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NOTED THE SPECIAL PROBLEMS SURROUNDING THE ALERT OF US FORCES
LAST WEEK, AND POINTED OUT OUR INTENTION TO ENSURE EVEN FULLER
AND FASTER CONSULTATIONS IN THE FUTURE.
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ON APRIL 2 1977 THE SECRETARY CYRUS VANCE MET FOR 80 MINUTES PRIVATELY AT THE RESIDENCE IN PARIS WITH BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER VAN ELSLANDE AT THE LATTER'S REQUEST. VAN ELSLANDE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY HIS PERSONAL AIDE, VAN BELLINGHEN. UNDER
SECRETARY HABIB ALSO ATTENDED.
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SCANDAL TITILLATED - WITH THE UNFOLDING DETAILS OF THE $1.2 BILLION EUROSYSTEM HOSPITALIER CONSTRUCTION SCANDAL IN SAUDI ARABIA.
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BASED ON TWO REPORTS OF BELGIAN INTEREST IN OIL
PURCHASES (REFTELS), WE WERE ABLE TO PUT DIRECT QUESTION TO WELL-PLACED ECONOMICS MINISTRY OFFICIAL, CITING REPORTS FROM "SEVERAL" US EMBASSIES. OUR SOURCE GROANED AND TOLD US "THE WHOLE STORY".
US CONVERSATION ON MIDEAST WITH TINDEMANS IN '73Thierry Debels
I WENT ON TO EMPHASIZE THAT, SINCE THE ARABS KNOW THAT ONLY THE US CAN HELP BRING ABOUT A POLITICAL SETTLEMENT, EUROPEAN DISSOCIATION FROM THE US AND CAPITULATION TO THE ARABS NOT ONLY WOULD NOT ENSURE EUROPE'S OIL SUPPLY BUT COULD ENHANCE
SOVIET INFLUENCE. TINDEMANS EXPRESSED FULL AGREEMENT ON THIS POINT AND INTIMATED THAT, IN THE CABINET, HE HAD OPPOSED THE PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE ARMS EMBARGO. I ALSO REVIEWED US EFFORTS TO CONSULT WITH OUR EUROPEAN ALLIES THROUGHOUT THE CRISIS,
NOTED THE SPECIAL PROBLEMS SURROUNDING THE ALERT OF US FORCES
LAST WEEK, AND POINTED OUT OUR INTENTION TO ENSURE EVEN FULLER
AND FASTER CONSULTATIONS IN THE FUTURE.
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SOVIETS TRIED TO MASSAGE MARTENS ABOUT AFGHANISTANThierry Debels
THE SOVIET AMBASSADOR MADE A DEMARCHE TO
BELGIAN PRIME MINISTER MARTENS DECEMBER 28 ATTEMPTING TO EXPLAIN THE SOVIET INTERVENTION IN AFGHANISTAN (TRANSLATION OF DEMARCHE IS IN PARA. 11). SOVIETS ALSO MADE A SIMILAR
EXPLANATION TO US WHICH PROVIDED US THE OPPORTUNITY TO
ELICIT FURTHER SOVIET VIEWS, AS WELL AS TO INDICATE THE
LEVEL OF CONCERN. THE SOVIETS SOUGHT TO BLAME CHINA,
PAKISTAN AND THE US FOR FOMENTING THE INTERNAL PROBLEMS
IN AFGHANISTAN WHICH NECESSITATED THE INTERVENTION. THEY
ALSO INSISTED THAT KARMAL WOULD BE MORE MODERATE IN BOTH
HIS INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL POLICIES AND ADMITTED THAT IT
WAS NECESSARY TO REMOVE AMIN BECAUSE OF HIS DISASTROUS
INTERNAL POLICIES WHICH THEY COMPARED WITH IDI AMIN'S IN
UGANDA. T
BLACK SEPTEMBER ORGANIZATION AND FATAH FUNDED BY ARAB GOVERNMENTSThierry Debels
ONLY A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF PALESTINIANS ARE INVOLVED IN TERRORISM, AND MANY ARAB COUNTRIES HAVE EITHER CONDEMNED THESE ACTIVITIES OR DISSOCIATED THEMSELVES FROM THEM. NEVERTHELESS,
THE BLACK SEPTEMBER ORGANIZATION, AND ITS
PARENT BODY THE FATAH, CONTINUE TO BE SUPPLIED WITH FUNDS FROM ARAB GOVERNMENTS AND THEIR CITIZENS AND TO RECEIVE OTHER FORMS OF SUPPORT, EVEN FROM THOSE ARAB GOVERNMENTS WHICH PUBLICLY CONDEMN TERRORISM.
