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Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 i _ F Not 6 Febuy 1965 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY OFFICE OF CURRENT INTELLIGENCE State Dept. review completed SECRET Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 25X1 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 VWAO SECRET (Information as of 1200 EST, 25 February 1965) THE VIETNAM SITUATION General Khanh's removal from power, apparently the in- tention of both the coup and countercoup last week, does not improve prospects for armed forces unity or political stability. The pace of Viet Cong activity, meanwhile, has stepped up considerably, and both China and North Vietnam appear to have taken steps last week to bolster their defenses. While neither Peiping nor Hanoi has shown any interest so far in making negotiations on Vietnam feasible, Moscow is privately urging the US to consider some sort of neogitated settlement. Page UNITED NATIONS UN ASSEMBLY ADJOURNS DESPITE ALBANIAN SHOWDOWN MANEUVER 4 An overwhelming majority of UN members beat back an Alba- nian (i.e., Chinese Communist) effort to disrupt the consensus procedure under which the session had operated since 1 December to avoid a US-USSR showdown on the Article 19 issue. President Quaison-Sackey will appoint a committee of some 30 members to seek a solution to the financial crisis during the six-month adjournment. THE COMMUNIST WORLD MOSCOW 1 MARCH MEETING APPARENTLY TO PROCEED ON SCHEDULE 5 At least seven of the invited parties,, however, will apparently boycott the meeting. It will probably be low key and is unlikely to endorse an early world Com- munist conference or to issue pronouncements on issues in the Sino-Soviet conflict. NEW PRAVDA EDITOR CLARIFIES LINE ON SOVIET INTELLECTUALS 7 His major policy statement stressed the need for "expert" recommendations of scientists and economists in decisions on policy, but affirmed the party's commanding position. On the issue of free discussion among artists and writers, the line is more conservative. SECRET 26 Feb 65 CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY SUMMARY Page i Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 SECRET THE COMMUNIST WORLD (continued) INTERNAL OPPOSITION TO CHINESE COMMUNIST REGIME Peiping has launched yet another drive to discipline dissident party members and intellectuals and is de- manding political subservience of scientists and tech- nicians for the first time since the Great Leap Forward. PEIPING PREPARES FOR AFRO-ASIAN CONFERENCE Recent Chinese Communist moves in Africa suggest that Peiping is stepping up its efforts to lay the ground- work for the second Afro-Asian conference, now sched- uled to be held in Algiers next June, Page 8 EAST GERMANS EXCAVATING DITCHES AROUND WEST BERLIN The expense and effort required to ring the city with a concrete-lined ditch are hardly warranted by the current low refugee flow. The regime's intention may be to soft- en the more objectionable features of existing fortifica- tions, to highlight West Berlin's isolation, and, in time, to reduce the number to border guards--whose poor morale has been a chronic problem. INDONESIA CONTINUES TWO-PRONGED CAMPAIGN AGAINST MALAYSIA 12 The Indonesian foreign minister has proposed secret talks with the Malaysians, while Djakarta continues military operations against Malaya. ELECTION IN INDIA'S KERALA STATE LIKELY TO BE INCONCLUSIVE The conflict between the now-separate left and right Indian Communist parties is matched by splits within the local Congress Party. SECRET 26 Feb 65 CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY SUMMARY Page ii Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 SECRET ASIA-AFRICA (continued) Page NEW TURMOIL IN THE BRAZZAVILLE CONGO 14 Three moderate cabinet ministers have been murdered, and the premier is implying that Tshombe, Portugal., and the US are behind a plot to overthrow the leftist Brazzaville regime and partition both Congos for the "imperialists." The US Embassy believes the murders were the work of re- gime extremists bent on consolidating their power. UGANDA STILL EMBROILED IN LEOPOLDVILLE CONGO REBELLION 1.5 New incidents continue to occur along the Conolese- Ugandan border. FRANCE'S POLICY OBJECTIVES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA France is stepping up its diplomatic offensive for a peaceful solution in Vietnam, advocating a settlement based on the principles expounded at the 1954 Geneva Conference. De Gaulle maintains that neutralization of all Southeast Asia is prerequisite to peace and stability in the area. WESTERN HEMISPHERE MORE SOVIET AID AND TRADE FOR CUBA Moscow's $170-million trade credit for 1.965 raises its cumulative balance-of -payments support for Cuba to more than $750 million. 26 Feb 65 CURRENT INTELMW EEKLY SUMMARY Page iii Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 SE CRE T WESTERN HEMISPHERE (continued) Page CUBA SEEKING LONG-TERM SUGAR CONTRACTS IN THE FREE WORLD 20 Its satisfaction with its long-term, guaranteed-price contract with the USSR has led it to try to make simi- lar arrangements with free world purchasers. Spain has been the most amenable to date, and Cuban negotiators have had limited success with Morocco and Japan. CONSERVATIVE LEADER ATTACKS BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT POLICIES 21. Guanabara Governor Lacerda, angered by reports that Pres- ident Castello Branco is considering deferment of this year's gubernatorial. elections, may be trying to alien- ate the President's more "hard-line" supporters in hopes of gaining their backing for himself in the 1966 presi- dential. contest. PROSPECTS IN CHILE'S MARCH CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION 22 The momentum which won the presidency for Eduardo Frei last September will. probably help his Christian Democrats gain more than a third of the