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this issue.
MAL’TSEV says that the Ethiopians
are behaving incorrectly in Eritrea. They
are campaigning against providing au-
tonomy to Eritrea. They have begun mili-
tary actions there. There are not conduct-
ing an entirely correct policy in the Ogaden
either. Military actions are taking place
somewhere there against Somalia.
KIRILENKO. Mengistu is still not
sufficiently experienced, but at the same
time he is a very sensitive person, therefore
it is just necessary to educate him, to teach
him.
ANDROPOV. It is in the same way
important to show Mengistu that we are on
his side.
PONOMAREV. Yesterday the Secre-
tary of the CC of the Communist Party of
Cuba, Vivo Valdez visted me. He had been
in Ethiopia. In Cuba he received instruc-
tions. He is returning there. Vivo said that
Cuba will not undertake to do anything in
Ethiopia without the preliminary agreement
with the Soviet Union.
In relation to the fact that our Ambas-
sador in Ethiopia Com. Ratanov has taken
ill, and has been in Moscow for three months
already, it is apparently necessary to think
about sending another comrade there.
ANDROPOV. Ambassador to Ethio-
pia Com. Ratanov has already gotten bet-
ter, he can go. But overall it evidently makes
sense for the MFA to think about a new
ambassador.
KIRILENKO. I think that, you, Com.
Mal’tsev, will take measures now to send
there one of the comrades, say, an advisor,
the most experienced, who could help Com.
Ratanov.
The draft of the resolution is accepted.
[Source: APRF, f. 3, op. 120, d. 40, ll. 45,
10-12; translated by Mark Doctoroff.]
CPSU CC Politburo Decision,
14 July 1978
Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
CENTRAL COMMITTEE
TOP SECRET
No. P112/IX
To Comrades: Brezhnev, Kosygin,
Andropov, Gromyko, Kirilenko, Mazurov,
Suslov, Ponomarev, Rusakov, Arkhipov,
Katushev, Baibakov, Martynov, Zolotukhin,
USSR of 11 July 1978 (attached).
2. Affirm the draft of instructions to
the Soviet ambassador in Addis-Ababa (at-
tached)
3. Assign Gosplan USSR, Gossnab
USSR, [Minzag] USSR, the Ministry of
Foreign Trade, the KGB USSR, and the
GKES to review the request of the Ethio-
pian side and within three weeks in the pre-
scribed manner to submit corresponding
proposals, including one about providing
assistance to Ethiopia in relation to the
drought and one about a delay in payment
for the general civilian goods which were
delivered for the Ethiopian army.
Assign the appropriate agencies and
organizations to confirm the progress made
in fulfilling the obligations of the Soviet side
on agreements and contracts that were con-
cluded. Accelerate the realization of
achieved agreements with the government
of Ethiopian regarding the creation of So-
viet-Ethiopian commission on economic co-
operation.
Assign the permanent Soviet represen-
tative at the Council of Mutual Economic
Assistance to present ideas regarding the
provision by the members of the CMEA of
assistance to the economic development of
Ethiopia on a multilateral basis.
CC CPSU SECRETARY
[attachment]
Re: Point IX Prot. No. 112
Secret
CC CPSU
According to the communication from
the Soviet Ambassador in Addis-Ababa, and
also according to the information from the
Cuban friends, facts are taking place which
bear witness to manifestations of national-
istic moods among certain parts of the Ethio-
pian leadership following the victory over
Somalia in the Ogaden, which already is be-
ginning to exert a negative influence on
Ethiopia’s relations with several countries
of the Socialist community (spec. No. 695
of 6\30\78). From the Ethiopian side, in
particular, a certain dissatisfaction is being
expressed regarding the progress of coop-
eration with these countries above all in the
economic area, complaints connected with
the development of trade-economic rela-
tions, not always grounded in fact, are be-
100 COLD WAR INTERNATIONAL HISTORY PROJECT BULLETIN
Patolichev,
Smirtiukov.
Skachkov,
Garbuzov,
Extract from protocol No. 112 of the CC
CPSU Politburo session of 14 July 1978
About measures for the future strengthen-
ing of Soviet-Ethiopian relations
1. Agree with the thoughts contained
in the note of the MFA USSR, the Interna-
tional department, CC CPSU, and KGB
ing put forth. This type of mood in one way
or another shows up in the approach of the
Ethiopian leadership to a resolution of the
Eritrean issue.
The MFA USSR, the CC CPSU Inter-
national Department, and the KGB USSR
consider it expedient to implement a range
of steps from our side in order to neutralize
these types of moods in the Ethiopian lead-
ership. It would make sense to assign the
Soviet ambassador in Addis-Ababa to have
a conversation with the chairman of the
PMAC, during which in an open and
friendly way opinions would be exchanged
about the future development of Soviet-
Ethiopian relations, stressing the
immutablity of the policy of the Soviet
Union of multi-sided support and assistance
to the Ethiopian revolution.
Taking into account the conversation
with Mengistu it would be possible to re-
view the issue of conducting a comradely
exchange of opinions with the leadership of
Cuba and the GDR about the current situa-
tion in Ethiopia.
Assign the corresponding Soviet agen-
cies to carefully review the requests of the
Ethiopian side vis-a-vis economic issues,
and to submit proposals aimed at improv-
ing Soviet-Ethiopian economic cooperation.
Please review.
A. Gromyko Iu. Andropov B. Ponomarev
11 July 1978
[Source: APRF, f. 3, op. 91, d. 272, ll. 140-
143; translated by Mark Doctoroff.]
Soviet Embassy in Ethiopia, back-
ground report on “Ethiopia’s Relations
with Western Countries,” August 1978
USSR EMBASSY TO
SOCIALIST ETHIOPIA
Re: no 275
14 August 1978
ETHIOPIA’S RELATIONS WITH
WESTERN COUNTRIES
(Information)
Before the revolution, Ethiopia was
primarily oriented toward the Western coun-
tries, first and foremost toward the USA and
the countries of the “Common market” (Fed-
eral Republic of Germany, Italy, England,
France). This determined the external poli-
cies of the country, although formally Ethio-
pia belonged to the nonaligned countries.
The connection of Ethiopia’s economy
and trade as well as its defense to the capi-
talist governments was a key factor in the
influence of the Western countries on Ethio-
pia. Until the revolution in 1974 developed
capitalist countries occupied the predomi-
nant position in the external trade activity
of Ethiopia. Thus, for example, in 1973,
they represented approximately 70% of the
volume of external trade (by comparison
with 3% for the group of socialist countries).
Military supplies were completely de-
pendent on the United States.
Meanwhile, the West took into consid-
eration first and foremost the significant
strategic position of Ethiopia in the region
of the Red Sea, the Horn of Africa, and Af-
rica as a whole in terms of a confrontation [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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