CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1961/05/02

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• Document Release Date: August 27, 2020
• Publication Date: May 2, 1961

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CONTENTS
2. Congo: Katangan Interior Minister Munongo ready to
assume Tshombe's post but wants to avoid charges of
usurpation. (Page tt)
3. USSR: Khrushchev set no precise deadline on solving
Berlin problem in conversation with West German Am-
bassador Kroll. (Page tt)
5. South Korea: Government party and cabinet changes
planned to strengthen regime's legislative support.
(Page tti)
6. Afghanistan: Kabul hopes for $300,000,000 from USSR,
$200,000,000 from US, for its Second Five-Year Plan.
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*Laos: kolonel Siho, commander of a government force
on Route 13 north of Vientiane, has informed Vientiane that a
Pathet Lao cease-fire delegation made contact with his troops
in the late afternoon of 1 May just north of Ban Hin Heup. The e
Pathet Lao made the contact at their initiative, and the ensuing /7) �
conversation resulted in a local cease-fire agreement along a
line 2 1/2 miles north of the Nam Lik river to facilitate further
cease-fire arrangements. Colonel Siho has returned to Vien-
tiane to confer with Phoum_1].
ahoumi has ordered contingency plans drawn up for evac-
uation of Vientiane under which all military supplies and as-
sets would be moved to Savannakhet. He is considering a sim-
ilar evacuation plan for Thakhelg
aihanouk has withdrawn his "sponsorship" of the 14-na-
tion conference on the grounds that King Savang opposes such
a meeting. Savang is reported by Sihanouk to favor an internal
settlement of differences among the various Laotian factions
and to be anticipating that a new Laotian government will be
formed b the National Assembly when it reconvenes on 11 May.)
sign can mi itary developments have been reported
in the past 24 hours. Bloc airlift operations continuel
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*Congo: The authorities in Katanga remain in a state of
confusion over Tshombe's continued detention. Interior Min-
ister Munongo reportedly is anxious to take over the leader-
ship of the government publicly, but fearing charges of usur-
pation is reluctant to move without Tshombe's concurrence.
The American Consulate reports that UN officials in Elisa-
bethville appear willing to deal with Munongo in the belief that
he is basically more reasonable than Tshombe. Tshombes
followers are apprehensive lest word of his incarceration trig-
ger an uprisi i.e men in sout
*USSR-Berlin: a_.:hrushchev used his 24 April conversa-
tions with West German Ambassador Kroll to offset the im-
pression that he was committed to a showdown on the Berlin
and German German questions before the Soviet party congress in
October. While strongly emphasizing his determination to
achieve a solution during 1961, Khrushchev told Kroll that
the bloc had set no precise deadlines and would be willing to
wait until the West German elections and "possibly" until
the party congress before convening a bloc peace conference
to sign a separate treaty with East Germany. Although Khru-
shchev failed to mention East-West negotiations prior to a
bloc conference, his remarks over the past several
months suggest that he still expects a further round of nego-
tiations and recognizes that the process of arranging new
talks will take longer than he anticipated and could extend
beyond next fall. He also told Kroll that he was convinced
the West would not risk nuclear war over Berlin and that the
USSR could cope with any economic sanctions or a break in
diplomatic relations. He assured Kroll that the prospect of
a showdown over Berlin "need not affect negotiations already
begun with the US" but that he was skeptical over such nego-
.1-4 H cm a arid in nrtigiihir hA hen AvPd the US was not seri-
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Albania-111:loc: The poor state of Albania's relations with
the USSR and the East European satellites may be reflected
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South Korea: Prime Minister Chang Myon and his sup-
porters are planning a major reorganization of the ruling
Democratic party and a cabinet reshuffle, probably about mid
May, in an effort to strengthen legislative support for the gov-
ernment. Chronic factionalism in the government party has
impeded Chang's legislative program and is eroding public
confidence in the administration. Maneuvering in anticipation
of the shake-up has aggravated intraparty differences, but the
selection of new party and cabinet officers may give Chang the
opportunities he needs to strengthen party unity.
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Afghanistan: Afghan Foreign Minister Naim has told Am-
bassador Byroade that his government now estimates that it
will require $750,000,000 in foreign exchange for its Second
Five-Year Plan (1961-1966)--considerably more than earlier
reports indicated. Kabul looks to Moscow for the major con-
tribution--$300,000,000--but Naim expressed hope that close
to $200,000,000 would be provided by the US. A plan of this
scope is not realistic for Afghanistan, and it seems likely
that these figures have been inflated in order to increase the
chances of a large American contribution. Negotiations for
Soviet assistance, continued during Prime Minister Daud's
recent visit to Moscow. are still "far from settled," ac-
cording to Naim. (Backup, Page 4)
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