CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: March 13, 1958
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
13 March 1958
DAILY BRIEF
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II, ASIA-AFRICA
*Indonesia (as of 0100 EST 13 March): Indonesian
government orces which captured the Central Sumatran
oil center of Pakanbaru are moving westward along the
highway leading to the dissident strongholds of Bukittinggi
and Padang. They are meeting some resistance from
small dissident units which have managed to re rou
several miles outside Pakanbaru.
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Lebanon: Prime Minister Sulh's resignation on 12 March
is apparently a maneuver designed to enable him to reshuffle
his cabinet. Lebanese President Chamoun is particularly
anxious that elements be brought into the government which
would provide additional support for his second-term aspira-
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point for criticism, may be dropped; but the government's
orientation is likely to remain unchanged.
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III. THE WEST
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France-Tunisia: Premier Gaillard has specified that
Tunisia must make-moves to re-establish "normal relations!'
as the minimum position acceptable to his cabinet. He agreed
that regrouping and subsequent evacuation of some French
troops might occur simultaneously with Tunisian fulfillment
of French conditions. Ultranationalists in the French cabinet
and parliament can be expected, however, to continue insist-
ing on an even tougher French position. Gaillard's stipula-
tions on restoring relations and Paris' adamant stand on not
25X1A giving up Bizerte are robabl unacceptable to Bourguiba.
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.Bolivia; The political struggle between President Siles
and eftst labor leader Juan Lechin has been intensified by
efforts of Lechin's supporters to seize physical control of
the.Bolivian mining area. Meanwhile, Sites has ordered the
arrest and expulsion from Bolivia of the Principal Trotskyit and
Communist leaders linked with Lechin.
o his regime and will make difficult the holdi of free elec-
Tpns by 1 June.
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*Cuba: President Batista's 45-day suspension of constitu-.
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IL. ASIA-AFRICA
Djakarta Pressing Military Campaign in Central Sumatra
Indonesian government forces which captured the Cen-
tral Sumatran oil center of Pakanbaru on 12 March have
begun to move westward along the highway leading to the
dissident strongholds of Bukittinggi and Padang. 25X1 C
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ling two issican companies which were defending a
junction nine miles outside the city.
At least a part of the main government force of three
to four battalions coming up the Siak River and overland from
Dumai has probably arrived in Pakanbaru. These units can
be expected to give impetus to the westward drive.
Meanwhile, the shelling of Padang by two navy corvettes,
accompanied by orders to all ships in the harbor to leave by
1000 on 13 March, may be the prelude to an amphibious at-
tack in that area. According to a military official in Djakarta,
3 1/2 battalions as well as the navy's 900-man marine corps
are available for this operation.
In Djakarta, the prospects of any agreement between
President Sukarno and former vice president Hatta appear to
have all but vanished. Hatta has indicated that there is no
basis for compromise as long as force is being used against
the dissidents, and there is some reason to believe that he
may soon be taken into "protective custody" by the military.
Sukarno is on an "inspection" trip of Java and East Indo-
nesia calling for support of the military campaign against
the dissidents. His trip is to be climaxed on 16 March with
an address to a mass meeting in Bandung.
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III. THE WEST
Gaillard's Terms for Tunisia Probably Unacceptable
French Premier Gaillard appears willing to modify
several important details of the minimum conditions his
cabinet says Tunisia must satisfy before "normal rela-
tions" with France can be re-established. In talks with
US and UK good offices representatives, he agreed that
the regrouping at Bizerte of four or five thousand French
troops now stationed "around Tunis" could occur "simul-
taneously" with the return of French civilians to their
Tunisian domiciles, return of French consuls to their posts,
and restoration of liberty of circulation for French troops.
He also stated categorically that the regrouped troops would
be evacuated from Tunisia, but adamantly rejected "any
formula which would provoke the departure of the French
from Bizerte." Gaillard also indicated his willingness to
separate the questions of neutral control of the airfields
and of the frontier.
