EUROPEAN BRIEF 177.754

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CIA-RDP86T00608R000300010079-3
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November 17, 1975
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mac, ~SG-/~ Approved For Release 2001/08/21 :CIA-RDP86T0060>~F{~Ob3'0'0010079-3 Secret .~JOFOIZN Secret 77 Approved For Release 2001/08/21 :CIA-RDP86T00608R000300010079-3 (l~~P~S~I~~~ele~~~~t : CIA- N 516~UL CCNTCp USE! ONLY a ~(~~~ COI ACF TUO TI+6 MAJ OLI ^ IhD~% DISSE"" SY: O NU IN OI!M ^ H~TUAN 70 PER ' EUP,OF'EAN ERIEF 1 r 7 ? ?S'r' 1. PORTUGAL: MORE THAN 20,^^^ COMMUNISTS AND THEIR ALLIES t1ARCIlED THROUGH THE STREETS OF LISBON SUNDAY NIGWT, BUT THEY DISPERSED PEACEFULLY WITFI NO SIGN OF THE ^II~..~RRECTION" PREDICTED BY THE SOCIALISTS AND POPULAR DEMOCP.ATS.4' AT THE RALLY, THE COMMUNISTS USED 'SHE "SPECULATIVE FEARSt~" OF THE ANTI-COMMUNIST PARTIES TO PLAY U'rI THEIR "FIRM RESOLVE TO ADVANCE TOWARD SOCTALISM.^ DESPITE CALLS FROM THE CP,OWD FOR THE OVERTHP.OW OF PRIME MINISTER AZEVEDO AND THE P.ETURN OF PRO-COMMUNIST FORMER 1''RIME MINISTER GONCALVES~~ PlOST COMMUNISTS ARE PROBABLY WILLING TO SETTLE FOR A GOVERNMENT SHAKEUP THAT WOULD RETIJP,N COMMUNIST SYMPATHIZERS TO ADVA~JTAGEOUS POSITIONS IN THE CABINET AND IN THE ALL-MIL.ITAP.Y P.EVOLUTT_ONARY COUNCIL. IN THIS WAY, THE PARTY CAN AVOID THE RIGHT-UTNG BACKLASH THAT WOULD ALMOST CEP,TAINLY FOLLOW A COMMUNIST-LEA COUP ATTEMPT.4' _ ONE SPEAKER AT THE RALLY DECLARED, "WE DIDN'T COME . MERE TO ASSAULT THE GOVERNMENT, EUT TO DCMAND A TRANSFER OF DATE: ORrG: UNIT: EXT: R[L6A SING ~41~~"oved For Release 20Qo'~Q$,(~;,~~,3RDP86T00608R00030Q0,'~Q.A,Z,~3 0..1~.~ ~~dv~ilea~ ~~ CIA-R[~ 516 NA1 SENTEq USE ONLY wCtl COI A(:- 700 TFE MItO oCl OMF ~0 0 0 0 0 I) 0 NO 'NDtllf ntTUnN TO PER POWEP..^ PARTY !..FADER CUNHAL, WHO BEGAN AN CAST EUROP~:AN TOUR SATURDAY, RESPONDED TO SOCIALIST AND POPULAR DEMOCRATIC CHARGES TN HUNGARY, 7:NS?'STING TiiAT THE COMMUNISTS DO NOT PLAN TO TAKE POWER BY FORCE.4' IN CONTRAST, A RIVAL DEMONSTRATION IN THE NORTHERN TOWN OF VISEU TO SHOW SU?PORT FOR THE AZEVEDO GOVERNMENT WAS MAP,RED BY DISTENSION BETWEEN THE "1AJ(~R DEMOCRATIC PARTIES. SOCIALIST LEADER SOARES PULLED HIS PA~2TY OUT OF THE RA:.LY AT THE LAST MINUTE. SOARES CI~ARGED THAT THE CENTER-LEFT POPULAR DEMOCRATS WERE TRYING TO USE THE GATHERING FOR PARTISAN PURPOSES BY INSISTING THAT PARTY HEAD SA (:ARNEIRO--WHO HOLDS NO GOVERNMENT POSITION--SPEAK AT THE PALLY. THE SOCIALISTS ARE i~ARY OF BECOMING T00 CLOSE TO THE POPULAR DEMOCRATS AND LOSING PART OF TI-tEIP. BASE OF SIJPPORT, EITFIER TO THE LEFT OR TO THE RIGHT. Y A CROW;, OF 7,5,000 TURJ~JE:D OUT iN VISEU DESPITE THE SOCIALIST BOYCOTT. LABOR MINISTER TOMAS ROSA SPOKE FOR PRIME MINISTER AZtVEDO, WHO REMAINED IIJ LISBON TO REST UP AFTER THE 36-HOUR SIEGE OF HIS P.ESIDENCE LAST WEEK BY CONSTRUCTION DATE: ORIG: UNIT: EXT: ""~""'"?A~iYbved For Release 200fi~J~1"2fi"? ~'fA`-1~DP86T00608R000300d'1~1~f7'~"~"? ?""?" cussls~cwnoN REPRODUCTION BY OTHER ?HAN THE ISSUING C*FFICE IS PROHIBITED E 2 IMP(yk'i' ?~r ce?~~ele~~?~~jl/.~~ :CIA- ~, 6T00608R SIGNAL CENTEfi USE UNLV AG! COI ACS TOO = 7 a 00 _000100I.~ _~. s n 0 INO?x DISSEM BY: 0 No INOex nnTUnr+TO PER I] I~ FIL?9 'M ? WOP.KERS. TOMAS ROSA COND~fINED THE WOP.KEtZS' STRIKE AND PROMISED Tt{E PRESENT TNDI`'CIPLINE CONTINUES, THE AZORES lIILL P.EFUSE TO SECUP.ITY TROOPS SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT. THE JUNTA WARNED TI{A'i IF '. HE CftO61D THAT ^THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT GIVE W~1Y^ TO THE WORKERS, [JHO ARE BEING MANIPULATED BY POLIT'IC.4LLY MOTIVATED LEADERS. 4' TIiERE IS SOME EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT TOMAS ROSA'S HINT THAT THE GOVERNMENT MAY BE ABLE TO SAVE SOME FACE BY NOT GRANTING ALL THE WORKERS' DEMANDS. AZEVEDO REPORTEDLY TOLD POPULAR DEMOCRATIC LEADERS THAT NO OVERALL AGREEMENT WAS REACHED IN THE NEGOTIATIONS, ALTHOUGH THE PRO-COP1MUNISi' PRESS HAS PLAYED THE It?JCIDEPJT AS A TOTAL VICTORY. THE GOVERIMENT DiD TEMPORARILY ACCEPT THE UNION'S PROPOSED WAGE SCALE--AN AVERAGE INCREASE OF 28 PERCENT--BUT DEMANDS FOR IMPROVED WORKING CONDITIONS AND AN INQUIRY Z'NTO THE LAE30R MINISTRY ARE STILL OPEN TO QUES'T'ION ? 4' MEANWHILE, INCREASED LEFT-DING ACTIVITY IN LISE30N IS ONCE ~- AGAIN HAVIPJG AN It^i'ACT IN THE AZORES. THE SIX-MAN P. GIONAL JUNTA ISSUED A COMMUN?-CLUE ON SATURDAY DEMANDING TFIAT MAINLAND DATE: ORIG: UNIT: EXT: Q~p,~oved For Release 200~~.'