AL-QADHDHAFI SPEAKS ON U.S. EVACUATION ANNIVERSARY

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• Publication Date: June 11, 1977
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[Summary] President Mathieu Kerekou of Benin, who arrived in Algiers this afternoon,
had a private talk with President Boumediene in the People's Palace early this evening.
President Kerekou, who said after the talks that he was on a friendly visit, is attending
a dinner given by President Boumediene tonight.
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[Text] Darnah, 11 June--Brother Col Mu'ammar al-Qadhdhafi has announced that when the
Jamahiriyah arose in defense of Benin in the wake of the foreign invasion, it was doing
so only out of a duty to defend itself since the invasion was aimed against a part of
the African Continent in which we live. In the speech he delivered this evening during
the celebrations marking the seventh anniversary of the evacuation of U.S. forces from
the soil of the homeland, the brother colonel affirmed that if an invasion against any
progressive revolution in Africa succeeded It would be a precedent which might
encourage aggressors to crush progressive revolutions in Africa one after the other.
Brother Col Mu'ammar al-Qadhdhafi affirmed that progressive revolutions in Africa should
ally themselves to repulse acts of aggression against them. He said: This is what we
have always stressed and this is what we should insist upon until it becomes an established
fact. This is a decision which can be made by the African nations which 1-Vv-under
progressive regimes.
The brother colonel affirmed that these nations have the right to adopt collectively all
measures which will insure their independence and ability to repel aggression.
Brother Col Mu'ammar al-Qadhdhafi called for the convocation of an Arab summit conference
in Tripoli in the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriyah. In the speech he
delivered this evening during celebrations in Darnah marking the seventh anniversary of
the evacuation of U.S. forces from the Jamahiriyah, the brother colonel specified the
agenda of this conference to be made up of the following five points: 1) The Palestine
question; 2) Arab territories occupied in 1967; 3) The question of the Saharan
Democratic Arab Republic, in other words, El Saguia el Hamra; 4) The need to agree on
an annual summit meeting; 5) And finally, the need to find a formula similar to the
1957 Rome treaty which led to the European Common Market.
Col al-Qadhdhafi said that the Jamahiriyah has the ability to follow up its words with
deeds and that this country can influence the Arab position whether in negotiations or
battle. He said that he sees no obstacle to the realization of this pan-Arab meeting.
All bilateral and regional problems should be dropped or shelved, or allowed to take
their natural course in order to ultimately lead to a solution of the contradictions.
Each of us must put bargaining aside if he is confident of himself and should accept
this solution despite all the differences.
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I believe that this has now become necessary and very suitable in Tripoli also. If
anybody wants to impede this pan-Arab action in favor of the enemy, to entrench occupa-
tion and enable the butchers in the occupied land to carry out their threats, let him then
raise bilateral problems, political and social contradictions, and personal considerations,
which will be solved by a revolution. Thus,. time will.pass at the expense 'of the Arab
nation and in favor of the enemy. However, we can dress our wounds for the sake of
pan-Arab action.
Brother Col Mu'ammar al.-Qadhdhafi affirmed that. what is being said about a meeting between
the chairman of the General People's Committee and the-Egyptian prime minister is merely
a proposal by the speaker of the confederation National Assembly. We have nothing to do
with this proposal. He explained that the post of prime minister in Egypt has no
counterpart in the Jamahiriyah and that the only political post in the Jamahiriyah is
that of the foreign secretary. He said that the 'post of chairman of the General PeopleTs
Committee is not a political one and that all other posts are merely administrative and
executive. .
The brother colonel said that the subject-of this meeting has not. yet been discussed
.because the wounds are still bleeding and the stabs are still bloody. Hence, the proposal
for the meeting was a hasty matter.
Brother Col Mu'ammar al- Qadhdhafi asked the -Arab. leaders not to feel embarrassed about
discussing the question of El Sagui el Hamra during the.Tripoli summit conference he
called for. He said:. If this question is to-be discussed at an African summit conference,
it should first be studied by an Arab summit conference as one of several.points pertaining
to the pan-Arab issue. He added that all parties concerned should attend this conference.
It is not necessary to agree on the solution in advance because discussing this question is
bettet? than not discussing it at all. He explained that nothing is lost even if the
parties concerned differ. The loss would be in not raising the question at.all.