IT IS KNOWN, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THE PREPARATION AND
THE EXECUTION OF THE BLACK SEPTEMBER OPERATION WHICH LED TO THE MURDER OF AMERICAN AND BELGIAN DIPLOMATS WERE CONDUCTED FROM THE SOIL OF SEVERAL ARAB STATES.
PATERNOTTE ADMITTED THAT THERE WERE "CERTAINLY"
BELGIAN ARMS AND AMMO IN LEBANON CURRENTLY AND CITED THE FAL AUTOMATIC RIFLE MANUFACTURED BY FABRIQUE NATIONAL AT LIEGE.
RED CARPET IV TRIP TO US HAD NO EFFECT ON TOBBACKThierry Debels
FLEMISH SOCIALIST PARTY FLOOR LEADER, RECENTLY-RETURNED FROM RED CARPET IV TRIP TO UNITED STATES, REAFFIRMS HIS FIRM OPPOSITION TO LRTNF AND
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DID PRINCE BERNHARD SELL SECRET PLANS OF THE DUTCH DEFENSE SYSTEM?Thierry Debels
IN THE FALL OF 1978 THE PRINCE WAS THE SUBJECT OF FURTHER UNFAVORABLE PUBLICITY RESULTING FROM THE ALLEGATION IN A JOURNAL THAT A) HE HAD SOLD SECRET PLANS OF THE DUTCH DEFENSE SYSTEM TO THE GERMANS IN 1938, AND B) THAT HE HAD OFFERED BY LETTER IN 1942 TO BECOME GAULEITER OF THE NETHERLANDS, KEEPING THE COUNTRY UNDER CONTROL FOR THE NAZIS.
Saoedi's eisten doopcertificaat van journalistenThierry Debels
In 1975 bezoekt koning Boudewijn Saoedi-Arabië. Dat land eist van België dat er geen Joodse journalisten meereizen. Om dat aan te tonen, moeten ze een doopcertificaat overhandigen.
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This document summarizes a diplomatic cable from the US Embassy in Brussels discussing troubling trends in the Christian People's Party (CVP) of Belgium regarding international policies. The cable relays conversations with elder CVP statesmen who express concern about the growing influence of a more pacifist, neutralist faction within the party that opposes NATO membership. While assurances are given that the upcoming party congress will likely reaffirm traditional foreign policies, the statesmen see this as a symptom of broader changes in Belgian and European society that could undermine political stability over the long term.
This document summarizes political developments in Belgium ahead of the country's 1974 parliamentary elections. It notes that Flemish nationalist and Wallonian regionalist parties were expected to gain seats by advocating for more regional autonomy. However, the embassy assessed that increased federalism would continue and saw no threat to Belgian territorial integrity from separatist movements. The document also describes a televised debate between leaders of the main Flemish parties on the issue of federalism.