~o dMII~.~DP86T00608R000300(~k(?I~~Jv8? ?~FI??^ ^?L?A SING ~i rb~i~ni?drl~iea~1>~ioS~o@~E c~~4-R N 91C}N.~L CE`~TER USE ONLY r' AGH COQ ACP 10G 7P[ AI N(1 :Cr OMF ~0 0 0 0 0 0 D 1 vv~]L~uu Il10DZ9.-3-_ ~ -- 6 e y O D NO IN GH1f RETURN TO PER SUBMIT TO A GOVERNMENT IN A ^STATE OF ANARCHI'" AND WILL REJECT ANY MAINLA~~D GOVERNMENT THAT DOES NOT REPRESENT THE WILL OF THE MAJORITY SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INFORMATION FERP,EIRA DA CUNHA--WHO IS IN THE AZORES TC ESCAPE LEFT-WING PRESSURE FOR HIM TO RESIGN--REPORTED THAT HE HELPED DRAFT THE D~CUMENT.4' APPEALS FOR MILITARY DISCIPLINE AP.E UNLIKELY TO 8E EFFECTIVE, HOUEVER, SO LONG AS GENERAL CARVALHO TS IN A POSITION OF INFLUENCE. THE REMOVAL OF CARVALHO AS COMMANDER OF THE EISBON f1ILI:TARY REGION APJD HIS REPLACEMENT BY ANTI-COMMUNIST CAPTAIN VAS CO LOURENCO P,EPORTEDLY WAS DISCUSSED LAST SATURDAY AT A MEETING OF THE REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL. A FIt:AL DECISION ON CAP.VALHO'S P.Et".OVAL F1AS BEEN POSTPOPJED.4' CAP.VALHO' S OUP"TER ISM BEING PUSHED BY FOREIGN MINISTER ANTUNES' ANTI-COMMUNIST FACTION. ITS SUCCESS PROBABLY LIES IN '-; THE HAND: OF PRESIDEPJT COSTA COMES, WHO HAS BEEN HESITANT TO .REMOVE RADICAL OFFICERS FP.OM HIGH POSITIONS. POSSIBLY TO GAIN ~~COSTA COMES' ASSENT, THE ANTUNES GROUP MAY TRY TO ^KICK _CARVALHO UPSTAIRS^ TO THE POSITIO~J OF VICE CHIEF OF STAFF OF DATE: ORIG: UNIT: EXT: R[L[A81"A~proved For Release 2001@80P1*~:~b4~P86T00608R00030004'00`f~'"? ?"F"H" ~~~lea~ ~1~~~'~: CIA-R ? __ T ; 7 5!~.N AL CENTER U^i is ONLY well COQ ACP t06 1P! NHV OMF 0 0 0 0 0 Il 0 0_ 3 0010079-3 _ T 7 ~._ 0 , _ _ -_._ __-._..J P ~ __ __ E_ -_. 0 __~~ Q INOCx I'ISSEM 8": Q r.o INOe>< D peTUpN TO i'ER L1 lV fll ES tt ? THE ARMED FORCES IN ORDER TO RFi10VE HIM FROM DIRECT CONTACT WITH RADICAL TROOPS. {COiJFIDE~ITIAL} ? ~' ~. SPAIN: PfIINCE JUAN CARLuS IS EXTRACTIIJG MAY,TMUM ADVANTAGE OUT OF HIS STATUS AS ='TEM?ORAR4'^ HEAD OF STATE.'r' CAPITALIZING OPJ THE EMERGENCY NATJP.E CF THE SAHARA PROELEM, E{E HAS ACTED DECISIVELY AND IS GIVEN MUCFI ^F THE CREDIT FOR P.EVEP,SING THE MOROCCAN MARCH? HIS LEADERSHIP IMAGE Hp,S BEEN STRENGTHENED QY FJIS CHAIP.ING OF TfJO PJATIONAL DEFENCE COUNCIL MEETINGS-?--SOMET~~.iNG FP.ANCO RARELY DID. JUAN CARLOW HANDLING 0~ THE SAHARA ISSUE TO DATE HAS p.LSO IMPROVED HIS RAPPORT WITH TOP MILITARY LEADERS UHOSE SUPPORT HE WILL NEED IN THE i10NTl-JS TO COME.4' ALTHOUGH JUAN CARLOS HAS NOT BEEN AS ASSERTIVE ON DOMESTIC ISSUES, FP.ANC0~181' S CONTINUED PP.ESENCE HAS GIVEN THE f'RTPJCE AN EXCUSE ? NOT TO 6E. EVEN. S0, THE MEDIA EJAVE AP:'LAUDE.D JUAN CARLOS FOP. THE ,, RECENT INDICATIONS THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS TA!;ING STEPS Ts~ RESOL~IE THE ? SENSITIVE ISSUE OF REGIONALISM. ON NOVEMBER !,1 THE CAQINET ADOPTED ADECREE--INITIATED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO--SETTIPJG UP A DATt:: ORIG: UNIT: EXT: Approved For Release 2001~Q~/~,~,,,r,~~~QP86T00608R0003000a~8~~INaOR~ICEp W HLEASINO PIClp cLwsslricATloN REPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS PROHIBITED E 2 IMPDET Af~J~~~~ ~Q$as$~~ SI~:NA6CENTEA U59 ONLY AGE COI AG/ 7p~i TeE uRp OGI 0f9r 0 Q l7 D D D D 6 -~ ~_ 006088000 -- _ ? 01007_$ ~ - '_ . ___, D INDEX DI~SSEM BY: D NplNpgx D RHTURN TU PER COMMISSION TO PREPARE A S~~ECIAL .;DMI:NTSTRATIVE STATUTE FOR Tf00 OF THE BASQUE ~R~VINCES. THE MEASURE INDICATES THAT THE GOVERNMENT TS THIPIKING 0!= POLITICAL MEP.NS--RATHER THAN REPRESSION--TO COPE WITH THE BASQUE PR08LEM. THE PRESS HAS ALSO REPORTED THAT A DECREE APPROVED LAST MAY AUTHOPIZING THE TEACHING OF REGIONAL LANGUAGES IN SCHOOLS AND THEIR USE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES MILL ALSO BE rSSUED SOON?~' IN GENERAL, HOfilEVER, THERe= TS A i'ARALYS~S TN DOMESTIC POLICY-MAKING UHICH UILL PROBABLY CONTINUE AS LOPJG AS FRANCO LIVES. DUP,:CNG T~iE INTERREGNUM THE ACTIVTTTtC OF THE U!_TRA RIGHT--IF LEFT UNCFfECKED--WILL COMPLICATE JUAM CARLOS'~EFFORTS TO OPEN UP SPANISH SOCIETY AFTER HE IS SIJORN IN ~'~S` KING. BLAS PINAR, LEADER OF THE ULTRA RIGHT PJE~~1 FOP.CE, HAS BEEN HOLDING r~4LLIES AROUND THE COUNTRY UAP.PJING OF THE DANGERS POSED BX POLITICAL PARTIES. POI~JTING OUT THAT THE MONARCHY IJILL DERIVE yTS LEGITIMACY SOLEL`~ FROM FRAAJCO, HE HAS CALLED ON JUAN CARLOS TO PURGE THE GOVERNMENT OF ALL L1H0 HAVE ~vOT SUPPORTED FRANCOISI'1.4' P.IGHT-UI~JG EXTREMISTS, SUCH AS THE GUEP.RT_LLAS OF CHRIST THE DATE; ORIG: IINIT: EXT: RElEl1,R#,ppr~eared For Release 2001/Q8d~}ICIdk?86T00608R00030001 Agp~ATINO OPRICER RDF~QQ~08R000 A~6Iv~J~iil?I~ ~Isas~~?.0~/~~CIA- 7 ~_. __ -_~ ~ --- O O e_ _-_ - ---Lo rACe or D INOP.