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• Document Release Date: May 5, 2005
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• Publication Date: April 15, 1977
• Content Type: REPORT

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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DAILY CABLE
Friday April 15, 1977 CG NIDC 77-87C
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PAKISTAN: Situation Report
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IRAN: Human Rights Issue
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PAKISTAN: Situation Report
egotiations aimed at making a transfer
of power in Pakistan constitutional and peaceful may have gained
Prime Minister Bhutto some time, but many in Pakistan believe
that his position is hopeless.
Demonstrations against Bhutto continue, and labor and
students--two important groups that did not participate in the
early stages of the opposition's campaign--are now.taking the
lead in some places. Major demonstrations, perhaps the largest
yet, are planned for today.
I I Symbolic of Bhutto's eroding position were the resig-
nations of two ambassadors who, as military officers, played a
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I las many as 40 members of the national and pro-
vi.ncia ies have resigned from Bhutto's party.
an interview by Bhutto with the British Broadcasting
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Company--which probably has more listeners in Pakistan than the
rnment-controlled radio--also reflected the Prime Minister's
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weakness. He again called for negotiations with the opposition,
but apparently he is willing to agree to almost any precondi-
tions. In the interview he changed his usual implied threat to
use force to stay in power, saying instead that without a nego-
tiated solution extremists might take over or there might be a
prolonged period of military rule.
in a speech to party members, Bhutto urged
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Iranian government. The capability and organization of the
IRAN: Human Rights Issue
//The Iranian government's judgment that it
must To--more to improve its poor international image on the
human rights issue Zed it to change its previous practice and
try 11 terrorists in public last weekend. Iran is unlikely to
apply the new procedure to all. terrorists.//
//In Iran, crimes against the state--such as
terrorism--are usually tried before a military tribunal in
closed session. The state internal security organization,
SAVAK, is the sole investigator; it orders the arrests and as-
sembles the evidence. The accused has had no right to demand
that witnesses against him be cross-examined. He has no access
to counsel, which is chosen from a court-supplied list, until
10 days before the trial.//
I //Iran has always dismissed international criti-
cism of - t ese procedures as interference in its internal affairs.
Although it still holds this opinion, it has recently seemed
willing to alter procedures in the hope of dampening criticism.//
We doubt that the goverment will apply the new trial
practices to all terrorists or will relax its counterterrorist
effort. Those charged with particularly violent acts will prob-
ably continue to receive special handling.
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main dissident groups remain essentially unimpaired. The
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//Assassination of government officials remains
the principal danger. One dissident group, the People's Strug-
glers, continues to regard the assassination of US citizens
in Iran as a way to achieve its goals. Five Americans have been
killed by terrorists since May 1975, and further attacks are
likely.//
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