seats in the Chamber of Deputies--enough to sustain a presidential veto but well short of a majority. SECRET 26 Feb 65 CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY SUMMARY Page iv Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 Nmop SECRET THE VIETNAM SITUATION As a result of the abortive coup and the successful counter- coup in South Vietnam on 19-20 February, General Khanh has been deposed as military commander in chief and sent into temporary exile as a "roving ambassador." The status of the civilian gov- ernment of Phan Huy Quat has not been affected. The removal of Khanh, apparently a primary goal of both the attempted coup and of the generals who quashed it, seems unlikely to unify the armed forces, or to usher in early political stability. The appointment of General Tran Van "Little" Minh as "act- ing commander in chief" looks like an interim compromise while the more ambitious "young Turk" generals, such as I Corps Com- mander Thi and air force Chief Ky, maneuver to obtain ultimate control of the military.) The pro-Catholic, anti-Bud- dhist, and even pro-Diem over- tones of the coup attempt now appear to have sharpened reli- gious animosities. Although the Buddhist leaders distrusted Khanh, they appear to suspect that his ouster may be partly aimed against them and that it may have had US blessing. They give no indication of any inten- tion to protest and have limited themselves to voicing support for the Quat government, but there are growing signs that they may be looking toward a ne- gotiated settlement to resolve South Vietnam's problems. They still speak, however, of a Viet- nam divided between a Communist North and a non-Communist South. The pace of Viet Cong ac- tivity meanwhile has stepped up considerably. Although the bulk of this activity is still harassment and sabotage, armed attacks appear on the rise. Heavy fighting has occurred for several days at a point on the east-west road linking the gov- ernment's II Corps headquarters at Pleiku in the central high- lands with its supply depots at Qui Nhon on the coast. In the central and north- ern provinces, the Viet Cong have further encroached on areas formerly controlled by the gov- ernment. In the coastal prov- inces of Quang Ngai and Binh Dinh, and increasingly farther south in Phu Yen and Khanh Hoa provinces, government troops have pulled back into the SECRET CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY SUMMARY Page 1 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 Shams 7 N O 'R T H ^. y Arrea 'u and. Lang so n e ett an LIU-CHOUO.' 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SAIGON ?.-- mi l, _"`'-'~~ -`K \ r Sihanoukvilta,_ - t Phan Thiet oaa a:~r ~oNG,, y quCC 2(UYEN" M Tho nPhu Vinh Vinh Lois- Quan Long H j M mg Sui-ch' i *, r FORY BAYARD 'Hai-k'ang Hain fHai-k'ou Pe-I HAINA,N Paso' vi-fin Ling-shui ? LLei-yang KAN-CHOU Chang-Ying.. SWATOWO DKOWLOON . VICTORIA MACAO HONG KONG (P-) (U.K.) ,NanWing FOOCHOW O AMOY TAIPEIO.Chi-lung ?Hua-lien TA I'*AN Aparri San F nandy' i 'MANILA PHILIPPINES 'Batangas 1 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 % we 13p, DICE 1 ' immediate vicinity of district capitals. Viet Cong sabotage, which has closed the main north- south highway in Phu Yen and Binh Dinh, and the coastal rail- road between the cities of Nha Trang and Da Nang, is helping to isolate the northern prov- inces. The sinking on 17 February of a camouflaged vessel off Phu Yen Province, and the subsequent discovery of an estimated 80- 100 tons of arms and ammunition on shore has resulted in the most significant capture to date of bloc equipment supplied by North Vietnam to the Viet Cong. The incident 25X1 - gests that the Communists hsaveug developed, or expect to develop an extensive system of logistic support through sea infiltra- tion. Both Communist China and North Vietnam appear to have taken steps during the past week to bolster their defenses. The Chinese Communists have taken further steps to im- prove air defenses in South China. the Chinese are building a second new airfield near the Vietnamese border, about 25 miles northeast of the exist- ing; one at Mengtzu. An area some 7,000 feet long has been cleared, and approximately 34 construction buildings were noted. The Soviets are apparently intensifying their efforts to deter the US from more far-reach- ing actions in Vietnam. They are privately urging the US to SECRET CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY SUMMARY Page 2 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 NWO, 3P-4 UKbT NNW consider some sort of negotiated settlement. In the two weeks following the flare-up in the Vietnam situation, the Soviet Union adopted a noncommittal at- titude toward the possibility of negotiations. Soviet officials informed the French and British ambassadors that there could be no question of negotiations while US bombings continue. Moscow's lack of initiative has resulted in part from the Soviet leaders' desire to avoid an open divergence with the Hanoi and Peiping regimes. The USSR probably also wishes to play for time to assess further de- velopments in US policy. The Soviet press, however, continues to report differences between the US and its allies and proposals by Western lead- ers for convening a conference. In line with this course, So- viet Ambassador Vinogradov's 23 February call on President de Gaulle seemed aimed at fo- cusing attention on the crisis and at isolating the US on the question of a negotiated set- tlement. The Chinese Communists and North Vietnamese so far have showed no interest in making it possible to hold ne- gotiations on the Vietnam sit- uation. Both Peiping and Hanoi continue to call for unilateral withdrawal of US forces from South Vietnam as the only pos- sibly solution. Chou En-lai, for example, in a message to the Indo-Chinese People's Con- ference in Phnom Penh on 23 February, stated that the US must withdraw