% DISSEM BY: Q No woes (] nsrunN'?o PER Q IP FILe4 KING, WHO HAVE BEErJ L?'rJKED TO THE MEW FORCE, HAVE RECENTLY BEATEN UP STUDENT DEt10MSTRATO?S AND GPPOSITION LAb1YERS, AND SENT THREATENING LETTERS TO OPPOSITIO"JISTS AND EVEN :'v SOr1E OF THE MOPE OPErJ-f1INDED ESTABLISHMENT FTGURES.4' SECUP,ITY FORCES, MEAN[~1HILE, HAVE TAKEN FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE WIDE PO[~JERS GRAPJTED 8Y LAST SUi1i~ER'S ANTI-TERRORIST DECREES TO STEP UP ARRESTS AND REPRESS ALL FORMS OF DISSENT? IN THE PAST FEW DAYS, ACCOP.DING TO PP,ESS ESTIMATES, MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARP.ESTED, INCLUDIr~G THE EDITOP. OF THE. PRE~TI:GTOUS INDEPENDENT NELSPAPER YA8 WHO JAS INDICTED FOP. PUBLISHING AN ARTICLE ON THE SUCCESSION. SI7( P?~ESTS HAVE BEEN FINED BECAUSE OF THEIR SEP.MCNS, AND THE GOVEP.NMENT HAS BANNED SEVEP.AL CONFERENCES BY If1POP,TANT PROrESSORS, irJCLUDIPJG FORMER tiINISTER RUIZ GIr1ENEZ.'~' JUArJ CARLOS bIILL rJOT BE ABLE TO POSTPONE DOMESTIC POLLCY DECISIOhJS MUCH LOrJGEP. EVE~~ IF FRANCO LIVES. A DECISION IS DUE ON . A SUCCESSOR FOP, RODRIGUEZ DE VALCAP?.CEL, THE CONSEP,VATIVE -_ PP,ES?'DENT OF PARLIAMEt;T CHOSE SIX-YEAR TERM EXPIRES LATER THIS '. MONTH? ThE POSITION IS IMPORTA^JT BECAUSE THE INCUMBENT UATE: ORIG: UNIT- EXT: RELEA411Q~ed For Release 2001/4$'/~~Hr~I~~P86T00608R0003000140'fJ~T'N??""~" Ap~I~v~~P'~I~ ~~2as2'2~~ rCIA-RDF~ SIGNAL CENTER U5E ONLY AG F. CO. ACR TOC TFC VRO OCI OMF ~0 0 0 [3 0 0 0 Ml55AG^RtR[RtNCl NUMRtR Q INOt% DISSEM BY: ^ NO INOt% (] RtruRNTO PER AUTOJ~ATTCALLY BECOMES Pf;ESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL OF THE REALM, WHICH IS T?iSTP.UMENTAL IN THE CHOICE OF NEW PRIME MINISTERS, AND THE THP.EE-MAN COUNCIL OF THE REGENCY, WHICH WILL GOVERN FROM THE TIME OF FP.ANCO'S DEATH UNTIL JUAN CARLOS IS SWORD! IN.S' SHOULD JUAN CAP.LOS DECIDE TO RETAIN P.ODRIGUEZ DE VALCA.RCEL, THE DECISION uJILL EE INTERPRETED BY THE SPANISF4 LEI=T AS FRANCOT~SM WITHOUT FRANCO. IF SOMEONE ELSE IS ;;HOSEN, ISIS POLITICAL CREDENTIALS WILL BE CAREFULLY EXAMINED FOR CLUES AS TO THE DIRECTION IN l~1HICH. JUAN CARLOS PLANS TO 'TAKE SPAIP;. {tv~vFIDENTIAL}~4' 3. USSP.: ACCORDING TO AN OFFICIAL AT THE SOVIET EMBASSY PAR"f Y BOSS BREZ;~NEV [.;ILL ATTEND THE NEXT CONGRESS OF 'J'HE POLISH COMMUNIST PARTY WHICH TS SCHEDULED TO BEG'[N ON DECEMBER 8. ASSUNING HE GOES, IT WILL BE THE LATH FOREIGN PAP,TY CONGRESS TO HIS CREDIT. HE HcADS THE LIST OF FULL MEMBERS OF THE POLITBURO PERFO~ZMING THIS CHOREA' SINCE BECOMING GENERAL SECJ'ETARY IN L964, BREZHNEV HA,S COPJCENTP.ATED ON THE SIX EAST EUROPEAN DATE: ORIG: UNIT: EXT: R!L[A91 O.RIClR TI R ICATINO ORRIClR ?~pproveRE RODURCTIONSBY OOO E~~~N TH~E`gdSP o6F1OO6g~~1~1~~.~g0'~t~E~/" 23 IfvYPD~T C1A951RICATION ~ t'1 RV A~v~~r~ as~~~~~lA-RDF~ tiIG NAL GENT?_R USE ONLY .GE CUI AGP TOO TO! MRO OCI onF a o ^ ^ 0 0 0 T 0 4 . cusa~Plc?roti SECRE T "JOFOP,N M! 53AG! .~ ~'~:-'~ + '~ )~CATGR DAT!?71M! GROUP crre Mea3A09 RlPeRlNG! NUM!!R . MEMBEP.S IN MORE OR LESS GOOD STANDING OF THE "SOCIALIST COf1MOPJWEALTH^, LEAVING ^LESS IMPORTANT^ CONGRESSES TO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE POLITBURO. HE ATTENDED THE ROMANIAN CONGRESS IN L`165, BUT IN L974 LEFT THE JOB OF P.EPRESENTING THE CPSU IN BUCHAP.EST TO KIP.ILENKO. TFIAT SA11E YEAR, KIP.TI.ENKO ALSO AT- TENDCD THE YUGOSLAV CONGRESS, THUS ENDING THE LONG- STANDI~JG SOVIET PP.ACTICE OF BOYCOTTING CONGRESSES OF TriE YUGOSLAV PARTY. KIP,ILENKO AND PELSHE EACH HAS SIX CONGRESSES UNDER HIS BELT.M FULL MEPIBERS OF THE POLITBURO WITH HIGHLY VISIBLE GOVEP.NPIENT POSITIONS DO NOT ATTEND THE CONGRESSES OF FO~:EIGN PAP,TIES. ANDROPOV, GRECHKO, GROMYKO, KOS1'GIN, MAZUROV, ANA PODGORNY HAVE NOT ATTENDED A FOP.EICN PAP,TY CONGRESS IN THE LAST LO YEARS. {ANDP,OPOV AND f1AZUROV EACH ATTENDED ONE CONGRESS DUPING THIS PERIOD, BUT NEITHER AT THE TIME IJAS A FULL MEMBEP, OF THE CPSU POLITBURO.} DATE: ORIG: UNIT: EXT: ~ INDex DISSEM 8Y: ^ NO IN D!% ^ ReruRNTO PER R!~lASApp;oE ed For Release 2001/~~,~;~A71~I~jR86T00608R00030001p,Q~~.,~ATINOOP PI:IR Ap roved For Releas 0 / 8 21 : CIA-RDP ~UTGOIIVG ~ - GE SIGNAL CENTCR USE ONLT A.^.