CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 21, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: September 1, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE
RELATING TO NATIONAL SECURITY
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EXCLUDED FROM AUTOMATIC DOWNGRADING
AND DECLASSIFICATION
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1 September 1966
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
CONTENTS
3, Rhodesia-UK: Rhodesia's success in withstanding
sanctions will complicate problems at Commonwealth
meeting. (Page 5)
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5. Notes: Syria;
Colombia. (Page 7)
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Rhodesia-UK: Rhodesia's success in withstanding
sanctions-will complicate Britain's problems at next
week's Commonwealth meeting.
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Despite the sanctions imposed by Britain and
other nations, Rhodesia maintained a favorable trade
balance during the first half of 1966, in part by cutting
back imports and increasing exports to South Africa and
Zambia. At least 25 percent of the current crop of
tobacco, Rhodesia's main export item, has already been
sold and the Smith regime apparently is confident that
the rest can be also. So much petroleum is being de-
livered through Mozambique and South Africa that new
storage tanks are being built.
Although some commercial firms have been hurt,
white unemployment remains relatively low. Attempts
are being made to ease African unemployment by sub-
stituting Rhodesians for workers from Malawi and
Zambia. Government aid has enabled all but marginal
farmers to get credit until next year's sales.
In sprite of the disappointing effects of sanctions
so far, London seems determined to continue them and
to press its allies to stop their purchases of various
commodities from Rhodesia. Britain apparently is pre-
pared to resist demands of the African members of the
Commonwealth for mandator sanctions through the UN
and for the use of force.
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during last February's coup have escaped detention,
Syria: Former prime minister Bitar and several
other ranking Baath Party members who were arrested
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comparatively moderate army and internal security ele-
ments still support the ousted faction, and the present
radically oriented Baathist regime may have permitted
the "escape" as a gesture of appeasement. In the pres-
ent fragile political situation, however, the incident
could trigger a countermove against the moderates by
one of the several military factions within the regime.
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Colombia: The Communist-dominated National
Students' Federation has called for nationwide demon-
strations on 8 September and has given the government
until 12 September to repeal recent university reform
decrees. Although sporadic violence continues in
Bogota and Medellin, the US Embassy believes that if
the government remains firm it could win an important
victory over the students. This would give President
Lleras a period of peace from student disturbances,
whereas a defeat this early in his term of office would
weaken his prestige and the public's confidence in him
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