SOVIETS TRIED TO MASSAGE MARTENS ABOUT AFGHANISTANThierry Debels
THE SOVIET AMBASSADOR MADE A DEMARCHE TO
BELGIAN PRIME MINISTER MARTENS DECEMBER 28 ATTEMPTING TO EXPLAIN THE SOVIET INTERVENTION IN AFGHANISTAN (TRANSLATION OF DEMARCHE IS IN PARA. 11). SOVIETS ALSO MADE A SIMILAR
EXPLANATION TO US WHICH PROVIDED US THE OPPORTUNITY TO
ELICIT FURTHER SOVIET VIEWS, AS WELL AS TO INDICATE THE
LEVEL OF CONCERN. THE SOVIETS SOUGHT TO BLAME CHINA,
PAKISTAN AND THE US FOR FOMENTING THE INTERNAL PROBLEMS
IN AFGHANISTAN WHICH NECESSITATED THE INTERVENTION. THEY
ALSO INSISTED THAT KARMAL WOULD BE MORE MODERATE IN BOTH
HIS INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL POLICIES AND ADMITTED THAT IT
WAS NECESSARY TO REMOVE AMIN BECAUSE OF HIS DISASTROUS
INTERNAL POLICIES WHICH THEY COMPARED WITH IDI AMIN'S IN
UGANDA. T
BLACK SEPTEMBER ORGANIZATION AND FATAH FUNDED BY ARAB GOVERNMENTSThierry Debels
ONLY A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF PALESTINIANS ARE INVOLVED IN TERRORISM, AND MANY ARAB COUNTRIES HAVE EITHER CONDEMNED THESE ACTIVITIES OR DISSOCIATED THEMSELVES FROM THEM. NEVERTHELESS,
THE BLACK SEPTEMBER ORGANIZATION, AND ITS
PARENT BODY THE FATAH, CONTINUE TO BE SUPPLIED WITH FUNDS FROM ARAB GOVERNMENTS AND THEIR CITIZENS AND TO RECEIVE OTHER FORMS OF SUPPORT, EVEN FROM THOSE ARAB GOVERNMENTS WHICH PUBLICLY CONDEMN TERRORISM.
IT IS KNOWN, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THE PREPARATION AND
THE EXECUTION OF THE BLACK SEPTEMBER OPERATION WHICH LED TO THE MURDER OF AMERICAN AND BELGIAN DIPLOMATS WERE CONDUCTED FROM THE SOIL OF SEVERAL ARAB STATES.
PATERNOTTE ADMITTED THAT THERE WERE "CERTAINLY"
BELGIAN ARMS AND AMMO IN LEBANON CURRENTLY AND CITED THE FAL AUTOMATIC RIFLE MANUFACTURED BY FABRIQUE NATIONAL AT LIEGE.
RED CARPET IV TRIP TO US HAD NO EFFECT ON TOBBACKThierry Debels
FLEMISH SOCIALIST PARTY FLOOR LEADER, RECENTLY-RETURNED FROM RED CARPET IV TRIP TO UNITED STATES, REAFFIRMS HIS FIRM OPPOSITION TO LRTNF AND
PREDICTS TOUGH BATTLE AHEAD FOR GOVERNMENT COALITION.
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The document summarizes a conversation between a US embassy official and former Belgian Prime Minister Gaston Eyskens regarding US-European relations. Eyskens praised Secretary of State Kissinger's recent speech but was skeptical that European countries could speak with one voice. He argued the best format for US-EC discussions would be a meeting between the US President and European heads of state due to disagreements between France and other members. Eyskens also expressed concern that Belgium may lose influence in foreign affairs under its new socialist government.
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This document summarizes a meeting between a US embassy official and the Belgian Economics Minister Oleffe regarding replacing Belgium's F-104 fighter aircraft. The official pitched the F-16 to Oleffe, emphasizing its lower costs. Oleffe asked about a recent trip by the Dutch Defense Minister to Washington and wanted guarantees about Belgian industry participation in F-16 production. The official requested information from Washington to address Oleffe's concerns.
DID PRINCE BERNHARD SELL SECRET PLANS OF THE DUTCH DEFENSE SYSTEM?Thierry Debels
IN THE FALL OF 1978 THE PRINCE WAS THE SUBJECT OF FURTHER UNFAVORABLE PUBLICITY RESULTING FROM THE ALLEGATION IN A JOURNAL THAT A) HE HAD SOLD SECRET PLANS OF THE DUTCH DEFENSE SYSTEM TO THE GERMANS IN 1938, AND B) THAT HE HAD OFFERED BY LETTER IN 1942 TO BECOME GAULEITER OF THE NETHERLANDS, KEEPING THE COUNTRY UNDER CONTROL FOR THE NAZIS.
Saoedi's eisten doopcertificaat van journalistenThierry Debels
In 1975 bezoekt koning Boudewijn Saoedi-Arabië. Dat land eist van België dat er geen Joodse journalisten meereizen. Om dat aan te tonen, moeten ze een doopcertificaat overhandigen.
