CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY SUMMARY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00927A004200030003-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 25, 2008
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: September 20, 1963
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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(Information as of 1200 EDT, 19 September 1963)
FRICTIONS IN SOVIET-CUBAN RELATIONS
Moscow appears anxious to reassure Castro that US-
Soviet detente will not weaken its support for Cuba,
as he seems to fear. Other probable sources of fric
tion are: disagreement over means to counter exile
raids, Castro's silence on the test ban treaty, and
his effort to appear neutral in the Sino-Soviet rift:
MILITARY DEVELOPMENTS IN CUBA OK 2
Soviet military personnel continue to leave as
Cubans take over advanced weapons.
HAVANA PREPARES FOR ARCHITECTS CONGRESS
The Castro regime is going all-out to make this
bona fide international gathering--scheduled for
Havana before Castro went "socialist"--a resound-
ing propaganda success for Cuba.
MORE POSITIVE SOVIET ATTITUDE ON OUTER SPACE PACT
Soviet delegates at the recent session of the UN
Outer Space Committee indicated Moscow may be se-
riously interested in reaching agreement with the
US on peaceful uses of outer space.
USSR MAKES LARGE WHEAT PURCHASES ABROAD
Persistent harvest shortfalls have forced Moscow
to buy sizable quantities of Canadian and Austra-
lian wheat. These purchases, added to the expense
of building up the chemical fertilizer industry,
are bound to strain the Soviet balance of payments.
GDR THREATENS TO END INTERZONAL TRADE PACT
Its action stems from an EEC-directed proposal by
Bonn to stop paying preferential prices for East
German oil. Since neither side wants to end in-
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COMMUNIST CHINA'S FOREIGN TRADE
Trade in 1962 was 40 percent below 1959, mainly
because of the decrease in trade with the USSR and ?x
the satellites. Peiping now seems to be trying to
pay off its obligations to the USSR and minimize
future purchases there, and it is investigating
trade prospects in the free world. (Published
separately as Special Report OCI No. 0298/63A)
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ASIA-AFRICA
SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
Martial law has been lifted and a new date an-
nounced for elections, but rumors of new demon-
strations and reports of plotting continue.
INDONESIA CONTINUES FIGHT AGAINST MALAYSIA
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Rioting against British and Malayan installations pK
and property in Indonesia followed the establish-
ment of Malaysia on 16 September, and further in-{
cidents, in the Borneo territories as well as in
Indonesia, are likely.
EGYPT AGAIN FACING ECONOMIC CRISIS 12
Many of the Nasir regime's economic problems are
chronic, but its recent financial practices and OK
policies have made the international financial
community most reluctant to come to its aid.
PUBLIC ORDER PROBLEMS STILL PLAGUE CONGO
Tshombd's former Katangan gendarmerie is again
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becoming active, while the UN continues to think
primarily of withdrawal.
DIFFERENCES WITH US MAJOR TOPIC OF EEC COUNCIL MEETING
Many EEC officials foresee an atmosphere of recrim-
ination at next week's EEC Council meeting that may
doom all chances for the success of the "Kennedy
Round" of tariff negotiations.
POLITICAL IMPACT OF FRANCE'S AUSTERITY PROGRAM
The anti-inflationary program announced last week
is probably aimed at parrying new wage demands, but
could also be intended to create a favorable atmos-
phere for a re-election bid by De Gaulle next spring.
REPERCUSSIONS OF ITALY'S IPPOLITO SCANDAL
Revelations of conflicts of interest in the govern-
ment Nuclear Energy Committee are causing a politi-
cal uproar that may complicate maneuvers this fall
to form a new government.
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EUROPE (continued)
THE TRANSITION TO ERHARD IN WEST GERMANY
Outgoing Chancellor Adenauer expects to retain in
fluence as chairman of the ruling party, although
party leaders look forward to his leaving that
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WESTERN HEMISPHERE
THREATS TO REGIME OF DOMINICAN PRESIDENT BOSCH 19
Bosch's growing political isolation seems to be in-
creasing chances of his ouster, with extreme leftist
elements the possible long-range beneficiaries.
EFFECTS OF SERGEANTS' UPRISING IN BRAZIL 20
The radical left has defended the abortive revolt, OK
and the possibility of a Communist-instigated gen-
eral strike continues. On balance, the uprising
seems to have undermined President Goulart's author-
ity to some extent, and he may face new pressure
from the military for strong anti-extremist measures
PERUVIAN INDIANS AGAIN "OCCUPYING" PRIVATE LANDS
The new Belaunde administration feaxstheir incur-
sions--recently instigated by the Communists--will OK
complicate its efforts to enact land reform, and
possibly lead to bloodshed.
AREA NOTES
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