Gaillard's willingness to relax the cabinet's "minimum"
demands may be motivated partly by a recommendation re.
portedly made by the French commander in Tunisia in favor
of evacuation of ground forces and abandonment of the air-
fields, and by evidence that many French civilians in Tunisia
see Bourguiba as their best hope of protecting their status
and property. Nevertheless, ultranationalists in the French
cabinet and parliament can be expected to continue insisting
on an even stiffer French position which may hamstring the
good offices negotiations.
Gaillard's demands, particularly the insistence on re-
maining at Bizerte, are unlikely to be readily accepted by
Bourguiba, who continues to demand a substantial evacuation
by 20 March, the anniversary of Tunisia's independence.
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Civil War Threatens in Bolivia
Strikes begun on 1.1 March in the Bolivian mines by Com-
munist and Trotskyite followers of leftist labor leader Juan
Lechin will seriously test the ability of President Siles Zuazo
to retain control of the government. With the pro- and anti-
government forces about equally divided in the mining areas, .
Siles has thrown a protective cordon of militia and police
around the key city of Oruro and sent a force of 100 miners
into the city to defend it against attack. Another such cordon
is reported to be trying to isolate the town of Catavi, where
the Lechin forces are concentrated.
In La Paz, Siles has reportedly ordered the arrest and
expulsion of certain Trotskyite and orthodox Communist lead-
ers who were linked with Juan Lechin. The President's
ability to implement these orders, however, will depend on
his success in ousting the pro-Lechin chief of secret police,
whose dismissal was reported on 10 March although he was
subsequently granted permission "to stay on for a few days."
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Cuban Government Suspends Constitutional Guarantees
Cuban President Batista's- 45-day suspension of con-
stitutional guarantees on 12 March--the seventh such sus-
pension since January 1957--may result in the most serious
threat to the government since the abortive naval uprising at
Cienfuegos last September. Coming at a time when the na-
tion is preparing for general elections on 1 June, the suspen-,
sion may result in the withdrawal of opposition parties from
the campaign and will certainly mock Batista's assurances
that he will hold free elections.
Prime Minister Emilio Nunez Portuondo resigned im-
mediately after guarantees were suspended; the other min-
isters, who resigned briefly, were reappointed under the
premiership of former Foreign Minister Gonzalo Guell,
There was no apparent reason for Batista's decision to
suspend constitutional guarantees, and his action may be
considered a tactical error. Rebel leader Fidel Castro's
rejection of church mediation on 11 March had placed
Batista in a more advantageous position since he had at
least nominally supported the Church's proposal for a peace-
ful solution of Cuba's political problems.
If adverse reaction to the suspension becomes widespread,
it is conceivable that the armed forces, in which dissatisfac-
tion with Batista has become more pronounced lately, might
move to take control of the situation. It is also possible that
Fidel Castro might take advantage of the situation to call for
a general strike, which he had planned before the end of
March, and to intensify his campaign to oust Batista by force.
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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DAILY BRIEF
I, THE COMMUNIST BLOC
eanon Prime. Wnister. Sulh1s resignation on 12 March
is apparently maneuver designed to enable him to reshuffle
his cabinet. Lebanese President Chamoun is particularly
anxious that elements be brotight into the government which
would provide additional support for his second-term aspira-
Foreign Minister Malik who is unpopular and a focal
tions.
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point for criticism, may be dropped; but the overnment?s
r1enta on is iike1y to remain unclanged:
to vta The political struggle between President Siles
and- a tist labor leader Juan Lechin has. been intensified by
efforts of Lechints supporters to seize physical control of
the Bolivian mining area. Meanwhile, Sues has ordered the NON
arrest and expulsion from Bolivia of the rinci al Trots i and
Communist leaders linked with .Lechin.:
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*Cuba: President Batistaas 45-day suspension of constitu-
tional -guarantees on 12 March could provoke a serious threat
to his regime and will make difficult the holding of free elec- R
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