Brother Col Mu'ammar al- Qadhdhefi announced that the agreement which was signed between
the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriyah and Tunisia on the question of the contin-
ental shelf will be included in the agenda of the popular congresses for ratification prior
to referring it to the International. Court of Justice. He.expressed his belief that the
problem of the continental shelf' has ended on the bilateral level and that it has taken
its natural course. The agreement which. was signed between the two countries yesterday
stipulates that the two countries should ratify this agreement.
Leader of the revolution Col M1Tammar al-Qadhdhafi-clarified the policy of the Socialist
People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriyah toward the Soviet Union and the United States. He. said:
Our relations with the Soviet Union have become stronger because it did not treat us the
way the United. States did. He added:. The Soviet Union pledged to support our legitimate
struggle and our right to defend ourselves. It sold us-arms-which enabled us to improve
our defensive capability. We were able to arm our people who were 'transformed into an
armed people resisting aggression.
Brother al- Qadhdhafi pointed put that the Soviet Union did not.cease its.cooperation with
the Jamahiriyah in the economic-field, unlike the United States, which-is determined to
commit aggression against us and bars us from buying-goods from it. Even the goods we
paid for were withheld. The United States refused to hand-them over-.to us.
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Colonel al-Qadhdhafi said: We paid America in advance but it refused to hand over the
goods, whereas we buy our goods from, the Soviet Union with great facility, even paying
in installments sometimes. Colonel al-Qadhdhafi pointed out that the Soviet Union
supports our struggle and supports us against neocolonialism, whereas the policy of the
United States is contrary to this. It leads neocolonialism in the world and stands against
our legitimate struggle to entrench our independence and freedom.
Colonel Al- Qadhdhafi said that we should draw lessons from history. He said: History
repeats itself. What happened in the past might happen in the future. The existing
contradictions among the Arab regimes...[incomplete sentence as received]
Colonel al-Qadhdhafi affirmed that the revolution is coming that will solve these
contradictions. This revolution will come from the inside and not the outside. Our avante
guard revolutionary and progressive role is genuine support for the Arab masses and
revolutionary forces. Colonel al-Qadhdhafi said: We can make the decision which cannot
be made by anybody else, namely, to live as free men or die to the last man..
JN120054Y Tripoli ARNA in inglish 0040 GMT 12 Jun 77 JN
[Text] Tripoli, 12 June--Colonel Mu'ammar al-Qadhdhafi, the leader of the revolution,
tonight called on the American people to stand on the side of the Palestinian people
because they are fighting for a just cause and exercising their legal right of self-defense.
Addressing a mass rally here to celebrate the American forces eviction day, Colonel
al-Qadhdhafi said President Carter had declared that he wants to change the American
policy at least by not adopting dictatorships and freedom-killing reactionary regimes
in the world. He said this is something praiseworthy since Carter wants the American
people to stand on the side of the causes of justice and not of injustice and aggression.
The Palestinian people struggle for a just cause, and so the Americans should stand on their
side, he declared.
Colonel al- Qadhdhafi said President Carter seems to be a good man, a religious man and
wants to do something. I have said he cannot solve the causes of other people, but can
reduce the tension between his people and the people of the world.
Colonel-al- Qadhdhafi said there are some problems between us and America at present.
We befriend anyone who seeks our friendship and make an enemy with anyone hostile to us.
America has to choose between changing its unjust policy towards us or we have to carry on
with our attitude towards America.
He added that America has no justification at all in not accepting a Libyan ambassador.
He said when the American President is asked by the Congress why you do not accept
a Libyan ambassador he has no answer, no logical answer.at all. These are wrong attitudes.
Col al- Qadhdhafi said this is one condition for the American President to prove that he is
actually moving towards changing American policy and easing the intensity of hostilities
beti"reen his people and other peoples.
He said America holds a number of Libyan military transport planes, the price of which we
paid to American companies and which were manufactured especially for us, but the former
American government refused to have them exported to us. Colonel al-Qadhdhafi called on the
U.S. President to prove that his policy is not appressive or wrong by liftinf.; the ban on
delivery of Libyan aircraft purchased from the United States, because they are the property
of the Libyan Arab people.
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When the U.S. Congress asked the U.S. President about the reasons for such a ban, he told
the Congress that this is something that had occurred but maybe it will not last.
Colonel al-Qadh6haf i proposed transforming the purchased aircraft into civilian ones if
the Americans were afraid to deliver-them-in their military form. In any case they are
our aircraft and the U.S. Government should have no pretext to continue withholding
them.
