TENTATIVE PLANS FOR ARMED REVOLT IN MOROCCO

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000200090005-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 23, 1998
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: December 13, 1946
• Content Type: IR

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SUBJECT Tentative Plans for Mad Revolt
in Morocco
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Moroccan Nationalists kLequest .Rusiaan Suppo
Nationalist Activities in Morocco and angler
(paragraph 4)
Policies of Proposed Nationalist .''rout In
Morocco (paragraphs 2 4 and 5)
Ivasiri., observing that Syria obtained some measure of independence
only after an armed revolt, stated that he is beginning to believe
that violence is the only means of gaining independence for
Morocco. Accordingly, he added, he has set up the following
tentative plan:
ae The members of the shda Nationalist Party in the Spanish one
(particularly the Western Rif_) aided by the Derkawa members
would collect as many small arras as possible, They would then
attempt to capture additional arms from the Spanisho
Sidi Ahmed Ben Saddle, Sherif and head of the Der wa religious
seat of Morocco, was recently reported to favor direct and
violent action as the best means of obtaining Moroccan indepen-
dence, He recently requested a visa to travel from Tangier to
Egypt where he intends to confer with the Grand Mufti and to
urge the Arab league to consider the m'moroccan request for Inde-
pendence. 25X1 A9a
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bo 'chose i-?at1 3 Zalist5, joined b_.? -one of the native troops
now ua or the S-)anish co innsd, Would take to the hills,
disrupt cotimun OUt:ion 11,1100 and otten pt to asuse as great
a stop' age of econonic ?and corr merc-_Z.al life as po?sible.
(Accorcl.3.nr t:) "as $ ri, the -a't1.o a acs's ai.ll coi f 1-Y LO
sct1Oni to the hill areas In ordor to avoid excessive loss
of lives.)
ce I ppeaals would be sent to the Co::3nuz .sts In the v'rench :.once
requestixr.'r t;`?ern to obstruct any action the ranch Arny
might consider t to aid In the suprossiOn of the
rovolt In the a;~pc ni sh F'w ?one. Siraultane oU.S a ppea "! s would
be made to the ~ ~an`lsl~ onr,unists to overthrow the 3'ranco
?~31 04i?12'.i s vrould be (dI.;'Y)#~tSC'E'Qd to the i [) League asks t~`"
them to use their influence to 'bx-inr the natter before
the U~y anc(, b,r threat of trouble LI, t ?Q ar -t, to
t~?(? s sittuatiofa
CliL;sCi t ho big, ;~t3~7~s?'S ~; J r. ~ ri9 't2at e ?" 6.
0. nnn -ppcal for, ai? iouid be r:,acte to "'?Ussia at #, hi s time.
2. the nortedly Comr iuniat ''arty members have encouraged this sohon o
and have hinted that it might be Y)oss .ble for "assia ships to
disembark small arms and o-immrit l.oxi on the ld.f oonst.
3 Ttasirl believes that with a fair supply of small. arms and az:Tmuaa.ii.tiorz
ho could hole out for five or six i'ionths In the, R1.." m juntairis because
the mountain area is not easily reached by t-iks ? nd because the
snanish beve few pia'- kail~d `c)7F`oet no high octane gasoline.
4n The .i1 OU1'0 mid abda 'oi ty_Q:s l.ovo reached an official ,,xac-uebt
to lace a roofe ei t0t Ve :11j. i"i1in 'LiJ tae v4.tOC ar :t.3 before
anv further local J o token. until that t, ; io the , will
reportedly not antaL oxiize either the krerAcl or "._,at,a.eh ?authuritios.
The Ixtiouclist loac o ,rs t gree that it will be bettor to attack
first because any ta,;zr1 s . r: 'a ins t; the 'A~ranch would. be
qu a.c'cly crushed 'yy t ho ;,ranch.
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