CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: August 8, 1970
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DIRECTORATE OF
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Central Intelligence Bulletin
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8 August 1970
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No. 0189/70
8 August 1970
Central Intelligence Bulletin
CONTENTS
USSR - Communist China: The Soviets have deliber-
ately raised a very sensitive issue in their terri-
torial dispute with China. (Page 5)
UN-Seabeds: The draft convention on international
seabeds has received a favorable committee response.
(Page 6)
Uruguay: The cabinet has upheld its intention not to
negotiate with the Tupamaros. (Page 7)
Yemen: Famine aid (Page 10)
Hungary-Algeria: Economic development (Page 10)
Jamaica: Foreign-owned industries (Page 10)
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CAMBODIA: Current Situation
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Cambodia:
Military Developments
I Late press reports indicate that Khmer Krom
troops, supported by air strikes, finally succeeded
in recapturing Skoun early today. No casualty fig-
ures were announced, but Cambodian losses apparently
were light. East of Skoun, government defenders in
the town of Prey Totung continued to fend off Commu-
nist harassing attacks. I
In the west, the enemy continues to harass Kom-
pong Thom with intermittent mortar fire, but no new
major ground actions were reported there. I
at least half
the enemy attack force consis e o e hnic Cambo-
dians. These may have been Cambodian Communist in-
surgents who, according to recently captured docu-
ments, were formed into a new battalion of the Viet
Cong 275th Regiment in mid-June.
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Soviets Planning Development of Islarnd
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USSR - Communist China: The Soviets have de-
liberately raised one of the most sensitive issues
in their territorial dispute with China.
In an article in an important party newspaper,
Soviet Russia, on 2 August--the full text of which
is now ava 'Table--two Soviet planners propose that
extensive agricultural development take place on an
island area at the confluence of the Ussuri and
Amur rivers opposite Khabarovsk--a key Soviet Far
Eastern city and headquarters for the Far East Mil-
itary District. The authors leave the impression
that this is merely a local project of the Khaba-
rovsk government in keeping with a recent Central
Committee decision to step up land reclamation ac-
tivities in the Far East and elsewhere.
The island area is in fact by far the most im-
portant of the more than 700 islands in the Amur
and Ussuri which are subject to conflicting claims
by Moscow and Peking. Although Moscow realizes that
the Chinese haveia good legal case based on inter-
national law to support their claim to the area,
Soviet officials have privately stressed that they
view its continued control as critical because of
its strategic location just a stone's throw from
Khabarovsk.
Until the appearance of the newspaper article,
both sides had carefully avoided public mention of
the area since the Peking border talks got under
way last October. Moscow now appears bent on en-
hancing its claim to the area and wants to impress
Peking that the claim is not negotiable. The Soviet
leaders are aware that by deliberately publicizing
this crucial and contentious issue they run the
risk of triggering loud protests from Peking, which
itself may be provoked to mount its own "develop-
ment" program for disputed territory. Although the
appearance of the article probably will not prompt
the collapse of talks, it clearly underscores the
lack of movement in the ten-month-old border nego-
tiations, and bodes ill for their future progress.
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UN-Seabeds: The draft convention on the inter-
national seabeds.. area, which was submitted to the UN
Seabeds Committee in Geneva on 3 August as a working
paper for discussion purposes, has received an ini-
tially favorable response.
The purpose of the convention is to set up an
organization for regulating exploration and.exploi-
tation of the seabeds beyond the limits of national
jurisdiction. Although there was no immediate re-
action in committee, a number of delegations ex-
pressed pleasure informally that the US h.ad circu-
lated such a convention. Both Britain and France
submitted separate proposals, but other drafts were
in many ways similar to the US paper.
The Soviet Union has apparently moderated its
previous opposition to any form of international
machinery to administer the deep seabeds. Though
not commenting directly on the US proposal, the
Soviet delegate advocated in his opening address
the drafting of a treaty to establish such machinery
on a "realistic" legal basis.
The principal sour note, as expected, has been
sounded by the Latin Americans. The Chilean dele-
gate charged that the US formula would discriminate
against countries with narrow continental margins.
The current meeting in Lima, Peru, on Law of the
Sea issues--scheduled to end today--will probably
result in a declaration supporting the right of
each country to determine the extent
territorial sea.
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I Uruguay: The Uruguayan cabinet yesterday after-
noon upheld its intention not to negotiate with the
Tupamaros despite the imminence of the terrorists'
deadline.
The government and the Tupamaros traded blows
yesterday as the terrorists kidnaped another American
and police captured a dozen Tupamaros, including two
top leaders. An American agricultural specialist
was the latest victim of the Tupamaros. They have
threatened to "pronounce sentence" on him, along
with the AID officer and the Brazilian first secre-
tary who were abducted on 31 July, unless the gov-
ernment agreed to release all political prisoners
by midnight last night.
As the deadline approached the diplomatic commu-
nity issued a joint appeal to the kidnapers and the
government urging a humanitarian solution. Meanwhile,
the Brazilian Government began exerting heavy pres-
sure on the Uruguayan administration to act rapidly
to gain the diplomat's safe return. The foreign
minister has called the Uruguayan Ambassador to
Brasilia to emphasize his overnment's concern.
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Yemen: The country, suffering the effects of
a severe famine, has received aid from several coun-
tries. Saudi Arabia, which recently extended diplo-
matic recognition, has promised a $7.2.million-credit
repayable in five years with a two-year grace period.
Although diplomatic relations have not been resumed,
the US has extended $4 million in Commodity Credit
Corporation credits for the purchase of wheat and
flour. US famine aid also has been administered
through the World Food Program and the Catholic Re-
lief Service.
Hungary-Algeria: Budapest announced on 3
August that it will extend $20 million in credit for
Algeria's economic development. Algeria will use
this assistance to obtain complete plants and equip-
ment from Hungary as part of its four-year develop-
ment plan. In addition, Hungary has agreed to pro-
vide training for Algerian technicians. Earlier
this year, East Germany and Bulgaria agreed to pro-
vide long-term assistance amounting to at least $54
million. The amount has even been reported to be
as high as $140 million.
Jamaica: The government has taken another
step toward gaining a more "meaningful participation"
in foreign-owned industries. The Finance Ministry
has informed foreign life insurance companies that
they must soon make at least 25 percent of their
equity available to local investors. In addition,
they must offer a total of 51-percent equity within
the next six years. Those companies that are not
currently 51 percent locally owned will be subjected
to a 1.5-percent additional tax on premium income.
The government also has been negotiating with the
bauxite and sugar indus r? for greater participa-
tion.
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