CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 17, 2002
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: October 31, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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Ghana-Guinea: Detention of Guinean delegation
will have Africa-wide repercussions. (Page 3)
3. Venezuela: Government restricts military per-
sonnel in belief it faces conspiracy. (Page 5)
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Ghana-Guinea: The latest flare-up in the bitter
feud over Guinea's continued support of Ghana's de-
posed president Nkrumah will have immediate Africa-
wide political repercussions.
The detention by Ghanaian authorities of a Guinean
delegation transiting Accra en route to a meeting of
foreign ministers of the Organization of African Unity
(OAU) will have a sharply divisive impact on the as-
sembling delegates. The episode seems certain to
dominate the proceedings scheduled to begin today in
Addis Ababa.
The incident may result in the postponement of the
summit-level OAU conference slated to follow immedi-
ately. Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie has sent an
emissary to Accra in an effort to smooth over the dif-
ficulties and salvage the two- stage conference. A num-
ber of African leaders, however, have long favored de-
ferring their meeting to a more "opportune" time.
Although Ghana's military regime had been showing
signs of increasing impatience with Conakry's continuing
hostility, the seizure of the Guinean delegation evidently
followed a hasty decision in which only some of the mem-
bers of the ruling National Liberation Council (NLC)
participated. The action was apparently triggered by
reports reaching the NLC that some hard-core members
of Nkrumah's Ghanaian entourage in Guinea would be go-
ing to the OAU meeting documented as Guineans. No
such Ghanaian nationals were aboard the aircraft, how-
ever. *Since the Guineans were detained, the NLC has
been reported determined to hold them as hostages until
Tourd discontinues assistance to Nkrumah.
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Guinean accusations of US complicity in the
episode probably are intended to stimulate the US
to put pressure on the Accra regime. Conakry is,
in fact, already demanding US action to "assure"
the onward transport of the detained delegation.
The local representative of Pan American Airways,
on whose aircraft the delegation was traveling, has
been laced under restriction.
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*Venezuela: The government has ordered all mili-
tary personnel restricted to quarters in the belief that
it faces a widespread conspiracy.
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This action followed an attempt by dissident of-
ficers and civilians to seize control of the National
Guard training school early yesterday morning. A
lieutenant colonel leading the attempt was killed and the
other conspirators were arrested.
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t is attempt was the first in a series of moves
throughout the country and in all branches of the armed
forces to overthrow the government. President Leoni,
the minister of defense, and the chiefs of the armed
services met soon after the attempt to study the situa-
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tion, but this allegation has not been confirmed by other
reporting.
Discontent and plotting are endemic in the armed
forces. In recent months, conspiracy is believed to have
been at a low point. Although most plotting has been
rightist inspired, leftist and military rightists have co-
operated in past attempts to overthrow the government.
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