MIDDLE EAST AFRICA BRIEF 156-75.4

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• Publication Date: October 7, 1975
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1. SYRIA: PRESIDENT ASAD, IN ANOTHER SHARP ATTACK ON THE
SINAI AGREEMENT, ASSERTED ON MONDAY THAT SYRIA MOULD NOT ENGAGE IN
.ANY FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS FOR A GOLAN HEIGHTS ACCORD UNLESS CONCURRENT
NEGOTIATIONS ON THE PALESTINIAN QUESTION ARE HELD WITH THE
PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION-Y
THIS APPEARS TO REPRESENT A SERIOUS CHANGE IN SYRIA'S NEGOTIATIN
POSITION AND ALL BUT RULES OUT ANY CHANCE OF THE US GETTING TALKS
GOING SOON BETWEEN SYRIA AND ISRAEL?M
SYRIAN PROPAGANDA ATTACKS ON THE SINAI ACCORD OVER PAST
WEEK HAVE BEEN LEADING TOWARD THIS SHIFT. SOME MIDDLE-LEVEL SYRIAN
OFFICIALS RECENTLY INDICATED IN PRIVATE THAT SYRIA WAS NO LONGER IN
ANY HURRY TO RECOVER A FEW MORE KILOMETERS ON THE HEIGHTS AND NEEDS
SOMETHING FOR THE PALESTINIA!JS AS,',JELL BEFORE AN AGREEMENT WITH
ISRAEL CAN BE POLITICALLY ACCEPTABLE?Y
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME, HOWEVER' THAT ASAD HAS INSISTED IN
?PUBLIC ON A DIRECT LINKAGE BETWEEN SYRIAN-ISRAELI NEGOTIATIONS AND
THE PALESTINIAN PROBLEM- IT IS NOT CLEAR WHAT TRIGGERED ASAD'S
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ABOUT-FACE. HE MAY HAVE CONCLUDED FROM FOREIGN MINISTER KHADDAM'S
TALKS WITH SECRETARY KISSINGER LAST WEEK IN NEW YORK THAT THERE IS
NO HOPE OF RAPID PROGRESS IN NEGOTIATIONS. ASAD MAY, THEREFORE,
BELIEVE HE CANNOT AFFORD TO SETTLE FOR WHAT THE ISRAELIS WERE WILLING
TO OFFER WITHOUT SUFFERING ACUTE PUBLIC EMBARRASSMENT AND STRONG
ATTACKS FROM THE IRAQIS AND HIS DOMESTIC OPPONENTS?Y
IT IS NOT CERTAIN WHAT POSITION DAMASCUS WILL NOW TAKE TOWARD
THE RENEWAL OF THE MANDATE OF THE UN FORCES ON THE GOLAN HEIGHTS'
WHICH EXPIRES ON NOVEMBER 30. ASAD MAY STILL FIND SOME WAY OF
RATIONALIZING AN EXTENSION OF THIS MANDATE IN ORDER TO ALLOW THE US
MORE TIME TO DEAL WITH THE PALESTINIAN ISSUE. IN THE MEANTIME,
SYRIA IS LIKELY T4 REDOUBLE ITS EFFORTS TO OBTAIN THE SUPPORT OF
OTHER ARABS FOR ITS NEGOTIATING POSITION.
B. //MOROCCO-SPAIN s M^DOCCO REPORTEDLY HAS MOVED SOME MILITAi1?Y
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//A MOVE BY MOROCCO AGAINST SPANISH SAHARA IN EITHER THE
CENTRAL OR THE EASTERN BORDER AREA WOULD INVOLVE LESS RISK FOR ,.
