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By Compiled From Wire Service Dispatches With Analysis From Monitor Correspondents Around The World; Edited By Linda Feldmann

July 13, 1983

Zaire will send 1,750 more troops and three Mirage jet fighters to boost Chadian government troops fighting Libyan-backed rebels, Defense Ministry sources said. Zaire is so far the only African country to respond to Chad's pleas for military assistance.