its military -forces from Indochina "com- pletely, immediate) and un- conditional) SECRET 26 Feb 65 CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY SUMMARY Page 3 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 SECRET After disposing of essential business on a "no-objection" basis, and thanks to the US acquiescence in a "procedural" vote, the 19th UN General Assembly session ad- journed on 18 February until 1 September. The intervening period will permit further negotiations on the financial crisis and future peacekeeping operations by the big powers and by a committee of 30- odd members to be appointed by President Quaison-Sackey. However, the whole process of vacillation and evasion has brought discredit to the UN. The assembly by a vote of 97 to 2, with 13 abstentions,* beat back an Albanian maneuver--pre- sumably instigated by Peiping--to disrupt the consensus procedure under which the session had been operating since 1 December. The surprise Albanian ploy was designed to precipitate a confrontation be- tween the US and the USSR at the last hour over the arrears ques- tion and voting rights. Most UN members believed that since the Albanian delegate could not be persuaded to desist, the US should save the day and the UN by avoid- ing the confrontation. The vote was taken on the basis it would "not involve or prejudice" the question of Article 19. The as- sembly president ruled before the vote that it was without prejudice to the legal positions of the various members. In general, UN representa- tives reacted very favorably to the US handling of the problem. A canvass of Latin American delegates revealed that the group as a whole was "much relieved" and believed that the final vote was favorable to the US world posture. The Latin Americans, who usually take a very legalistic view of the UN charter, also felt that the strictly jurid- ical situation involving Article 19 was saved by the US explanatory statement. However, Soviet Ambas- sador Fedorenko contended publicly on 24 February that the US has lost its fight by agreeing to a roll call vote, thus making the penalty question a "dead issue." Despite general relief that a showdown has been averted for the time being, the formidable problem of negotiating some settlement on the arrears question remains. The composition of what promises to be a cumbersome committee is still un- settled--presumably Nationalist China will be excluded in order to get Moscow's participation. The fact that for three months most assembly members have preferred to relinquish their own right to vote rather than to deprive financial delinquents of theirs will not make the secretary general's dues-col- lecting any easier. Above all, it would seem that, despite valiant efforts, the General Assembly is slated to lose at least those pow- ers granted to it by the 1950 "uniting for peace" resolution which made it virtually coequal with the Security Council in peace- keeping. * aura ania lined up with Albania. Abstaining were Algeria, Burundi, Congo(Brazzaville), Cuba, France, Guinea, 'Mali, Portugal, Rumania, Sene- gal, the UAR, Tanzania, and Yemen. Cambodia, Indonesia, and Saudi Arabia did not participate. SECRET Page 4 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 SECRET The Soviet leaders appar- ently have decided to proceed with the Communist meeting scheduled for 1 March. The Italian, Bulgarian, and East German parties have announced that they are sending delega- tions to Moscow. Peiping and the Chinese-oriented parties-- the Albanian, Japanese, Indo- nesian, North Korean, and North Vietnamese--can be expected to boycott the meeting. Rumania, in addition, has refused to at- tend any meeting unless all the invited parties attend. Moscow, therefore, probably can count on, at most, 19 of the 26 mem- bers of the "editorial commis- sion." * This meeting probably will be represented as merely the first of a series of preparatory sessions which will discuss prob- lems facing the Communist move- ment and measures to promote unity. It is unlikely either to endorse an early world Com- munist conference or to issue pronouncements on substantive issues in the Sino-Soviet con- flict. Any communiqud probably will be limited to an anodyne reference to the value of regu- lar consultations in strengthen- ing cohesion and a display of solidarity in condemning US policy in Vietnam and elsewhere. The need for Communist bloc unity was the main theme of the Warsaw Pact meeting in January, oil Kosygin's statements in North V:Letnam and North Korea, and of Soviet treatment of the recent 15th anniversary of the Sino- Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance, and Mutual Assist- ance. The Russians are likely to avoid any suggestion of con- frontation or showdown with the Chinese at the 1 March meeting. Peiping has renewed its attack on the planned meeting by rebroadcasting on 20 Febru- ary a statement by a pro-Chinese Australian Communist leader de- nouncing the gathering as a continuation of Khrushchev's plan to "impose revisionism" on the world movement. The Chi- nese may already have set the wheels in motion for a meeting of their supporters in Peiping-- something they indirectly threat- ened to do last August. *The Dare the Bulgarian, Hungarian, East German, Cuban, Mongo- lian, Polish, Russian, Czech, French, Italian, West German, British, Finnish, Argentine, Brazilian, Syrian, Indian, US, and Australian Commmunist parties. SECRET Page 5 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 SECRET A major policy statement by Pravda's new editor, Aleksey Rumyantsev, has defined the new regime's position toward the Soviet intelligentsia. The ar- ticle affirms the party's command- ing position, but its major in- tent is to stress the need for the "expert" recommendations of scientists and economists, and thus to sanction their expanding role in decision-making. The line is more