RABAT THAN ONE IN THE COASTAL AREA, WHERE MOST OF THE SPANISH FORCES
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1. PORTUGAL: THE POLITICAL SITUATION DETERIORATED ON MONDAY
WHEN THE COMMUNIST PARTY ENDED THE-BACKING IT HAD OSTENSIBLY BEEN
GIVING PRIME MINISTER AZEVEDO AND THREW ITS SUPPORT BEHIND A
REBELLIOUS LEFT-WING MILITARY UNIT IN LISBON.Y
BELIEVING THAT THE POLITICAL TIDE IN LISBON IS TURNING AGAINST
AZEVEDO AND HIS SOCIALIST-DOMINATED GOVERNMENT, THE COMMUNISTS
APPARENTLY ARE SEEKING TO SHORE UP THEIR RELATIONS WITH LEFT-WING
EXTREMISTS WHO ARE-LEADING THE CHALLENGE TO AZEVEDO. THE COMMUNISTS
AND EXTREME LEFTISTS HAVE WORKED TOGETHER OCCASIONALLY, BUT THE
LEFTIST FRINGE GROUPS.HAVE MORE OFTEN BEEN SHARPLY CRITICAL OF THE
COMMUNIST PARTY.Y
THE COMMUNISTS TOOK A NEUTRAL STAND WHEN THE MILITARY OCCUPIED
RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS LAST WEEK. THEY WERE REPORTEDLY IR'fING
,TO AVOID BREAKING WITH THE NEWLY FORMED AZEVEDO GOVERNMENT. THE
COMMUNISTS! ACTION ON MONDAY COULD FORESHADOW A DECISION TO WITHDRAW
FROM THE GOVERNMENT.Y
IN LISBON, 10,000 DEMONSTRATORS, INCLUDING ABOUT 1-000 SOLDIERS
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AND SAILORS FROM SEVERAL LEFTIST UNITS IN THE CAPITAL REGION,
RESPONDED MONDAY NIGHT TO THE COMMUNIST-BACKED APPEAL TO SHOW SUPPORT
FOR THE LISBON LIGHT ARTILLERY REGIMENT'S DEFIANCE OF THE GOVERNMENT':
ATTEMPTS TO BRING IT TO HEEL. THE REBELLIOUS ARTILLERY MEN HAVE
MOUNTED ANTITANK AND MACHINE GUNS OUTSIDE THEIR BARRACKS, CLAIMING
THAT GOVERNMENT LEADERS ARE TRYING TO "ANNIHILATE" THE REGIMENT.M
THOUSANDS ALSO DEMONSTRA1ED IN PORTO MONDAY NIGHT TO PROTEST
THE GOVERNMENT'S DECISION SATURDAY TO DISBAND A MILITARY
TRANSPORTATION UNIT THERE- THE DEMONSTRATION IN PORTO-WHERE THERE
HAVE BEEN ALMOST CONTINUOUS DISTURBANCES SINCE,SATURDAY-WAS PRECEDED
BY A RALLY IN SUPPORT,OF THE GOVERNMENT BY ABOUT 5,000 PEOPLE, LED
BY THE CENTRIST POPULAR DEMOCRATIC PARTY. THE POPULAR DEMOCRATS, ALON
WITH THE SOCIALISTS, HAVE CALLED FOR ANOTHER RALLY IN PORTO ON
TUESDAY."
PRIME MINISTER AZEVEDO SHOWS NO SIGN OF BUCKLING IN FACE OF THE
PRESSURE FROM THE LEFT, AND HE APPEARS TO HAVE WON THE SUPPORT OF
PRESIDENT COSTA GOMES? COSTA GOMES SENT A MESSAGE TO THE ARMED FORCES
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SUNDAY NIGHT, FOLLOWING HIS RETURN FROM MOSCOW, APPEALING TO THE
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SOLDIERS NOT TO FOLLOW POLITICAL LEADERS BUT TO OBEY THEIR COMMANDING
OFFICERS. A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL WAS QUOTED IN THE PRESS AS SAYING
THAT THERE MAY NOT BE ENOUGH LOYAL-TROOPS IN THE LISBON AREA TO
HOLD OUT IF THE LEFT-WING CIVILIAN AND MILITARY GROUPS MAKE A
SERIOUS BID FOR POWER?Y
IN A PRESS INTERVIEW OVER THE WEEKEND, AZEVEDO SEEMED TO CONFIRM
THE SOCIALIST PARTY'S CLAIM THAT THE LEFTISTS HAD PLANNED A TAKE-OVER
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LAST WEDNESDAY. N THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE SAID THAT THE
SOCIALISTS HAD MOBILIZED AT THE REQUEST OF ANTI-COMMUNIST MILITARY
OFFICERS IN THE GOVERNMENT.M
AZEVEDO ALSO SPOKE ABOUT THE NEW MILITARY FORCE WHICH HE SAID
HE HAD FORMED LAST WEEK TO END DEPENDENCE ON THE FORCES UNDER GENERAL
CARVALHO. CARVALHO HAS SWITCHED SIDES OFTEN IN RECENT DAYS, BUT
MOST OFTEN HE APPEARS INCLINED TO THE FAR LEFT. PRESS REPORTS
'.INDICATE THAT AZEVEDO IS HAVING TROUBLE GETTING THE NEW FORCE
'ORGANIZED BECAUSE SEVERAL DISSIDENT UNITS ARE REFUSING TO SERVE IN IT.