~ COI ACP T06 Try VRO OCI OMF 0 0 U 0 0 0 0 SECRET NOFOP,N T a a e 3 a a 0 INO[x DI5sEM BY: 0 No IHO[x (] neruRN To PER 0 IP PIL[a KULAKOV AND POLYANSKY NAVE ALSO ATTENDED NO FOREIGN PARTY CONGRESSES. {~ICONFIDENTIALiS' 4. YUGOSLAVIA-BULHGARIA: SOFIA AND BELGRADE HAVE APPARENTLYr' DECIDED TO TRY TO COME TO GRIPS UITH Tf~E SEF_MINGLY OMNIPRESENT PROBLEMS IN THEIR BILATERAL RELATIONS. ~UTCK SOLU- TIONS AP,E NOT LIKELY, BUT, PROVIDED BOTH SIDES ABIDE BY THE NEIJ SPIRIT OF REASONA9LEP:ESS, THEP.E COULD BE A HIATUS IN THE Sf~UABBLTNG BETC!EEN THE TG10 BALKAN RIVALS.4' THE NEfil ATTITUDE EMERGED DUPING BULGARIAN FOR - SIGN MINISTER PE:TUP. MLADENOV'S VISIT TO BELGRADE FROM NOVEMBER ',1 TO ti3. IN TALKS IJITH HIS YUGOSLAV COUNTERPART MILOS MINK, MLADE~JOI' APPARENTLY AD- DRESSED MAJOP. BILATEPAL ISSUES, INCLUDING THE SEN- SITIVE M/+CEDONIAN PROBLEM. PRESS ANNOUNCEMENTS RE- PERKED TO THE DISCUSSIONS AS "FRIPJEDLY" AND "FP.ANK," AND DESCRIBED THE ATMOSPHERE AS O~dE OF ^FULL OPEN- :. NESS AND P.EADINESS" TO DISCUSS THEIR DIFFICULTIES.4 DATE: ORIG: UNIT: EXT: Approved For Release 2001/08/21 :CIA-RDP86T00608R000300010079-3 R[LF ASINC OFFK[R COOP^rINATP+O OFFICERS AUTHENTICATING OFFICER _____.,..__._.......,~~,... +...u Prue rcnunl~ (~r=c1~'F IS PRnNIRITFD C 9 iMPn~7~ Ap~~~~~ IV~as~~~~a~~EEIA-RDP,~;T~@O~OJ~f~1r0II07'~3 r.IGNAL CENTER U!?+E ONLY ~ AGL COI ACP TOO TAe Y40 OCI orlF ^ ^ ^ ^ 0 0 0 ? MIiJIC AND MLADENOV AvREED ON AN EVENTUAL MEET- ING OF PP.ESI'DENTS TITO AND ZHIVKOV TO DISCUSS ^IJAYS AND MEANS^ FCR RESOLVING THEIP. DISPUTES. THE SU!~- MI'P IS, HOfJEVER, CLEARLY DEPENDENT ON AN EFFORT BY THE T[10 SIDES TC LIMIT POLEMICS. 4' DURING TOASTS AT OFFICIAL DINNERS IN BELGRADE, BOTH MEPJ P.ECITED THEIR DIFFERENCES, BUT SAID THE PROBLEMS SHOULL NOT RllLE OUT FUTURE CLOSE 000PERA- TION IPJ ALL SPHERES. THE COMMU~JTQUE SUMt1ARIZ:iNG THE TALKS ACCENTUATED A MUTUAL DESIRE TO IMPROVE RELATIONS BASED ON Tt-iE PRINCTPL~S OF "EQUALITY, IN- DEPENDENCE, RESPECT FOR TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY?.? AND NCNINTERFERENCE TN INTERNAL AFFAIP.S.~~"M THE COMMUNI(JIJE ATTACHED "EXCEPTIONAL IMPOR- TANCER TO MUTUAL EFFORTS TO HARNESS ^INFORMATION AC.TIVITIES^ AS A t1EAP~S OF BUILDING AN ATt10SHPERE OF TRUST. THIS PftESUMABLY MEANS THAT VOCIFEROUS YUGOSLAV PRESS POLEMICS AND THE OCCASIONAL INFLAM- DATE: ORIG: UNIT: EXT: ^ Inoex DISSEM BY: ^ No INOex ^ RL'T'URNTO PErt RCLeA3lNpprOVed For Release 2001/08/2R1 ATCIA~~RDP86T00608R000300010AQ,~N~,a~CATIN60P PIC lR cusslnlcwTlo> REPRODUCTION 8Y OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS PROHIBITED E 2 fiVIPDE~" n r_..___,~_~. ~4~~~~ ~r~ele~~ ~b~A'/~1 : CIA-F~~P &IQQ6II8R -~3.OD.OaDQ7.9 3- N SIf1NAL CI;NTL?11 U86 ONLY n . n col ~c? roo In ~. wp uu OMF D D D D D D D MATO~Y PUBLICATIONS APPEARING TN BULGARIA WILL BE HELD IfJ CHECK FOR A TIME. M AGREEING TO DISCUSS THEIP, DIFFERENCES IS THE f10ST Pr OGR(~SS TOWARD IMPROVI~JG YUGOSLAV-BULGARIAN RELAT ~ O;IS' IN SEVEF;AL YEARS. A NUMBER OF FACTORS COULD STILL UNDERMINE THESE GOOD INTENTIONS. THE MAST 2;1"1EDIATE TIIREAT IS THE BULGARIAN CENSUS SCHED- ULED FOP, DECEMBER, WyICEI WILL, BELGRADE FEARS, OMIT A CATEGORY FOR MACEDONIANS. JOINTLY CLAIMED CUL- TURAL HEROES, THE ROLE OF THE BIJLGAf:IAN MILITAP.Y IN "LIB=?ATING^ YUGOSLAVIA DUP,I'JG WOP.LD WAR II, AND BELGP,ADE'S I~ARINESS OF SOFIA. AS A STAND-IN FOR SO- VIET I~JTEP.ESTS ALL OFFER FIOTHEADS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER OPPORTUNITIES TO SCOTCH ANY PROGRESS.M O.J BALKAN COOPERATION A~?dD THE PP,OPOSED CARA- MANLIS C0~1FEP.ENCE, THE TWO SEEf1 TO BE MOVING CLOSER TOGETHEP.. STRESSING THE I(~IPORTANCE OF BILATERAL COOPERATIO~J, MINK AND MLADEPJOV SUPPORTED f1ULTILAT- DATE: ORIG: iJNIT: EXT: I] NO INDEM D pRTURNTO PER CLA331/ICArp.l App~~p~D~i@~ImF ~~~i~RY~A~I~~ i~~4i~~~1$~Ti~?P~~~~R@A300~1 Q~79-31MPDET Approved For Release 2001/08/21 :CIA-R P'8 _ TQOfS?8.J30. Q ODD.-0.0-7-9- ? N ~ e slor;~~ceNrr.nuscc,Nw 4 __~__.._?.... _..---_-___-- __..-._. ___~ __ ,,.,,. nw n.nnn UU~I~(a(~iIVG N1E5SAGE ERAL EFFORTS ^ONLY IN THOSE FIELbS THAT ARE REALLY ACCEPTABLE AND OF INTERECT TO THE BALKAN COUNTRIES.