CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: March 7, 1962
• Content Type: REPORT

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7 March 1962
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
CONTENTS
1. East Germany: East Germans may be preparing for in-
troduction of new control procedures at Berlin sector
border. (Page i)
2. Laos: Souphannouvong proposes changes in new cabinet
list drawn up by Souvanna. (Page i)
3. Indonesia: Cabinet reshuffle shows Nasution in strong
position. (Rage it)
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6. Berlin: Soviets schedule highest number of corridor flights
so far; may.hope by crowding the corridors to disrupt com-
mercial traffic and lay a basis for demanding a change in
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flight safety procedures. (Rage m)
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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DAILY BRIEF
*Berlin: he removal by the East Germans on 6 March
of the "slalom barriers" behind the wall at the Friedrich-
strasse crossing point into East Berlin may be a preparatory
step toward the introduction of new passport, visa, and cus-
toms control procedures. In late December, the East Ger-
mans constructed what were reported to be two customs sheds,
one on each side of the street, at the Friedrichstrasse cross-
ing point. The efficient use of these sheds would have been
hampered by the barriers, which jutted into Friedrichstrasse
from alongside one of the sheds. Such sheds would be neces-
sary for the processing of travelers into East Berlin if the
East Germans demanded that they present passports and visas.
Friedrichstrasse is the only cr9ssing point for non-German na-
tional .
Laos: ouphannouvong has proposed several changes in
the ca inet ist drawn up on 23 February by Souvanna in con-
sultation with the Western ambassadors. In conversations
with Western representatives on 4 March at Khang Khay, the
Pathet Lao leader posed no objections, however, to the bal-
ance between the various factions in the proposed cabinet. The
most notable change is. the substitution of Souphannouvong for
Phoumi as minister of Information, Sports, and Youth. In the
original proposal Phoumi had been assigned the Information
Ministry, while Souphannouvong had been proposed as minis-
ter of Economy and Planning
Z!ouvanna has indicated that upon Western acceptance of
this cabinet revision he would visit Vientiane for further nego-
tiations with Phoumi, who is expected to return to the. capital,
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n 7 March. Pending the outcome of these projected negotia-
1ons, Souvanna and Souphannouvong both have plo*d to ob-
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serve the cease-fire declaration agr
Indonesia-. The Indonesian cabinet reshuffle, announced on
6 Mi-r-chsh6ws General Nasution in a strengthened position.
He was retained as both minister of National Security and as
Army Chief of Staff, and the reduction of the "inner cabinet" from
17 to 8 ministers may have been made at his suggestion. Dju-
anda remains as First Minister.
The reorganization is evidently aimed at streamlining Su-
karno's administration. It reflects continued preoccupation
with the West New Guinea situation as well as increased efforts
to grapple with economic and financial affairs. The personnel
changes indicate a swing by Sukarno toward the army, as op-
posed to Communist and leftist influences, in his continuing
policy of balancing these two predominant forces. F_
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*USSR-Berlin. (information as of 0300 EST) The USSR
has filed flight plans for 10 LI-2 transports to operate in the
Berlin corridors today--the highest number of Soviet military
aircraft to be scheduled for corridor flights since the Soviets
started giving notice of such flights on 19 February. Five
flights outbound from the Berlin area are scheduled at 20-min-
ute intervals in the northern corridor beginning at 0415 EST.
Five inbound flights are scheduled in the southern corridor at
20-minute intervals beginning at 0807 EST, the last flight ter-
minating at 1005 EST. One of these inbound flights coincides in
time and altitude with a previously scheduled Pan American
flight departing Frankfurt for Berlin at 0835 EST. In response
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to Western rejection of Soviet plans for the conflicting flight,
the Soviet controller stated that the problem would. have to
wait until morning to be resolved.
The increased number of Soviet flights scheduled for the
northern and southern air corridors on 7 March suggests that
the USSR may now be embarking on a new test of Western air
access to Berlin. Since 19 February, Moscow has been using
a small number of daily flights to establish the principle that
by generally following the Western procedures in BASC, So-
viet aircraft have equal rights with the West to use the corri-
dors. The USSR may now intend gradually to flood the cor-
ridors with Soviet military flights in the hope ultimately of dis -
rupting commercial schedules and of laying the basis fir de-
manding a change in present flight safety procedures.
As on 15 February, however, the USSR probably intends
to stop short of actions which could result in a military con-
frontation with Western fighter aircraft.
o Soviet transport flights were made in the southern
corr`Tdor on 6 March in accordance with previously filed flight _
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Reshuffled Indonesian Cabinet
The total number of cabinet posts has not been announced.
The eight members of the "inner cabinet" are concurrently dep-
uty first ministers, and other ministerial posts will be grouped
under them.
Among those dropped from the "inner cabinet" are Prijono,
who presumably still holds the Education portfolio, and Chaerul
Saleh, who apparently retains his two posts of Construction and
Basic Industries and Mining. Top army officers consistently
have opposed these two men, charging that their sympathy for
the Murba, or "national communist" party, makes them untrust-
worthy. Ruslan Abdulgani, long uncooperative with the army,
has been relieved as vice chairman of the Supreme Advisory
Council, a post formerly included in the "inner cabinet:' He has
been succeeded by Sartono, formerly speaker of parliament, a
member of the National party, and a moderate nationalist. This
appointment gives the National party renewed respectability and
may indicate Sukarno's intention to increase his present limited
use of political parties. The strongly leftist Iwa Kusamasumantri
has been removed from the post of Higher Education and Science
and appointed State Minister Accredited to the President.
Sukarno is scheduled to deliver a major public address on
8 March, during which he probably will explain the cabinet changes.
He is also likely to discuss the course of his campaign to acquire
West New Guinea from the Dutch, rationalize Indonesia's precari-
ous economic situation, and promise early increases in food and
clothing supplies, and other improvements after New Guinea has
been "returned" to the fatherland.
Although Sukarno appears interested in discussing a peace-
ful settlement in West New Guinea, he shows little disposition
to compromise and continues Indonesia's military buildup.
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THE PRESIDENT
The Vice President
Executive Offices of the White House
Special Counsel to the President
Military Representative of the President
The Special Assistant for National Security Affairs
The Scientific Adviser to the President
The Director of the Budget
The Director, Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
The Director, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The Department of State
The Secretary of State
The Under Secretary of State
The Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
The Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
The Counselor and Chairman of the Policy Planning Council
The Director of Intelligence and Research
The Treasury Department
The Secretary of the Treasury
The Under Secretary of the Treasury
The Department of Defense
The Secretary of Defense
The Deputy Secretary of Defense
The Secretary of the Army
The Secretary of the Navy
The Secretary of the Air Force
The Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs)
The Assistant Secretary of Defense
The Chairman, The Joint Chiefs of Staff
Chief of Naval Operations, United States Navy
Chief of Staff, United States Air Force
Chief of Staff, United States Army
Commandant, United States Marine Corps
U.S. Rep., Military Committee and Standing Group, NATO
Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
Commander in Chief, Pacific
The Director, Defense Intelligence Agency
The Director, The Joint Staff
The Director for Intelligence, The Joint Staff
The Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Department of Army
The Director of Naval Intelligence, Department of Navy
The Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Department of the Air Force
The Department of Justice
The Attorney General
The Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Director
The Atomic Energy Commission
The Chairman
The National Security Agency
The Director
The United States Information Agency
The Director
The National Indications Center
The Director
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