conservative, how- ever, on the issue of free dis- cussion among artists and writers. Encouragement of scienti- fic participation in policy for- mulation is pointed up by a critical reference to previous "distrust and intolerance" of the intelligentsia, when "an autocratic 'leader,' sure of his own infallibility, considered himself the supreme arbiter in all spheres of human activity." The party, asserts Rumyantsev, resolutely opposes the unwill- ingness of "certain leaders" to consider scientific recommenda- tions and will not deny the exploration of new avenues in scientific research because they do not yield immediate results. Khrushchev is the obvious cul- prit here, and since his ouster, scientists have argued for the- oretical research unhampered by demands for its immediate appli- cation. Rumyantsev in effect pro- vides a theoretical basis for some of the trends that have developed since Khrushchev's ouster. He cites precedents from Lenin for the enlistment of academicians and economists in elaborating the basic features of the economic plan for 1966- 70 and for the use of experts to provide new solutions for manag- ing the economy. The Rumyantsev line seems to follow Kosygin's pragmatic approach to economic administration. The article is also compat- ible with recent reminders by military and party spokesmen that military doctrine is formu- lated by the party on the "sci- entific" recommendations of mil- itary professionals. It further suggests that the new leaders will continue to encourage open discussion of controversial sub- jects as they have done with Lysenko and Liberman. Rumyantsev's comments on the artistic intelligentsia con- tinued the carefully moderate line set in recent editorials on cultural policy, criticizing past "excesses" but making no major concessions to liberal in- tellectual interests. He con- demned the injection of personal tastes into artistic questions by certain "leaders" as well as attempts to solve such problems by "administrative methods." He also appeared to sanction the recent defeat of several Stalin- ist hold-?overs in cultural and scientific organizations with a reference to those who had re- ceived "undeserved support in the not too distant past." How- ever, he reaffirmed the party's demand for ideological confor- mity in the content of art and warned that the struggle against "bourgeois ideology" must continue. SECRET 26 Feb 65 CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY SUMMARY Page 7 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 SECRET Rumyantsev's call for care- ful deliberation in deciding whether a given idea is ideolog- ically acceptable suggests that the regime is not anxious to raise the problems of ideologi- cal purity in art at this time. Although opening the door to somewhat greater stylistic ex- perimentation, he warned that the party cannot tolerate "a swamp of ideological emptiness, decadence and naked formalism." Peiping is becoming increas- ingly concerned over dissident party members and intellectuals and has launched yet another drive to discipline them. In an unusually frank ad- mission in his year-end report on the state of the nation, Premier Chou En-lai had warned that the "sinister winds of capi- talism" were still blowing into China. As a result, subversive elements were being "ceaselessly generated... in party and govern- ment organs," invariably trying to "find protectors and agents in the higher leading organiza- tions." Although claiming that only 5 percent of the population really opposes the party, Chou conceded that some of the re- mainder "may follow our lead somewhat hesitantly." To count- eract these hostile forces, Chou promised an even tougher appli- cation of the socialist educa- tion campaign then in full swing. The party leadership is especially disturbed over intel- lectuals, regarding some as SECRET' Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 SE CRE T For the first time since the Great Leap Forward, criti- cism of intellectuals is being broadened to include scientists and technicians. From 1961 to 1964 Peiping consciously tried to protect this group from ex- cessive political interference, but last month the party journal Red Flag, once again stressing aat it was more important to be "Red" than "expert," warned that the state could make only limited use of the knowledge of natural scientists who have faulty polit- ical beliefs. This harder line probably reflects Mao Tse-tung's personal position. Last fall Mao com- plained to foreign visitors that science students, as well as those in other fields, lacked ideological conviction and would have to be "steeled" with heavy doses of manual labor and indoc- trination. It is not clear how far the regime intends to go in intruding politics into science, but a continuation of the present trend will almost certainly im- pede the progress of training and research programs. SECRET 26 Feb 65 CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY SUMMARY Page 9 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927A004800030001-8 Sao, SECRET v4wr PEIPING PREPARES FOR AFRO-ASIAN CONFERENCE Recent Chinese Communist moves in Africa suggest that Peiping is stepping up its ef- forts to lay the groundwork for the second Afro-Asian conference, now scheduled to be held in Al- giers next June. During the past two weeks the Chinese have been concentrating their atten- tion on the UAR and Algeria. A delegation of high-level Chinese foreign policy officials arrived in Cairo on 15 February for extended talks with the Egyptians. This group includes two vice ministers of foreign affairs and the head of the For- eign Ministry department deal- ing with North African and Near Eastern affairs. The subjects under discus- sion have not been announced, but plans for joint action in Africa and the Middle East are probably important items on the agenda. The Chinese may be en- gaged in working out preliminary