CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: March 30, 1960
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30 MARCH 1960
1. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
Projects arranged under Soviet $100 mil-
lion line of credit for Ethiopia soon giving
USSR a "real foothold:'
Differences between Nasir, Qasim, and
King Husayn likely to be intensified by
Arab League meeting on Palestine on
31 March.
Morocco--King pressing France and Spain
to agree to evacuate their forces by end
of 1963. 9
South Vietnam- -Large-scale Communist
guerrilla attacks continuing in southern
area.
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?Latin American Communists stepping up
their Havana-based anti-US campaign,
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
30 March 1960
DAILY BRIEF
I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
USSR- Etiopiao Addis Ababa announced on 26 March
$100,000,000 Soviet line of credit offered last July, The
USSR will build an oil refinery and a gold-processing plant,
conduct geological surveys, and examine the feasibility of
building metallurgical works. L<hough the agreement does
not fully utilize the line of credit, these projects will, ac-
cording to the American ambassador, give the USSR a "real
the signing of a protocol with the USSR for use of the
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II. ASIA-AFRICA
Arab States: The already bitter disputes involving
Nasir, Qasim, and King Husayn will almost certainly be
intensified by the Arab League Council meeting on Palestine
to be held in Cairo on 31 March, The UAR will press for its
proposal for creation of a separate Palestinian "entity,"
strongly opposed by Husayn, who fears the possible loss of
the largely refugee-inhabited West Bank of Jordan. Qasim,
who has refused to send a delegate, on 27 March announced
plans for equipping and training an "army of Palestinians"
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Morocco: [King Mohamed V has sent a personal message
to De Gaulle asking that Paris make an immediate gesture
toward the evacuation of French forces remaining in Morocco,
and the French ambassador in Morocco flew to Paris on 28
March to support the King?s plea, The King has prdclaimed
1960 the "year of evacuation," and is pressing Spain as well
to agree to evacuate all forces by the end of 1963<
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South Vietnam. A series of recent attacks in the south in-
volving 100-200 Communist guerrillas in each instance indicates
a continuing Communist effort to gain de facto control of the
countryside in that area. In concentrating on security patrols
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in the Vietnamese military and destroy the people s confidence
in the government's ability to protect them.
III. THE WEST
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Cuba: Latin American Communists are stepping up their
Havana-based anti-US campaign.. Communists and pro-Com-
munists from 15 Latin American countries on 26 March, at the
closing ceremonies of the "Week of Solidarity with the Latin
American Peoples" in Havana, announced they. would launch an
"anti-imperialist and anti-feudal revolution" in the hemisphere.
The Communist head of the Latin American Workers' Confedera-
tion reportedly met secretly in Havana with other labor leaders
to prepare a constitution for a new "independent" labor move-
ment in line with the program developed in Moscow a year ago.
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1. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
Ethiopia Signs Protocol With Soviet Union
Addis Ababa on 26 March announced the signing of a
protocol with the Soviet Union which outlines a series of proj-
ects to be included under the $100,000,000 line of credit ex-
tended to Ethiopia last July. Under terms of the agreement,
the USSR will establish an oil refinery, construct a gold-pro-
cessing plant, conduct geological surveys,. and examine the
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sador believes that the USSR now has secured a "real foot-
hold.'9 The communique makes no mention of assistance for
Ethiopia's proposed agricultural reform plan which was an-
nounced by the Emperor last August following his return from
Moscow and Prague.
The agreement follows a period of difficult negotiations.
From November until late January, a Soviet delegation was
increasingly frustrated by Ethiopian administrative inefficien-
cy and refusal to come to terms. The list of projects under
the present protocol apparently will utilize only a relatively
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IL ASIA-AFRICA
Arab League to Meet on Palestine Question
The already bitter dispute involving Iraq, Jordan, and
the UAR over the establishment of a new state of Palestine
will probably be intensified by the Arab League meeting to
be held in Cairo on 31 March, The UAR's proposal to form
a Palestinian "entity" and army, which has been strongly op-
posed by both Qasim and King Husayn, will be the main topic
of discussion, and there is no indication that Cairo intends
to let up on the efforts it made at last month's meeting to push
through some decision. The previous meeting ended in a dead-
lock--Jordan refused to accept the UAR proposal and Iraq
failed to attend=-and a committee was formed to look further
into plans "with regard to various national and international
aspects of the Palestine question. "
Qasim has denounced UAR and Jordanian "occupation" of
Palestine in Gaza and West Jordan, and,using only vague
terms, has called for reformation of the old Palestine. On
27 March he also set forth Iraqi plans for training and equip-
ping all Palestinians living in Iraq to form the nucleus of an
irredentist army. Qasim has again refused to send an Iraqi
delegate to the 31 March meeting, but may send Hashim al-
Jawad to the Arab foreign ministers' meeting scheduled for
late April in Beirut,
Jordan's probable continued opposition to the UAR proposal
severely limits the likelihood that any workable agreement will
be reached in Cairo. Husayn has tried to undercut Nasir's ef-
forts to take the lead in the Palestine problem and appears de-
termined to go through with his widely publicized offer of a
plebiscite to the West Bank Jordanians, Husayn has also made
propaganda capital out of his 27 March exposure of an alleged
UAR-backed plot to assassinate Jordanian Prime Minister
Maj alli.