It is the right of the United States to prevent the export of its goods, but as we are
talking within the framework of relations, we can ask: Why does this government prevent
the export of these goods to this state?. The U.S. Government has no justification for
withholding American goods purchased by Libya, mainly the aircraft.
In order to facilitate the mission of the U.S. Government and avoid its embarrassment
before the Congress, we say we will accept the aircraft for civilian purposes. But as
for military purposes, we later concluded contracts for the purchase of a number of air.
craTt which are better and excel the American C-130 planes. If we want to use military
transport planes for military purposes, we have the military planes for use in these
purposes. The seizure of the aircraft, will not prevent us from using other aircraft
for these purposes.
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[Text] Tripoli, 12 June--Colonel al-Qadhdhafi stressed that legitimate defense by the
citizens of the Jamahiryah, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco against aggressive U.S. campaigns
was considered piracy by the colonialists at the end of the 18th and the beginning of the
19th centuries. He said that the struggle which the colonialists considered as piracy
at the time was legitimate and that the Arab r:ople in the Jamahiriyah, Tunisia, Algeria
and Morrocco were waging a holy war in defense of their homeland.
Al-Qadhdhafi pointed out that the Arabs want to liberate their territory occupied in
198 and 1967. He said that the Arabs are not pirates or terrorists, as the West
alleges. He said that those who launched aggression on the Arab land and occupied it- by
force are the terrorists.
Colonel al-Qadhdhafi scoffed at Zionist and U.S. allegations which describe the struggle
of the Arab nation as terrorism. He also scoffed at attempts to debate this issue at
the United Nations. He said: We welcome submission of the issue of international terrorism
to the United Nations. We have a complete and convincing explanation of international
terrorism. We are the first to confront terrorism. We urge the United Nations to increase
its efforts to eliminate the new phenomenon of international terrorism represented in
the threats by the fleets of the colonialist countries against our people.
Al-Qe'.dhdhafi stressed that the Zionist invasion of Palestine backed by the big powers
in 1966 and 1973 and the occupation of independent Arab land are international terrorism.
Al-Qadhdhaf i said that history repeats itself. He said that this chapter of history we
are now reading in Darnah and which take us back to the end of the 18th century and the
beginning of the 19th century seems to be similar to a great extent to the age we are
living through at present. He said that we must learn the lesson of history from this
chapter. We must read this history anew, as it will help us in the confrontation with
the enemies of the present and the future. He said that the useful lesson is that the
popular resistance of our people will not be conquered and that barbaric campaigns,
however great, cannot conquer a people who are determined to fight and defend their
homeland.
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Colonel al-C?,adhdiafi noted that international terrorism his been renewed once again
against the peoples who want to live free. He said that our people are now being subjected
to new international terrorism from the same colonialist forces who are again trying to
enslave and humiliate our people and embezzle their resources. He further said that
aggression is aggression and man is man, and this has not changed. He said that the period
which separates us from. the international terrorism at the beginning of the 19th century
is not long in the life of peoples and nations. He said that international terrorism
has appeared once again, particularly against our people. He pointed out that the U.S.
b'arines in 1805 are the same U.S. Marines in 1977. He pointed out that the agents of
1005 are also the agents of 1977. He said that the international plots against our
people at that period are the same as those being concocted against us at present. He
stressed that the Libyan Arab people who resisted colonialist campaigns in 1805 are the
same people today [words indistinct] of resisting new campaigns.
[Text] Tripoli, 11 June--Secretary of Foreign Affairs 'Ali 'Abd as-Sala m at-Turayki
returned to Tripoli this evening after a 5-day visit to Tunisia during which he held
discussions with Tunisian officials on the promotion of relations between the two countries
and signed an agreement referring the continental shelf issue to the International Court
of Justice.
In a statement at Tripoli airport, At-Turayki said: ?1y visit to fraternal Tunisia has
been successful. The Tunisian president, government and people have appreciated the
desire of the leader of the Great 1 September Revolution and the people of the Jamahiriyah
to preserve the fraternal relations between the.two peoples. Prompted by our sense of
responsibility, we reached positive results which will contribute to the promotion of
relations between the two countries. Dr at-Turayki added: This positive spirit which
now pervades the relations between the Jamahiriyah and Tunisia has made the Tunisian
people happy. All this is due.to the desire of the two leaders, Habib Bourguiba and
Colonel Mu'ammar al-Qadhdhafi. The results which we have achieved will have an impact
not only on the two countries but also on the Arab homeland.