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MOBUTU: "CONTROL BY SMALL BELGIUM OF BIG ZAIRE WAS AN ACCIDENT OF HISTORY"
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1. TO MARK 7TH ANNIVERSARY OF FOUNDING OF MPR, MOBUTU GAVE
TWO HOUR EXTEMPRANEOUS SPEECH IN LINGALA MAY 19 BEFORE MASS
MEETING IN KINSHASA STADIUM. DELEGATIONS FROM NORTH KOREA,
SENEGAL, EGYPT, GABON AND TOGO IN ATTENDANCE ALONG WITH DIP-
LOMATIC CORPS. EXCEPT FOR ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE ARREST OF 501
CRIMINALS, INCLUDING BAND OF 48 "ASSASSINS" ACCUSED OF RECENT
MURDERS OF SIX PERSONS IN KINSHASA, PRESIDENT SAID NOTHING THAT
WAS BASICALLY NEW. TONE OF SPEECH GENERALLY FAVORABLE TO FOREIGNERS
WORKING IN ZAIRE AND TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES. US GIVEN GOOD MARKS
FOR HELPING ZAIRE AND FOR GIVING AID, TOGETHER WITH OTHERS,
TO DROUGHT STRICKEN SAHELIAN COUNTRIES.
2. SPEECH DIVIDED INTO TWO SECTIONS DEALING WITH FOREIGN AND
DOMESTIC POLITICIES OF ZAIRE. SUMMARY FOLLOWS.
A. CRIME IN KINSHASA. MOBUTU ACKNOWLEDGED RECENT WAVE OF
THEFTS, ROBERIES AND MURDERS WHICH HAD BEGUN TO EMPTY KINSHASA
AFTER DARK. HE SAID CHAOTIC PERIOD OF INSECURITY THAT
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HE THEN ANNOUNCED THAT RECENT POLICE AND MILITARY OPERATIONS
HAD NETTED 501 CRIMINALS INCLUDING 48 "ASSISSINS"
ACCUSED OF RECENT MURDERS OF SIX CITIZENS. HEAVILY GUARDED
GROUP OF 48 THEN PARADED AROUND STADIUM WITH CROWD SHOUTING FOR
THEIR EXECUTION. ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT ORDER THEIR EXECUTION,
MOBUTU ACKNOWLEDGED THAT PUTTING THE 48 IN PRISON WOULD BE
FUTILE BECAUSE THEY WOULD BRIBE THEMSELVES OUT. ROUNDING OUT
HIS COMMENTS ON THIS SUBJECT, HE SAID THAT THE ASSISINS ARE
FINISHED, SECURITY HAS BEEN RESTORED, AND PEOPLE CAN GO TO THE
CINEMA AGAIN WITHOUT FEAR.
B. ZAIRIANIZATION MEASSURES AND PRICES. STATING THAT FOR
THE PAST SIX MONTHS, HE HAD HAD CONSTANT HEADACHES DEALING WITH
COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE TAKE OVER OF FOREIGN BUSINESSES BY ZAIRIANS,
MOBUTU SAID THAT HE COULD NOT MAKE ZAIRIANIZATION WORK BY HIMSELF,
THE VIGILANCE OF ALL WAS NEEDED TO PREVENT ECONOMIC SABOTAGE
AND TO ENSURE THAT THE NEW OWNERS WERE PROPERLY MANAGING THEIR
BUSINESSES. CONCERNING HIGH PRICES, HE PLACED MOST OF THE BLAME
ON NEW ZAIRIAN OWNERS, IN EFFECT ACCUSING THEM OF GOUGING THE
PUBLIC, HE SAID THAT THE PRICE OF A PIECE OF CLOTH IS DIFFERENT
IN EVERY STORE AND MANY ITEMS HAVE DOUBLED IN PRICE SINCE
NOVEMBER 30. ON THE SUBJECT OF DEVELOPMENT, HE EMPHASIZED
THE NEED FOR ZAIRE TO BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT IN FOOD.