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2. YUGOSLAVIA-CHINA-USSR: YUGOSLAV PREMIER BIJEDIC'S PRECEDENT-
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SETTING VISIT TO CHINA BEGAN ON A SOUR NOTE ON MONDAY WHEN SOVIET
AMBASSADOR TOLSTIKOV LED A WALKOUT AT THE OFFICIAL RECEPTION.'
ALL AMBASSADORS FROM THE USSR'.S EAST CUROPEAN ALLIES EXCEPT THE
ROMANIAN JOINED TOLSTIKOV IN DEPARTING WHEN FIRST DEPUTY
PREMIER TENG HSIAO-PING SAID, "THE MOST DANGEROUS SOURCE OF
WAR IS THE SUPERPOWER THAT IS MOST ZEALOUS IN PREACHING PEACE."
THE LAST SOVIET PROTEST OF THIS KIND IN PEKING TOOK PLACE IN 1172.
THE WALKOUT YESTERDAY IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE TENG'S ANTI-SOVIET
STATEMENT DID NOT GO BEYOND THE LANGUAGE HE HAD USED AT THE RECENT
RECEPTION FOR NORTH VIETNAMESE PARTY CHIEF LE DUAN; TOLSTIKOV DID
NOT LEAVE ON THAT OCCASION?Y
THE SOVIET ACTION PROBABLY WAS INTENDED AS A DEMONSTRATION OF
UNHAPPINESS WITH THE YUGOSLAVS AND THE'ROMANIANS, WHO ALSO HAVE BEEN
FLAUNTING THEIR TIES WITH PEKING. EARLIER REPORTS FROM BELGRADEI4JAD
SUGGESTED THAT THE SOVIETS ARE LESS THAN HAPPY WITH THE BIJEDIC TRIP,
.WHICH COMES IN THE MIDST OF SOVIET-ORCHESTRATED POLEMICS AGAINST
MAOISM.Y
YUGOSLAV COMMENTARIES ON THE BIJEDIC VISIT GENERALLY HAVE TRIED
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TO MAINTAIN A DISCREET DISTANCE FROM THE SINO--SOVIET CONFLICT.
ECONOMIC RELATIONS AND AN EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS
WERE DESCRIBED AS THE PRIME TOPICS ON BIJEDICIS AGENDA. ONE
KNOWLEDGEABLE YUGOSLAV COMMENTATOR STATED LAST FRIDAY THAT
BELGRADE IS READY TO REOPEN BILATERAL PARTY RELATIONS, BUT HE
ADMITTED THIS DEVELOPMENT MAY BE SOME DISTANCE OFF. CHINESE
DIPLOMATS IN BELGRADE HAVE CONFIDED THAT THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY
FOR AN EARLY RESUMPTION OF PARTY TIES.Y
YUGOSLAV LEADERS HAVE LONG SUSPECTED THAT PEKING WANTS TO
EMBROIL BELGRADE IN ITS CONFLICT WITH MOSCOW. THE CHINESE CHARGE
IN BELGRADE LAST WEEK''SAID.AN AGREEMENT HAD BEEN REACHED TO
EXCHANGE TOP-LEVEL MILITARY DELEGATIONS AND THAT THE BIJEDIC PARTY
INTENDS TO DISCUSS "STRATEGY" DURING THE VISIT. IF BELGRADE DECIDES
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3. USSR-CYPRUS: NICOSIA ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK THAT IT HAS SIGNED
ITS FIRST ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH MOSCOW.
