WESTERN EUROPE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00865A000200250001-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 26, 2004
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 27, 1975
• Content Type: NOTES

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Portuguese Expect Violence
Socialist International to Make Second
Middle East Trip Next Month . . . . . . . . 3
Concern about Human Rights in Chile . . . . . 4
British Tory Party to Elect Leader . . . . . 5
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Portuguese Expect Violence
Politically motivated street violence occurred
in Portugal over the weekend, and more is expected
this week.
The forced cancellation of the first congress
of the Social Democratic Center Party by radical
left-wing groups bodes ill for free and orderly
elections this spring. Party delegates and observers
from several European parties were trapped overnight
inside the congress hall in Oporto, Portugal's
second largest city. Police kept demonstrators
from breaking in, but the crowd could not be dis-
persed until security forces arrived from Lisbon
early yesterday.
Leaders of the Social Democratic Center, dubbed
"fascist" by the left, had anticipated violence;
groups of extreme leftists had ransacked their head-
quarters and broken up a party youth rally late last
year, and the far left had said it would prevent
the congress from taking place.
Extremist groups calling for the dissolution
of the Social Democratic Center held another demon-
stration in Oporto yesterday with security forces
present. Democratic Center leaders reportedly are
considering disbanding; if they do, no right-of-
center party worth mentioning will participate
in the constituent assembly elections.
The Communists, meanwhile, have announced they
will hold a demonstration in Lisbon on Friday to
compete with one already scheduled by the Socialists.
The Socialists have called their demonstration to
show continuing opposition to the unitary labor law
approved by the cabinet last week. The Communists,
who reportedly believe the Socialist rally will
be successful, hope to draw off some of its support.
Tensions are rising, and a clash between the two
groups could become serious.
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Socialist International to Make Second'Middle
East Trip Next Month
The second Socialist International fact-
finding mission to the Middle East. is to visit
Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya February
8-14. Austrian Chancellor and Socialist Party.
Chairman Bruno Kreisky will lead the delectation..
The group's first formal visit to the Arab
world occurred last March as a -result of the
Socialist International's decision in 1973 that
it could no longer support only.Israel That
delegation, which Kreisky also led, went to
Syria, Egypt, and Israel. The Egyptians and
Syrians expressed predictable interest in more
trade but were not interested in possible links
between the Socialist International and their own
so-called Socialist parties.
Kreisky has stressed that the delegation
will not interfere with peace-making efforts
the area, F_
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Concern about Human Rights in Chile
The UN Human Rights Commission--which
opens its 31st session next week in Geneva--
will spend a great deal of time discussing
the human rights situation in Chile. Chile has
been a standing item on the Commission's agenda
since the September 1973 coup. Moreover, in a
resolution passed during the recent UN session,
the General Assembly requested the Human Rights
Commission to continue to study the situation.
In addition to the Chilean situation, the meet-
ing will also discuss a report prepared last
year by a subgroup of the Commission, which
levied accusations--ranging from widespread
torture in Brazil to political executions in
Uganda--at five countries, including Chile.
A number of West European countries--
joined by the US--have already attempted to head
off an expected violent attack on Chile
by the Soviets and their allies by drawing up
a resolution that they hope will command broad
support. While the wording of the resolution
has not yet been worked out, the Europeans hope
to produce compromise language that would
continue the Commission's involvement by sending
a fact-finding group to Chile or by considering
the reports of already concluded investigations
by other groups, such as the Inter-American
Commission on Human. Rights.
The major objective of the West Europeans
in presenting a balanced solution is to gain
Chile's acceptance of the proposal. Earlier this
month Chilean President Pinochet refused to allow
two representatives of the Inter-Parliamentary
Union to visit Chile on a similar mission, and
the Europeans do not want their resolution to
result in a similar Chilean response.
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British Tory Party to Elect Leader
The Conservative Party is gearing up this
week to elect its party leader. The hierarchy
believes that the party needs a leader with firm
rank-and-file backing to face up to parliamentary
debates on such important issues as EC membership,
the defense review, and economic policy. The complicated
election procedure, however, could lead to the
re-election of former prime minister Heath, even
though he has only luke-warm support within the
party.
Under the terms of the electoral procedure
adopted last fall after Heath lost his second national
election in nine months, the first ballot will
be held on February 4. If no candidate wins a
majority, a second ballot will be held a week later,
and a third, if necessary, on February 13. Heath
has announced that he will be a candidate through
all three ballots.
Despite opposition from the party's committee
of parliamentary back benchers, Heath has shown
determination to fight to retain his leadership
role. Thus far, few inspiring challengers have
appeared. Margaret Thatcher, a shadow deputy chancellor
of the exchequer, has been the only other serious
candidate, although Hugh Fraser, a staunchly conservative,
right-wing Tory who served in the cabinet in the
early 1960s, has also declared his candidacy.
Other prominent Tories such'as'William Whitelaw,
the respected former Secretary of State for Northern
Ireland as well as employment minister, and shadow
Home Secretary James Prior could throw their hats
into the ring before the second ballot if Heath
does not win a vote of confidence on the first
round. It now appears that these challengers will
have little effect on the final outcome. Thatcher
may jump ahead of Heath on the first ballot but
T-Timath nrobably will win out in the end.
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