^ SOF:ID, HAD DECLARED IT I:, AGAIr1ST ANY MULTILATERAL ACTIVITY OF A POLITICAL NATURE, AND BELGRADk ::AS EMPHASIZED THAT IT IS PREMATIJP.E EVEN TO CONSIDER AMBITIOUS INTER-BALKAN TT~S. {COh1FIDENTIAL}4' ' 5. ROMANIA= IN AN UNPRECE~~JDENTED MOVE, fiUCHARE`."T HAS PUBLICLY REVEALED TEJAT A MILITARY OFFICER HAS CCMMTTTED SERIOUS SABOTAGE.4 ON OCTOBER 28, THE PARTY DAILY SCINTEIA CARRIED A BRIEF ANNOUNCEMEPJT THAT THE DEATI' SEi1TE(~aCE FOR SABOTAGE Ai;AINST NAVY COMMANDEF MIH/,T RUSU HAD BEEN COMMUTED BY PRESIDENTAL DECREE TO 15 TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON.' THERE TS NO'P LIKELY TO BE ANY FURTHER PUBLICITY ON THE CASE, AND TH(= GOSSIP-LOVING ROPIANIANS WILL PP.OBABLY SEE THE REA'. SIGNIFICANCE OF 'fl-IE STORY IN THE QUESTIONS IT LEAVES UNANSWERED. THEY WILL WOPJDER--AS DO WE--ABOUT WHY PP.ESIDE:NT CEAUSESCU GRANTED EXECU- TIVE CLEMENCY TO A SERVING OFFICER WHO'E CRIMc: WARRANTED THE FIR:[NG SQUAD. THE4E WILL SURELY BE SPECULATION ABOUT WHAT RUSU DID AND DATE: ORI:~: UNIT: EXT: INUE% NO INO?% gYTURN TO Approv~~B~~TII~~s~Y~~~f~~~~~ TH~Ii451~~~86T00608R000300010 g IMPDET ~. ~Y: Kp~rdvzdFdl'R~lea'~~~00~'/08~~: CIA-R~~$~T09608~R ^i13 NAl. Gf!NTER U9R ONLY AO. ~JI AC? TOG tI1 VRD OCI CIA fill/ICA iIOY SECRET NOFORN -- I ---- ---__ . _..`.1 ~`.._..._ Q NO IN D[M O (1lTUNN TO PEl~ O IP PIlC9 ~~ WHETHER Ht ACTtD ALONE OP, ON BEHALF OF OTHERS--ROMANIAN OR FOREIGN.M STOP,IES OF SABOTAGf_ PERIODICALLY CIRCULATE IN BUCHAREST. A FLURtiY OF RUM02S ABOUT SABOTAGE BY UNHAPPY INDUSTRIAL WORKERS A L.TTTLE ."LORE THAN A YEAR AGO CENTEP.ED ON POUR WORKING CONDITIONS IN FACTORIES. NONE OF THEM MENTIONED MILITARY -~EN OR ANY KIND OF DESTRUCTION AT MILITARY ~rISTALLATIONS. {CONFIDENTIAL}4 6. EUtOPEAN PARTY CONFERENCE: A RECENT ARTICEL ON INTERNATIONAL COMMUNISTi IN THE SLOVAK ?ARTY DAILY, PRVDA, MAY FURTHER ROIL THE TROU3LED WATERS SL'RP,OUNDING THE PREPARATIONS OF TI-k: EUROPEAN COMMUNIST PARTY CONFERENCE {tCPC'r? IT ALSO DEMONSTRATES THE WIDENING GULF BETWEEN THE LOYALIST APJD IPJDEPENDENT WINGS OF TI-JE Mn'vEMENT?4' ~fRITTEN BY IVAN HLIVKA, THE SLOVAK i~EDIA'S CHIEF COMMENTATOR ON THE ECPC, Ti-IE' ARTICLE REFLECTS FP,USTRATION WITH THE FOOTDRAGGING THA'" HAS REPEATEDLY DELAYED TFJE PROJECT. IT IS SUBSTANTIALLY HI~RSHER THAN ~ ONE yLIVKA PUBLISHED IN FEBP.UAP,Y. INDEPEPJDENT-MINDEll PARTIES, WHICH %ARE SUBJECTED TO A THINLY VEILED ATTACK IN THE ARTICLE, DILL UMDOUBT- EDLY BE TEMPTED TO RESPOND IN KIND.4' IN A DIRECT SLAP AT THE FRENCH, ITALIAN, AND SPANISH PARTIES, QATE: ORIG: UNIT: EXT: Appr~e~TBA?1'/0~81~2~~ ~At~D~R~8~~~D8~Ai?060000~00~9-3 IMPDET ~f~~~~~ea~I~~E CIA-RQ -$~ I -- N ~ SIiNAL C~NiC tt UbE ONLY O ,.. _.I TU0608R0 030010079-3~ ~ ~ ?~---- PA6E OF PAOtlB I] NO IN06X Q RETURN TO PER i fJ IP FILES t! HLIVKA ECHOES THE ZARODOV LINE, BLASTING THE ADOPTION OF ^NEUTRA ~ISM^ BY NO(~!-RUi.ING COMMUNIST PARTIES IN ORDER TO COURT THE FAVOR OF NATIONAL ELECTORATES. SUCH INDEPENDENT POSTURING AND ^DISASSOCI ATION FROM THE COMMON FIGHT,^ HE ARGUES, CARRIES ^THE DANGER OF SLTPPI NG INTO NATIONALISM.^ HE ALSO WARNS AGAINST DIVISIVE BOURGE03S TACTICS AIMED AT MISLEADING COMi1UNTS'fS 1NT0 PUBLICLY "PROVING THAT THEY? ARE INDEPENDENT OF MOSCOW.Y IN A POTSHOT AT THE R0;1ANIAN AND YUGOSLAV PARTIES, HLIVKA ASSERTS THAT THE "OLD OPPOP.TIJNISM^ TS CONSTANTLY STRIVING TO STRENC'~'I~-~ EN ITSELF WITH NEId, "MODERN" ARGUMENTS AND METHODS OF STRUGGLE. HE SAYS THE BASIS OF THIS APPROACH--NATIONA!_ISf1--IS THE MOST DANGEP.OUS WEAPON OF ANTI-COMMUNIST STP,ATEGY.M HLIVKA FLATLY REJECTS THE YUGOSLAV AND ROMANIAN VIEW THAT THE COMINTERN P.ODE ROU,'HSHOD OVER THE ;RIGHTS AND INTEiESTS OF THC ?? INDIVIDUAL PARTIES IN DEFERENCE TO MOSCOW'S ^NARROW NATIONAL" INTERESTS. ALI_ SUCH ATTACKS ON PP,OLETARIAN INTERNATIONA~ISf1, HE ? CONTENDS, ARE ^INTENDED TO EVOKE AVEP.SION^ TO UNITED ACTION BY THE MOVEMEIJT.4' DATE: ORIG: UNIT: EXT: RE LF ASIN6 R INO E A NO OFFICER ~fi~~~ved For Release 200'~~~ . ~i~-~DP86T00608R000300C`'~(~'~3-~ CU~i4~EIGATION pFCRnf11ICTIr1N RV i1THFR TNAM THE ISSIIING OFFICE IS PR(1HIBITED C 7 iMP~I>='T n A~l~b~~ `P~ea~ ~~0'8tt1 E CIA-R T SIGNAL CEMTE A USL UNLT ~ ~t:tl f01 ?CI TOG TPe MRO OCI ~ i ,I ~ ~ n - _.-.--.~...--- orlF o 0 0 0 0 0 o ti7 y7 Q INOCx DISSEM BY: o NO INDEx o ReruRN TO PER IP RILES {r THROWN DOWN BY HLIVKA AT THE NEXT SESSION OF ?":E DRAFTING COMMISSION TO BE CO~IVENED S~~ON IPJ EAST BERLIN. {CONFTnENTIAL}',' E-2, IMPDET.~i SDO DDODO DATE: ORICT: UNIT: E7(T: 0 THE INDEPENDENT PARTIES ~1.qY PICK UP THE GAUNTLET NOVEMBER L7, ?.,975 Approve~dPfaoolFbe?iea~ar 11~A~~10~~4 THE1~9-s~~?69~A96~6N~00?t3?0010~7~R3 I PA PD ET Ap~rp~r.~d~qr,~~lea~~Op.