Concluding his statement, At-Turaylci said: I can say that my visit has been very
positive and its results will be apparent in the near future.
Dr at-Turayki left Carthage airport today. He was seen off at the airport by Tunisian
Foreign ;Iinister Habib Chatti, Secretary of State Brahim Turki, Tunisian Ambassador to
the Jana hiriyah Mahmoud Charchour, Libyan Ambassador to 11unisia 'Abd al-Iiamid az-Zintani and
senior officials of the Tunisian Foreign Ninistry.
In a press statement at the airport, Dr at-Turayl:i said: I would like to express our
thanks and appreciation to the people and Government of Tunisia for the fraternal re-
ception accorded the Libyan delegation during its visit to Tunisia. The days we spent
in Tunisia were few but very eventful. During these few days we were able to demonstrate
the political will and desire of Presidents Bourguiba and A1-Qadhdhtfi to promote re-
lations between the two countries. Our work will give our bilateral relations some
significance and achieve the aspirations of the two peoples. Dr at Tura y::i added: The
stets achieved in the interest'of the two peoples spring from the bonds of blood and
spirit that have e::isted from time immemorial. ';e hope that these relations will be
further strengthened in the interests of the two countries.
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In a statement to ARNA, Tunisian Foreign Minister Habib Chatti said: I would like to
express my happiness over the steps which have been taken to promote relations and
remove the obstacles to them. We hope to achieve the common interests. We are sure
that we have taken a step toward achieving our common objectives. We are optimistic
about the future of our.relations and sure that the coming days will witness the
further strengthening of bilateral relations within the framework of our common inter-
ests.
Concluding, Chatti said: The credit for what we have achieved during the talks goes
to the wisdom of the two leaders, Habib Bourguiba and Mu'ammar al-Qadhdhafi, and their
desire to strengthen and promote these relations for the common good, as well as their
desire to preserve Arab solidarity and to remove-all the obstacles which hamper the
promotion of cooperation, relations and common interests.
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[Text] Tripoli, 10 June--President of the Republic of Genin Mathieu Kerekou has
arrived in Tripoli on.a visit of several days to the Socialist People's Libyan Arab
Jamahiriyah. He was received at the 'Ugbah ibn Nafi base airport by Brother Maj Abd
as-Salam Ahmad Jallud and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces Col Abu Bakr Yunis
Jabir. Also participating in the reception were Chairman of the General People's
Committee Brother Abd al-Ati Al-Ubaydi and a number of secretaries.
President Kerekou made a statement to an ARNA correspondent. He said: This visit
comes within the framework of consultations between the Great 1 September Revolution
and the Benin people's revolution and the strengthening of the links of friendship
between them. The Benin president lauded the support and aid being given to Benin by
the Libyan Jamahiriyah under the leadership of Brother Mu'ammar al-Qadhdhafi, leader
of the Great 1 September Revolution.. Pre-61--dent Kerekou denounced the invasion to
which his country was subjected in January by certain reactionary African countries
allied with colonialism. These countries trained mercenaries to invade Benin.
Speech at Darnah Rally
JN121020Y Tripoli ARNA in Arabic 0830 GMT 12 Jun 77 JN
[Excerpts] Tripoli,-12 June--Mathieu.Kerekou, the'guest of-the -Jamahiriyah and
president of the.Republic-of Benin', made a speech at the ceremony he attended on the
occasion of evacuation day held in Darnah yesterday. Addressing the brother-colonel,
the officials, and the sons of the Libyan people, he said:
I would like first to convey the greetings of the struggling people in Benin to the
people of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriyah. -We extend our deep thanks
and gratitude to our comrade in struggle Mu'ammar al-Qadhdhafi, who extended an in-
.vitation bo us to visit the -hospitable'Arab land of the Socialist People's Libyan
Arab Jamahiriyah..-I and the delegation accompanying me are very happy to be with-you
and to share with you your great Joy in the-evacuation 7 years ago of the'U.S'. forces
from the beloved homeland.
He said: We will take this opportunity to acquaint ourselves with the great achieve-
ments attained in all fields by the Great 1 September Revolution. We hail the great
efforts being exerted by this revolution to bring progress and prosperity to this
society.
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