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Morocco to Press for Withdrawal of French Troops
King Mohamed V sent a personal message to President
de Gaulle on 29 March by Moroccan Minister of Defense Aouad
asking for an immediate gesture by Paris to reduce the 8,500
French troops now serving in Morocco. The King apparently
would be satisfied with a commitment by Paris to withdraw all
military forces by the end of 1963, target date for the relin-
quishment of the remaining three American Air Force bases.
A fourth American base, Ben Slimane, was evacuated early
this month. The status of the naval air facility at Kenitra
(Port Lyautey) has yet to be negotiated;
JThe King, under pressure by both right- and left-wing na-
tionalist groups to secure evacuation of the 6,000 Spanish troops
as well as the French forces, referred to 1960 as the "year of
evacuation" at a press interview on 18 February during his
month-long visit to the Middle East. French Ambassador
Parodi left hurriedly for Paris on 28 March ahead of Aouad
to urge De Gaulle to strengthen the King's position by comply-
ing with the request. The King now appears somewhat reluc-
tant to support the readiness of right-wing nationalists to chal-
lenge the political dominance of leftist elements:
(banish Foreign Minister Castiella during his visit to Wash-
ington reported Spain's intent to withdraw all forces from Moroc-
can territory, but not an additional 6,000 troops stationed in the
five enclaves and island groups held by Spain in northern Morocco
and adjacent waters. Castiella claimed that Madrid is being
pressed by Paris not to yield to Morocco's request for a public
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South Vietnam
Communist guerrilla bands of 100 to 200 men each con-
tinue to harass South Vietnam's southern provinces, where
terrorism has markedly increased since late last year. At-
tacks during the past week included a three-hour assault on
a Vietnamese battalion's base camp, an ambush of an infan-
try company on patrol, and a raid on a rubber plantation. Ac-
cording to preliminary reports, government losses in these
actions amounted to about 70 killed or missing in action and
some 35 wounded. In addition to capturing several rifles,
automatic weapons, and at least one mortar from the govern-
ment forces, the Communists seized medical supplies and
rice at the plantation.
The nature of these continuing attacks indicates a deter-
mined effort to eliminate Saigon's control over the countryside
in the southern region. By concentrating on security patrols
and outposts, the Communists apparently hope to lower morale
in the Vietnamese military and destroy public confidence in
the government's ability to assure protection. The Communist
guerrillas, currently estimated at 3,004 have long had the
capability of moving against selected military targets but
previously had avoided such action,
President Diem is seriously concerned over the switch
in Communist tactics, and predicts that the present consoli-
dation of existing guerrilla assets and intimidation of the
populace will be followed by infiltration of large numbers of
reinforcements from North Vietnam,
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Communists Extending Cuba-based Activities in Latin America
Communists or pro-Communists from fifteen Latin Ameri-
can countries attended the closing ceremonies of the "Week
of Solidarity with the Struggles of the Latin American Peoples"
in Havana on 26 March. The "solidarity week" was proclaimed
by the Cuban Labor Confederation (CTC), the Communist-in-
filtrated labor arm of the Castro regime, and warmly en-
dorsed by the Cuban Communist party,
Vicente Lombardo Toledario, veteran Mexican Communist
labor leader and head of the Communist-front Confederation
of Latin American Workers (CTAL), was among the partici-
pants in "solidarity week." During his stay in Havana he is
reported to have met with six other Latin American labor
leaders to draft a constitution for a proposed new regional
labor organization of a "neutralist" orientation and excluding
the United States. This project is in accordance with plans
discussed in Moscow in early 1959 by representatives of 19
Latin American Communist parties, and has recently been
promoted by the principal labor organizations in Cuba and Chile,
both of which are strongly Communist influenced.
At the close of "solidarity week" a manifesto was issued
calling for the initiation of an "anti-imperialist and anti-feudal
revolution in all Latin America" and the strengthening of
Latin American solidarity with the Cuban revolution. A Cuban
CTC leader announced plans at the same time for a "great
Latin American congress to create the apparatus to fight the
common enemy,., ,imperialism?" He said Cuban delegations
will leave on 1 May for other Latin American countries "to
give them help and to request aid for the Cuban revolution."
Many of the week's manifestations stressed the "unfortunate
plight" of Puerto Rico, "still under the bondage of the com-
mon enemy."
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Cuba is rapidly becoming a base for Communist activi-
ties in the rest of Latin America. The "Latin American Con-
gress," which was promised at the "solidarity week" rally,
could serve the purposes of the ostensibly non-Communist
"peoples' conference" planned during the early 1959 meet-
ings in Moscow. The increased liaison among Latin Ameri-
can Communists, now possible in Cuba, and the hemispheric
"peace conference "planned for Havana in May or June were
also elements in the program developed then in Moscow.
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Chairman, Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence Activities
Special Assistant for Foreign Economic Policy
Executive Secretary, National Security Council
The Treasury Department
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The Department of State
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Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
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