YEMEN: ADEN: TROOPS OF SOUTH ARABIAN ARMY SUPPORT NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT.

Record ID: 189674

  • Title: YEMEN: ADEN: TROOPS OF SOUTH ARABIAN ARMY SUPPORT NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT.
  • Date: 9th November 1967
  • Summary: SOUTH ARABIAN ARMY TROOPS ON PATROL IN SHEIK OTHMAN AND AL MANSOURA. PEOPLE WAVING NLF FLAGS. Initials PBS/V/CCT/BB Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 24th November 1967 12:00
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  • Location: ADEN
  • Country: Yemen
  • Reuters ID: LVA5D11EEF6GQXD8K9MVXPHSOAX8
  • Story Text: THE FLAG OF THE NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT HAS BEEN FLYING OPENLY IN ADEN THIS WEEK AFTER THE SOUTH ARABIAN ARMY GAVE THE ORGANISATION FORMAL RECOGNITION AS THE MAJOR POLITICAL FORCE IN THE COLONY.

    THE SOUTH ARABIAN ARMY HIGH COMMAND HAS PLEDGED COMPLETE SUPPORT FOR THE NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT, AND HAS ASKED BRITAIN AND THE NLF TO START IMMEDIATE TALKS ON THE HANDOVER OF SOVEREIGNTY.

    THE ARMY'S SUPPORT FOR THE NLF FOLLOWED BITTER FIGHTING BETWEEN THE NATIONAL LIBERATION OCCUPIED FRONT AND ITS RIVAL ORGANISATION FLOSY, THE FRONT FOR THE LIBERATION OF THE SOUTH YEMEN. MORE THAN 100 DIED IN THE FIGHTING.

    THE ARMY ANNOUNCING ITS SUPPORT FOR NLF THREATENED TO "STRIKE WITH AN IRON HAND" ANYONE ??? THE OPERATION OF THE NLF. FLOSSY HAS THREATENED TO CONTINUE FOR THE POWER.

    IN THE SHEIKH OTHMAN AND AL MANSOURA DISTRICTS SOUTH ARABIAN TROOPS AND NLF FORCES JOINT SEARCHES OF VEHICLES AND BUILDINGS FOR ARMS AND WERE REPORTED TO HAVE TAKEN PART TOGETHER IN OPERATIONS AGAINST ELEMENTS OF THE FRONT FOR THE LIBERATION OF OCCUPIED SOUTH YEMEN.
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