AS WITH OTHER RECENT SOVIET AGREEMENTS TO EXTEND AID TO DEVELOPING
COULD ORDER A SLOWDOWN IN CONTACTS WITH PEKING.
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COUNTRIES, NO DOLLAR VALUE WAS PLACED ON THE ASSISTANCE.Y
THE AGREEMENT POINTS UP PRESIDENT (iAKARIOS' DESIRE TO OBTAIN
AID WHEREVER HE CAN? IT PP O ABLY ALSO REPRESENTS A SOVIET ATTEMPT
TO INDICATE CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR A UM!TFIED CYPRUS BUT WITHOUT
BEING TOO CLOSELY IDENTIFIED WITH THE IIRCHBISHOP.Y
MOSCOW WILL EXTEND LONG-TERM CREDITS TO COVER THE FOREYGN
EXCHANGE COSTS OF CONSTRUCTION AFTER SOVIET TECHNICIANS HAVE
SURVEYED PROJECTS FOR POSSIBLE ASSISTANCE. ITEMS MENTIONED INCLUDE
DAMS AND A NEW AIRPORT AT NICOSIA.
4. POLAND: OVER THE PAST WEEK'MORE MEAT HAS APPEARED IN
KRAKOW'S STORES AND THERE ARE GREATLY INCREASED NUMBERS
OF POLICE ON THE STREETS. BOTH STEPS WERE TAKEN AS
A RESULT Or GRUFBLING FROM THE INDUSTRIAL SUBURBS
AND RUMORS OF POSSIBLE PUBLIC PROTESTS. THE EXTRA
MEAT WAS EVIDENTLY INTENDED FOR EXPORT, WITH SOME
OF IT CARRYING GERMAN MARKINGS. THE CONSULATE SAYS
THAT THE LOCAL RUMOR MILL HAS QUIETED DOWN SOME-
WHAT NOW THAT MEAT SUPPLIES HAVE IMPROVED.Y
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SIMILAR MEASURES ARE PROBABLY BEING TAKEN IN
OTHER POLISH CITIES. THE REGIME.WILL TRY TO MEET
PUBLIC DEMANDS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT IS CLEARLY
SIGNALING THAT PUBLIC DISTURBANCES WILL NOT BE
TOLERATED- THE DRAWDOWN ON GOODS INTENDED FOR EX-
PORT--WHICH HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED--WILL UN-
DOUBTEDLY PUT FURTHER BURDENS ON POLAND'S ALREADY
SERIOUS BALANCE-OF-PAYMENTS PROBLEMS. MOREOVER,
THE POLISH PEOPLE WILL BE QUICK TO RECOGNIZE THE
STOP-GAP NATURE OF SUCH STEPS, AND ARE LIKELY TO
KEEP UP THE PRESSURE F'OR MORE CONSUMER GOODS.
5. BULGARIA: BULGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MLADENOV WILL VISIT
YUGOSLAVIA IN MID-NOVEMBER, ACCORDING TO THE YUGO-
'SLAV COUNSELOR IN SOFIA. THE BULGARIANS APPARENTLY
.PROPOSED THE VISIT DURING ZHIVKOV'S TALKS WITH TITO
IN HELSINKI?Y
THE YUGOSLAV CJNSELOR, WHO DESCRIBED THE
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PRESENT STATE OF RELATIONS BETWEEN BELGRADE AND
SOFIA AS "NEITHER WARM NOR FROSTY," WAS SKEPTICAL
THAT ANY MAJOR AGREEMENTS WOULD BE REACHED DURING
THE VISIT- MAJOR IRRITANTS AS SEEN BY YUGOSLAVIA,
ARE THE LONG-STANDING DISPUTE WITH BULGARIA OVER
MACEDONIA AND PERSISTENT REFERENCES IN THE BULGARIAN
PRESS TO THE ROLE OF THE SOVIET UNION AND BULGARIA
IN THE LIBERATION OF YUGOSLAVIA.Y
MLADENOV WILL'CERTAINLY BRING UP GREEK PRIME
MINISTER KARAMANLIS' CALL FOR A MEETING OF THE
BALKAN STATES THIS FALL- BELCRADE HAS ACCEPTED
ATHENS' INVITATION WITH MISGIVINGS BECAUSE IT IS
CONCERNED ABOUT MOSCOW'S LEVERAGE OVER BULGARIA.
