CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: March 23, 1966
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CENTRAL
INTELLIGENCE
BULLETIN
CURRENT INTELLIGENCE
RELATING TO NATIONAL SECURITY
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CONTENTS
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2. Indonesia: Anti-Communist leaders "proceeding
without haste" toward new government. (Page 4)
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4. Communist China: Recent earthquakes may have
had a devastating effect. (Page 7)
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Finland: Elections return Western-oriented
Social Democrats to position of decisive influence.
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7. Colombia: Government party apparently wins
slight majority in congress. (Page 10)
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Indonesia. Army leaders and their civilian col-
leagues are proceeding circuitously toward the forma-
tion of the next government.
Discussions on cabinet composition are under
way among General Suharto, the Sultan of Jogjakarta
--who heads the interim cabinet presidium--and
Foreign Minister Adam Malik. These three apparently
will head the new government. Since the present
interim cabinet is reasonably satisfactory, however,
the talks are said to be "proceeding without haste. "
Student and Moslem organizations are trying to
influence the three cabinet formateurs in their selection
of new government personnel, so far without visible
effect. None of the three leaders is close to Moslem
political organizations, a fact that already seems to
have aroused some Moslem dissatisfaction. There
are as yet, however, no indications of serious dis-
sension among the non-Communist groups. Never-
theless, basic divisive tendencies are strong in
Indonesia and, in time, are bound to appear.
Army leaders continue to treat President Sukarno
with circumspection. They emphasize that he is
chief of state and that their actions are in accord with
his desires.
Sukarno returned to Djakarta from his Bogor
palace on 21 March and has met with the cabinet
presidium and army leaders several times. So far
he is said to have disapproved of the formation of a
new cabinet, but indications are that the army will
proceed anyway.
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Some Chinese Communist diplomatic and con-
sular personnel, presumably reacting to repeated
and violent anti-Chinese demonstrations, are leaving
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Indonesia. The Burmese Embassy is said to have
issued 14 transit visas to Chinese Embassy applicants.
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Communist China' Earthquakes that struck
northern China on 8, 20, and 22 March may, have caused
considerable damage and loss of life.
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i-e-a-sualties resulting from the 8 March tremor
may have reached as high as 10, 000. 1
a. densely populated and mainly agricultural area.
Peking hospitals from the earthquake area by all
available. means of transportj
The US Coast and Geodetic Survey estimates
that the tremors on 8 and 20 March measured six
on the Richter scale of nine. The 22 March earth-
quake had a magnitude of about seven. Western cor-
respondents report that all three were felt in Peking,
about 200 mi les north of the epicenter which was in
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Finland,, The unprecedented gains by the Social
Democrats in Finland's national elections on 20-21
March mark the return of this Western-oriented and
traditionally anti-Communist party to a position of de-
cisive influence.
The Social Democrats,, whose 56 seats make them
the largest single party in the 200-member parliament,
profited from widespread dissatisfaction with the pro-
farmer economic policies of a succession of coalition
cabinets dominated by President Kekkonen's Center
(Agrarian) Party. The magnitude of their victory, how-
ever, also suggests that many voters supported them to
demonstrate confidence in a party which is in many ways
a rallying point for forces that resent Soviet interference
in Finnish domestic affairs.
Finnish practice requires that the Social Demo-
crats, as the victors, be given the first try at forming
the new government. A logical result would seem to be
a resumption of cabinet cooperation between the Center
and the Social Democrats which was the basis for almost
every Finnish government in the postwar years up to 1958.
The negotiations may be long and difficult, how-
ever, in view of fundamental differences over economic
policy between the two parties--one representing the in-
terests of farmers and the other of workers and city
dwellers--and the strained relations between their
leaders.
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Prior to the election, some prominent Social
Democrats caused a flurry of speculation by hinting
that they might be willing to cooperate with the Commu-
nists in a postelection cabinet. While this possibility
cannot be entirely dismissed, such a move would be
almost certain to cause a deep rift within the Social
Democratic Party itself in view of the traditional hos-
tility between the two parties.
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Colombia: The government's National Transfor-
mation Front (FTN) appears to have won a majority in
congress in last Sunday's election, but not the two
thirds needed for most important legislation.
Extrapolation from about 60 percent of the vote
gives the FTN control of about 100 seats in the 190-
seat Chamber of Deputies. Demagogic ex-dictator
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla's National Popular Alliance (ANP)
made important gains, from 26 seats to 40, but the
other opposition groups, the conservative Lauro-
Alzatistas and the leftist Liberal Revolutionary Move-
ment, lost 18 of the 63 seats they held in the 1964
chamber. [The future composition of the Senate can-
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These results indicate that Carlos Lleras Restrepo,
the FTN's candidate in the 1 May presidential elections,
should have little difficulty in overcoming whatever
candidate the opposition selects to run against him.
However, the lack of a two-thirds majority in congress
and the expected vociferous opposition of the ANP repre-
sentatives rill proablyJforce the new president to re-
sort to rule by decree, as President Valencia has been
doing since May 1965.
In coming months, should the government be un-
able to rule effectively, the military may once again
consider the desirability of intervention to end the
political and economic stagnation that is likely to re-
sult.
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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 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 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 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
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The Administrator
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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