CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: October 25, 1968
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No. 0296/68
25 October 1968
Central Intelligence Bulletin
CONTENTS
South Vietnam: Situation report. (Page 1)
Berlin: East German propaganda becomes heavier. (Page 2)
Czechoslovakia-USSR: Kuznetsov continues to explore
possible leadership changes. (Page 3)
France-Algeria: Soviet presence now worries French. (Page 4)
Morocco-USSR: Moroccan stage-managing minimized the
public impact of the Soviet naval visit. (Page 5)
Peru: Government hopes to obtain Soviet aid. (Page 7)
Chile: Christian Democrats move leftward. (Page 8)
Yu oslavia: Soviet bloc press comment continues to
ink Yugoslavia to the West. (Page 10)
Uganda: President Obote moves against critics. (Page 11)
USSR: An improved weather satellite may be under de-
velopment. (Page 13)
Communist China: Unsettled conditions continue in
Wu-han. (Page 15)
U55R-Czechoslovakia: Troop withdrawals (Page 16)
Rhodesia-UK: Further talks (Page 16)
Brazil: Student unrest (Page 16)
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C South Vietnam: The Communists yesterday issued
another tough propaganda defense of the right of the
Liberation Front to a significant voice in South Viet-
namese affairs.
The broadcast, in the form of a long commentary
beamed to South Vietnamese audiences, hit hard at US
efforts in the Paris talks to ?'bolster" the Saigon
government. It reiterated Communist insistence that
the US must "recognize and talk with the Front" in
order to settle the war, claiming that the Front was
the ??genuine representative of the South Vietnamese
people?? and '?an administration" in areas under Com-
munist control.
The commentary closed with a pledge to continue
the war until Communist objectives were achieved.
Those objectives were defined as defeating the US,
overthrowing the Saigon government, and establishing
their own unilateral coalition government.
With the exception of allied initiatives, mil-
itary action in South Vietnam continues light.
Fighting broke out in the southeastern corner of
the Demilitarized Zone on 23-24 October-when an al-
lied operation caught a company-size enemy unit near
Gio Linh in a two-hour battle. The unit was probably
a subordinate of the North Vietnamese 138th Regiment
still lingering south of the Ben Hai River. More
than 100 Communists were killed. and a lar e cache of
rice was destroyed.
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Berlin; The East GE,rman ~>ropaganda :barrage
against forthcoming event=s in West Berlin is becoming
heavier.
A statement issued this week. by the :East German
Foreign Ministry sharply prote~>ted the Bu.ndestag
committee meetings, which are to begin on Monday,
and other scheduled West German activities in the
city. The statement demanded -that these "illegal"
actions be halted and x?epeated that the Bonn govern-
ment as well as the BezVlin Senat bear "full x?espon-
sibility for all consequences." Warnings of this
type have sometimes becyn a prelude to interruptions
in access to the city and other forms of harassment.
The Soviets are letting East Germany take the
lead. '.t'hey have made known that they consider that
the East Germans are obl_Lged to demonstrate dis-
pleasure. The Soviets have ba]'_anced warnings of un-
specified countermeasures, however, with diplomatic
assurances that they plan no moves on Berlin and
that Allied interests thE~re arc; not in jeopardy .
The Soviets also have been at pains to appear
circumspect in recent contacts with the Allies on
autobahn matters, as ifs to suggest that Moscow is
monitoring East German activities closely and is
attentive to Western concern ak~out Berlin. A front-
page Izvestia commentaxVy yesterday on Berlin was
low-key.
Top officials in Bonn and West Berlin show no
disposition to cancel or postpone any of the meet-
ings. On 22 October, Mayor Schuetz said, "We will
not be impressed by East Berlin's propaganda." A
leading official of the city government says he
fears that if the Soviets decide on harassment,
they are likely to begin during the Bundestag com-
mittee meetings in order to sow doubts in tine minds
of the organizers of tYie olit_i.cal art atherin s
which will come later.
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Czechoslovakia-USSR: Vasily Kuznetsov, the
U5SR's plenipotentiary in Prague, may be taking up
leadership problems with both Dubcek and Dubcek's
enemies.
During the night of 23 October, Kuznetsov met
with Dubcek for an "open and comradely exchange of
views on topical questions of interest to both sides,"
according to Prague radio. This formulation suggests
there was no meeting of minds.
Yesterday, Kuznetsov talked with pro-Soviet
party secretary Alois Indra and the conservative
Czechoslovak party presidium member Vasil Bilak.
Prague radio described these meetings as '?friendly"
and ?'sincere." Indra has recently returned from a
prolonged stay in Moscow. Bilak has been out of
the limelight since he was ousted as boss of the
Slovak party in the wake of the invasion.