MLADENOV WILL HAVE HIS WORK CUT OUT FOR HIM IN
-TRYING TO CONVINCE THE YUGOSLAVS TO THE CONTRARY.'
FOR SOFIA, THE VISIT COMPLETES A SERIES OF
MISSIONS AIMED AT GAINING A LARGER BULGARIAN ROLE
IN INTER-BALKAN AFFAIRS. ZHIVKOV ENTERTAINED GREEK
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PREMIER KARAMANLIS THIS SUMMER, VISITED ROMANIA IN
JULY, AND HELD DISCUSSIONS IN THE SAME MONTH WITH
TURKISH LEADER DEMIREL, MLADENOV'S VISIT TO BEL-
GRADI. WTLL COMPLETE HIS CIRCUIT OF BULGARIA'S
6. USSR-ROMANIA: SOVIET PARTY SECRETARY KONSTANTIN KATUSHEV MADE
A SUDDEN VISIT TO ROMANIA LATE LAST WEEK, PROBABLY TO.
TALK OVER A GROWING NUMBER OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
BUCHAREST AND MOSCOW?Y
KATUSHEV, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR RELATIONS, WITH
BLOC PARTIES, MET WITH*CEAUSESCU ON THE FINAL DAY OF
HIS VISIT. ACCORDING TO BUCHAREST RADIO, THE TWO
MEN DISCUSSED ROMANIAN-SOVIET PARTY RELATIONS, "SOME
ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL LIFE, AND PROBLEMS OF MUTUAL
NEIGHBORS.
INTEREST." ONE OF THE CHIEF TOPICS MAY HAVE BEEN DIF-
FERENCES OVER THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH A EUROPEAN
CONFERENCE OF COMMUNIST PARTIES SHOULD BE KIELD.
KATUSHEV MAY ALSO HAVE RAISED THE MATTER OF THE UN-
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 USUALLY LARGE NUMBER OF ROMANIAN OFFICIALS WHO TROOPED
TO PEKING LAST MONTH- IN ADDITION, THE TWO ARE AT
ODDS OVER HOW TO TREAT THE SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTIES
IN THE WEST AND OVER BUCHAREST'S CONTINUING COURTSHIP
OF THE NONALIGNED MOVEMENT?Y
A ROMANIAN DIPLOMAT IN MOSCOW CLAIMS THAT
KATUSHEV WAS PLANNING TO DISCUSS PREPARATIONS FOR
THE COMING CEMA SUMMIT--INCLUDING THE DRAFTING OF
THE MEETING'S FINAL DOCUMENT. INDEED, A NUMBER OF
BILATERAL ECONOMIC PROBLEMS REMAIN TO BE IRONED'OUT.
THE ROMANIANS, ACCORDING TO THE DIPLOMAT, ARE GETTING
NOWHERE WITH THEIR REQUESTS FOR SOVIET OIL AND FOR STEPPED-UP
DELIVERIES OF SOVIET IRON 0CE. BUCHAREST HAS PROPOSED
A BILATERAL FIVE YEAR TRADE TURNOVER OF 9 BILLION
RUBLES, BUT THE SOVIETS ARE OFFERING ONLY 6 BILLION.
