CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: November 4, 1970
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DIRECTORATE OF
INTELLIGENCE
Central Intelligence Bulletin
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No. 0264/70
4 November 1970
Central Intelligence Bulletin
CONTENTS
COMMUNIST CHINA: A member of the politburo standing
committee has not been seen in public for three
months. (Page 1)
JORDAN: A serious outbreak of fighting has threat-
ened the truce in Amman. (Page 4)
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USSR: A YAK-40 transport has been delivered to Italy.
Page 7)
COMMUNIST CHINA - LAOS: Road building (Page 9)
CHILE: Government appointment (Page 9)
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UN-KOREA: UNCURK (Page 10)
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COMMUNIST CHINA: The continued absence of a
member of the elite politburo standing committee
raises suspicions that he has become a victim of
another round of factional quarreling at the top
levels of the regime.
Chen Po-ta, Mao Tse-tung's longtime confidant
and personal secretary, has not appeared in public
for three months and the regime has offered no ex-
planation for Chen's failure to show up with other
ranking leaders on occasions when his presence would
seem obligatory. Although it is difficult to be-
lieve that Chen has somehow lost Mao's patronage,
the way in which his prolonged absence from public
view has been handled appears strikingly similar to
the circumstances surrounding the recent ouster of
another politburo member, public security minister
Hsieh Fu-chih.
Chen, who is 65, could be ill. But it is
puzzling that press commentary on last month's Na-
tional Day turnout in Peking did not follow the past
practice of noting that some leaders were absent due
to illness. Instead, the coverage of the event em-
ployed the unprecedented device of alphabetically
listing Chen's standing committee colleagues, Chou
En-lai and Kang Sheng, together with the remainder
of the politburo, suggesting a clumsily contrived
effort to downplay Chen's absence.
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en was cri icize tor undisclosed.
sins a e major party plenum held from late August
to early September. An attack on Chen, taken to-
gether with the fall of Hsieh Fu-chih, should be
followed by serious repercussions, but there are
as yet only tenuous signs of disunity among the re-
maining leaders. Most, including Mao himself, have
been appearing with unusual regularity since late
summer, suggesting that Peking has taken pains to
maintain a "business as usual" facade at the top.
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... does Chen's vote no longer count?
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Nevertheless, the recent unpublicized removal
of some first- and second-echelon leaders--includ-
ing several provincial government heads and possi-
bly the commander of the Peking garrison--reflects
the continuing tension and instability within the
power structure. Peking's refusal since the Ninth
Party Congress in April 1969 to provide an author-
itative and comprehensive "pecking order" for the
new politburo also suggests that the regime is still
struggling to resolve the power relationships among
competing interest groups which comprise the res
elite.
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C JORDAN: A serious outbreak of fighting between
fedayeen and government forces has threatened the
truce in Amman.
Fighting began yesterday morning when
a public security pa-
fEui to pick up two armed fedayeen. The re-
sulting exchange of fire spread throughout the
capital during the day. Streets were blocked by
trash containers and vehicles were set afire; shops
were quickly shuttered and pedestrians disappeared
from the streets. Most of the incidents were lo-
cated in the area north and west of the US Embassy,
where much of the fighting took place during the re-
cent crisis, although some trouble had occurred
near the center of town.
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By nightfall in Amman the firing appeared to
have fallen off, with preliminary reports of casu-
alties listing five dead and eight wounded. Joint
patrols under the Arab truce commission were assist-
ing the internal security forces in securing a
cease-fire. The truce commission hoped to use the
hours of darkness as a cooling-off period during
which the situation could be brought under control.
In this it may be helped by the heavy program of
religious and social events normally scheduled dur-
ing the current holy month of Ramadan.
Just before midnight in Amman the government
radio issued a low-key account of the events. it
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Soviet YAK-40 Tri-jet Transport
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USSR: A YAK-40 tri-jet transport aircraft,
one of two purchased by a small Italian airline last
year, has been delivered.
These planes, which have no direct Western
equivalent, are the first to be sold to a Western
country and, to meet Italian specifications, have
been equipped with Western avionics and communica-
tions equipment. Moreover, the Italian airline has
signed a dealership, agreement to market the YAK-40
in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. In addition,
Ariana Afghan Airlines reportedly agreed to purchase
three YAK-40s for delivery by mid-1971
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viets will provide pilot training to the Afghans.
The Soviets have been promoting the aircraft,
which can carry 24 to 31 passengers, in the free
world, but until now have et with little success.
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COMMUNIST CHINA - LAOS: Chinese road builders
apparently are giving first priority this dry season
to completing a road linking northern Laos and North
Vietnam. Late October photography reveals new in-
termittent survey traces under way along the final
eight miles separating a road northeast from Muong
Sai and Route 19 from North Vietnam. Roads from
China via Muong Sai are motorable close to the pres-
ent point of construction and a through road to North
Vietnam could be ready by the end of the year. Else-
where, repair and improvement of existing roads, in-
cluding the Muong Sai - Muong Houn road, is contin-
uing. The Communists have ample manpower and equip-
ment in northern Laos to undertake any additional
road construction decided upon.
C CHILE: The Marxists in Salvador Allende's gov-
ernment are quickly taking control of internal secu-
rity and provincial government posts. Among Allende's
first moves after assuming office yesterday was to
name a Communist as the second-ranking official in
the vital Ministry of Interior. Jose Toha, Allende's
closest companion in his own Socialist Party, heads
the ministry, which controls all police and investi-
gative forces. Toha has used his prerogative to
name new governors of the 25 provinces. They are
divided in much the same proportion as the cabinet,
with the choice posts going to the Communists and
Socialists. The defense attache has a reliable re-
port that the three military commanders will be men
already known to be acceptable to the President.
The man named as head of the key national police
force reportedly was s for his malleability.
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UN-KOREA: Staff members of the UN Commission
for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea
(UNCURK) as well as the South Korean Government are
concerned about a possible erosion of the agency's
international standing. Pakistan and possibly Chile
have been looking for an excuse to withdraw from
UNCURK. For example, the outgoing Frei government
has sent instructions that Chile is not to partic-
ipate in tomorrow's UNCURK meeting. No substantial
immediate effect on the voting pattern on Korean
questions in the UN is likely, however. The General
Assembly is ex ected to support once again the role
of UNCURK.
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