CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN PORTUGUESE GUINEA: NATIONALISTS MAY SOON UNDERTAKE GUERRILLA OPERATIONS

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• Case Number: F-2018-01460
• Publication Date: March 16, 1962

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CONTENTS
1. USSR-Berlin: Soviets protest that Western aircraft violate
"established flight procedures" in corridors. (Page i)
2. Guatemala: Security situation in capital deteriorates. (Page it)
4. Netherlands-Indonesia: Dutch decision to send naval units
to Pacific coast ports may destroy prospects for prelim-
inary talks on West New Guinea. (Page I)
7. Portuguese Guinea: Nationalists may soon undertake guer-
rilla operations. (Page v)
10. North Korea - Sino-Soviet Bloc: Pyongyang sides with Pei-
ping in Sino-Soviet dispute. (Page vii)
11. Chile: Soviet delegation permitted to attend Chilean Com-
munist party congress. (Page vii)
12. Situation Report: Greece. (Page vtit)
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Portuguese Guinea: ortuguese Guinean nationalist ele-
ments based in the Repulic of Guinea and supported by Sekou
Tourg's regime as well as by the Communist bloc may be pre-
paring to launch early guerrilla operations in Portuguese Guinea.
these elements were
the intended recipients of at least part of 600-700 tons of arms
and ammunition which were included
in the shipments of military materiel known to have arrived in
Guinea from the USSR last month.
emigrd Portuguese Guinean ad-
herents of the African Independence Party for Portuguese Guinea
and the Cape Verde Islands (PAIGC) were receiving training in
guerrilla tactics under Toure's auspices. A Radio Conakry
broadcast of 10 March protested alleged repeatejiolations
of the Republic's frontiers by Portuguese aircraft
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African Nationalist Pressure On Portuguese Guinea
ortuguese Guinea has an area of 14,000 square miles- -
les'sthan half that of Portugal--and a population numbering
approximately 550,000. Except for a few thousand whites
and mulattos, the inhabitants are African tribesmen who are
among the most backward in West Africa. Two of the most
important tribal groups are the predominantly Moslem Fulani
and Mandingos who inhabit the interior of the territory and
have traditionally maintained close contacts with f ow tribes-.
men dwelling in Senegal and pie Republic of Guine
addition to the nationalist pressures emanating from
Con y, which hopes ultimately to annex Portuguese Guinea,
Senegal has for some time been providing propaganda and at
least some financial assistance to other, more moderate Por-
tuguese Guinean emigre elements. The most important of
these are organized in the Dakar-based Liberation Movement
of Guinea and the Cape Verde Islands (MLGC). A "United
Liberation Front" which was proclaimed by MLGC and PAIGC
leaders at a conference in Dakar last July apparently never got
off the ground and has since been superseded by an alignment
between the MLGC Holden Roberto's non--Communist Angolan
People's Union (UPA).
Although both the MLGC and the PAIGC claitn to have the
greater support within Portuguese Guinea, a Senegalese offi-
cial characterized the MLGC last fall as "substantiall weaker"
than its rival. In January,
the MLGC did not appear to be in a position to en-
gage in any significant action since it lacked arms and other
necessary materiel and was not well enough organized either
within or outside Portuguese Guinea. This situation in part re-
flects the much more cautious support being given Portuguese
Guinean nationalists by Senegal, which is under French pres-
sure to minimize provocation of the Portuguese. Paris is r
portedly concerned that it might become involved, because o
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of the Portuguese Guinean nationalists operating from Senegal.
evelop between Lisbon and Dakar as a result of the activities
s defense agreements with Senegal, should a major crisis
jac Since last July such Oe nts have provoked several well-pub-
licized border incidentsIll
Fortuguese authorities have recently been manifesting in-
creasing apprehension over the possibility of early disturbances
in Portuguese Guinea. Despite their heavy commitment in An-
gola, they have been steadily increasing the strength of their
forces in the smaller territory. These now are estimated to
number approximately 3,300 me
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