arrangements for a visit by Pre- mier Chou En-lai. According to a story in the authoritative Cairo newspaper Al Ahram last December, Chou wars scheduled for a swing through the Middle East and Africa in March. :these visits may since have been postponed, however, in view of the fact that they apparently had been planned to coincide with the Afro-Asian conference before it was put off from March until June. Another Chinese delegation is in Algiers, taking part in the Afro-Asian economic seminar sponsored by the Afro-Asian Peo- ple's Solidarity Organization (AAPSO). Meetings began on 22 February and were scheduled to last for five days. This will provide an opportunity for im- proving the already close rela- tions between China and Algeria. Shortly before the delegation arrived, the Chinese had agreed to supply equipment for the mili- tia. forces of Algeria's National Liberation Front. Preliminary negotiations for this accord probably took place last December during' a two-week visit to China. by high-ranking Algerian mili- tia officers. While the seminar was going on, a 13,000-ton Chinese dry- cargo freighter was turned over to the Algerian Government on 24 February. This gift points up the importance Peiping attaches to developing closer ties with Algiers. The vessel, purchased from Norway in 1964 for $1.5 mil- lion, was one of the 15 ships assigned to China's international shipping fleet. SE CRE T CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY SUMMARY Page 10 25X1 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927A004800030001-8 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 Recent Ditch and Fenceonstruction I An, WEST BERLIN C Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 NOW SECRET The Communist World EAST GERMANS EXCAVATING DITCHES AROUND WEST BERLIN The East Germans have be- gun to excavate a series of ditches at a number of points along the sector and zonal bor- ders around West Berlin. Else- where, they are erecting elec- trified fences which appear to be of a temporary nature. The ditches, which are 16 feet wide and 9 feet deep, ap- pear designed to supplement existing border fortifications. In time, they may replace the combination of barbed wire, cleared strips, and barricades which ring the Western sectors adjacent to East Germany, though not all the Wall runnin throw h the center of Berlin. "cla.im the Ulbricht regime p ans to "modernize" the sector/zonal borders by 1970, replacing the barriers erected since August 1961 with a ditch backed by a high wire fence and a paved concrete or macadam strip suitable for vehicular patrols. The East Germans have massed approximately 140 bull- dozers at Busendorf, a, military training area just outside the city, apparently as a, prelude to an all-out effort to complete the ditchdigging. With this equipment they could do so this year and--with additional equip- ment, especially heavy-duty ea.rthmovers--probably by Sep- tember, at a minimum cost of $2 million. About 40,000 tons of concrete would be required to line the entire excavation at a, cost of an additional $9 million--to prevent washout. Such an expenditure is within the regime's capability and would not unduly strain the econ- omy. One 1,600-ya.rd ditch now has been dug, and work is under way ,at five other sites oppo- site the British and French sec- tors. The expense and effort re- quired to ring the city are hardly warranted by the refugee flow---fewer than 600 escapes in the Berlin area. in 1964. Rather it would appear that the system of ditches is designed to soften the more objectionable features of the existing fortifications and to highlight West Berlin's physical separation from the surrounding territory. In time, the ditches may permit some re- duction in the number of border guards patrolling the sector/ zonal borders.. Poor border guard morale is a chronic prob- lem for the Ulbricht regime. The equivalent of three guard companies have fled into West Berlin since August 1961. SECRET 26 Feb 65 CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY SUMMARY Page 11 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 SECRET INDONESIA CONTINUES TWO-PRONGED CAMPAIGN AGAINST MALAYSIA Indonesia's confrontation of Malaysia continues to combine military activity with offers of a peaceful settlement. Indonesian Foreign Minister Subandrio has proposed secret ministerial-level talks with Ma- laysia for the first week of March Thai Foreign Minister Thanat will act as an intermediary. According to Thanat, Subandrio has promised to stop all incursions and in- cidents before the talks and for as long as negotiations might continue. Military activity continues, however. Two more Indonesian landing attempts against the Ma- lay Peninsula occurred on 24 February. tained initially. Within Indonesia, pressures are mounting from both Commu- nist and official elements for at least a nominal government take -over of seven American-owned rubber plantations'in North Su- inatra. Some sort of government supervision seems likely although American management may be re- SECRET CURRENT INTELLIGENCE 'WEEKLY SUMMARY Page 12 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 SE CRE.T The threat of a Communist victory in the 4 March elections in India's Kerala State has been sharply reduced by the conflict be- tween the now-separate left and right Communist parties. Although the two factions together have long commanded more voter strength than any other political group in the state, the current campaign is in their eyes as much a battle for leadership of the Communist move- ment as a serious bid for power. As a result, Congress Party chances are a little better. De- spite high-level intervention from New Delhi, the Congress has been unable to patch up the split that brought down the Congress government last September. There is some pos- sibility that the two Congress groups, with the help of independ- ents, could emerge