CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 2, 2004
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: March 17, 1972
• Content Type: REPORT

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DIRECTORATE OF
INTELLIGENCE
Central Intelligence Bulletin
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T 41
17 March 1972
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Central Intelligence Bulletin
CONTENTS
GUATEMALA-UK: London modifies plan for troop rein-
forcement. (Page 6)
Concern about internal security is growing.
(Page 7)
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GUATEMALA-UK: LONDON HAS SUBSTANTIALLY MODIFIED
ITS POSITION ON TROOP REINFORCEMENTS IN BRITISH HON-
DURAS IN AN ELEVENTH HOUR EFFORT TO EASE ITS PROBLEMS
WITH GUATEMALA.
THE UK WILL SHORTLY INFORM THE AR N
GURKHA TROOPS WILL NOT BE SENT TO THE COLONY AND THAT
THE TOTAL GARRISON WILL BE UNDER 600 MEN RATHER THAN
700-1,000 AS GUATEMALA HAD THOUGHT. BRITISH HONDURAN
PREMIER PRICE WILL BE IN LONDON ON MONDAY, AND THE
BRITISH WILL PROBABLY SEEK TO CONVINCE HIM THAT HE
MUST DEFER ANY INDEPENDENCE PLANS FOR THE FORESEEABLE
FUTURE AND CURB HIS PUBLIC STATEMENTS THAT PROVOKE
GUATEMALA.
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PRESIDENT ARANA HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY CONCERNED
THAT PRICE WOULD SEEK INDEPENDENCE THIS YEAR, AND HE
REACTED SHARPLY LAST WEEK WHEN THE BRITISH SHOWED
LITTLE FLEXIBILITY IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH GUATEMALAN
FOREIGN MINISTER HERRERA. SINCE THAT INITIAL REAC-
TION, GUATEMALA HAS MAINTAINED AN OMINOUS SILENCE
WAITING FOR THE FINAL BRITISH DECISION. THIS LATEST
CONCESSION MAY EASE THE SITUATION AND PERSUADE ARANA
TO FORGO RECOURSE TO THE OAS. ARANA AND HIS ADVISERS
MAY STILL PRESS FOR FURTHER BRITISH ADJUSTMENTS.
THEY HAVE FEW TRUMP CARDS TO PLAY, HOWEVER, AND MAY
DECIDE TO INTERPRET THE BRITISH COMPROMISE AS A SUF-
FICIENT MORAL VICTORY.
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CEYLON: GOVERNMENT CONCERN ABOUT THE INTERNAL
SECURITY SITUATION IS GROWING.
'.THE AUTHORITIES CLAIM THEY NOW HAVE FIRM EVI-
DENCE OF INSURGENT PLANS FOR SABOTAGING UTILITIES,
ATTACKING HIGH-RANKING OFFICIALS AND THEIR FAMILIES,
AND ASSAULTING GOVERNMENT DETENTION CAMPS IN ORDER
TO FREE THOUSANDS OF REBELS ARRESTED DURING THE UP-
RISING LAST YEAR. GOVERNMENT FORCES ARE ON FULL
ALERT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, AND THERE HAS BEEN A
MARKED INCREASE IN ARMY AND POLICE PATROLLING IN
COLOMBO AND OTHER URBAN AREAS.
IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE US CHARGE.DOAFFAIRES,
PRIME MINISTER BANDARANAIKE AND HER HOME AFFAIRS
MINISTER HAVE ACCUSED MEMBERS OF THE CEYLON COMMU-
NIST PARTY/MOSCOW {CCP/M}, A JUNIOR PARTNER IN THE
GOVERNMENT COALITION, OF COMPLICITY WITH THE REBELS.
MRS. BANDARANAIKE EXPRESSED CONFIDENCE THAT THE GOV-
ERNMENT WOULD BE ABLE TO TURN BACK THE THREAT IF
MILITARY EQUIPMENT AND ARMS PROMISED BY WESTERN
COUNTRIES ARRIVE SOON, AND THE REBELS DO NOT RECEIVE
FOREIGN ARMS ASSISTANCE. THE HOME MINISTER ALLEGED
THAT THE SOVIET UNION HAS FURNISHED MONEY AND ARMS
TO THE INSURGENTS, BUT NO INDEPENDENT EVIDENCE IS
AVAILABLE TO CONFIRM THIS.
REBEL BANDS IN MANY PARTS OF THE COUNTRY HAVE
BEEN ORGANIZING, RECRUITING, AND ROBBING AT AN IN-
CREASED PACE IN RECENT WEEKS, BUT THE AUTHORITIES
MIGHT BE EXAGGERATING BOTH THE SCALE'AND THE IMME-
DIACY OF THE THREAT. THEY MAY BE TRYING TO PAVE
THE WAY FOR REDUCING OR ELIMINATING CCP/M PARTICIPA-
TION IN THE GOVERNMENT AND POSSIBLY FOR TAKING
STRINGENT STEPS TO HALT THE DECLINE IN THE ECONOMIC
AND SECURITY SITUATION.
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