~~/2.1ECIA-RD,P8 T00608R00 3 0010079 3 1 4 u u V 1'v G J V T a e SIO NAL CHNTBR USH ONLY A^.? COI ACS TOO TM Ylq OCI OMF G 0 D 0 0 0 fl SECRET tJO~ ORN ~ e 7 e o J 0 INOex DISSEM HY: D NO INOlx D geTURN ro PER D I~ vl~es fr MIDDLE EAST AFRICA BRIEF 177-75.4' 1,? ~PANI~H SAHARA: CQANISFI COPJSULTATTONS WITH ALGERIA OVER THE WE~KEIVD ON THE TRIPARTITE AGREEMENT WORKED OUT LAST WEEK OP: SPANISH SAHARA APPAREN`PLY DID NOTHING TO OVERCOME ALGERIAN OPPOSITION i0 THE ACCORD?4' NEITHER THE SPANISH NOR THE ALGERIANS HAVE COMMENTED ON THE? TALKS HELD SATURDAY IN ALGIERS BETWEEN MADRID'S SPECIAL ENVOY, MIPJISTER OF DEIVELOPMENT PLANNING CAP10, AND ALGERIAN OFFICIALS. THIS SUGGESTS THE DISCUSSIONS DID NOT GO WELL?4' CANO REPORTEDLY WAS RECEIVED COOLLY ANll DID NOT MEET WITH PRESIDENT BOUMEDIENE AS HE REPORTEDLY HAD EXPECTED?4' AN ALGERIAN GOVERN;1ENT PRESS SERVICE STATEMENT ON SUNDAY STRONGLY DENOUNCED SPAIN'S AGREEMENT WITH MOROCCO AND MAURITANIA AS A CALLOUS MOVE TO DIVIDE SPANISH SAMARA'S MINERAL RICHES .AND TO DENY THE TERRITORY'S INHABITANTS THE RIGHT TO DECIDE ?:ON THEIR OIIN FUTURE?4' THE SAHARAN PRO-INDEPENDENCE POLISARIO FRONT ALSO VIGOROUSL Y ?. ATTACKED THE AGREEMENT OVER THE UEEKEND AS A VIOLATION OF UN DATE: ORIG: UNIT: EM: ,,,L,A,,,,,~,p~~ved For Release 2001~J~d2,1T1:~IlA~P86T00608R0003000~10478~31NOORIIC~R A(~~~ ~r~~Tjeas~P~l~~1(~, CIA-RDA ~~f00608R00 34 010079-3 s.cN~~cenTSra cse oNw ~O^ COI ?C- TOO T-H NI~O DCI OMF ~ D 0 D D D ^ D SECRET NOFORN D INDHM DISS:.M BY: D NO INOHX D , NETURN TO PER RES GLUTTONS ON THE SPANISH SAHARA QUESTION AND A DENIAL OF THE RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION- ThE FRONT CALLED ON THE UN TO SEf~D AN OBSERVER MISSION TO OBSERVE ITS CONTROL OVER THE TER;~ITORY -4' ALGIEP.S WILD PROBABLY LAUNCH ITS CAMPAIGN THIS WEEK TO ENLIST SUPPORT IN THE UN TO REV~:RSE THE AGREEMENT?M ACCORDING TO ALGERIA IS ALREADY THREATENING ' TO REQUEST A SPECIAL ?SECURITY COUNCIL SESSION TO TAKE UP THE M,4T TER AS SOON AS THE TERMS OF THE NEW AGREEMENT ARE MADE PUBLIC- THIS IS EXPECTED ONCE THE SPANISH PARLIAMENT COM- PLE TES THE PROCESS--SCHEDULED TO START ON TUESDAY--OF FORMALLY DECOLONIZING THE TERRITORY?M BOTH SIDES WILL LOBBY VIGOROUSLY IN THE UN? MOROCCAN FOREIGN MINISTER LARAKI ARRIVED IN NEW YORK ON SUNDAY AND, TOGETHER WITH HIS MAURTANIAN COUNTEP.PART UHO IS EXPECTED TO ?~ ARRIVE SHORTLY ~ WILL ORCHESTRATE EFFORTS TO NEUTRALIZE THE ~ ALGERIAN CAMPAIGN -M _ ALGERIAN FOREIGN MINISTER BOUTEFLIKA HAS ALREADY BEEN ~:AT THE UN FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, ARGUING THE ALGERIAN CASE FOR A DATE ORIG: UNiI'. EXT: IIHLHASI ICATIN6 0//KfX 7~13'~1`b4~ed For Release 2001f~1~'~':"~Y~~~DP86T00608Ro0~~~~g01"~~'~ 3 ~MPDET cws~~lc~Tlon REPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS PR I Ap~Kq~yt ~r?Re1~as~ ,ZQ~/~$/21 CIA-RDP 6 00608R00 30 010079 3 1 n - - - ' n T 1 ._-.+_ I D N SIGNAL CHNTBR U58 ONLY O wGt COI AV YOG TPt 4R0 OCI PAOt OP PAGtf I r -t n ? -- OMF ?0 0 D 0 0 0 0 4 D INDtx DISSEM BY: D ~.+o INOtx RtTU RN TO PER D IP PILtS it SELF-DETERI1INA'fION REFERENDUM UN~7ER UN AUSP:C~'?:i FOR SPA?dISH SAHARA ?'~ A SEMI?FFICIAL MOROCCAN DAILY PUBLISHED AN ASSERTION OVER THE WEEKEND THAT THE SAHP,RAN ASSEMBLY IS THE REPRESENT9,i'IVE BODY OF THE S.AHARANS? THE ASSERTION SUGGESTS RAE~AT WILL ARGUE THAT CONSULTATIONS WITH THE ASSEMBLY--WHICH WILL PRESUMABLY PROVE RESPONSIVE TO MOROCCAN D:RECTTON--ARE ALL THAT IS REQUIRED TO DETERMItJE THE POPULAR WILL AND THAT A REFERENDUM IS UNNECESSARY?4' FEW DETAILS OF' THE SPANISH-MOROCCAN-MAURITANIAN ACCORD HAVE YET EMERGED?4' THE MOROCCAN PRESS, CITING INFORMED SOURCES, ASSERTS THAT THE /'ICCORD CONTAINS A NUMBER OF DRAFT ECONOMIC AGREEMENTS CONCERNING THE EXPLOITATION OF MINERALS AND FISHING RIGHTS- 'PRESUMABLY, THE ARRANGEMENTS ASSURE SPAIN THE i:ftRETiJRN OF =ITS INVESTMENT IN THE RICH PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN SPANISH SAHARA?~' KING HASSAN, MEANWHILE, RETURNED TO RABAT ON SUNDAY DATE: ORIG: UNIT: EXT: RtL[ASIIVO~DMIC~II ed For Release 2001/~~2,'?TM~,~grJ~pP86T00608R0003000'6AA~7191~TINa o.P1~t~ cuatlPlcATION REPRODUCTION BY OTHER'IHAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS PROHIBITED E 2 IMPDET [_1 t`3Y? A~?.F~?~ ~asE~~~.l?5~~;.CIA-RDP 6T00608R000 0 010079-3 ,_ , JJJJ GG i t e ~ a -? ? Q LIG NAL C9NTEq USE OtiLY G ? ~.