with sufficient strength to form a shaky coalition government, but such an arrange- ment would depend upon greater con- cessions than either side has thus far, been willing to consider. It now appears more likely that no workable governing combination will evolve, and that the direct administration from New Delhi-- president's rule--which has been 25X1 in effect since September will be renewed for another six months. SECRET Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 NNW VOO SECRET NEW TURMOIL IN THE BRAZZAVILLE CONGO Tension and confusion have been running high for two weeks in Congo (Brazzaville) amid signs that the continuing power struggle between the leftist regime's extremist and more pragmatic elements has entered another active phase. The most clearly discernible effect so far has been an acceleration of the country's steady slide to- ward anarchy. The new crisis began on 12 February with a radio speech by Premier Lissouba, a pragmatic leftist, alleging an elaborate plot to overthrow his government and partition both Congos for the benefit of "imperialists." Characteristically he implicated Tshombd, who he said was conniv- ing with a variety of Western interests--mostly European. Lis- souba advised his listeners not to be "astonished" by any "sport- ing events" they might soon see. Five days later, with ten- sion and rumors mounting, Braz- zaville radio announced that three prominent civil servants had been abducted on the night of 15-16 February and that the bodies of two of them had been recovered. It blamed "unknown commandos" sent by the plotters from Leopoldville to sow unrest in Brazzaville's civil adminis- tration. That same day, however, Lis- souba told the US ambassador, while insinuating a US role in the alleged conspiracy, that the three victims were themselves in on the plot and had been dis- posed of either by local "Portu- ;guese nationals" who feared ex- posure or by freewheeling extrem- ists of the Brazzaville regime's youth organization (JMNR). The US Embassy is convinced that the three officials, all known as moderates who disap- proved of the regime, were in fact murdered by JMNR militants acting on instructions from ex- tremists bent on consolidating their power position. Youth leaders are closely associated with the ruling party's most extreme leftist elements, nota- bly politburo secretaries Bou- kambou and Noumazalay. The em- bassy's conviction is supported by a spate of recent arrests, including at least one moderate cabinet minister, and by the thrust and timing of regime propaganda and news releases. On 19 February it was announced that a committee had been created to help "accomplish the work of the government," with membership drawn from party institutions dominated by extremists. Many aspects of the Brazza- ville power struggle remain ob- scure, including the position of Lissouba, who is probably the extremists' main target. Simi- larly, little has been heard lately of enigmatic President Massamba-Debat, who is not him- self an ideological leftist SECRET CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY SUMMARY Page 14 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927A004800030001-8 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO -? - International boundary ~??_~ Province boundary Q National capital * Province capital LEO 'OtDVf d* tc Ktk4wit ., Lisala Bumba keti 'BeiaTe ? *Lodja _Paulis 5,., UAL A :N TAL ,...,~ Kolwezi~ Jadotville ru 4 Fort Portal Kasmdi Tl) KAMPA A tl~ i KIGALI ram" * Btt1UMBURA ulirnbaSl I I Kigama Tabn C3kaAt3 ongolo *l, 'i Albertville Kabon o Baudou g Manono NORD ... *Elisabetbville Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927A004800030001-8 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 `01 SECRET *MW although he has quietly acqui- esced in the extremists' steady accretion of power since the 1963 revolution. His hand would seem to have been strengthened by a change in the military command which also occurred last week. Other "Loose ends" include indications that warrants may be out for the arrest of Nouma.za.lay and the top JMNR leader UGANDA STILL EMBROILED IN LEOPOLDVILLE CONGO REBELLION Events this week threaten to cause further serious diffi- culties between Uganda and the Congo. Incidents along their border continue, the latest re- ported to have occurred on 22 February when aircraft bombed a missionary school four miles inside Uganda., injuring some children and damasxinrr hiiildino The Uga.nda.n forces--appar- ently two companies--which en- tered the Congo on 14-17 Feb- ruary have reportedly now with- drawn to their own territory. They made no significant gains and suffered moderate losses. Leopoldville claims to have recaptured Ka.sindi, one of the points where the Ugandans crossed the border. Rebel forces, how- ever, are still in control at Mahagi, where the second incur- sion occurred. Although Obote has long supported the rebels, his emotional state and his long- standing fears of an invasion ,of Uganda by mercenaries sug- gest that his moves were an ir- rational response to the bomb- ing of an Ugandan customs post on 13 February. This week end, the OAU foreign ministers meet in Nai-- robi. Tshombd reportedly plans to attend, although some radi- cal states may attempt to block his participation. At this gathering, the African mod- erates, reinforced by the re- cent Nouakchott meeting of French-speaking states, may take a. stronger stand in support of the Congolese premier. SECRET CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY SUMMARY Page 15 25X1 i Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 { Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 SECRET Europe FRANCE'S POLICY OBJECTIVES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA French Foreign Minister Couve de Murville's fervent ad- vocacy of a negotiated Vietnam settlement during his mid-Feb- ruary Washington visit implies a stepped-up