CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00975A025200110001-9
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 26, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: September 14, 1973
• Content Type: REPORT

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CONTENTS
CHILE: Small pockets of resistance continue.
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ISRAEL-SYRIA: Syria suffers heavy air losses in
major air battle. (Page 4)
LAOS: Peace protocol signed. (Page 5)
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NORTH VIETNAM: Typhoon threatens rice crop. (Page 7)
USSR-CHINA: Soviets comment on Chinese Tenth Party
Congress. (Page 8)
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NATO - FORCE REDUCTIONS: Allies remain divided on
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CHILE: The military junta continues to encounter
sma 1 pockets of armed z?esistance in Santiago, but
elsewhere the country is reported returning to normal.
Resistance is centered in industrial sectors and
law-income areas of the city, and military leaders
expect that it will be :several days before the city
is totally pacified. Casualties and arrests are re-
portedly numerous, and C;hilean authorities have been
urgently calling on the population to donate blood,
medicines, and sanitary materials to be used in the
care of the wounded.
According to Minister of Defense Admiral Carvajal
and other military leaders, the junta members have
been too preoccupied with pacification to consider
future government policy and organization, and the
main concern naw is to unsure the distribution of
food and fuel throughout: the country.
In an effort to poY?tray a return to normalcy,
the government-controlled radio network is broadcast-
ing a number of messages of support from various
civic, industrial, and professional groups and deny-
ing reports of damage or~ sabotage to public services
in the capital. The junta's efforts are apparently
aimed at countering reports being put-out by a clan-
destine radio operated by followers of the late
President. One such report, put out by leaders of
Allende's Popular Unity coalition, alleges that the
former commander of the army, General Prats, is lea
ing a column of troops from the south to attack the
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ejunta forces in `Santiago. We have no other informa-
tion to confirm or corroborate this report; in fact,
the Foreign
Minister s press aa.de, Willoughby, categorically de-
nied rumors concerning Prats' opposition. He said
that Prats was home in Santiago and would soon be
taking a foreign trip--the details of which are to
be released today.
International reaction to the coup continues to
be widespread and vehement. Protest demonstrations
have been organized in major cities., and several
Latin American countries have. declared three days
of official mourning. Two other Latin American
countries, ..Brazil and Uruguay, however, are the
first to extend recognition to the. new government.
At the United Nations, the Cuban Ambassador has
formally requested an urgent meeting of the Security
Council to consider the "grave act" committed by the
Chilean armed forces against the Cuban Embassy in
Santiago and a Cuban merchant ship in Valparaiso.
The President of~the Council, a Yugoslav, has begun
consultations with other Council members.
The Soviet Union has reacted to the events in
Chile by issuing a statement in the name of the So-
viet Central Committee that sharply denounces "re-
actionary forces in Chile." .The statement, issued
on 13 September, said these forces had been "backed
by foreign imperialist forces" throughout the three
years of Allende's rule, but did not specifically
accuse any outside powers of involvement in the coup
itself. Soviet media, however, have begun to use
the device of quoting third parties that have ac-
cused the US of responsibility.
The Central Committee statement also expressed
full solidarity with leftist forces in Chile and
firm confidence that they will continue the strug-
gle.- It is doubtful, however, that the Soviets see
much prospect that the militar take-over will be
reversed.
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options now appear to bey limited.
Sovie
The Soviets could stage protests against the
coup. A broadcast on the Soviet domestic service
on 13 September reported that citizens were "reaf-
firming their solidarity with the working people
of Chile in towns and villages throughout the USSR."
Organized protests have not been allowed near the
US Embassy for several years, however, and the gov-
ernment probably will avoid actions that could
jeopardize U5-Soviet relations.
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ISRAEL-SYRIA: Tel Aviv claims to have downed
I3 Syrian MIG-21s, while losing only one Mirage, in
the clash yesterday near the Syrian port of Ta.rtus.
This is the first aerial engagement between the two
countries since 8 January when the Israelis appar-
ently downed six Syrian aircraft.
An Israeli military officer claims that Israeli
aircraft were on a routine reconnaissance mission
over Syria when they were intercepted by the Syrian
MIGs. In the ensuing engagement, nine Syrian and
one Israeli aircraft rE:portedly were 1ost.~ Efforts
to rescue the downed Israeli pilot apparently re-
sulted in a second engagement in which four more
Syrian MIGs were lost.
~ Damascus as ac now a ge a ex.g
of its aircraft were hit.
The Israelis fly occasional reconnaissance
missions over the Syrian ports of Tartus and Latakia.
The current mission ma~T have been to determine
whether the .Soviets have delivered new military
equipment to the Syriar~s.
Prior to this engagement, the Syrians had not
challenged Israeli air incursions since the inci-
dent last January. If the Syrian reaction yesterday
signaled a change in this policy the heavy losses
sustained may give .Damascus pause.
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LAOS: The protocol_ to implement the February
peace agreement has beers signed, but there may be
some delays in carrying it out.
The coalition government authorized by the
protocol will not come into being until it is in-
vested by the K~,ng, and that cannot happen until
the rightist-dominated National Assembly approves.
Prime Minister Souvanna anticipates no major prob-
lems with the assembly. As a precaution, however,
he is planning a parliamentary maneuver which is
designed to gain de faci~o approval without a formal
vote by the deputies.
Certain military provisions of the protocol,
such as setting up boundary markers in the country-
side, may be implemented before a new government
is formed, and planning for others may also get
under way. The key provisions do not go into ef-
fect, however, until investiture is complete. For
example,. the 60-day period for the .removal of all
foreign forces from Laois will not begin until the
government is formally organized. Moreover, the
actual neutralization of Vientiane and Luang Pra-
bang--which involves thE~ withdrawal of troops from
both cities and the est