CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 17, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 18, 1968
• Content Type: REPORT

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DIRECTORATE OF
INTELLIGENCE
Central Intelligence Bulletin
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CONTENTS
Laos: Leaders beginning, to doubt steadfastness
of US commitment in Southeast Asia. (Page 3)
Chile: Politicians talking about alliance between
left wing Christian Democrats and the Communists.
(Page 4)
Sierra Leone: Army troops mutiny. in Freetown.
Page 5)
USSR: Naval visits (Page 6)
Yugoslavia: Tito's position (Page 6)
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Laos, Disquiet among Lao leaders over future US
policy in Southeast Asia appears to be growing.
In a recent talk with Ambassador Sullivan, King
Savang expressed fear that President Johnson's deci-
sion not to seek re- election would disturb the con-
tinuity of US policy in Indochina. The King stated that
Laos and other countries in the area which had thrown
in their lot with the US might be cast adrift by a new
administration in Washington.
Prime Minister Souvanna Phouma took a similar
line during recent meetings with Lao military leaders.
Souvanna may have overstated his concern in
order to galvanize the military into making much-
needed reforms. Nevertheless, it is almost certain
that he shares the King's uneasiness regarding the US
commitment in Southeast Asia. Both leaders have long
recognized that Laos' fate is inextricably tied to the
situation in South Vietnam,
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Chile: There is again seri-
ous talk about an alliance be-
tween the left wing of President
Frei's Christian Democratic
Party and the Communists.
Radomiro Tomic, who re-
turns this week from his post
as ambassador to the US, is
considering a broad leftist move-
ment, including Communists,
with himself as its head and
presidential candidate in 1970.
His re- entry into Chilean poli-
tics will strain the fragile
unity of the Christian Demo-
crats, who are already split
.over the degree of support they
should give Frei's economic
stabilization and reform program.
Fernando Sanhueza, second vice president of the
party and a member of the left wing, recently praised
Tomic as offering the alternative of a more revolutionary
and efficient government. He stated that an alliance be-
tween the Christian Democrats and the Communists
would permit "radical changes" that Chile needs, includ-
ing nationalization of the US-based copper companies.
He added that he saw no danger in such an alliance.
The Chilean Communists currently are being wooed
by several leftist parties. President Frei recently made
a deal to get their support for his controversial wage
readjustment legislation, and, in the process, removed
an important stabilization provision. Should the left
wing decide to break with the rest of the Christian Dem-
ocratic Party, , the Communists probably would.extract
stiff concessions before they joined any alliance.
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*Sierra Leone: Army troops stationed in Freetown
mutinied early today, apparently against the officer
corps.
Small arms and automatic weapons fire, heavy at
times, continued for several hours in the capital before
dying down. All members of the ruling military-police
junta are reported under arrest or shot, except for the
army commander. The mutineers are apparently in
complete control. Freetown is quiet. All US citizens
are reported safe.
The motive behind the mutiny is not clear, but an
upcountry mutiny of one army company late yesterday
may have sparked the Freetown revolt. The discipline
and morale of the Sierra Leone army have been dete-
riorating for some time, and some enlisted men are
known to have recently complained that the officer
corps was enriching itself at the expense of the troops.
Some soldiers say Col. Bangura, an adherent of
the former opposition party, the All People's Congress,
will return from exile in Guinea to take over the army.
If true, this may indicate that party leader Siaka Stevens,
also in Guinea, may return to head a new government.
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USSR.- The Soviets are getting full mileage out of
their naval visit to India by taking the opportunity to
visit other countries in the Indian Ocean area. Three
Soviet ships that arrived at Mogadiscio on 17 April
reportedly also will stop at Tanzania, Southern Yemen,
and Ethiopia. The Soviet Navy previously has called
at Ethiopia, but te are the first naval visits to the
other countries.
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*Yugoslavia.- Alleged growing dissatisfaction with
President Tito's "Ineffectiveness" and his "grandiose
foreign travels" have reportedly led a group of high-
ranking party officials to consider means of consigning 25X1
him to figurehead statusm
the group is made up entirely o
Serbs, who say ey are backed by leaders of other re-
publics. Some of Tito's closest subordinates are also
said to be involved. Although Tito's subordinates prob-
ably have no immediate hope of brushing him aside,
growing disenchantment with his
precipitous foreign policy actions and troubles in the
Yugoslav economy.
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