The Soviets are promoting a resurgence of dis-
credited party conservatives, who are attempting to
organize against Dubcek and the reformers in the
leadership. Kuznetsov may now be discussing the
question of how to bring the conservatives back to
their "rightful place" in the part and overnment
and what roles they might play.
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France-Algeria: Paris is showing concern over
the Soviet presence in the Mediterranean and partic-
ularly in Algeria.
Soviet activities in Algeria are said to have
put De Gaulle iri a "bad. mood, ?? and both ranking of-
ficials and the press have expx?essed alarm. ~
Bu getary
consi era ions an pressure rom Frenc ~siness and
other interests will sevE~rely ]_imit Paris' effort to
compete with Moscow in Algeria..
France has not yet responded to Alge:ria's re-
quest for assistance in r_eorgariizing its Soviet?-
equipped and trained navy and i_n refurbishing the
Mers el Kebir naval base? Paris has so far agreed
only to send a naval expE:rt to advise the Algerian
Navy, and has insisted that he have complete freedom
of movement so as to errnit him access to n~ers el
Kebir.
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Morocco-USSR: The Soviet naval force that
visited Casablanca last week received a restrained
reception from Moroccan authorities.
Moroccan officials arranged the usual routine
of calls and entertainment, and senior Soviet of-
ficals were received by the minister of defense, the
deputy chief of the general staff, and top civilian
officials in Casablanca. The two ranking civilians
and many Moroccan military officers did not attend
the Soviet admiral's reception, however, and local
authorities in Casablanca are reported to have dis-
couraged the Moroccan public: from visiting the Soviet
ships .
Publicity for the visit was comparable to that
accorded smaller routine US naval visits to Moroccan
.ports. The visit did, however, set a precedent for
future Soviet naval calls.
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Peru: The military government has initiated
contacts with the Soviet Union, apparently in the
hope of obtaining economic aid.
Peru's foreign minister has announced that pre-
liminary talks have begun with the Soviet Embassy in
Chile. He said that the Soviets have told the Peru-
vians that the USSR makes loans for 8-10 years, car-
rying interest rates of 3-3.5 percent and repayable
in products. The Peruvians could be attracted by
these terms, which would allow them. to avoid repay-
ment in hard currency.
The government had earlier announced that it
would receive economic missions from the USSR and
other East European countries in the next few months.
It has also approved a Soviet request to conduct
"maritime biological exploration?' off the Peruvian
coast. In response to a Soviet: invitation, two Pe-
ruvians have been named to participate in the oper-
ation.
Peru is looking for new markets and other
sources of foreign aid, but it may also be trying
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Chile: The Christian Democratic Party is at-
tempting a move to the left without repudiating
President Frei's policie;~.
The party platform adoptec~ last weekend praises
many accomplishments of: 1=he FrE;i administration .
~hhe party clearly believes, however, that some as-
pects are a burden to it? and the platform emphasizes
the need for additional. reform in the ''second stage`'
of Christian Democratic c~overnrnent. ~i'he platform
pledges the Christian Democrat~~_c Party to eliminate
capitalism and build a '?democratic and co:rnmianitarian
society." It goes on t:o call for Chile's `'total
liberation from imperialism through recovery of the
country's basic resources "--a i~hrust at US copper
companies in Chile.
The leftist segment of the party showed its
strength by inserting in the platform a call :for
leftist unity. The paY-t~~ leaders indicated, however,
that they would insist on setting the terms for
cooperation with the Communists and would not permit
other groups in the party to negotiate any electoral
alliance. The Communists have already replied that
the Christian Democratc> must raLd themselves of "re-
actionary elements" such as thE~ present minister of
the interior before any cooperation is possible.
Despite the Christian Democrats' emphasis on
plans for additional reform, t~iey know that their
prospects in congressional eler_tions next spring
are tied to the success>e:~ and failures of the first
four years of Frei 's governmeni~, and they wi1:1 not
repudiate it entirely.
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Yugoslavia: Press comment in the Soviet bloc
continues to link Yugoslavia to the West.
An editorial on 22 October in Bulgaz?ia's major
party daily, Rabotnichesko Delo, noted the similar-
ity between Yugoslav and Western reaction to the
Soviet-Czechoslovak troop treaty. The editorial
professed to understand the "a;ntisocialist rage"
coming out of the West but expressed perplexity at
the negative line in the Yugoslav press which, it
noted, greeted the treaty "wit:h a sour fake." So-
viet press articles on Undersecretary Katzenbach's
recent visit to Yugoslavia have emphasized the close-
ness of US-Yugoslav relations.
This treatment will irk Tito who addressed him-
self to the subject as recently as 20 October in a
major speech at Leskovac, near the Bu1gaY?ian border.
In that speech, Tito indignantly rejected charges
by certain Eastern European countries that Yugoslavia
is selling itself to tl':~e West and is tending toward
capitalism.