C. GASOLINE PRICES. MOBUTU REPEATED THAT HE HAD HELD OUT
AS LONG AS POSSIBLE BEFORE RAISING GASOLINE PRICES (THE COST OF
A LITER OF SUPER GASOLINE WAS RECENTLY INCREASED BY ABOUT
100 PERCENT FORM 11 MAKUTA (22 CENTS) TO 20.50 MAKUTA (41 CENTS).
HOWEVER, PETROZAIRE, THE NEW NATIONAL PETROLEUM COMPANY
FORMED BY NATIONALIZING FOREIGN OIL DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES,
HAD LOST DOLS 40,000,000 AND A PRICE INCREASE WAS ESSENTIAL.
HE BLAMED MULTINATIONAL OIL COMPANIES FOR THEIR LACK OF
COOPERATION WHICH HAD MADE THE NATIONALIZATION NECESSARY.
FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE PRESIDENT PRAISED IRAN FOR BEING THE
ONLY COUNTRY WILLING TO SELL OIL TO ZAIRE AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE.
D. ZAIRE AND THE WORLD. TURNING TO FOREIGN POLICY,
MOBUTU STRESSED THE INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION OF ZAIRE AS AN
INFLUENTIAL COUNTRY AND POINTED TO THE FACT THAT ALL THE MAJOR
POWERS HAD EMBASSIES IN KINSHASA.
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3. ZAIRE AND AFRICA. ZAIRE'S AFRICAN VOCATION WAS UNDER-
LINED. ZIARE WOULD CONTINUE TO FULLY SUPPORT AFRICAN LIBERATION
MOVEMENT HE SAID. HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT ZAIRE WAS ONLY
AFRICAN COUNTRY GIVING AID TO STRICKEN SAHELIAN NATIONS AND
URGED AFRICAN COUNTRIES TO DO MORE FOR THEMSELVES.
F. ZAIRE AND BELGIUM. MOBUTU REITERATED THAT
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CRITICISM OF ZAIRE ANDHIMSELF BY BELGIAN WRITERS AND
PRESS HAD BECOME INTOLERABLE. MOREOVER, CONTROL BY SMALL
BELGIUM OF BIG ZAIRE WAS AN ACCIDENT OF HISTORY AND INCONGRUOUS
IN THE CURRENT CONTEXT OF ZAIRE'S STATUS AS A NATION. THEREFORE,
IT WAS NTUARLA THAT THE SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO
COUNTRIES SHOULD GIVE WAY TO AN "ORDINARY" RELATIONSHIP.
3. COMMENT: EXCEPT FOR THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE CRIMINALS
AND ASSASSINS (WHOSE ACTIVITIES HAVE RECENTLY CREATED CLIMATE
OF INSECURITY IN KINSHASA) HAVE BEEN ARRESTED, THE MOBUTU
SPEECH IS NOT LIKELY TO BE VERY SATISFACTORY TO THE MAN IN THE
STREET WHO IS SUFFERING FROM HIGH PRICES AND A WAGE SCALE WHICH
HAS NOT BEEN INCREASED SINCE OCTOBER 1971. RECENT SHARP
INCREASE IN COST OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS HAS ALSO CAUSED MUCH
DISTRESS. FULL TRANSLATION TO FOLLOW.
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Capture Date: 01 JAN 1994
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Current Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Concepts: CRIMES, NATIONALIZATION, GASOLINE, FOREIGN RELATIONS, SPEECHES, COMMEMORATIVE CELEBRATIONS, DIPLOMATIC
CORPS, ARRESTS, DROUGHTS, FOREIGN POLICY POS ITION, PRICES
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Draft Date: 20 MAY 1974
Decaption Date: 01 JAN 1960
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Review History: RELEASED <04 APR 2002 by cunninfx>; APPROVED <12 JUN 2002 by golinofr>
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Secure: OPEN
Status: NATIVE
Subject: MOBUTU SPEECH MARKS 7TH ANNIVERSARY OF MPR
TAGS: PFOR, PINS, PINT, CG, US, (MOBUTU, SESE SEKO)
To: STATE
Type: TE
Markings: Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 30 JUN 2005