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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-552-5-20-1
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: December 2, 2011
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: August 11, 1975
• Content Type: MEMO

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THE WHITE HOUSE
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August 11, 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR SECRETARY KISSINGER
FROM: The Situation Room
SUBJECT: Information Items
New Argentine Cabinet Formed: President Peron appointed a new
cabinet today according to an FBIS report. Only two members
of the old.cabinet have been retained -- the defense and justice
ministers. The former foreign minister and education and cul-
tural minister, who have been severely criticized recently,
were among those dropped.
Soviet-Supplied SAM Equipment Readied for Use in Libya: An SA-2
brigade, the equipment for which was reportedly delivered to Libya
in February, was recently observed occupying. three firing posi-
tions near the port of Benghazi. When operational, they will
guard the port.and nearby Benina airfield as well as the oil-
fields to the south. Another brigade, first observed in May,'
is still located in its support facility near.Tripoli. These
units are manned by.Libyans, reportedly assisted by some 20. So
viet advisors with each battalion.
The Washington Star
Everett Aolles reports that Navy commandos have received special
training for possible assignment to American embassies in coun--
tries plagued by guerrilla terrorism, according to informed
sources in. San Diego.
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Fred Hoffman reports that U.S. intelligence analysts believe
Thailand and Malaysia have about 18 months to prepare for major
communist insurgencies. }
A Star editorial says another African tragedy is being played
out Angola,. once the brightest jewel in Portugal's imperial
crown. The accompanying gain for African. independence promises
to be a costly one for the nominal beneficiaries as well as the
routed colonialists. Ceasefires have broken down repeatedly
among the three major guerrilla organizations that agreed in
January to participate with the Portuguese in a transition
government. Besides an all-out civil war, the budding nation
faces an economic paralysis that could negate much of its rich
potential, with the departure of whites who have monopolized
the skilled jobs and administrative machinery. There are many .
reasons for the mess. The most basic problem in the plan to-
make Angola independent is the fact that, as in the rest of
black Africa, the colonial boundaries that served to delineate
European ownership bear only an accidental relationship, if any,
to Africa's tribal divisions. From the viewpoint of Angola's
-inheritors, three reasonably cohesive states might be preferable
to one facing the certainty of civil war. i
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