CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: August 20, 1970
• Content Type: REPORT

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Central Intelligence Bulletin
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20 August 1970
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No. 0199/70
20 August 1970
Central Intelligence Bulletin
CONTENTS
Cambodia: Communist forces are still harassing gov-
ernment positions near Phnom Penh. (Page 1)
South Vietnam: The Thieu government is being criti-
cize y po iticians not associated with the opposi-
tion. (Page 2)
Australia: The military budget reflects the govern-
ment's commitment to regional defense. (Page 3)
USSR - Eastern Europe: Party and government leaders
are meeting in Moscow. (Page 4)
Chile - Communist China: Chile is increasing its
contacts with China. Page 6)
Czechoslovakia: Demonstrations unlikely (Page 7)
Tunisia-Libya: Improving relations (Page 7)
Laos: Government offensive (Page 9)
Cuba-Chile: Beans and exiles (Page 9)
Jamaica: Not going to Lusaka (Page 9)
Paraguay: Assassination plot foiled (Page 10)
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Cambodia: Communist forces are still probing
and harassing government positions on the northern
approaches to Phnom Penh.
A multicompany enemy force struck elements of
a government battalion at Prek Tameak, 16 miles
northeast of the capital, on 18 August. Cambodian
and South Vietnamese naval units and a gunship
joined the engagement, which lasted for two hours
but resulted in few government casualties. Contin-
uing attacks in this area suggest that the enemy
may be attempting to clear the east bank of the
Mekong, and government commanders in Phnom Penh are
concerned about Communist intentions toward the
capital.
The Communists have increased activity near
Kompong Cham city, although there does not appear
to be any serious immediate threat to the city it-
self. A government post at the junction of Routes
7 and 21, ten miles west of the city, was harassed
on 18 August. This position had been attacked sev-
eral weeks ago when government positions at Skoun
and Prey Totung were under strong attack by enemy
forces attempting to sever overland access to Kom-
pong Cham.
Radio Peking has broadcast another of Sihan-
ouk's lengthy messages; this one addressed to Cam-
bodia's "intellectuals." He berates those who be-
lieve that his ouster would be beneficial to the
country, and contrasts the accomplishments under
his rule with the tribulations Cambodia is presently
enduring. He again vowed to return to Cambodia in
the "near future," but was no more specific than
in the past on when that might be. Although far
from vintage Sihanouk, the statement does not bear
the heavy imprint of his Chinese hosts, and is fur-
ther evidence of the extent to which Sihanouk's ac-
tions are motivated by a desire for personal vindi-
cation and revenge against those who deposed him.
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South Vietnam: The Thieu government for the
first time in several months is being criticized
by political figures who have not been associated
with the opposition.
Much of the criticism is directed at the gov-
ernment's performance in the economic field and
its failure thus far to secure legislative approval
for its request for special decree powers to deal
with the country's pressing economic problems. The
legislation has been stalled in the Upper House,
and there are indications that a majority of the
senators are prepared to vote against the measure.
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Australia: The new military budget is consist-
ent with Canberra's continuing commitment to a re-
gional defense role.
The proposed budget for fiscal year 1971,
presented to Parliament on 18 August, totals $1.3
billion, a modest 3.1-percent increase over last
year. Although the draft budget reaffirms the with-
drawal of one battalion and some support personnel
from Vietnam, the over-all overseas defense outlay--
in the form of military aid to Malaysia, Singapore,
and Vietnam--will not be cut. The government prob-
ably calculates that the British decision for a
continued military presence east of Suez, acknowl-
edged in the budget message, makes possible the
maintenance of a forward posture without the need
for an increase in foreign expenditures.
Most of the increase in the military budget
will be directed toward adding men to Austra-
lia's current military strength
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USSR - Eastern Europe: Party and government
leaders of the Warsaw Pact countries are meeting in
Moscow to discuss and to coordinate their next moves
on West Germany and European security.
The East European delegations arrived in Moscow
yesterday and will probably begin formal talks today.
Now that the Soviets have achieved an agreement with
Bonn, they probably want to coordinate policy moves
with their allies at the summit level. The decision
to proceed with negotiations with Bonn was formally
agreed upon at a similar meeting last December.
The Soviet - West German treaty cleared the
way for the conclusion of similar treaties between
the West Germans and the Poles, East Germans, and
Czechoslovaks. The next round of Polish - West
German negotiations, which are already far advanced,
is scheduled for early September. Pankow too has
begun a dialogue with Bonn, and within the last
few days the Czechoslovaks have hinted at their
willingness to open talks. The Soviets will want
to coordinate these developments, and a summit
meeting will serve to lend them formal bloc approval.
The meeting will also give Moscow an opportunity
to renew its efforts for a conference on European
security. The Soviets probably intend to use the
treaty with Bonn to add impetus to their campaign
for such a conference. The Soviet press has al-
ready argued that the treaty should satisfy Western
demands that progress on,specific issues precede a
security conference, and'a summit meeting might
issue a formal statement to this effect. The
may also take the opportunity to brief their
Soviets
allies
on the recently concluded SALT round.
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Chile - Communist China: Chile is increasing
its contacts with Communist China.
Under Secretary of Agriculture Amunategui will
make a twelve-day visit to Communist China soon
after the presidential election;or; 4 September.
This will follow up an earlier visit by the agri-
cultural marketing official who played a major role
in the recent restoration of Chilean trade with
Cuba. Amunategui told US officials that he will
search for products that Chile can buy in order to
maintain its sales of high-cost natural nitrate to
China, the only remaining significant market for
what was once Chile's major export.
The Chinese also have bought Chilean copper
and would like more. When President Frei inaugu-
rated a new mine in late July, he noted especially
to reporters the enormous potential of Communist
China, with which he said Chile would be trading
in the future.
Communist Chinese representatives have been
invited to a conference of Pacific Ocean countries
to be held in Chile in September under the auspices
of a confidant of Foreign Minister Valdes.
In 1965, Chile abstained on the question of
Communist Chinese membership in the United Nations,
the first Latin American country except Cuba to do
so. Although it maintains relations with National-
ist China, the Frei government in 1965 approved the
establishment of what is now the only Communist
Chinese trade mission in, Latin America outside
Havana.
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Czechoslovakia: Neither the regime nor the pub-
lic appears to expect anti-Soviet demonstrations on
tomorrow's second anniversary of the Warsaw Pact in-
vasion. Security forces have taken precautionary
steps to prevent demonstrations, including mobiliz-
ing extra patrols and limiting access to potential
rallying points in major cities. Leaflets appearing
in Prague have called for a quiet evening boycott of
public establishments and for a self-imposed curfew
and blackout. Such tactics appear designed to pre-
clude the clashes with the police that occurred last
year. This approach should be a welcome compromise
for the Husak regime, which has only a fragile truce
with party conservatives who favor harsher repressive
tactics. I- I
Tunisia-Libya: Relations between the two mu-
tually suspicious Maghreb neighbors seem to be im-
proving as a result of two recent visits by Tunisian
officials to Libya and the promise that Qaddafi will
visit Tunis soon. In late June, Tunisian Prime
Minister Ladgham and Foreign Minister Masmoudi at-
tended Libyan ceremonies celebrating the US evacua-
tion of Wheelus Air Base. Masmoudi's official visit
last week provided an opportunity for a discussion
of the full range of relations between the two gov-
ernments and the signature of a three-year agreement
for economic, technical, and cultural cooperation.
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