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THE EXPORT LICENSES FOR THEM HAVE REMAINED VALID DESPITE A
MASSIVE SUPPLY OF SOVIET ARMAMENTS TO ETHIOPIA IN RECENT
MONTHS AND INCREASING SOVIET AND CUBAN INFLUENCE ON ITS
MILITARY JUNTA. THE ARMAMENTS HAVE BEEN USED TO FIGHT
AN INVASION BY SOMALIA AND A REBELLION IN ERITREA.

Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014

Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014
THE ETHIOPIAN PAYMENT OF SHIPPING CHARGES IN RECENT DAYS
HAS CAUSED THE ADMINISTRATION TO RECONSIDER THE SITUATION.
ONE OFFICIAL SAID THAT QUESTION OF PERMITTING THE SHIPMENTS WAS RECEIVING TOP-LEVEL ATTENTION AT THE STATE
DEPARTMENT.
DECIDING WHETHER TO CANCEL THE EXPORT LICENSES IS A
PAINFUL CHOICE, ANOTHER OFFICIAL SAID. THE ADMINISTRATION
HAS BEEN TRYING TO AVOID TAKING ANY ACTION THAT WOULD
WORSEN ITS ALREADY DIFFICULT RELATIONS WITH ETHIOPIA,
BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT IS RELUCTANT TO ALLOW ANY
AMERICAN CONTRIBUTION TO ETHIOPIA’S MILITARY STRENGTH
IN THE PRESENT SITUATION.
SPARE PARTS INCLUDE SOME OF F-5 FIGHTERS THAT THE UNITED
STATES HAD PROVIDED TO ETHIOPIA IN A $227 MILLION MILITARY
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FROM 1953 UNTIL LAST APRIL. THE
PROGRAM WAS HALTED WHEN THE JUNTA EXPELLED U.S. MILITARY
ADVISERS AND TURNED TO MOSCOW.
ISRAELI TECHNICIANS HAD BEEN HELPING KEEP THE F-5S
FLYING, AND ISRAEL HAS SUPPLIED NAPALM AND CLUSTER BOMBS
FOR THEM TO DROP ON ERITREAN SEPARATISTS AND HAS
SPECIALLY ADAPTED ROCKETS FOR THE F-5S TO SHOOT AT
SOMALI TANKS. SOVIET-MADE WARPLANES ARE ALSO BEING USED
BY ETHIOPIA, SOME REPORTEDLY FLOWN BY CUBAN PILOTS.
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
PAGE 03

STATE 027297

THE UNITED STATES HAS TAKEN THE PUBLIC POSITION THAT IT
WILL NOT PROVIDE “DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY…ANYTHING OF
MILITARY USE” TO EITHER SIDE IN THE ETHIOPIA-SOMALIA WAR.
STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN HODDING CARTER YESTERDAY
DENIED A CHARGE BY THE HEAD OF THE ETHIOPIAN JUNTA, LT.
COL. MENGISTU HAILE MARIAM THAT PRESIDENT CARTER HAS BEEN
COORDINATING THE SUPPLY OF MILITARY AID TO SOMALIA WITH
MIDDLE EASTERN AND EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. OTHER OFFICIALS
WERE UNHAPPY OVER THE VITRIOLIC NATURE OF MENGISTU’S
SPEECH.
REPORTS FROM THE SOMALI CAPITAL, MOGADISHU, HAVE SAID
THAT AMERICAN-MADE M-48 TANKS ORIGINALLY SOLD TO IRAN
HAD REACHED THERE THROUGH OMAN, A COUNTRY THAT IRAN
HELPED PUT DOWN A COMMUNIST-BACKED REBELLION.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT DENIED THAT AUTHORIZATION TO TRANSFER
U.S. ARMS HAS BEEN GIVEN TO ANY COUNTRY SUPPLIED BY
WASHINGTON. IT WAS UNCLEAR, HOWEVER, WHETHER A ROUTE
THROUGH OMAN MIGHT HAVE CIRCUMVENTED THE USUAL PROHIBITION

Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014

Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014

ON TRANSFER.
WHEN THE U.S. MILITARY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR ETHIOPIA
WAS HALTED, THE GOVERNMENT HAD TAKEN TITLE TO MILITARY
SPARE PARTS, TRUCKS AND SOME UNARMED NAVAL PATROL BOATS,
BUT THEY HAD NOT LEFT U.S. PORTS.
THEY REMAINED IN WAREHOUSES AWAITING SHIPPING INSTRUCTIONS
AND PAYMENT OF SHIPPING CHARGES BY ADDIS ABABA. A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW YORK FREIGHT FORWARDING COMPANY SAID
YESTERDAY IT EXPECTES TO HAVE SHIPPING ARRANGEMENTS WORKED
OUT WITHIN TWO WEEKS.
THE AIRCRAFT SPARES AND TECHNICAL MANUALS ON THEM HAVE
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
PAGE 04

STATE 027297

BEEN ORDERED SENT BY AIR FREIGHT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
OTHER GOODS WILL GO LATER BY SEA, PROBABLY IN THREE OR
FOUR WEEKS, EXCEPT FOR THE PATROL BOATS, WHICH ARE STILL
HUNG UP IN BALTIMORE WITH PAYMENTS PROBLEMS, HE SAID.
THAT GAVE THE ADMINSITRATION TWO WEEKS OR LESS IN WHICH
TO REVIEW ITS POSITION. AN OFFICIAL AT THE WHITE HOUSE
SAID RECOMMENDATIONS WERE BEING AWAITED FROM THE STATE
DEPARTMENT AND THE PENTAGON.
VANCE

LIMITED OFFICIAL USE

NNN
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
PAGE 01
STATE 027297
ORIGIN NEA-03
INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 /004 R
66011
DRAFTED BY NEA/ARP:DMWINN
APPROVED BY NEA/ARP:JW TWINAM
——————014570 022124Z /64
O 022110Z FEB 78
FM SECSTATE WASHDC

Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014

Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014
TO AMEMBASSY MUSCAT IMMEDIATE

LIMITED OFFICIAL USE STATE 027297
FOLLOWING REPEAT STATE 027297 ACTION ADDIS ABABA MOGADISCIO
TEHRAN JIDDA 01 FEP 78
QUOTE
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE STATE 027297
E.O. 11652: N/A
TAGS: MASS, SOPN, ET, US, SO
SUBJECT: WASHINGTON STAR ARTICLE ON ARMS IN HORN
WASHINGTON STAR CARRIED FOLLOWING ARTICLE FEBRUARY 1:
BEGIN TEXT: ETHIOPIA HAS PAID A NEW YORK AGENT TO SEND BY
AIR FREIGHT SOME AMERICAN SPARE PARTS FOR ITS WARPLANES,
FORCING THE CARTER ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE A HARD CHOICE
ON WHETHER TO LET A LONG-PENDING SHIPMENT OF MILITARY
EQUIPMENT GO TO THE SOVIET-AIDED REGIME IN ADDIS ABABA.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SHIPPING COMPANY SAID ETHIOPIA HAD ALSO
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
PAGE 02

STATE 027297

PAID FOR OCEAN SHIPMENT OF OTHER MILITARY EQUIPMENT THAT
WAS PURCHASED HERE BEFORE ARMAMENT SALES TO THAT COUNTRY
WERE CUT OFF LAST YEAR. THE EQUIPMENT HAD BEEN IN WAREHOUSES SINCE THEN.
THE EXPORT LICENSES FOR THEM HAVE REMAINED VALID DESPITE A
MASSIVE SUPPLY OF SOVIET ARMAMENTS TO ETHIOPIA IN RECENT
MONTHS AND INCREASING SOVIET AND CUBAN INFLUENCE ON ITS
MILITARY JUNTA. THE ARMAMENTS HAVE BEEN USED TO FIGHT
AN INVASION BY SOMALIA AND A REBELLION IN ERITREA.
THE ETHIOPIAN PAYMENT OF SHIPPING CHARGES IN RECENT DAYS
HAS CAUSED THE ADMINISTRATION TO RECONSIDER THE SITUATION.
ONE OFFICIAL SAID THAT QUESTION OF PERMITTING THE SHIPMENTS WAS RECEIVING TOP-LEVEL ATTENTION AT THE STATE
DEPARTMENT.
DECIDING WHETHER TO CANCEL THE EXPORT LICENSES IS A
PAINFUL CHOICE, ANOTHER OFFICIAL SAID. THE ADMINISTRATION
HAS BEEN TRYING TO AVOID TAKING ANY ACTION THAT WOULD
WORSEN ITS ALREADY DIFFICULT RELATIONS WITH ETHIOPIA,

Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014

Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014
BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT IS RELUCTANT TO ALLOW ANY
AMERICAN CONTRIBUTION TO ETHIOPIA’S MILITARY STRENGTH
IN THE PRESENT SITUATION.
SPARE PARTS INCLUDE SOME OF F-5 FIGHTERS THAT THE UNITED
STATES HAD PROVIDED TO ETHIOPIA IN A $227 MILLION MILITARY
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FROM 1953 UNTIL LAST APRIL. THE
PROGRAM WAS HALTED WHEN THE JUNTA EXPELLED U.S. MILITARY
ADVISERS AND TURNED TO MOSCOW.
ISRAELI TECHNICIANS HAD BEEN HELPING KEEP THE F-5S
FLYING, AND ISRAEL HAS SUPPLIED NAPALM AND CLUSTER BOMBS
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
PAGE 03

STATE 027297

FOR THEM TO DROP ON ERITREAN SEPARATISTS AND HAS
SPECIALLY ADAPTED ROCKETS FOR THE F-5S TO SHOOT AT
SOMALI TANKS. SOVIET-MADE WARPLANES ARE ALSO BEING USED
BY ETHIOPIA, SOME REPORTEDLY FLOWN BY CUBAN PILOTS.
THE UNITED STATES HAS TAKEN THE PUBLIC POSITION THAT IT
WILL NOT PROVIDE “DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY…ANYTHING OF
MILITARY USE” TO EITHER SIDE IN THE ETHIOPIA-SOMALIA WAR.
STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN HODDING CARTER YESTERDAY
DENIED A CHARGE BY THE HEAD OF THE ETHIOPIAN JUNTA, LT.
COL. MENGISTU HAILE MARIAM THAT PRESIDENT CARTER HAS BEEN
COORDINATING THE SUPPLY OF MILITARY AID TO SOMALIA WITH
MIDDLE EASTERN AND EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. OTHER OFFICIALS
WERE UNHAPPY OVER THE VITRIOLIC NATURE OF MENGISTU’S
SPEECH.
REPORTS FROM THE SOMALI CAPITAL, MOGADISHU, HAVE SAID
THAT AMERICAN-MADE M-48 TANKS ORIGINALLY SOLD TO IRAN
HAD REACHED THERE THROUGH OMAN, A COUNTRY THAT IRAN
HELPED PUT DOWN A COMMUNIST-BACKED REBELLION.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT DENIED THAT AUTHORIZATION TO TRANSFER
U.S. ARMS HAS BEEN GIVEN TO ANY COUNTRY SUPPLIED BY
WASHINGTON. IT WAS UNCLEAR, HOWEVER, WHETHER A ROUTE
THROUGH OMAN MIGHT HAVE CIRCUMVENTED THE USUAL PROHIBITION
ON TRANSFER.
WHEN THE U.S. MILITARY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR ETHIOPIA
WAS HALTED, THE GOVERNMENT HAD TAKEN TITLE TO MILITARY
SPARE PARTS, TRUCKS AND SOME UNARMED NAVAL PATROL BOATS,
BUT THEY HAD NOT LEFT U.S. PORTS.
THEY REMAINED IN WAREHOUSES AWAITING SHIPPING INSTRUCTIONS
AND PAYMENT OF SHIPPING CHARGES BY ADDIS ABABA. A SPOKES-

Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014

Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
PAGE 04

STATE 027297

MAN FOR THE NEW YORK FREIGHT FORWARDING COMPANY SAID
YESTERDAY IT EXPECTES TO HAVE SHIPPING ARRANGEMENTS WORKED
OUT WITHIN TWO WEEKS.
THE AIRCRAFT SPARES AND TECHNICAL MANUALS ON THEM HAVE
BEEN ORDERED SENT BY AIR FREIGHT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
OTHER GOODS WILL GO LATER BY SEA, PROBABLY IN THREE OR
FOUR WEEKS, EXCEPT FOR THE PATROL BOATS, WHICH ARE STILL
HUNG UP IN BALTIMORE WITH PAYMENTS PROBLEMS, HE SAID.
THAT GAVE THE ADMINSITRATION TWO WEEKS OR LESS IN WHICH
TO REVIEW ITS POSITION. AN OFFICIAL AT THE WHITE HOUSE
SAID RECOMMENDATIONS WERE BEING AWAITED FROM THE STATE
DEPARTMENT AND THE PENTAGON.
VANCE
UNQUOTE VANCE”.

LIMITED OFFICIAL USE

NNN

*** Current Handling Restrictions *** n/a
*** Current Classification *** LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
@@@OASYS@@@<CONCATENATED>
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
PAGE 01
STATE 027297
ORIGIN AF-10
INFO OCT-01 NEA-10 ISO-00 PA-01 PRS-01 /023 R
DRAFTED BY AF/E:KPGARLAND:JJ
APPROVED BY AF/E:RPOST
——————124922 012344Z /41
O 012325Z PEB 78
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY ADDIS ABABA IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY MOGADISCIO IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY TEHRAN IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY JIDDA IMMEDIATE

Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014

Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014

LIMITED OFFICIAL USE STATE 027297
E.O. 11652: N/A
TAGS: MASS, SOPN, ET, US, SO
SUBJECT: WASHINGTON STAR ARTICLE ON ARMS IN HORN
WASHINGTON STAR CARRIED FOLLOWING ARTICLE FEBRUARY 1:
BEGIN TEXT: ETHIOPIA HAS PAID A NEW YORK AGENT TO SEND BY
AIR FREIGHT SOME AMERICAN SPARE PARTS FOR ITS WARPLANES,
FORCING THE CARTER ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE A HARD CHOICE
ON WHETHER TO LET A LONG-PENDING SHIPMENT OF MILITARY
EQUIPMENT GO TO THE SOVIET-AIDED REGIME IN ADDIS ABABA.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SHIPPING COMPANY SAID ETHIOPIA HAD ALSO
PAID FOR OCEAN SHIPMENT OF OTHER MILITARY EQUIPMENT THAT
WAS PURCHASED HERE BEFORE ARMAMENT SALES TO THAT COUNTRY
WERE CUT OFF LAST YEAR. THE EQUIPMENT HAD BEEN IN WAREHOUSES SINCE THEN.
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
PAGE 02

STATE 027297

THE EXPORT LICENSES FOR THEM HAVE REMAINED VALID DESPITE A
MASSIVE SUPPLY OF SOVIET ARMAMENTS TO ETHIOPIA IN RECENT
MONTHS AND INCREASING SOVIET AND CUBAN INFLUENCE ON ITS
MILITARY JUNTA. THE ARMAMENTS HAVE BEEN USED TO FIGHT
AN INVASION BY SOMALIA AND A REBELLION IN ERITREA.
THE ETHIOPIAN PAYMENT OF SHIPPING CHARGES IN RECENT DAYS
HAS CAUSED THE ADMINISTRATION TO RECONSIDER THE SITUATION.
ONE OFFICIAL SAID THAT QUESTION OF PERMITTING THE SHIPMENTS WAS RECEIVING TOP-LEVEL ATTENTION AT THE STATE
DEPARTMENT.
DECIDING WHETHER TO CANCEL THE EXPORT LICENSES IS A
PAINFUL CHOICE, ANOTHER OFFICIAL SAID. THE ADMINISTRATION
HAS BEEN TRYING TO AVOID TAKING ANY ACTION THAT WOULD
WORSEN ITS ALREADY DIFFICULT RELATIONS WITH ETHIOPIA,
BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT IS RELUCTANT TO ALLOW ANY
AMERICAN CONTRIBUTION TO ETHIOPIA’S MILITARY STRENGTH
IN THE PRESENT SITUATION.
SPARE PARTS INCLUDE SOME OF F-5 FIGHTERS THAT THE UNITED
STATES HAD PROVIDED TO ETHIOPIA IN A $227 MILLION MILITARY
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FROM 1953 UNTIL LAST APRIL. THE
PROGRAM WAS HALTED WHEN THE JUNTA EXPELLED U.S. MILITARY

Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014

Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014
ADVISERS AND TURNED TO MOSCOW.
ISRAELI TECHNICIANS HAD BEEN HELPING KEEP THE F-5S
FLYING, AND ISRAEL HAS SUPPLIED NAPALM AND CLUSTER BOMBS
FOR THEM TO DROP ON ERITREAN SEPARATISTS AND HAS
SPECIALLY ADAPTED ROCKETS FOR THE F-5S TO SHOOT AT
SOMALI TANKS. SOVIET-MADE WARPLANES ARE ALSO BEING USED
BY ETHIOPIA, SOME REPORTEDLY FLOWN BY CUBAN PILOTS.
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
PAGE 03

STATE 027297

THE UNITED STATES HAS TAKEN THE PUBLIC POSITION THAT IT
WILL NOT PROVIDE “DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY…ANYTHING OF
MILITARY USE” TO EITHER SIDE IN THE ETHIOPIA-SOMALIA WAR.
STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN HODDING CARTER YESTERDAY
DENIED A CHARGE BY THE HEAD OF THE ETHIOPIAN JUNTA, LT.
COL. MENGISTU HAILE MARIAM THAT PRESIDENT CARTER HAS BEEN
COORDINATING THE SUPPLY OF MILITARY AID TO SOMALIA WITH
MIDDLE EASTERN AND EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. OTHER OFFICIALS
WERE UNHAPPY OVER THE VITRIOLIC NATURE OF MENGISTU’S
SPEECH.
REPORTS FROM THE SOMALI CAPITAL, MOGADISHU, HAVE SAID
THAT AMERICAN-MADE M-48 TANKS ORIGINALLY SOLD TO IRAN
HAD REACHED THERE THROUGH OMAN, A COUNTRY THAT IRAN
HELPED PUT DOWN A COMMUNIST-BACKED REBELLION.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT DENIED THAT AUTHORIZATION TO TRANSFER
U.S. ARMS HAS BEEN GIVEN TO ANY COUNTRY SUPPLIED BY
WASHINGTON. IT WAS UNCLEAR, HOWEVER, WHETHER A ROUTE
THROUGH OMAN MIGHT HAVE CIRCUMVENTED THE USUAL PROHIBITION
ON TRANSFER.
WHEN THE U.S. MILITARY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR ETHIOPIA
WAS HALTED, THE GOVERNMENT HAD TAKEN TITLE TO MILITARY
SPARE PARTS, TRUCKS AND SOME UNARMED NAVAL PATROL BOATS,
BUT THEY HAD NOT LEFT U.S. PORTS.
THEY REMAINED IN WAREHOUSES AWAITING SHIPPING INSTRUCTIONS
AND PAYMENT OF SHIPPING CHARGES BY ADDIS ABABA. A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW YORK FREIGHT FORWARDING COMPANY SAID
YESTERDAY IT EXPECTES TO HAVE SHIPPING ARRANGEMENTS WORKED
OUT WITHIN TWO WEEKS.
THE AIRCRAFT SPARES AND TECHNICAL MANUALS ON THEM HAVE
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE

Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014

Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014

PAGE 04

STATE 027297

BEEN ORDERED SENT BY AIR FREIGHT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
OTHER GOODS WILL GO LATER BY SEA, PROBABLY IN THREE OR
FOUR WEEKS, EXCEPT FOR THE PATROL BOATS, WHICH ARE STILL
HUNG UP IN BALTIMORE WITH PAYMENTS PROBLEMS, HE SAID.
THAT GAVE THE ADMINSITRATION TWO WEEKS OR LESS IN WHICH
TO REVIEW ITS POSITION. AN OFFICIAL AT THE WHITE HOUSE
SAID RECOMMENDATIONS WERE BEING AWAITED FROM THE STATE
DEPARTMENT AND THE PENTAGON.
VANCE

LIMITED OFFICIAL USE

NNN
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
PAGE 01
STATE 027297
ORIGIN NEA-03
INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 /004 R
66011
DRAFTED BY NEA/ARP:DMWINN
APPROVED BY NEA/ARP:JW TWINAM
——————014570 022124Z /64
O 022110Z FEB 78
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY MUSCAT IMMEDIATE

LIMITED OFFICIAL USE STATE 027297
FOLLOWING REPEAT STATE 027297 ACTION ADDIS ABABA MOGADISCIO
TEHRAN JIDDA 01 FEP 78
QUOTE
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE STATE 027297
E.O. 11652: N/A
TAGS: MASS, SOPN, ET, US, SO
SUBJECT: WASHINGTON STAR ARTICLE ON ARMS IN HORN

Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014

Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014
WASHINGTON STAR CARRIED FOLLOWING ARTICLE FEBRUARY 1:
BEGIN TEXT: ETHIOPIA HAS PAID A NEW YORK AGENT TO SEND BY
AIR FREIGHT SOME AMERICAN SPARE PARTS FOR ITS WARPLANES,
FORCING THE CARTER ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE A HARD CHOICE
ON WHETHER TO LET A LONG-PENDING SHIPMENT OF MILITARY
EQUIPMENT GO TO THE SOVIET-AIDED REGIME IN ADDIS ABABA.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SHIPPING COMPANY SAID ETHIOPIA HAD ALSO
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
PAGE 02

STATE 027297

PAID FOR OCEAN SHIPMENT OF OTHER MILITARY EQUIPMENT THAT
WAS PURCHASED HERE BEFORE ARMAMENT SALES TO THAT COUNTRY
WERE CUT OFF LAST YEAR. THE EQUIPMENT HAD BEEN IN WAREHOUSES SINCE THEN.
THE EXPORT LICENSES FOR THEM HAVE REMAINED VALID DESPITE A
MASSIVE SUPPLY OF SOVIET ARMAMENTS TO ETHIOPIA IN RECENT
MONTHS AND INCREASING SOVIET AND CUBAN INFLUENCE ON ITS
MILITARY JUNTA. THE ARMAMENTS HAVE BEEN USED TO FIGHT
AN INVASION BY SOMALIA AND A REBELLION IN ERITREA.
THE ETHIOPIAN PAYMENT OF SHIPPING CHARGES IN RECENT DAYS
HAS CAUSED THE ADMINISTRATION TO RECONSIDER THE SITUATION.
ONE OFFICIAL SAID THAT QUESTION OF PERMITTING THE SHIPMENTS WAS RECEIVING TOP-LEVEL ATTENTION AT THE STATE
DEPARTMENT.
DECIDING WHETHER TO CANCEL THE EXPORT LICENSES IS A
PAINFUL CHOICE, ANOTHER OFFICIAL SAID. THE ADMINISTRATION
HAS BEEN TRYING TO AVOID TAKING ANY ACTION THAT WOULD
WORSEN ITS ALREADY DIFFICULT RELATIONS WITH ETHIOPIA,
BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT IS RELUCTANT TO ALLOW ANY
AMERICAN CONTRIBUTION TO ETHIOPIA’S MILITARY STRENGTH
IN THE PRESENT SITUATION.
SPARE PARTS INCLUDE SOME OF F-5 FIGHTERS THAT THE UNITED
STATES HAD PROVIDED TO ETHIOPIA IN A $227 MILLION MILITARY
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FROM 1953 UNTIL LAST APRIL. THE
PROGRAM WAS HALTED WHEN THE JUNTA EXPELLED U.S. MILITARY
ADVISERS AND TURNED TO MOSCOW.
ISRAELI TECHNICIANS HAD BEEN HELPING KEEP THE F-5S
FLYING, AND ISRAEL HAS SUPPLIED NAPALM AND CLUSTER BOMBS
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
PAGE 03