diplomatic offen- sive for a peaceful solution. Paris has maintained that peace and stability in Southeast Asia can be achieved only through neutralization of the entire area, and that only neutraliza- tion will avert an escalation of the present conflict or a humiliating Western withdrawal. France is now pressing for an international conference to reach a settlement. In an official statement on 10 February, French Informa- tion Minister Peyrefitte reaf- firmed his government's belief that solution of the problems of Southeast Asia must come through an international agree- ment conforming to the princi- ples expounded at the 1954 Geneva Conference. De Gaulle sounded the same theme last week in an exchange of views with Cambodian Prince Sihanouk. Paris press reports that France would not support the US in a war with Communist China prob- ably reflect an official atti- tude in view of the French con- tention that a Western military victory in Vietnam is impossible. The 1954 Geneva formula con- tains three principal ingredients: a negotiated cease-fire, with- drawal of foreign forces, and the eventual reunification of North and South Vietnam. De Gaulle would not regard as disastrous the possibility that a unified Vietnam might profess a formal commitment to Commu- nism, since he believes in the inevitable preponderance of national over ideological con- siderations. He would expect the eventual emergence of a "nationalist Communist" regime ready to play off the USSR against Communist China. Paris thinks it has an "honest-broker" role in a dis- cussion of a Southeast Asian settlement not only because of its past interest and influence there but also because of its diplomatic access to all inter- ested parties. De Gaulle of course is motivated also by his drive to establish France's claim to big- power status. He would expect France's prestige to be improved as a result of its contribution to solution of a problem involv- ing the major powers. He also expects France to regain a posi- t:Lon of some influence, albeit admittedly secondary to China's, in an area with traditional French ties. SECRET CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY SUMMARY Page 16 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 Iq Next 1 Page(s) In Document Denied Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 %01 w Million dollars 1,000 900 USSR FREE WORLD OTHER COMMUNIST 635 625 640 615 575 410 425 ~. 405 380 335 330 x'35 180: 85 '5O23 2 CUBAN FOREIGN TRADE Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 SECRET %no Western Hemisphere Soviet-Cuban trade will register a significant increase this year, considerably beyond the previous peaks of about $635 million set in 1962 and 1964. This increase is made possible in part by Soviet will- ingness to finance another sub- stantial imbalance in trade. Moscow has agreed to pro- vide $170 million worth of goods on credit this year--raising its cumulative balance-of-payments support for Cuba to over $750 million. For its part, Cuba is to increase 1965 exports to the USSR by about $70 million-- shipping 2.1 million tons of sugar, 500,000 tons more than in 1964. Neither the five-year trade pact nor the 1965 proto- col just signed indicates whether the USSR will continue the prac- tice of paying $20 million in hard currencies for 20 percent of the first million tons of sugar it buys. Under its long- term sugar purchase contract, however, it is committed to pay six cents per pound which, in view of current low sugar prices, represents sizable nonreimbur- sable aid to Cuba. It is estimated that So- viet imports from Cuba will reach about $300 million and that over $450 million worth of Soviet goods may be delivered this year. The USSR will con- tinue to meet Cuba's requirements for essential fuels, foodstuffs, raw materials, and equipment. Moscow recently paid $40 million in hard currency for 500,000 tons of Canadian wheat and flour for shipment to Cuba. It also con- tinues deliveries under its $325 million development credits, and is expected to continue to main- tain some 2,000 economic techni- cians in Cuba. By contrast, Cuba's pur- chases from the West will be smaller this year than last be- cause it has used most of its Western credits and the foreign exchange it earned while sugar prices were high. This squandering of wind- fall revenues, and other aspects of Cuba's economic mismanage- ment, presumably came in for Soviet criticism during the re- cent lengthy trade negotiations with Cuban ministers of economy, industry, and agriculture, as we:Ll as foreign trade. Moscow, however, is fully backing the Cuban drive to restore and im- prove agricultural production. Unprecedented deliveries of So- viet agricultural equipment are expected to play an important role in increasing sugar produc- tion this year--by at least ten percent. SECRET CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY SUMMARY Page 19 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 SECRET Cuba's satisfaction with its long-term, guaranteed-price sugar contract with the USSR has encouraged it to attempt similar arrangements with major free world purchasers. Spain has been the most amenable to date, and Cuban negotiators have had limited success with Morocco and Japan. Cuba has signe a five-year agreement under which Spain will pay 6.71 cents per pound for an annual minimum of 120,000 tons of sugar. The Spanish will gradually increase purchases through 1970, with the option of buying up to 200,000 tons annually. Spain's willingness to pay a premium price may also have been increased by Cuba's hints that it was considering indem- nification for Spanish proper- ties nationalized in Cuba. Havana announced on 20 Feb- ruary a commercial agreement un- der which Morocco will buy 565,- 000 tons of Cuban sugar in 1966-67. Morocco will pay 3.15 cents per pound and payments in convertible currency will fall from 35 percent in 1966 