STAFF NOTES: WESTERN EUROPE CANADA INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
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• Publication Date: May 21, 1975
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No Forei'n Dirrem
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Western Europe
Canada
International Organizations
Conti-i~n~tial
No. 0195-75
May 21, 1975
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WESTERN EUROPE - CANADA - INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
This publication is prepared for regional specialists in the Washington com-
munity by the Western Europe Division, Office of Current Intelligence, with
occasional contributions from other offices within the Directorate of
Intelligence. Comments and queries are welcome. They should be directed to
the authors of the individual articles.
Armed Forces Threaten Portugal's
Parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Armed Forces Threaten Portugal's Parties
The Portuguese Armed Forces Movement
yesterday issued a statement criticizing all
political parties, including the Communists,
warning that the parties should completely
align themselves with the Movement's policies.
To show its unhappiness with the contin-
uing dissension between the Communists and
the Socialists, the government yesterday
closed down the Socialist paper taken over by
Communist printers on Monday. The printers
were protesting the publishing of a Commun-
ist document outlining charges party workers
planned to use in a new purge of non-Commun-
ists from the government-owned radio and
television network.
Two thousand Socialists, including party
leader Soares, staged an all-night vigil to
protest the Communist takeover. Information
Minister Jesuino condemned the vigil as a
"divisionist maneuver whose only aim appeared
to be the sabotage of the Portuguese revolu-
tion." The government ordered that the paper
remain closed pending a decision by a special
press tribunal. The Socialists last night
presented an ultimatum to President Costa
Gomes: unless the Communists stop trying to
take over the press trade unions and local
governments, the Socialists will leave the
government.
Taking a swipe at the extreme left as
well, the armed forces general assembly
approved a statement deploring the "division-
ist and counterrevolutionary nature" of the
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outlawed Reorganizing Movement of the Pro-
letariat Party. Press reports indicate that
members of the Reorganizing Movement had
beaten up two US Marine guards in Lisbon
Monday night.
The general assembly also announced in
a communique that civil unrest in Portugal
is being provoked by "the forces of reaction
and groups of leftist provocateurs" to divert
the Movement's attention from the events
in Angola. The emphasis on Angola in the
communique highlights the military's serious
concern over the deteriorating situation in
Angola and its possible implications for the
metropole. The statement also signals an
awareness cf the :breakdown in order in Portu-
gal and suggests that the Movement is looking
for an excuse to cover up its inability to
handle partisan difficulties.
The assembly, which will convene again
soon to complete its work,, also established
a military tribunal to try those charged
with complicity in the coup attempt on March
11. The commission that investigated the
abortive coup was officially praised by the
assembly, but the widely rumored effort to
use the March 11 issue to remove moderate
military leaders apparently did not develop.
(Confidential)
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.UNESCO Moves to Overcome Internal
Difficulties
The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization is trying to overcome internal
differences over two anti-Israeli resolutions
passed at the organization's last general
conference in November.
The UNESCO executive board meeting
that ends in Paris tomorrow is the first major
assembly since the Arab-backed resolutions
excluded Israel from the organization's Euro-
pean regional group and condemned Israeli archeo-
logical excavations in Jerusalem. Hundreds
of Western intellectuals and artists have boy-
cotted 'UNESCO-sponsored activities because
of the resolutions and Congress voted last
year to halt US payments, which provide a quarter
of the UNESCO budget.
A draft resolution circulated by the executive
board earlier this week contains provisions
which are aimed at re-establishing UNESCO's
non-political atmosphere, but it does not restrict
earlier condemnations of Israel. The Egyptian
ambassador to UNESCO, however, stated recently
that he could see no Arab objection to including
Israel in a meeting of European governmental
education experts in Helsinki in October.
If Israel is invited, it could begin a
series of initiatives leading to Israel's de
facto participation in European regional group
activities. Formal approval would probably
be delayed until UNESCO's 19th general conference
at the end of 1976. (Confidential)
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