STATE 027297

Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014

Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014
FOR THEM TO DROP ON ERITREAN SEPARATISTS AND HAS
SPECIALLY ADAPTED ROCKETS FOR THE F-5S TO SHOOT AT
SOMALI TANKS. SOVIET-MADE WARPLANES ARE ALSO BEING USED
BY ETHIOPIA, SOME REPORTEDLY FLOWN BY CUBAN PILOTS.
THE UNITED STATES HAS TAKEN THE PUBLIC POSITION THAT IT
WILL NOT PROVIDE “DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY…ANYTHING OF
MILITARY USE” TO EITHER SIDE IN THE ETHIOPIA-SOMALIA WAR.
STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN HODDING CARTER YESTERDAY
DENIED A CHARGE BY THE HEAD OF THE ETHIOPIAN JUNTA, LT.
COL. MENGISTU HAILE MARIAM THAT PRESIDENT CARTER HAS BEEN
COORDINATING THE SUPPLY OF MILITARY AID TO SOMALIA WITH
MIDDLE EASTERN AND EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. OTHER OFFICIALS
WERE UNHAPPY OVER THE VITRIOLIC NATURE OF MENGISTU’S
SPEECH.
REPORTS FROM THE SOMALI CAPITAL, MOGADISHU, HAVE SAID
THAT AMERICAN-MADE M-48 TANKS ORIGINALLY SOLD TO IRAN
HAD REACHED THERE THROUGH OMAN, A COUNTRY THAT IRAN
HELPED PUT DOWN A COMMUNIST-BACKED REBELLION.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT DENIED THAT AUTHORIZATION TO TRANSFER
U.S. ARMS HAS BEEN GIVEN TO ANY COUNTRY SUPPLIED BY
WASHINGTON. IT WAS UNCLEAR, HOWEVER, WHETHER A ROUTE
THROUGH OMAN MIGHT HAVE CIRCUMVENTED THE USUAL PROHIBITION
ON TRANSFER.
WHEN THE U.S. MILITARY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR ETHIOPIA
WAS HALTED, THE GOVERNMENT HAD TAKEN TITLE TO MILITARY
SPARE PARTS, TRUCKS AND SOME UNARMED NAVAL PATROL BOATS,
BUT THEY HAD NOT LEFT U.S. PORTS.
THEY REMAINED IN WAREHOUSES AWAITING SHIPPING INSTRUCTIONS
AND PAYMENT OF SHIPPING CHARGES BY ADDIS ABABA. A SPOKESLIMITED OFFICIAL USE
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
PAGE 04

STATE 027297

MAN FOR THE NEW YORK FREIGHT FORWARDING COMPANY SAID
YESTERDAY IT EXPECTES TO HAVE SHIPPING ARRANGEMENTS WORKED
OUT WITHIN TWO WEEKS.
THE AIRCRAFT SPARES AND TECHNICAL MANUALS ON THEM HAVE
BEEN ORDERED SENT BY AIR FREIGHT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
OTHER GOODS WILL GO LATER BY SEA, PROBABLY IN THREE OR
FOUR WEEKS, EXCEPT FOR THE PATROL BOATS, WHICH ARE STILL
HUNG UP IN BALTIMORE WITH PAYMENTS PROBLEMS, HE SAID.
THAT GAVE THE ADMINSITRATION TWO WEEKS OR LESS IN WHICH
TO REVIEW ITS POSITION. AN OFFICIAL AT THE WHITE HOUSE

Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014

Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014
SAID RECOMMENDATIONS WERE BEING AWAITED FROM THE STATE
DEPARTMENT AND THE PENTAGON.
VANCE
UNQUOTE VANCE”.

LIMITED OFFICIAL USE

NNN

*** Current Handling Restrictions *** n/a
*** Current Classification *** LIMITED OFFICIAL USE

Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014

Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014

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