CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00975A009700010001-3
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• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 31, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: February 16, 1967
• Content Type: REPORT

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DIRECTORATE OF
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16 February 1967
Central Intelligence Bulletin
CONTENTS
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Indonesia: Sukarno losing battle to retain presidency.
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USSR-Turkey-US: Moscow claims it will "use all avail-
able means" to deny US destroyer entry to Black Sea.
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Poland-Vatican: Relations (Page 8)
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Indonesia: [President Sukarno continues to spar
with his adversaries in what seems to be his final
round 1
Under mounting pressure to resign or else face
dismissal by Congress and probable trial, Sukarno
apparently is exploring all possibilities open to him.
He is variously reported to have agreed to resign, to
have refused to resign but to be planning to leave the
country, to have offered a compromise to General
Suharto, and to be planning to stay on and resist to
the end. Apparently he hopes to stall for time, con-
fuse his enemies, encourage his friends, .and salve
his pride. The pressures now are so great, however,
that he might capitulate at any moment.]
Ln East Java, the locale of Sukarno's principal
strength, the army believes there will be no trouble
if the President resigns before Congress convenes
in March. Should Sukarno be deposed through some
form of congressional action, however, East Java
officials fear resistance in Surabaya, the provincial
capital, from marine and police units. The deputy
provincial commander believes the arm could sup-
ress an opposition within one week.
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*USSR- Turkey- US: )The Soviet Government claims
it would be obliged "to use all available means" to pre-
vent the entry today of a US destroyer into the Black
Sea.
I Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Semenov told the
Turkish ambassador yesterday that his government
considers the USS Hawkins, armed with antisubmarine
rockets (ASROC), a threat to Soviet security and
pressed Ankara to deny the ship passage. Semenov
evidently posed no objection to the passage of a second,
conventionally armed destroyer accompanying the
Hawkins .7
LAt issue is a test of US right to use of the high
seas and of Turkey's obligation to enforce the provi-
sions of the 1936 Montreux Convention limiting Bosporus
transit to minor warships. Last summer, at Turkish
request, the US Navy substituted a smaller destroyer
when the Soviets protested the passage of a guided-mis-
sile frigate. Ankara this time took the stand that the
Hawkins' weapons are defensive in nature and granted
permission to the two destroyers to pass through this
morning. The ships, delayed by heavy snowstorms and
poor visibility, will enter the Bosporus as soon as the
weather lifts.
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Poland-Vatican: The current visit to Poland of
the Vatican's top negotiator with Communist countries,
Monsignor Casaroli, signals a new stage in the church-
state thaw which began with the opening of a dialogue
in late December. Casaroli's visit is probably de-
signed to review the progress of the church- state
talks in Poland, and to prepare ground for a possible
meeting between Pope Paul and Polish chief of state
Ochab during Ochab's scheduled visit to Rome this
spring. Although both the Vatican and the Polish re-
gime are interested in some form of bilateral accord,
any move toward negotiations will depend on the prog-
ress of the domestic church-state dialogue.
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