INFORMATION ITEMS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-549-1-50-6
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: October 25, 2011
• Sequence Number: 50
• Publication Date: February 26, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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FM THE SITUATION ROOM //TOHAK 15//
TO LARRY EAGLEBURGER FOR SEC. KISSINGER
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TO HA K 15
FEBRUARY 26, 1974
MEMORANDUM FOR:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
THE PRESIDENT
HENRY A. KISSINGER
INFORMATION ITEMS
NSA & NGA review (s)
completed
ETHIOPIAN TROOPS REBEL IN ASMARA: REUTERS REPORTS THAT ETHIOPIAN
TROOPS HAVE SEIZED CONTROL OF THE NORTHERN CITY OF ASMARA. THE
SOLDIERS, APPARENTLY LED BY JUNIOR OFFICERS, HAVE CLOSED THE
CITY'S AIRPORT, ALL BANKS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS OFFICES, AND ROADS,
THE REPORT SAID. THE REASON FOR THE REVOLT WAS NOT CLEAR EUT
FIRST REPORTS SAID IT APPEARED TO BE A PROTEST OVER PAY RATHER
THAN AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT.
THE REPORT SAID A NUMBER OF SENIOR ETHIOPIAN OFFICERS HAD BEEN
PLACED UNDER GUARD IN ASMARA, ALTHOUGH IT WAS NOT KNOWN WHO THEY
MORI PER
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WERE OR HOW MANY WERE HELD. PASSENGERS WERE TURNED AWAY FROM
ASMARA AIRPORT TODAY BY GROUPS OF SOLDIERS. ONE TRAVELER SAID
HE WAS CONFRONTED BY ABOUT A DOZEN TROOPS UNDER THE COMMAND OF
A SECOND LIEUTENANT. THESE SOLDIERS WERE REPORTED AS SAYING
THEY WERE NOT AGAINST THE REGIME AS SUCH. THEY SAID THEY COULD
NOT LIVE ON THE MONEY THEY WERE PAID.
ENTER EDIT REQUEST OR REVIEW MESSAGE FOR PSN 19787
THE REPORT SAID A NUMBER OF SENIOR ETHIOPIAN OFFICERS HAD BEEN
PLACED UNDER GUARD IN ASMARA, ALTHOUGH IT WAS NOT KNOWN WHO THEY
WERE OR HOW MANY WERE HELD. PASSENGERS WERE TURNED AWAY FROM
ASMARA AIRPORT TODAY BY GROUPS OF SOLDIERS. ONE TRAVELER SAID
HE WAS CONFRONTED BY ABOUT A DOZEN TROOPS UNDER THE COMMAND OF
A SECOND LIEUTENANT. THESE SOLDIERS WERE REPORTED AS SAYING
THEY WERE NOT AGAINST THE REGIME AS SUCH, THEY SAID THEY COULD
NOT LIVE ON THE MONEY THEY WERE PAID.
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2011/10/27: LOC-HAK-549-1-50-6