CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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USSR-UK: USSR has resumed negotiations for
British industrial equipment. (Page 3)
3. Bolivia: Government expects opposition effort
today to force postponement of 31 May national
elections. (Page 4)
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North Vietnam: Alternate supply route to south
improved. (Page 5)
5. South Vietnam: Conflicts within Buddhist hierarchy
suggest new problems for Khanh government.
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USSR-UK: The USSR has resumed negotiations
for British industrial equipment.
An official of the UK's Imperial Chemical Industry
(ICI) has announced that contracts worth $140 million
for a synthetic fiber complex will be signed within the
next two weeks. Discussions involving "very large
sums" for equipment for fertilizer production also
have been inaugurated.
The negotiations had been dormant since February,
probably because of the USSR's concern over its scar-
city of foreign exchange and the demands imposed on
hard-currency reserves by extraordinary purchases
of Western grain. Resumption of negotiations follows
an offer by a British financial institution to provide
funds for about half the $280 million in 10- to 15-year
credits for the USSR which the British Government
had stated it would guarantee.
In concluding contracts in the UK--the only country
which has offered long-term credit--Moscow may hope
to jar loose competitive credit offers elsewhere. Jap-
anese officials reportedly have just rejected an offer
presented by visiting First Deputy Premier Mikoyan
to place orders for $350 million worth of Japanese
plants if Tokyo would relax its present five-year credit
terms. However, a Japanese chemical plant mission
is scheduled to visit the USSR next month.
Khrushchev's program to increase Soviet chemical
output by 1970 calls for the import of large numbers
of free-world plants and will require new long-term
credits of from $500. million to $1 billion annually.
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Bolivia: The Bolivian Government is girding for
what may be an attempt today by opposition groups to
force postponement of the 31 May national elections.
he government reportedly has taken measures to
count r the demonstrations and does not expect to have
serious difficulties controlling the situation. Three
thousand civilian militia have been armed and stationed
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the reported plansTor disturbances may be a govern-
ment plan to provoke some outburst which would ro-
vide an o ortunit to crush the o osition.
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*North Vietnam: ),,The North Vietnamese have im-
proved an existing road to provide an alternate route
over which they could supply forces in South Vietnam
and southern Laos
The road runs south from Route 12 to the area of
the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) where the borders of
Laos, South Vietnam, and North Vietnam meet. Pre-
liminary analysis of photointelligence suggests the
road is passable for trucks to the DMZ area, but that
probably only jeeps can use the east-west section
along the DMZ. Near the Laos border the road de-
teriorates into nonvehicular trails and does not con-
nect with any road in Laos
No traffic patterns on this road have yet been es-
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South Vietnam: Conflicts within the Buddhist hier-
archy seem to portend new politico-religious problems
for the Khanh government.
The threatened resignation late last week of Thich
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to demonstrate majority support for his current pro-
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grievances against the Diem regime have not yet been
fully remedied.
An associate of Chau claims that Quang is close to
Deap y Premier General Do Mau and hopes to set the
stage for Maus eventual take over b fomenting dis-
turbances during religious celebrations this week,
This claim is unconfirmed, but some cabinet members
are evidently sympathetic to Quan
Tri Quang told US Embassy officers on 14 May that
there would be no incidents this week unless fomented
by the Catholics or Communists. He also admitted
that General Khanh had been making efforts to remedy
complaints raised, but said if all of his demands were
not fully satisfied within two months, he would resume
his public criticisms and consider possible antigovern-
ment demonstrations,
Although Quang appears to have been currently
outmaneuvered by the government and the moderate
ment and that his resent course of action is otentiany 0
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