CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: August 15, 1963
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1. USSR - East Europe: Several Satellite bosses in
USSR apparently for informal talks with Khrushchev.
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2. Brazil : Kubitschek, planning presidential bid,
fears extremes of right and left may polarize pub-
lic opinion. (Page 2)
3. Colombia: Clash between army and striking oil
workers portends further violence. (Page 3)
5. South Vietnam: Buddhist hierarchy appears deter-
mined to pursue anti-Diem campaign. (Page 5)
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*USSR - East Europe: Several East European party
leaders are in the USSR, probably for informal consul-
tations with Khrushchev and other top Soviet leaders.
Ulbricht and Gomulka are on vacation in the Cau-
casus. Kadar left Budapest, destination unknown, for
a vacation on 7 August. Novotny reportedly was in the
Black Sea area on 10 August.
Zhivkov and a high-ranking Bulgarian delegation
arrived in the Soviet capital on 14 August, ostensibly
to inaugurate a Bulgarian exhibit there. Gheorghiu-
Dej is not known to have appeared in public since 4
August.
Ulbricht, Gomulka, and Kadar frequently spend
part of their vacations with Khrushchev, using their
sojourn for unhurried planning sessions. A meeting
at this time attended by all of the Satellite leaders
presumably would be devoted to a broader assess-
ment than was possible at their last meeting three
weeks ago of the consequences of the Sino-Soviet dis-
pute. It could also include a review of Soviet foreign
policy following the test ban agreement, and a dis-
cussion of Khrushchev's upcoming visit to Yugoslavia.
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Brazil: (In a private discussion with Ambassador
Gordon, ex-President Kubitschek expressed his con-
cern over the polarization of political opinion toward
the extremes of left and right)
Indicating that he is actively preparing his cam-
paigh for the presidency in 1965, Kubitschek commented
that President Goulart is "aiding and abetting" this po-
larization, and that anti-Communist Governor Lacerda
"is not helping" to avert it. Kubitschek said he believes
that a polarization of national politics between Lacerda
and "someone like" pro-Communist Governor Arraes
of Recif e would be a disaster)
(Kubitschek characterized the regime's current
campaign for constitutional amendments purporting to
assist agrarian reform as "purely demagogic in pur-
pose, and mainly designed to discredit Congress:'
Kubitschek strongly concurred in Ambassador Gordon's
comment that present economic trends are toward in-
creasing inflation and stagnation. He added that for-
eign and domestic investors are afraid to embark on
any new long-term capital commitments)
(Kubitschek also agreed with the ambassador's
comment that in view of the present situation it is by
no means certain that the country will be able to strug-
gle through to the 1965 elections)
(Commenting to Kubitschek on his own continuing
concern over Goulart's seeming increasing suscepti-
bility to pro-Communist pressure, Ambassador Gordon
noted the absence of anyone with moderate views and
balanced judgme t in the immediate circle of presi-
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Colombia: A new wave of Communist-led sabotage
and violence against security personnel may be launched
by the striking petroleum workers union (FEDEPETROL)
in reprisal for the swift and unusually severe army ac-
tion against the strikers on 12 August.
An army unit injured several strikers, and suffered
injuries to several of its own men, and arrested at least
15 FEDEPETROL ringleaders after strikers had severed
two major pipelines and seriously damaged the govern-
ment-owned refinery at Barrancabameja. The city and
surrounding territory were then placed under martial
law.
Before the riot, FEDEPETROL spokesmen had
threatened a nationwide petroleum strike if their de-
mands were not full met. Such a strike now is a
strop possibility.
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South Vietnam: Buddhist leaders seem determined.
to pursue their campaign against the Diem government.
The two new suicides this month apparently were
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Cong, coup plotting, and seeking foreign aid.
the hierarchy had become less reluctant to grant
such sanction.
(An increasing number of monks and nuns are vol-
unteering to sacrifice themselves. The Buddhist state
of mind is illustrated by the accusation that
the government is planning to arrest the Buddhist
leadership on charges of collaboration with the Viet
The government continues to offer assurances
that it will follow a conciliatory policy. President
Diem has told a US press correspondent that he still
intends conciliation, whatever his relatives or other
officials may say.
The Buddhists, however, will probably continue
to claim that the government's acts contradict this
policy. A clash in Hud on 14 August, in which five
Buddhists were seriously injured by government troops
who blocked a martyr's funeral for the latest suicide
victim, will strengthen the Buddhists in their view.
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0, NOTES
*USSR: Moscow's relatively low-key reaction to
the recent US underground nuclear test reflects Khru-
f3hchev's desire to maintain an atmosphere of detente
and to avoid public statements which might jeopardize
prospects for the nuclear test ban treaty's ratification.
Soviet press commentators and spokesmen, while
mildly critical, have refrained from attacking the
underground test, and at Geneva the chief Soviet dele-
gate to the Disarmament Conference referred to it as
a "reminder" of the need for further moves to lessen
international tension. In contrast, Communist China,
in commenting briefly on the test, called it a "merci-
less mockery of those who bragged that the treaty
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East Africa: (plans to form a federation of Kenya,
Tanganyika, Uj'an"da, and Zanzibar are stalled mainly
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because of Uganda's tear that it would become a junior
partner to its more populous and larger neighbors.
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Working-level representatives from the four states
have adjourned constitutional talks ahead of schedule
and requested an early meeting of heads of govern-
ment. Tanganyika's President Nyerere and Kenya's
Prime Minister Kenyatta are reported to be deter- IN
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Norway: Prime Alinister Gerhardsen and his mi-
nority Labor government face a sharp challenge over
an opposition no-confidence motion expected when
parliament reconvenes on 19 August. The immediate
issue is an investigative commission's,,rep9rtcritn.
icizing conditions at a government -operated Spitsbergen
coal mine. If the four non-Communist opposition
parties agree to use this pretext for an attempt to
topple Gerhardsen, the government's fate would then
depend on the two votes of the far left Socialist People's
Party;the Labor Party holds 74 of the 150 seats.
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THE PRESIDENT
The Vice President
Executive Offices of the White House
Special Counsel to the President
The Special Assistant for National Security Affairs
The Scientific Adviser to the President
The Director of the Budget
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
Commander in Chief, Atlantic
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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