CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 12, 2003
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: February 22, 1971
• Content Type: REPORT

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DIRECTORATE OF
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Central Intelligence Bulletin
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22 February 1971
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CAMBODIA: Acting Prime Minister Matak is leaving
the day-to-day conduct of the war to his generals.
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USSR-CUBA: Soviet ship movements (Page 11)
CUBA-BELGIUM: Sugar refinery (Page 12)
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CAMBODIA: Acting Prime Minister Matak is leav-
ing the day-to- ay conduct of the war to his generals.,;
Matak
meets daily with the senior Cambodian Army (FANK)
generals to discuss problems they believe require his
attention and to give his decisions on them when
atak's deference toward t e military es-
tablishment undoubtedly stems from political as well
as practical considerations. By allowing the gener-
als a long leash, he can expect to obtain their back-
ing, which will make his over-all task of running
the country temporarily much smoother.
The Cambodian leader I uis aware that his
inclination to let the generals run their own affairs
may make it difficult for Lon Nol to reimpose his
highly personal direction of the military when he re-
turns to Phnom Penh. In addition to Matak's mild
disapproval of Lon Nol's style in dealing with mili-
tary affairs, he evidently differs with the prime
minister over the size of the armed forces.
he wants to retain a
force eve ot , men an onsiders Lon
Nol's goal of 300,000 troops to be unrealistic.--I
On the subject of allied support for the war
effort, Matak is
thinking of asking Seoul to send South Korean troops
to Cambodia in order to reduce or even eliminate the
country's unwelcome dependency on South Vietnamese
forces. If he does request such aid, however, the
prospects are that he will not secure it. Earlier
Korean enthusiasm for military involvement in Cam-
bodia dampened when the US indicated that it would
not provide financial and materiel support for such
a move. Moreover, the atmosphere in Seoul does not
now favor expanded military involvement in Southeast
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USSR-CUBA: he Soviet Kresta-class guided-mis-
sile cruiser and the tanker Liepaya entered Cien-
fuegos yesterday. The cruiser had been operating
in the Gulf of Mexico since leaving Havana on 15
February. U-2 photography
shows the Soviet submarine tender and the -c ass
nuclear-powered attack submarine still moored in
the naval basin near Cayo Alcatraz in Cienfuegos
Bay. Crews from the Soviet ships were seen using
the recreation facilities on the island. The two
nuclear submarine support barges are still tied up
at the Cuban naval base.
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CUBA-BELGIUM: Negotiations described by Bel-
gian officials as 'very well advanced" are taking
place between Cuba and a Belgian consortium for a
$40-million sugar refinery that would be the larg-
est in the world. Such an installation would add
significantly to Cuba's refining capacity, which
currently enables Havana to refine about one mil-
lion tons of raw sugar annually. Brussels' invest-
ment credit organization is prepared to extend a
credit of unspecified amount, and the consortium
has asked for a government guarantee. Although
economic and political pressures in Belgium to con-
clude the deal are substantial, Foreign Minister
Harmel has requested that his colleagues give him
two weeks to consider the foreign-policy implica-
tions of such an arrangement
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