^ col ~cr roa Tn wRO ou cry ' o a o O o 0 0 INO[x Di5a:!4 B`!: O No INOQx O R0TU11N TO PER O IP FILQ! y~ AFTER MORE THD.N A MONTH IN SOUTHERN MOROCCO DIRECTING HIS CAMPAIGN FOR THE TERRITORY? HE I~ EXPECTED TO ATTEND CEnEMO~:IES IN RABAT ON TUESDAY CELEBRATING THE 2oTH ANNIVERSARY OF MOROCCO'S INDEPENDENCE?M HASSAN MIGHT USE THE OCCASION TO OUTLINE HIS NEXT STEPS ON 'f HE SAHARAN ~UESTION? {CONFIDENTIAL~M 2. PAKISTAN= THE PAKISTANI GOVERNMENT IS PLEASED BY GENERAL ZIA UR-RAHMAN'S OVERTHROWIr OF GENERAL MUSHARRAF IN BANGLADESH?4' MUSHARRAF'S COUP HADi DISTRUBED THE PAKISTANIS. THEY THOUGHT MUSHARRAF SHARED THE PRO-INDIAN ORIENTATION OF THE LATE PRESIDENT MUJIB RATHER THAN THE PRO-PAKISTANI, PRO-CHINESE, AND PRO-WEST OUTLOOK ATTRIBUTED TO GENERAL ZIA AND TO FOEMER PRESIDEN'r~ MUSHTAQUE.4' MANY B~NGALEES AND INDIANS ALSO SEEMED TO REGARD MUSHARRAF -AS PRO-INDIAN.4~ _ THE PAKISTANIS AA~ AS UNCERTAIN AS EVERYONE ELSE ABOUT '_ THE COURSE POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS WILL NOW TAKE IN BANGLADESI-i~~ DATE: ORIG: UNIT: EXT: R?~~>dbp~l~oved For Release 200'~b01~1~11NO G~~IaDP86T00608R000300Q,~,QA~~,~ oPP,~.~ E 2 IMF'DE'T c~ Rv_? Ap~ U TG O ~N e~easM E SSAG E IA-RDP OQfi08R00 30 010079 3 1 A (a O _ ~ ' O 7 ...0 9 SIGNAL CENTER USE ONLY ?:r~ COI AC? iOa Tr! ~ Irloex DISSEM BY: No Inoex Q R8TUI11i TO PER AND .:ONSEQL'E'VTLY THEY ARE BEING CAREFUL, WAITING TO SEE ?~IF THE NEIJ REGIiiE MOVES TO REAFFIRM MUSHTAQUE'S DECISION TO SEND AN AMBASSADOR TO ISLAMABAD-5' PA::IS'PANI OFFICIALS DO NOT EXPECT INDIA TO INTERVENE MILITARIi_Y IN BANGLADESH IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE? THE PAKIS~'ANIS THINK ~T.iJDIA WOULD DO SO ONLY IF THERE WERE AN OUTBP.EAK OF MUSLIM-HINDU STRIFE IN BANGLADESH APJD A FLIGHT OF HINDUS TO INDIA?4' ISLAMABAD IS AS SUSPT.CIOUS AS EVER OF ~W DELHI? THE PAKISTANIS BELIEVE THAT OVER THE LONGER Rf~I,J THE INDIANS MIGFi'i" TAkE STEPS TO :,INDUCE A HINDU EXODUS FROM BANGLADESH IN ORDER TO HA':!E A PRETEXT FOR INTERVENTION-M PEKING, MEANWHILE, HAS REPORTEDLY TOLD PAKISTANI OFFICIALS THAT IT VJ_EWS GENERAL ZIA WITH SATISFACTION, ALTbIOUGH IT IS NOT SURE YET I~IHETHER HE WILL REMAIN IN POWER? THE OFFICIAL ?CHINESE NEWS AGENCY RECENTLY PORTRAYED ZIA'S? TAKEOVER IN A ~F'AVORABLE LtGHT.4' ? SAUDI ARABIA, WHICH ALOiVG WITH CHINA AND PAKISTAN DATE: ORIG: UNIT: EXT: ~.~ASIA~p,~oR ed For Release 2001~~~,,~,T;~J~~~P86T00608R0003000'~Q,Q~~Inaorrlc~R Approved For Release 2001/08/21 :CIA-RDP8 T00608R000300 10079 3 OUTGOING MESSAGE T SIGNAL CENTER USE ONLY '~6l COI ACP T06 TM MRO DCI OMF ~ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I a e e a e o No INOeII N[TUI~N TO PER O IP PILE9 # 25X1 X RECOGNIZED THF.. MUSHTAQUE REGIME, IS SAID TO BE TAKING A WATT-AND-SEE APPROACH TO ZIA. RIYADH, ACCORDING TO FFICIAL, HAS INDICATED THAT TF THERE WERE A? SHT_rr IN DACCA BACK TOWARD AMORE SECULAR. ~~MUJIBIST^ REGIME, SAUDI ARABIA WOULD NOT SEND AN AMBASSADOR OR PROVIDE FTNANCIp.L AID. {CONFIDENTIAL} E-2 YMPDET.r1 SDO DDODO- DATE: ORIG: UNIT: EXT: 25X1A NOVEMBER 17, 1975 OCR/ I'LL 910E; ~~,?~g~-,~y?ed For Release 2001/0,,,;~n~~;~J~86T00608R00030001(~Q,~?N,,,PKER cwslPluTw~+ REPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS PROi~IHITED E 2 IMPDET __ _ _ _. C.1 RYr n~n'7~C Approved For Release 2001/08/21 :CIA-RDP86T00608R000300010079-3 SECRET PdOFO,'.^d ~JCSTctchi HE~"IISPIIGI~E i3RIEF 1~?7-?.'i?'rt A~tGEfdTIISA: PZCSID%.-~T PE-~ON, Eir_4EAaED Ff70t1 THE N4SPITAL AFT~~~~; ALMOST T'.!0 UFEKS OF ISOLATIO~i, IS FaCIPJG A flB~Et~ED DRTVE FROiI ,dlTtidT"~ ?ict< PARTY A'~iD GOVERNMENT TO STEP ASI~I ~ AT LCAST TEf'!(~9F'ARILY?~ I1~T#nIOR 7IS~ISTEtt KO~1LrD0 ALf10ST C#RTAIt~LY VrtGEI? T~-!IS C+~Ui;SE 4F ACTI0;~1 D~iRIroC A t9E:ETING e1ITl~1 HEt~ OP1 ri0VCI1REt~ 1~?, ;:lriEN S;di: PIT'+ALLY UESPO;dDtD TO CASIp3ET REQ,IESTS FOR CO"~S!lLTATIO~dS? ACCOf:DIvG TO PRESS i~t:POHTI~dG~ SE~tiATE LEADE-'S HAD EARLIER TOLD R03LED0--GEPdERALLY VI :`,f~:D AS TN.:. GOVLf?'df1ENT'S CHIEF COOItiDI"dATOC~--Tt~AT TNLY tJOULD EA5c THtIn ATTACYS 0r~ Ttit AAi9IiVIS TRA T i0t~ f3RIEFLY TO GIVEw .-3SI'i TIhc: T4 Pt:;EVA;LL t?PO N PEF OW ? V Tf~E SENATOi~S APPAREt~+TLY COULD 9E SATISFIED IF artE ~JOJL1 AG;:EC TO TAKE AYOTMER LEAVE OF AE~SEt~dCE OR A LO~aG GRIP ABROAD- Tt1IS ':!OEILD AL.LO!,I Of'~E Of' Tf9EIR OtJN, SEt~ATF_ PE2ESIDE!JT LUF~ER ~ TO ASS!Jtt% TfIF DJ TI ES . OF T'-I# PRESIDi:~dCY, AS HE DID Dt~glt;iG NER LAST LEAVE- T.~IS :lOULD 8E OiVLY AFJ ItsTERlft SOLUTIOy, BUT THE ~1ZLITARY i~OUID PROt3Ad3LY RACY IT, AS THEY DID PREVIOUSLY?5' PRESIDENTIAL LOYAL:LSTS HAVE OTriER ldORf~IES AS 'DELI ? THEY ARE Approved For Release 2001/08/21 :CIA-RDP86T00608R000300010079-3 Approved For Release 2001/08/21 :CIA-RDP86T00608R000300010079-3 SECRET NaFOf,.~ TRYING TO PIA~Y DOUIJ Ti?if: If1PORTANCE 4f~ TNL RALLY T~T-S l;;cE:K HY S~JPPOfiTERS OF nUENOS AIRES PROVIf~lCE GOV,ERr~4K CALA~f24, A LEAvER OF PE~'OfdISTS OPP03ED TO Ts?iE PRESIDrrNT? TNk: t1S Cf1f3ASSY R,:POt~TS A:,~ E.'rTF11.jaIA:;TIC CRO+.lD OF A[~O1JT 3:?1,~(.1~ TJR~VED Ol1T Ir. LA PLATA, T'ic: P(~OVI"dCIAL CAPITAL TO FJEAR CALAf?RO EXCORIATE THE ADt1I'1;[ST??,ATIJ~?1 A' ;.