DISSATISFACTION OF LIBYAN STUDENTS WITH ATTITUDE OF REVOLUTIONARY COMMAND COUNCIL TOWARDS STUDENT COMMUNITY AND PRESS AND WITH PRO-EGYPTIAN POLICIES OF GOVERNMENT

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Fall of the Libyan Monarchy
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06750017
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: August 20, 2019
• Document Release Date: August 30, 2019
• Publication Date: December 2, 1969

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DISSATISFACTION OF LIBYAN STUDENTS WITH ATTITUDE OF
REVOLUTIONARY COMMAND COUNCIL TOWARDS STUDENT
COMMUNITY AND PRESS AND WITH PRO-EGYPTIAN POLICIES
OF GOVERNMENT
SUMMARY. STUDENTS IN BENGHAZI AND TRIPOLI ARE '
DISSATISFIED WITH THE ATTITUDE OF REVOLUTIONARY COMMAND COUNCIL
(RCC) CHAIRMAN COLONELOU'AMMARQADHAFI")TOWARDS THE
STUDENT BODY AND PRESS,. AND STUDENTS IN TRIPOLITANIA HAVE
CIRCULATED LEAFLETS AGAINST THE PRO-UNITED ARAB REPUBLICWAR)
POLICIES OF THE GOVERNMENT. END SUMMARY.
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THE STUDENTS IN BeNGliAZI REGARDED COLONEL
QADHAFI IS SPEECH AT THE. STUDENT RALLY IN BENGHAZI ON 6 NOVEMBER
1 969 AS A FAILURE. THE STUDENTS OBJECTED TO QADHAFI''S TURNING
ASIDE QUESTIONERS SEEKING APPROVAL .FOR A STUDENTS UNION, TO HIS
� � STATEMENTS THAT STUDENTS NEEDED NO MEDIATION AND SHOULD COME
"DIRECT" TO THE RCC, AND TO HIS ADMONITION THAT THE STUDENTS
_ SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO THEIR STUDIES AND LET THE GOVERNMENT RUN
THINGS. THE STUDENTS FOUND QADHAFI SUPERFICIAL IN HIS APPROACH
AND RESENTED HIS EFFORTS TO JOKE ABOUT SERIOUS MATTERS.
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4. STUDENTS AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS IN TRIPOLITANIA
CIRCULATED TRACTS ON THE DATES GIVEN, EXPRESSING THEIR
OPPOSITION TO THE EGYPTIAN LEANINGS OF THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT:
TRIPOLI SECONDARY SCHOOL, 24 NOVEMBER
TRIPOLI GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL, 25 NOVEMBER
GHARIAN SECONDARY SCHOOL, 25 NOVEMBER, AND
FACULTY OF SCIENCE, LIBYA UNIVERSITY IN TRIPOLI,
26 NOVEMBER.
5. THE RCC SENT TWO RCC MEMBERS TO THE TRIPOLI SECONDARY
SCHOOL ON 24 NOVEMBER TO CONFRONT THE STUDENTS ON THEIR OPPOSITION
ACTIVITIES AND A HEATED ARGUMENT ENSUED. THE OFFICERS TRIED TO
ASSURE THE STUDENTS THAT THE RCC INTENDS ONLY TO ALIGN ITSELF
WITH THE UAR IN INTERNATIONAL POLICIES AND IN "IDEOLOGY". THE
STUDENTS REFUSED TO BELIEVE THE RCC OFFICERS AND PRESSED FOR
LESS EVASIVE ANSWERS.
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THE RCC OFFICERS WHO VISITED THE TRIPOLI .
� SECONDARY SCHOOL BECAME IMPATIENT WHEN ONE OF THE STUDENTS ASKED
WHY, IF THE GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, WAS THE
NEWSPAPER "AL�MAIDAN" CLOSED BECAUSE OF AN ARTICLE CRITICIZING
'PLANS FOR UNION WITH EGYPT. THE OFFICERS REPLIED THAT THEY
HAD NOT COME TO "DISCUSS POLITICS". THE STUDENTS THEN RIDICULED
THE OFFICERS, ASKING WHY THEY HAD COME IF NOT TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS. THE OFFICER'S REPLIED THAT THESE QUESTIONS WOULD
� HAVE TO BE ANSWERED BY RCC CHAIRMAN QADHAFI. THE STUDENTS THEN
ASKED FOR CHAIRMAN QADHAFI TO COME AND TALK.TO THEM.
S. RATHER THAN TALK WITH THE STUDENTS, QADHAFI DECIDED TO'
HOLD A DISCUSSION WITH THE TEACHERS AND THIS.WAS DONE ON 28
NOVEMBER IN AITELEVISED PROGRAM. PUBLIC REACTION TO THE PROGRAM
HAS BEEN INTENSE WITH A PREVAILING VIEW THAT QADHAFI "MADE A -
FOOL OF HIMSELF" IN, TRYING TO COPE WITH THE ISSUES RAISED AND IN
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HIS PERSONAL BEHAVIOR BEFORE THE CAMERAS.
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