CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: August 12, 1970
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DIRECTORATE OF
INTELLIGENCE
Central Intelligence Bulletin
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12 August 1970
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No. 0192/70
12 August 1970
Central Intelligence Bulletin
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Cambodia: Phnom Penh is having second thoughts about
sending recruits out-of-country for training. (Page 1)
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USSR: The Ministry of Health has announced the out-
break of cholera in Astrakhan and Odessa. (Page 5)
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Laos: Talks (Page 7)
South Vietnam: Student militants (Page 7)
Uruguay: Crackdown on terrorists (Page 8)
Jamaica: Anaconda project (Page 8)
Lebanon: Presidential election (Page 8)
Tunisia: Foreign policy (Page 9)
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CAMBODIA: Current Situation
Population over 125 per sq. mi.
Communist-controlled area
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Cambodia: Phnom Penh is having second thoughts
about the advisability of dispatching Cambodian re-
cruits to South Vietnam for military training.
Foreign Minister Koun Wick claims that Vietnam-
ese maltreatment of Cambodian soldiers already train-
ing there has been an important contributing factor.
US Charge Rives believes that Phnom Penh's reluctance
also reflects new confidence that Cambodia can train
its own troops, thereby saving the money Saigon is
demanding for its services.
It is not entirely clear whether the Cambodian
decision is firm, but the near-completion of a Cam-
bodian training camp should also serve to make out-
of-country training less attractive. If Phnom Penh
does refuse to send any more troops abroad for train-
ing, it is likely to leave a residue of ill will and
misunderstanding, especially considering the nego-
tiations involved in hammering out the original
agreement.
Military activity tapered off during the past
24 hours, although heavy fighting continued near the
crossroads town of Kralanh west of Siem Reap city.
A government position near the town received 250
mortar rounds on 10 August and later two Cambodian
battalions were forced to withdraw.
Farther north, in Oddar Meanchey Province, the
provincial governor has ordered the evacuation of
civilians from Samrong town following a report that
a large enemy force was nearby. The town is defended
by only 450 poorly armed recruits, and the governor
indicated that, if attacked, they could not resist
for long. Phnom Penh has indicated its preoccupation
with the defense of more densely populated areas
nearer the capital and such remote locations Oddar
Meanchey are vulnerable to Communist attack.
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Outbreak of Cholera in USSR
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USSR: The Ministry of Health has announced
the outbreak of cholera in Astrakhan and Odessa.
The extent of the outbreak is unclear. A
Health Ministry official has denied rumors of travel
restrictions in the Crimea and the Caucasus as well
as reports that the cities of Baku and Volgograd
were also closed to travelers because of the out-
break.
Cases of cholera have been noted recently in
Egypt and Iran. Soviet visitors to these countries
may have carried the disease home with them despite
a quarantine imposed by the Soviet Government.
In the past, over 40 percent of the outbreaks
of infectious intestinal diseases in the Soviet
Union have been reported in this same general area.
Almost all could be traced to contaminated water
and poor health practices. This is the first out-
break of cholera reported in the USSR since 1965.
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NOTES
Laos: The Lao Communists have now agreed to
Khang Khay--a town they hold--as the venue for talks
with Prime Minister Souvanna's government. They had
previously rejected Khang Khay as "insecure." The
Communists apparently have not yet responded to Sou-
vanna's other proposals and it may be some time be-
fore substantive talks get under way. The Commu-
nists' acceptance of Khang Khay and the earlier
dropping of a bombing halt as a precondition to
talks put Vientiane on the defensive. Many govern-
ment leaders are convinced that the Communists will
somehow turn the talks to their advantage and are,
therefore, approaching them with considerable cir-
cumspection.
South Vietnam: Militant student leaders won
the annual Saigon Student Union election on 9 August,
retaining control of the union. In a press confer-
ence following their victory, the militants reiter-
ated their determination to continue the student
"struggle movement." The same students were behind
the peace demonstrations earlier this summer in Sai-
gon, staging relatively small but occasionally vio-
lent protests. In their press conference, however,
they softened their "peace now" demands, and indi-
cated the government should decide how to achieve
peace. This suggests the militants want to avoid
another government crackdown in the near future.
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Uruguay: The government, operating under un-
precedented powers authorized by Congress for 20
days--which can be extended--is continuing its crack-
down on the Tupamaros. Thousands of soldiers and
policemen are searching Montevideo for terrorists,
and at least 24 Tupamaros have been netted in the
past few days. CIn a communique late yesterday,
the Tupamaros announced that their two hostages
are alive and that they have not yet been "sentenced."
The Uruguayan Government has been severely criticized
in Brazil for not acceding to the terrorists' de-
mands in order to obtain the release of the Bra-
zilian diplomat. If he is killed, a serious deteri-
oration relations between the two neighbors seems
likely.
Jamaica: Anaconda reportedly has altered its
investment plans in Jamaica because of increased
fears of nationalization. The US company has with-
drawn from the proposed second-phase expansion of
the alumina refinery owned jointly with Kaiser Alu-
minum and Reynolds Metals. Abandonment of the $40-
million project is a sharp setback for the Shearer
government, which has been striving to overcome anx-
ieties of investors about nationalization. For the
moment, Anaconda and its associates plan to proceed
with the $70-million, first-Phase expansion of the
refinery.
noncontroversial, compromise candidate.
date may encourage a majority to develop behind a
Lebanon: The Chamber of Deputies is now sched-
uled to convene on 17 August to vote for a new presi-
dent. Since ex-president Shihab's abrupt withdrawal
from the campaign on 5 August, no candidate appears
to have the support necessary for election. Both
the majority Shihabist and the opposition Chamounist
blocs are badly split among themselves and have been
unable to agree upon any one candidate. It is pos-
sible, however, that establishment of a firm election
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Tunisia: The Bourguiba government is examining
its foreign policy with the intention of re-estab-
lishing its credentials as a nonaligned state. The
appointment in June of a new foreign minister, Mohamed
Masmoudi, gave impetus to this reconsideration, as
Masmoudi believes that Tunisia's standing in the
third world suffers from too close a public identi-
fication with the US. Masmoudi last week received
a visiting North Korean delegation but refused its
request for recognition; he also claims that the
East Germans are pressing for recognition. Should
Tunisia eventually decide to recognize any of the
divided states, however the first probably would
be North Vietnam.
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