- UELTTTLE THE DECISIO~d TO EXPEL HIM FROr9 PERO~iI3T PARTY ftAfiKS ? T~iE OFFICIAL PERO~~IST fYEt~SPAPEf:, OPj THE OTHEf2riAf~D ~ CLATHS 0"dLY 1-?,~1i~ a;-tOWED UP, ArlJ AN ORTfi0A0X PEROirIST CONGR~SSZOrdAL LEaL'~.i: TEK~i`i CALASfiO'S REMARKS ?'S~t~VElZSIVc?" CALA~RO'S FOLLO~JIl~G SfrrilS TO '~E Gf~0~,9ING-. THE LONGER THE DISCftEDYTE:D PIZESYDEivT RE:PlA~I~S Itd 4FFICE?~ TtiE f'lORE ADHEr7.w'!TS THE GOVERNOR IS LIKELY TO AC4.f.iIRE? {CJdFTDEirTTAL} E-'c IFiPDET?H 25X1A IJOVEMRER 3,7. 197 25X1A Approved For Release 2001/08/21 :CIA-RDP86T00608R000300010079-3 Approved For Release 2001/08/21 :CIA-RDP86T00608R000300010079-3 5'G NAL ClNTEF USE ONLY ACe :C~ ACA TOO T-e Y110 DCI n _ -AG eI OA AAClO ~ INCax DiSSEM f3Y; no rioex D neruAN To PER EAST ASIA BRIEF 1,77-75.M 1? VIETNA(~: THE DECISYON TO CONVENE THE NORTH-SOUTH CO N- FERENCE ON REUNIFICATION NOW MEETING IN SAIGON INAICATES THAT HANOI IS gE~DY TO PP.OCEED SWIFTLY OPd FORMALLY JOINING THE TWO COUNTRIES. THE PROCESS COULD BE COh1PLETED AS EARLY AS NEXT SPRING ? 5' THE CONFERENCE WILL BE A COSMETIC EXERCISE, GIVING THE APPEAP.ANCE OF MUTUAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN "NGRTHERNERS" AND BOUT H- ~RNERS`T TO WHAT HAS BEEN A POLITICAL REALITY SINCE THE COLLAPSE ~9F THE FORMER GOVERNMENT LAST SPING? VIETNAM HAS ALREADY EXPERIENCED DE FACTO REUNIFICATION UNDER A SINGLE PARTY AND MILITARY STRUCTURE, WITH HANOI MAKING ALL THE IMPORTANT ADMINISTRATIVE, ECONOMIC, AND POLITICAL DECISIONS?4' HEADIi~G EACH OF THE DELEGATIC:JS ARE SENIOR PARTY ~~OFFICIALS WHO ARE RANKING MEMBERS OF THE NORTH VIETNAMESE .:POLITBURO- T40UNG CHINH, THE PALITBURO'S SECOND-RANKING .:MEMBER AND HEAD OF NORTH VIETNAM'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, IS :: REPRESEN'i ING THE NORTH, WHILE PHAM HUNG, THE FOURTH-RANKING DATE: ORIG: UNIT: EXT: Approved For Release 2001/08/21 :CIA-RDP86T00608R000300010079-3 Approved For Release 2001/08/21 :CIA-RDP86T00608R000300010079-3 916 NAl CgNT[R L9^ O`1L~ AO! Cbl ACr TOO TIC Vw0 OCI OMF 0 0 0 D D 0 0 OUTGOING MESSAGE SECRET NOFORN O wo~x DISSEM 8Y: D No ~NO~x D IIUTUNN TO PER D it ruse MEMBER ON THE POLITBURO AND THE PARTY'S CHIEF TN THE SOUTH LE!-DS SOUTH VIETNAM'S 25-MEMBER DELEGATION?M ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT, THE CONFERENCE WILL FORMULATE PLANS FOR A NEW NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND NEW ^COMMON" STATE ORGANS? THE FORMULATION SUGGESTS THAT HANOI INTENDS TO USE THE NORTH VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE AS A MODEL AND EXPAND ESTABLISHED LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE ORGANIZATIONS TO INCLUDE SOUTHERNERS? SOUTHERNERS WILL UNDOIJBTEDLY ALSO BE APPOINTED TO POSITIONS IN ExECUTTVE MINISTRIES AND COMMISSIONS? THE ELECTIONS PROPOSED ARE FOR A NEW COUNTRYWIDE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY- THESE ELECTIONS ARE INTENDED TO SERVE AS A NATIOWWIDE PLFBISCITE?~ REFLECTING THE SO-CALLED ^NATIONAL WILL^ OF THE PEOPLE FOR A REUNIFIED STATE? IN REALITY, THE ASSEMBLY IN THE NORTH HAS NO POWER SAND MERELY RUBBER STAMPS THE BIDDING OF THE POLITBURO AND .:THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE? THE IMPRESSION LEFT BY THE ANNOUNCE- =.MENT IS THAT THE ELECTIONS WILL BE MELD SOON?4' :. SINCE THE COMMUNIST VICTORY LAST APRIL, LEADERS TN DATE: ORIG: l1NIT: EXT: Approved For Release 2001/08/21 :CIA-RDP86T00608R000300010079-3 Approved For Release 2001/08/21 :CIA-RDP86T00608R000300010079-3 vu 1 ~7v11v17 IIfIGJJHI~t o ' r a e 1 a e 61G NAL CHNTCR U5H ONLY O A6^ CV/ AC? TOO T/^ MAO oCl OMF f.' 0 0 0 0 D D D INOex D155EM BY: D No Ir+oex 0 nerunn ro PER BOTH ZONES HAVE: MADE IT CLEAR THAT 'fHE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO ESTABLISH A REUNIFIED VIETNAM. THERE HAVE BEEN MIXED SIGNS, HOWEVER, ON HOW RAPIDLY THIS PROCESS WOIILD OCCUR AND WHAT FORM IT WOULD TAKE? ONE REASON FOR THE CONTUSION WAS THE RAPIDITY OF THE COMMUNIST MILITARY VICTORY, WHICH CAUGHT THE LEADERSHIP POLITICALLY OFF GUARD? AT THE TIME OF SAIGON'S COLLAPSE, HANOI ALMOST CERTAINLY HAD NO TIMETABLE FOR REUNIFICATTON?M MOST OF THE EARLY INDICATIONS FOLLOWING SAIGON'S FALL POINTED TO A GRADUAL PROCESS OF REUNIFICATION, WHICH MAPJY SOURCES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF VIETNAM MAINTAINED MIGHT TAKE AT LEAST SEVE~