The Yugoslavs are understandably neY~vous over
bloc comparisons of their social system t:o capital-
ism in view of Moscow's expressed. intention of
keeping order in the "socialist commonwealth." The
Yugoslavs fear that with this doctrine trae Soviets
are presuming the right to intervene in socialist
countries outside the '~larsaw Pact. Continued crit-
icism of Yugoslavia's policies from the Soviet bloc
will keep tensions high and will tend to maintain
Yugoslav fears of economic sanctions from the War-
saw Five.
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Uganda: President Milton Obote is moving harshly
against critics of his government.
In a speech to parliament on 21 October Obote
bitterly attacked a number of people, especially
intellectuals. He singled out Ali Mazrui, a well-
known professor of political science at Makerere
University in Kampala. The speech followed the ar-
rest of a member of parliament who last month pub-
lished an article and more recently a letter which
were severely critical of Uganda's republican con-
stitution and Obote's government. Two journalists
who had contacts with the MP were also arrested and
beaten. Mazrui published a statement deploring the
detentions; he now expects to be deported.
Obote is notoriously thin-skinned and quick to
take personal affront at any criticisms. He has
seldom, however, resorted to such steps as detaining
the critics themselves.
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SOVIET WEATHER SATELLITE PROGRAM
DATE LAUNCHED
LAUN(:H AREA
USEFUL LIFETIME
Research and development weather satellites
COSMOS 44
28 Aug 64
TYURATAM
16 Days
COSMOS 58
26 Feb 65
TYURATAM
7 Weeks
COSMOS 100
17 Dec 65
TYURATAM
1 Day
COSMOS 118
11 May 66
TYURATAM
3 Weeks
COSMOS 122
25 Juri 66
TYURATAM.
18 Weeks
Meteor weather satellite system
COSMOS 144
28 Feb 67
PLESETSK
1:3 Months
COSMOS 156
27 Apr 67
PLESETSK
4 PJlonths
COSMOS 184
24 Oct 67
PLESETSK
7 Months
COSMOS 206
14 Mar 68
PLESETSK
2 Months
COSMOS 226
22 Jun 68
PLESETSK
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USSR; The Soviets probably are developing an
improved weather satellite.
The satellite, which may be orbited within the
next year, would represent a significant improvement
over the one the Soviets have used since establishing
their Meteor weather satellite system in February
1967. The short life of the present satellites has
made the T~~ieteor system extremely expensive. Only
one of the five .Meteor satellites put into orbit is
still operating.
The instrumentation on the satellite under de-
velopment probably will be comparable to that used
on present U5 weather satellites. The new satellite
may be able to transmit images in three different
colors for later reconstruction of simulated color
cloud photography, a feature that has been tested on
experimental satellites orbited by the US. The new
satellite probably would be placed in an orbit about
300 miles high; at least three would be required to
provide 24-hour, world-wide weather coverage.
agreement concluded between the US and the USSR in
1962 requires passage of weather data within six
hours of its collection. Soviet satellite informa-
tion is usually 12 to 24 hours old when received
in Washington, -too old to be very useful in weather
Even if an improved satellite is orbited, data
handling problems probably will. continue to plague
the Soviet weather satellite program. The bilateral
forecasting.
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CoiYUnunist China: Unsettled conditions in the
key industrial city of Wu-han may be representative
of the situation in other long-troubled cities which
have been centers of Cultural Revolution factionalism
and violence.
whi e or er as been "more
or ess res ore since e period of bitter fac-
tional fighting last summer, two large opposing
factional groups remain. Disagreements between them
have prevented the formation of administrative rev-
olutionary committees at lower levels in many organ-
izations. Moreover, "worker propaganda teams" which
were formed in August to occupy schools and subdue
Red Guard organizations in other maj r Chinese cities
have made little progress in Wu-han.
the teams have entere on y one
Wu- an co ege .
"production on the
whole is not goo Wu-han youth in
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and few
general are "disillusione an apa etic
young people participated in the National Da cele-
brations in the city on 1 October.
the situation in the Wu-han Pub11C
Security ureau--presumably the foreign affairs
section--had improved since January 1968 and that
the bureau office "is now open a few times a week."
As recently as early August there were reports
of violent struggle in Wu-han which resulted in the
burning down of some houses, but there have been no
reports of major disorders since. During September,
however, provincial editorials complained that some
lower level units had set up ":rival revolutionary
committees" without the authorization of the provin-
cial authorities. Such complaints support the re-
patriates' descri tion of continuin factional
struggle.
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NOTES
USSR-Czechoslovakiai: The: Soviet Army newspaper
Red Star reported yesterday that the citizens of
Kaliningrad, in the Baltic r!lil,itary District, had
given a heroes' welcome to Soviet troops returning
from Czechoslovakia. This is the first official
statement indicating that Soviet troops have been
withdrawn from Czechoslovakia. These troops probably
belonged to the units which allied military missions
in East Germany reported were withdrawin