to 25 percent in 1967. Cuban officials seem con- vinced that this type of longer term agreement provides the soundest basis for Cuban eco- nomic and financial planning. They can be expected to continue efforts to arrange similar ac- cords with other free world coun- tries. Nevertheless, despite these longer term agreements and the expected increase in the 1965 sugar crop, the drop in sugar prices in the last 12 months will seriously reduce Ha- vana's 1965 buying power in the West ., SECRET 26 Feb 65 CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY SUMMARY Page 20 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927AO04800030001-8 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927A004800030001-8 SECRET Western Hemisphere CONSERVATIVE LEADER ATTACKS BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT POLICIES Guanabara Governor Carlos Lacerda is sharpening his opposi- tion to Brazilian President Castello Branco's policies. He delivered his strongest public attack on the government thus far in a 12 February radio speech in which he condemned the adminis- tration for allegedly betraying the revolution that overthrew the Goulart regime last year. As leader of a key state and spokes- man for influential conservatives, Lacerda's attitude toward the gov- ernment is crucial. Lacerda focused his attack on the issue of free elections, ap- parently in reaction to reports that Castello Branco is consider- ing deferment of gubernatorial elections now scheduled for Octo- ber in half of Brazil's 22 states. The governor is naturally alarmed by any action that encourages "hard-liners" to continue press- ing for cancellation of next year's presidential election in which he will be a leading con- tender. Lacerda alleged that corrup- tion is still tolerated and that self-interested politicians con- tinue to dominate official poli- cies. He called the presidential advisers "intriguers" and "grave- diggers" of the revolution. The criticism directed at the Presi- dent himself was relatively mild, limited to charges of political ineptness and indecisiveness. While the speech probably does not represent a full break with the administration, it does widen the division between the governor and Castello Branco. Lacerda may be attempting to drive a wedge between Castello Branco and his supporters, par- ticularly those who are pushing for a more complete cleanup of politics, in hopes of gaining their backing in the 1966 cam- paign. He has had some hope of being the "candidate of the rev- olution" but now apparently be- lieves that the regime is work- ing against his candidacy. The US Embassy suggests that he may even be thinking of preparing for a possible future coup at- tempt if his chances of election should appear slim. The speech may have grave implications for stability in Brazil. Should Lacerda continue to pursue a line of acrimony and demagoguery, he would encourage interparty rivalries and fric- tion which have remained rela- tively temperate under the pres- ent regime. These tactics would also greatly reduce the government's prospects for gain- ing public acceptance of the all-important austerity program. SECRET CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY SUMMARY Page 21 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927A004800030001-8 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP79-00927A004800030001-8 SECRET Western Hemisphere PROSPECTS IN CHILE'S MARCH CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION Chile will hold national congressional elections on 7 March. In contention are all seats in the 147-member Chamber of Deputies, and 20 of the 45 desks in the Senate. Whereas last September's presidential race ultimately amounted to a contest between two coalitions, the legislative contest will find the seven significant po- litical parties individually struggling for position. Three lesser parties also hope to gain admittance to the Congress, and one could conceivably elect a senator. In some districts cer- tain parties are cooperating be- hind one or another candidate. The outlook is for a con- tinuation of the momentum with which Eduardo Frei's Christian Democrats (PDC) won him the presidency, albeit with a de- cided decline in vote percentage as their nominal Conservative and Liberal allies of September run for themselves. Further- more, the Communists (PCCh) can be expected to hold their own or even to gain in seats, and to register a strong percentage increase in their electoral sup- port. Other parties are unlikely to improve upon their numerical strength in the present Congress. In popular vote, the Popu- lar Revolutionary Action Front (FRAP)--made up of Socialists, Communists, and National Demo- crats--may draw about 35 percent, with the PCCh attracting about half of that. The PDC should run slightly stronger than FRAP as it moves toward becoming a national majority party, while the three traditional parties-- Radicals, Liberals, Conserva- tivESs--will divide the remainder of the ballots. Indications are that the PDC may pick up 5 senators, the Communists 2, and National Demo- crats I at the expense of the Liberals (-3), Socialists (-2) and Radicals (-2), and an In- dependent. In the Chamber, the PDC probably will more than double its present 28 deputies, at the expense of the Radicals (_1.0), Liberals (-10), Conserva- tives (-5), Socialists (-4), and National Democrats (-3). The Communists may gain a seat for a total of 17 in the new Conngress. The ruling Christian Demo- crats will almost certainly thus be left well short of a majority, although with more than the third needed in the Chamber to sustain a presiden- tial veto. They therefore will find it necessary to at- tract the support of other leg- islators either through coopera- tion with another party, which is improbable, or by achieving agreements with individual con- gressmen. 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