'THESE AND OTHER PROBLEMS MAY DELAY THE SIGNING OF THE
1976-80 PLAN COOPERATION AGREEMENT UNTIL LATE IN THE
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7. HUNGARY-ROMANIA: BUDAPEST'S INCREASED EFFORTS TO PROTECT
THE CULTURAL IDENTITY OF THE LARGE MAGYAR MINORITY IN RO-
MANIA UNDOUBTEDLY FIGURED PROMINENTLY IN RECENT
BILATERAL CULTURAL COOPERATION TALKS.Y
HUNGARIAN POLITBURO MEMBER ACZEL AND HIS RO-
MANIAN COUNTERPART--DUMITRU POPESCU--TALKED FOR
THREE DAYS LAST WEEK, BACKED BY DELEGATIONS THAT IN-
CLUDED CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL SPECIALISTS. 7AE TWO
MEN REPORTEDLY WERE SLATED TO MEET EARLY THIS YEAR,
BUT THERE WERE NO SIGNS Thr'T THE MEETING WAS HELD.Y
THE KADAR REGIME'HAS BEEN TRYING WITH RENEWED
ENERGY SINCE 1'1"t,4 TO EXPAND ITS TIES WITH THE ONE
AND-A-HALF TO TWO MILLION TRANSYLVANIAN HUNGARIANS.
THESE ENDEAVORS APPARENTLY WERE SPURRED BY DOMESTIC
PRESSURES GROWING OUT OF CONCERN AMONG THE HUNGARIAN
MINORITY THAT BUCHAREST HAD ADOPTED A MORE AGGRESSIVE
ASSIMILATION POLICY.Y
THE HUNGARIAN GOVERNMENT SPECIFICALLY WANTS
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BUCHAREST TO USE MORE IMPORTED, HUNGARIAN-LANGUAGE
TEXTBOOKS AND TO SOFTEN WHAT BUDAPEST CONSIDERS
"HISTORICAL DISTORTIONS" IN ROMANIAN-PRODUCED TEXTS.
BUDAPEST HAS ALSO BEEN UNSUCCESSFULLY TRYING FOR
SEVERAL YEARS TO OPEN A CONSULATE IN CLUJ THAT WOULD
HANDLE CONSULAR MATTERS FOR ALL OF TRANSYLVANIA.Y
KADAR PERSONALLY RECEIVED THE ROMANIAN DELEGA-
TION, APPARENTLY TO IMPRESS ON BUCHAREST THE SERI-
OUSNESS OF HUNGARIAN OBJECTIVES AND TO SHOW THE
DOMESTIC AUDIENCE THAT HE IS PERSONALLY INVOLVED.Y
NONET' ELESS, THE' ROMANIANS WILL BE SLOW TO
RESPOND TO BUDAPEST'S DEMANDS. THEY ARE UNDERSTAND-
ABLY RELUCTANT TO EXPOSE THE MAGYAR MINORITY TO
BUDAPEST'S INFLUENCE, AND PROBABLY HOPE IN THE LONG
RUN TO ASSIMILATE THEM-
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ARGENTINA: BUENOS AIRES PROVINCE GOVERNOR VICTORIO CALABRO
HAS IN EFFECT ANNOUNCED HIS BID FOR THE PRESIDENCY IN 1977 BY
ISSUING A STINGING CRITICISM OF THE ADMINISTRATION. IN THE PROCESS
HE SHARPENED THE DISPUTE WITH LABOR LEADER LORENZO MIGUEL AND
OTHERS WHO CLING TO THE DEFENSE OF PRESIDENT PERON'S AUTH OITY?Y
CALABRO, ALSO AN IMPORTANT LABOR LEADER WHO HAS FOR SOME TIME
BEEN IDENTIFIED WITH THE OPPONENTS OF PERON'S RULE, LASHED OUT AT
VIRTUALLY EVERY ASPECT OF THE GOVERNMENT'S PERFORMANCE IN RECENT
MONTHS. THE PRESIDENT, HE DECLARED, HAS LOST ALL POWER BECAUSE OF
HER SUCCESSIVE POLITICAL DEFEATS. THE CRISIS IN THE ECONOMY
CONTINUES, HE WENT ON, BECAUSE "NO PROPER MEASURES HAVE BEEN
