WEEKLY SUMMARY

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06571781
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: June 20, 2018
• Case Number: F-2016-01698
• Publication Date: February 17, 1967

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DIRECTORATE OF
INTELLIGENCE
WEEKLY SUMMARY
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17 February 1967
No. 0277/67
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FAR EAST
Peking has abruptly moderated its tactics
toward the Soviet Union, and apparently is also
similarly shifting its approach to the Cultural
Revolution. On 12 February, after nearly three
weeks of escalating invective, the Chinese mobs
that had been holding the Soviet Embassy in Peking
in a virtual state of siege withdrew. Other steps
also helped reduce the immediate tensions between
Moscow and Peking, but the reasons for the shift
are not yet clear. Although Moscow claims credit,
the change seems related to Chinese domestic de-
velopments.
The Peking authorities, led by Premier Chou
En-lai, apparently have begun a concerted effort
to curb Red Guard excesses. Militants have been
advised to ease their approach to erring officials,
and broadcasts have criticized young revolution-
aries, especially ultraleftists. Unlike similar
efforts last fall, these directives bear the
endorsement of Mao and other top leaders. The
regime still faces serious trouble on many fronts,
however, with stiff resistance to Mao supporters
evidently continuing in several provinces and fur-
ther high military officers being purged.
The new year's cease-fire in Vietnam passed
without significant military action, but the North
Vietnamese mounted a well-organized, major logis-
tics effort just north of the Demilitarized Zone,
and sent an unusually large number of trucks
through the Mu Gia Pass toward the routes through
southern Laos.
The anti-Sukarno bandwagon rolls on in Indo-
nesia. Parliament's unanimous request for Congress
to oust the President and bring him to trial seems
to leave Sukarno no escape from formal dismissal
unless he resigns--a course that the government is
still trying to arrange.
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Chinese to avoid any measures that
would threaten the movement of
Soviet supplies to North Vietnam.
Because of the unstable
leadership situation in China,
however, the decision to reduce
Peking's anti-Soviet campaign can
be reversed at any time. The
Soviets also are aware of this
possibility. In its commentary
on the shift in Chinese tactics,
Izvestia cautioned on 14 Febru-
ary that Peking's general anti-
Soviet offensive had not been at
all weakened.
The Soviets may still be con-
cerned with the possibilities of
trouble along the border with
China. On 15 February, the So-
viet Army newspaper Red Star
claimed that Komsomoi�Fembers
had been attached to frontier
guard units along the Am7 river
on the Manchurian border.
WAY PAVED FOR SUKARNO'S OUSTER IN INDONESIA
Forces in Indonesia seeking
the ouster of President Sukarno
have taken their campaign several
steps further.. They still hope
to avoid possible internal dis-
order by securing his resignation,
but are proceeding with the steps
necessary to secure his dismissal
by Congress next month. Either
way, his early departure from the
presidency seems increasingly
certain.
Sukarno's loss of political
influence was most dramatically
shown when Parliament, which
forms a major part of Congress,
unanimously passed a resolution
on 9 February asking Congress to
Lake formal action to oust the
President and to order an inves-
tigation that would lead to the
placing of criminal charges
against him. Even Sukarno's
erstwhile supporters in the Na-
tional Party voted for the reso-
lution after their motion oppos-
ing General Suharto's "New Order"
failed to attract any support.
The resolution was strength-
ened several days later by Gen.
Suharto's report to congressional
leaders documenting Sukarno's
involvement in the coup and his
financial manipulations involving
several millions of dollars. This
underlines the likelihood of Su-
karno's formal dismissal when
Congress meets on 6 March, if
he does not resign.
Sukarno, for his part, con-
tinues to bluster his way through
in an attempt to stall for time,
confuse his enemies, encourage
his friends, and salvage his
dignity. He alternately agrees
to resign, refuses to resign,
agrees to leave the country, sug-
gests compromise, and promises
to resist to the bitter end.
However, increasing official and
popular pressures may cause him
to capitulate at any time.
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