MIDDLE EAST AFRICA SOUTH ASIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00865A001900080001-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 1, 2001
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: October 3, 1975
• Content Type: NOTES

Approved For Release 2001/08/08 : CIA-RDP79T00865A001900080001-4
Secret
No Foreign Dissem
Middle East
Africa
South Asia
Secret
No. 0862/75
October 3, 1975
Approved For Release 2001/08/08 : CIA-RDP79T00865A001900080001-4
 Approved For Release 2001/08/08 : CIA-RDP79T00.865AO01900080001-4
No Foreign Dissem/No Dissem Abroad
Background Use Only/Controlled Dissem
Warning Notice
Sensitive Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved
NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION
Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions
Classified by 010725
Exempt from general declassification schedule
of E.O. 11652, exemption category:
? 5B(1), (2), and (3)
Automatically declassified on:
Date Impossible to Determine
Approved For Release 2001/08/08 : CIA-RDP79T00865AO01900080001-4
 Approved For Release 2001/08/08 : CIA-RDP79T00865AO01900080001-4
SECRET
This publication is prepared for regional specialists in the Washington com-
munity by the Middle East - Africa Division, Office of Current Intelligence,
with occasional contributions from other offices within the Directorate of
Intelligence. Comments and queries are welcome. They should be directed to
the authors of the individual articles.
Pakistan-Saudi Arabia: Saudis Promise New
Aid to Pakistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Bangladesh: Arms Confiscation Program
Continues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Oct 3, 1975
Approved For Release 2001/0?1W"C&TDP79T00865A001900080001-4
 25X6 Approved For Release 2001/08/08 : CIA-RDP79T00865AO01900080001-4
Next 1 Page(s) In Document Exempt
Approved For Release 2001/08/08 : CIA-RDP79T00865AO01900080001-4
 Approved For Release 2001/080/ RrP79T00865A001900080001-4
Pakistan-Saudi Arabia
Saudis Promise New Ai.d to Pakistan.
Prime Minister Bhutto reportedly obtained
assurances of generous aid from Saudi Arabia during
has long furnished military technicians
Pakistan
and advisers to the armed forces of Saudi Arabia and other
omic
i
n econ
Arab countries in a succe w
and diplomatic support.
The Pakistanis want money from Sau
Ara is--an from Iran, which Bhutto visited on October
2--partly for the purchase of arms from the US. Washington
ear-old embargo on the sale of US arms
10-
d it
y
s
lifte
to South Asia earlier this year, and Islamabad hopes
this will enable it to obtain the more credible de-
?terrent force it feels it needs in the face of India's
military superiority.
Since the coup in Dacca
two months ago, s am been looking for ways
ties with the new government and
dl
f
i
y
en
r
develop
to wean it away from the close relationship that existed
between New Delhi and Dacca under the Muj ib rer irmme .
Acceptance of Dacca's claim to a share in.these assets
would remove a long-standing and major bone of contention
between the two countries.
(Continued)
Oct 3, 1975
Approved For Release 2001/08/08 SE . 9T00865A001900080001-4
 Approved For Release 2001/08/08 S bT00865A001900080001-4
Since the coup in Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia has
been at least somewhat responsive to Pakistani
requests that it be friendlier to the new rulers
than it was toward Mujib. Riyadh disliked Mujib's
emphasis on secularism and appears sympathetic to
the new government's more Islamic outlook. (SECRET
NO FOREIGN DISSEM/NO DISSEM ABROAD/BACKGROUND USE
ONLY/CONTROLLED DISSEM)
Oct 3, 1975
Approved For Release 2001/081FRP79T00865A001900080001-4
 Approved For Release 2001/08/EGR-$gP79T00865A001900080001-4
Bangladesh
Arms Confiscation Program Continues
The government is continuing its campaign to
round up the large number of weapons illegally held
throughout the country. The campaign began in mid-
September after few Bengalees had turned in arms dur-
ing a six-day amnesty period. Since then large
numbers of assorted weapons have been confiscated
and over 1,500 people have been arrested, according
to government statements. Most of those arrested
will be tried according to the regime's martial law
regulations, under which the death sentence can be
imposed.
The campaign reflects the regime's continuing
concern over internal security. In addition to the
ever-present threat of terrorism by right- and left-
wing extremist groups, the government is worried
about reports that diehard followers of the late
president Mujib may be seeking revenge. Many of
those who belong to Mujib's now-banned party still
have weapons given them by the old regime.
The new government claims that it has lists of
those who illegally hold weapons and that it will
continue the campaign "until the last bullet is
found." It could be in for a difficult and even
bloody campaign. Mujib made several efforts to
confiscate arms with only limited successe
(CONFIDENTIAL)
Oct 3, 1975 5
Approved For Release 2001/08/08$iJI9T00865A001900080001-4
 Approved For Release 2001/08/08 : CIA-RDP79T00865AO01900080001-4
Secret
Secret
Approved For Release 2001/08/08 : CIA-RDP79T00865AO01900080001-4