALS,, MILITARY ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY THE SUVIET
UNION xS ran tF THAN ADEQUATE FOR THE NEEDS OF THESE FORCES,
IT GIVFS FVE.RY FvJ0kNC tT BEING SET ON (%AINTNG CONTROL OVER
AS MUCH OF ANt f)LA AS rP053IftE RETW>;1 EN. NOW AND .NOVEMBER Ile
AT LFAST, HUVEMENT LEADERS WANT TO OF IN THE BEST POSSIBLE
MILITARY PnSTTTO TO TAKE OVER THE TERRITORY BY FORCE WHEN
PORTUGAL HOWS OUT, THE Popov. AR MOVEMENT IS CALI,0HT N HOWE,VF;R,
ETwFEr Tl FNfNT IN THE NORTH AND THE UNION TO THE SUUTH.
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THEM IF THEY CAN r L,LII'K.Y GAIN THE NECESSARY MILITARY MOMENTUM.
EVEN IF THEY SEIZE THE INITIATIVE FROM THE MOVEMENT, THE
OE$T THEY MAY RE. ABLE TO ACHIEVE IS TO FIGHT TO A STALEMATE
AND FOP CF THE +4GVEMENT TO AGREE TO ANOTHER COALITION GOVERN.
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AND REPLACE'O THEIR DISCREOTTFn COMMANOF?R IN CHIEF, GFPIERAL
NOMA LA.PL,. ANE., ACCOR0XN0 TO PRESS REPORTS FROM PUENnS A IRE'S.
PERON 1 S ACCEPTANCE L'IL! TLi1LI' GENERAL'S rtESIGNATTnN PAI SFS
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CAN NOW HL` RESOLVE'), NAMED TO REPLACE NUMA LAPLANE WAS
PPNE !A1. JORt+E VIDELA, COMMANDER OF THE JOINT ARMY STAFF?
PERON REPORTEOLY MADE THE r EC!SION AFTER LFNrTHY MFE:TYNGS
YLSTH oAY WITH CAHINET MPMREPS, PARTY AND LABOR LEAOFRS,
AND KEY MILITARY OFFICERS, VTOFL-A WAS AMONG THOSE OFFTCFRl
LE.ADINM THE MOVE, TO OUST NOMA LAPLANE, HIS ACCESSION TO THE.
POST MFANS THAT AT LEAST mlE OFFICER SENIOR TO HIM WAS FnRCEJ
INTO RFTTREF1FNT, THE CONFLICT WITH THE MILITARY, WHICH AP-
PEARS TO BE SUBSIUIM , WAS ONLY THE LATEST IN A -SERIES OF
CRISES THAT HAVE ROCKED THE PERON GOVERNMENT SINCE THE O MTSF
OF SfCTAL WELFARE MINISTER AND PRESIr)ENTTAL ADVISER LOPEI
R GA,TWO MONTHS AGO, AS L nNt AS PEWfl'i REMAINS IN OFFICE,
SUCCEEtING CRIES SEPM INEVITABLE BECAUSE OF HFR LACK OF
LEAOFRSHIP AND Sl,l3r,EPTX1LXLITY TO MANIPULATION..
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