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TO AMEMBASSY MADRID PRIORITY 
INFO AMEMBASSY LISBON PRIORITY 
USMISSION NATO 

-s E C R E T STATE 272817 
EXDIS TOSEC 66 
FOR LEDDY FROM HUGHES 
REFs USNATO 5823 
l• SOVIETS GIVE PORTUGUESE GUINEA REBELS ARMS AND OTHER 
COMBAT MATERIAL DIRECTLY AND THROUGH CUBA1 ALGERIA AND GUINEA• 
THIS ASSESSMENT BASED ON SIGHTINGS OF EQUIPMENT BEING UNLOAD• 
ED CONAKRY AND EVIDENCE or APPEARANCE SOVIET WEAPONS IN HANDS 

OF REBELS IN PORTUGUESE GUINEA. HOWEVER, WE HAVE NO RPT NO 
EVIDENCE THAT EITHER SOVIETS OR EBELS HAVE EVER MENTIONED 
EVENTUAL SOVIET NAVAL AND AI BASE IN THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS• 
WE BELIEVE SOVIETS SEE ESTABLISHMENT OF REVOLUTIONARY REGIME 
~RIENDLY TO THEM AS SU~FICIENT REASON FOR AIDING REBElS• 
WE HAVE NO RPT NO EVIDENCE AT THIS · TIME TO SUPPORT PORTUGUESE 
ALLEGATION THAT SOVIET MOTIVE rs ESTAALISHMENT SOME SORT OF 
BASE FACILITIES• MOREOVER, REBEL VICTORY ON MAINLAND1 WHICH 
DOES NOT APPEAR IMMINENT• WOULD NOT NECESSARILY THREATEN 

PORTUGUESE CONTROL OF CAPE VERDES. 
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