STAFF NOTES: WESTERN EUROPE (Classified) INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86T00608R000400120018-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 18, 1999
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: January 27, 1975
• Content Type: REPORT

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Western Europe
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International Organizations
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INf:STERN EUROPE -~ INTERNATIONAL ORGANI7_ATIONS
This public~ition is prepared for regional specialists ir, the Washington com-
munity by the Western Europe Division, Office of Current Inlcllig~ nr,e, wrlh
occasional contributi~~ns from other offices within the Directoratr:~ of
Intelligence. Comments and ciueries are welcome. 'They should be drrecled tr.
the authors of the individual articles.
Portuguese Expect Violence, Coup Plot
Rumors Reported 1-2
Socialist International to Make Second
Middle East Trip Next Month 3
Concern about Human Rights in Chile 4
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Portuguese Expect Violence, Coup Plot Rumors
Reported
Politically motivated street violence occurred
in Portugal over the weekend, and more is expected
this week. Rumors of coup plotting, meanwhile,
continue to circulate.
The forced cancellation of the first congress
of the Social Democratic Center Party by radical
lAft-wing groups bodes ill for free and orderly
elections this spring. Forty delegates and observers
from several European parties were trapped overnight
inside the congress hall in Oporto, Portugal's
second largest city. Police kept demor..strators
from breaking in, but the crowd could not be dis-
persed until security forces arrived from Lisbon
early yesterday.
Leaders of the Social Democratic Center, aubbed
"fascist" by the left, had anticipated violence;
groups of extreme leftists had ransacked their head-
quarters and broken up a party youth rally late last
year, and the far left had said it would prevent
the congress from taking place.
Extremist groups calling for the dissolution
of the Social Democratic Center held another demon-
stration in Oport~~ yesterday with security forces
present. Democratic Center leaders reportedly are
considering disbanding; if they do, no right-of-
center party worth mentioning will rarticipate
in the constituent assembly elections.
The Communists, meanwhile, have announced they
will hold a demonstration in Lisbon on Fr.i..day to
compete with one already scheduled by the Socialists.
The Socialists have called their demonstration to
show continuing opposition to the unitary Labor law
approved by the cabinet last week. The Communists,
who reportedly believe the Socialist rally will
be successful, hope to draw off some of its support.
Tensions are rising, and a clash between the two
groups could become serious.
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Coup Rumors
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a coup is be9.nc~ p.lannc'd
by left-wing members of the Armed For. r,P , Movement
in cooperation with the Communist party.
the coup is scheduled for tomorrow or ~4ednesday.
The Communists may believe their fortunes have peaked
with their labor law victory and ma~- therefore decide
to take steps to preclude a moderate reaction against
them. Their counter-demonstration could be a cover
for a coup attempt.
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Radical officers also might try a coup because
of disagreements among the militar~? over the labor
law. In this case, the Communists might play only a
supporting role.
in recent months
that former president Spinola has been planning some
sort of action to return to power. Rightists
reportedly are circulating stories of leftist plots,
perhaps to provide an excuse for taking action them-
selves. (Secret No Foreign Dissem/Controlled Disgem)
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Socialist International to Make Seca nd Middle
East Trip Next Month
The second Socialist International fact-
finding mission to the Middle East. is to visit
Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya February.
8--14. Austrian Chancellor and Socialist Party
Chairman Bruno Kreisky will lead the delegation,
which will include Robert Pontillon, Internation-
al Secretary of ..the French Socialist Party,
Ron IiaywGrd of the British Labor Party, repre-
sentatives of the Swedish, West German, and
Norwegian parties and Socialist International
Secretary-General Hans Janitschek.
T. he delegation had originally planned to
visit Saudi Arabia as well but the Saudis made
it clear to Kreisky in early January that they
were more interested in receiving him in his
role as Austrian Chancellor than as head of a
Socialist International mission.
The group's first formal visit to the Arab
world occurred last March as a result of the
Socialist International's decision in 1973 that
it could no longer support only.Israel. That
delegation, which Kreisky also led, went to
Syria, Egypt, and Israel. The Egyptians and
Syrians expressed predictable interest in more
trade but were n,c interested in possible :.inks
between they Socialist International and their own
so-called Socialist parties.
Kreisky has stressed that the delegation
will not interfere with peace-making efforts in
the area. (Secret No Foreign Dissem/No Dissem
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Concern about Humari Rights in Chile
The UN Human Rights Commission--which
opens its 31st session next week in Geneva--
wi11 spend a great deal of time discussing
the human rights situation in Chile. Chile has
been a standing item on the Commission's agenda
since the September 1973 coup. Moreover, in a
resolution passed during the recent UN session,
the General Assembly requested the Human Rights
Commission to continue to study the situation.
In addition to the Chilean situation, the meet-
ing will also discuss a report prepared last
year by a subgroup of tY~e Commission, which
levied accusations--ranging from widespread
torture in Brazil to poi~.tical executions ire
Uganda--at five countries, including Chile..
A number of West European countries--
joined by the US--have already attempted to head
off an expected violent attack on Chile
by the Soviets and their allies by drawing up
a resolution that they hope will command broad
support. While the wording of the resolutio>
has not yet been worked out, the Europeans hope
to produce compromise language that would
continue the Commission's involvement by sending
a fact-finding group to Chile or by considering
the reports of already concluded investigations
by other groups, such as the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights.
The major objective of the West Europeans
in presenting a balanced solution is to gain
Chile's acceptance .of the proposal. Earlier this
month Chilean President Pinochet refused to allow
two representatives of the Inter-Parliamentary
Union to visit Chile on a similar mission, and
the Europeans do not want their resolution to
result in a similar Chilean response. (Confidential)
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