INTRODUCED." HE FOUND FAULT WITH ACTING PRESIDENT LUDER AS WELL,
SAYING THAT THE POLITICAL STABILITY THE COUNTRY NEEDS CANNOT BE
SUPPLIED BY "INTERIM PRESIDENTS." "UNLESS RAPID SOLUTIONS ARE FOUND,"
HE SAID, "THE GOVERNMENT WILL FALL." t1
CALABRO, PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THE SO-CALLED "ANTI-
VERTICALISTAS"--OPPONENTS OF PERON'S AUTHORITY""SEEKS TO GAUGE THE
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EXTENT OF SUPPORT FOR HIS POSITION WHILE THE VACATIONING PRESIDENT
IS ST:-."LL ON THE SIDELINES. MOREOVER, HE IS HOPING TO STEER THE
GROWING DEBATE OVER HER FUTURE TO THE DISADVANTAGE OF THE PRESIDENT
AND HER SUPPORTERS. HER RETURN TO BUENOS AIRES IS SCHEDULED FOR
OCTOBER 1?. Y
BY GOING PUBLIC WITH HIS CRITICISM, CALABRO WENT A LONG WAY
TOWARD CONFIRMING THE WIDELY HELD BELIEF THAT HE COVETS THE PRESI-
DENCY. MOREOVER, HIS ACTION REPRESENTS AN OPEN BREAK WITH TOP
LABOR LEADER LORENZO MIGUEL, CHIEF AMONG THE "VERTICALISTAS," WHO
FAVOR THE RETENTION OF THE PRESIDENT IN OFFICE?Y
PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRATIONS ASIDE, MIGUEL AND HIS SUPPORTERS HAVE
PROBABLY INTERPRETED CALABRO'S OPEN BREAK AS SIGNALLING HIS INTENTION
TO WREST FROM THEM CONTROL OF THE LABOR MOVEMENT. THEY HAVE GOOD
REASON TO BE CONCERNED. THE BUENOS AIRES GOVERNOR'S INFLUENCE IS
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DISSATISFACTION WITH HIS LEADERSHIP.
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YUGOSLAVIA-CHINA-USSR: YUGOSLAV PREMIER BIJEDIC'S PRECEDENT-.
SETTING VISIT TO CHINA BEGAN ON A SOUR NOTE ON MONDAY WHEN SOVIET
AMBASSADOR TOLSTIKOV LED A WALKOUT AT THE OFFICIAL RECEPTIuM.Y
ALL AMBASSADORS FROM THE USSR'S EAST EUROPEAN ALLIES EXCEL' THE
ROMANIAN JOINED TOLSTIKOV IN DEPARTING WHEN FIRST DEPUTY
PREMIER TENG HSIAO-PING SAID, "THE MOST DANGEROUS SOURCE OF
WAR IS THE SUPERPOWER THAT IS MOST ZEALOUS IN PREACHING PEACE."
THE LAST SOVIET PROTEST OF THIS KIND IN PEKING TOOK PLACE IN 1972.
THE WALKOUT IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE TENG'S ANTI-SOVIET
STATEMENT DID NOT GO BEYOND THE-LANGUAGE HE HAD USED AT THE RECENT
RECEPTION FOR NORTH VIETNAMESE PARTY CHIEF LE DUAN; TOLSTIKOV DID
NOT LEAVE ON THAT OCCASION.'
THE SOVIET ACTION PROBABLY WAS INTENDED AS A DEMONSTRATION' OF
UNHAPPINESS WITH THE YUGOSLAVS AND THE ROMANIANS, WHO ALSO HAVE BEEN
FLAUNTING THEIR TIES WITH PEKING. EARLIER REPORTS FROM BELGRADE HAD
SUGGESTED THAT THE SOVIETS ARE LESS THAN HAPPY WITH THE BIJEDIC 1TRIP,
WHICH COMES IN THE MIDST OF SOVIET-ORCHESTRATED POLEMICS AGAINST
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