WEEKLY SUMMARY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00927A011300010001-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 23
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 14, 2008
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 2, 1976
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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 EEKLY SUMMARY, issued every tricksy morninrs Inv the
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the Office of GeogralAic and Cartographic
and the Directorate of ence and Technology.
CONTENTS (January 2,19 76)
MIDDLE EAST
AFRICA
1 Angola: Tempo Up
3 Spanish Sahara: Morocco Settles In
4 Bangladesh: Military Restive
5 Lebanon: Inching Ahead
6 North Yemen - Saudi Arabia:
All Smiles
7 Italy: Wage Gains and Recovery
8 Portugal: Austerity Measures
9 Soviet Comsat Developments
10 USSR: Five-Year Plan
12 Turkey-USSR: Kosygin Visit
12 Turkey: Demirel Acts
EAST ASIA
PACIFIC
14 China-USSR: Helicopter Crew Released
15 Australia: Uranium Policy
16 Laos-Thailand: Border To Open
WESTERN
HEMISPHERE
17 Argentina: Military Increases Role
17 Ecuador: Plotting Continues
18 OAPEC: Joint Development Projects
Comments and queries on the contents of this
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SECRET
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ANGOLA: TEMPO UP
Military Situation
With the Organization of African Unity's
emergency summit on Angola less than two
weeks off, the tempo of fighting in Angola is likely
to pick up as the two rival regimes attempt to im-
press African leaders with their strength.
In eastern Angola, the National Union claim-
ed last week to have captured the important
railway town of Teixeira de Sousa. A separate
National Union group that set out from Luso for
the Popular Movement's major base at Henrique
de Carvalho remains stalled at the Cassai River.
Popular Movement forces have destroyed bridges
across the river and have established new defen-
sive positions north of the river. South of Luso,
Union troops continue mopping-up operations
against Popular Movement remnants.
In the west-central sector, the Popular Move-
ment apparently remains in firm control of
Quibala after several weeks of sharp fighting. The
fighting around Quibala has confirmed that the
Popular Movement now has some T-34 tanks in
the field along with Soviet-made Sagger anti-tank
missiles.
In the north, the Popular Movement is
preparing to renew its offensive against Ambriz,
the National Front's headquarters. An earlier
drive bogged down because bridges had been
destroyed and rivers were swollen by seasonal
rains. The Popular Movement has now managed
to place at least one bridge across the Lifune River
and has put a small force on the other side.
The Popular Movement has already stepped
up its pressure in a wide area south of Negage,
with the objective of taking Carmona, an impor-
tant Front stronghold. This week Front forces
reportedly were pushed back from Camabatela
on the main road to Negage.
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