POTENTIAL FOR VISIBLE ANTI-FRENCH DEMONSTRATIONS ON THE OCCASION OF THE MITTERRAND VISIT TO GUINEA.

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• Case Number: F-2021-01784
• Publication Date: November 6, 1986

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TEXT: 1. MALINKE OFFICERS WITHIN: THE GUINEAIN .MILITARY ARE
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� � GUINEA 13-14 NOVEMBER 19BL AND MANY YOUNG MALINKE OFFICERS BELIEVE
THEY SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HIS PWESENCE TO STRIKE BOTH AGAINST THE
FRENCH PRESENCE IN GUINEA AS WELL AS THE REGIME OF PRESIDENT LANSANA
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. 2. THE MALINKE'S BELIEVE THAT BY VISIBCY DEMONSTRATIN:O AGAINST 'THE :
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- FRENCH MILITARY, -POLITICAL AND...COMMERCIAL:INTERESTS IN-GUINEA�I.:HEY:
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WOULD . BE ABLE TO :EXPLOIT DEEP ,..F,EELINGS -AMONG THE riAJ6Rny OF THE
RESIDENTS OF CONAKRY. THIS WOULD ENABLE THEM.: TO ACT ON BEHALF' OF THE .
�,. PEOPLE ...THEREBY -,RECOUP INd WHAT THE MALINKE LOST, POLIT ICALLY,---YAS'A
'RESULT OF THE FAILED COUP, D' ETAT OF � COLONEL DIARRA� TRAORE)) .IN JULY .
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� 3.. THE MALINKE. OFFICERS ALSO -BELIEVE THAT SUCH vi sIBLE 1G (IF
PiPyLmi DISCONTENT COULD ONLY SERVE Ta WEAXEN THE REGIME. OF PRESIDENT
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CONTE.:- THE THEME OF THE DEMONSTRATIONS WOULD BE TO CHARACTERIZE "
PRESIDENT COaTE AS A TOOL OFFRENCH INTERESTS IN GUINEA. . PRESIDENT
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- CONTE% WOULD BE ACCUSED OF HAVING SO6 . GUINEA TO THE FRENCH;
...:MITTERRAND'''S VISIT WAS 'SOLELY ' TO: SIGN THE BILL OF SALE ON - BEHALF OF '
41q, GOVERNMENT:
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COMMENT: SECURITY IS EXPECTED TO BE VERY TIGHT DURING
THE MITTERRAND VISIT AND THIS MAY SERVE TO RESTRAIN THE MORE '
AGGRESSIVE ELEMENTS AMONG THE MALINKE OFFICERS. ON THE OTHER HAND,
THEY ,MUST REALIZE THAT UNLESS THE CONTE REGIME IS WEAKENED NOW,
IT WILL BE DOUBLY. HARD TO 4vg-RuRow THE REGIME. LATER.)
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COMMENT: IT IS POSSIBLE AUTHORITIES ALREADY' HAVE WORD
OF THESE'PLANS.:' ON 22 OCTOBERJ90, THE MINISTER OF INTERIOR, ALPHA
OUMAR BAROU t(DIAL10)? APPEARED ON TELEVISIONO,W*ARN THE CITIZENRY
THAT ONLY THE GOVERNMENT MAY PUT UP POSTERS IN THE STREETS'OF'CONAKRY
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DURING THE MITTERRAND' VISIT.) '
6. --(EMBASSY COMMENT: AS NOTED' IN PARAAGRAPH:4 ABOVE; .SECURIfY
�ARRANGEMENTS, ESPECIALLY. IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA OF. CONAKRY,, ARE
EXPECTED TO BE EXTREMELY TIGHT AND IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT, IF NOT.:
COUNTERPRODUCTIVE, FOR THE -MALINWES TO ORGANIZE ANY DEMONSTRATIONS OR .-
DISTURBANCES DURING THE MITTERRAND VISIT. CONAKRY , IS A'!SOUSOU TOWN
AND ANY ATTEMPT BY'MALINKE OR-UTHER ETHNIC GROUPS TO ORGANIZE
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SOMETHING AGAINST ..CONT.t. IS LIKELY TO BACKFIRE AND,CAUSE A POPULAR
REACION AGAINST THE MALINKE MUCH AS WHAT HAPPENED IN THE AFTERMATH OF
THE JULY 4 1985 COUP ATTEMPT WHEN THE HOMES AND BUSINESSES OF
MALINKES WERE SACKED. IN ADDITION, THE SOUSOU-DOMINATED PRESIDENTIAL
GUARD MIGHT WELCOME AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR RECENTLY
ACQUIRED FRENCH TRAINING. WHILE THE GUINEANS MAY NOT BE OVERLY FOND
OF THE FRENCH, MOST WOULD ,BS - UPSET .IF�TRADTTIONAlf .A.FRICA.N
TO A �STRANGER WERE. INTERRUPTED BY UNSEEMLY DEMONSTRATIONS.)
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