CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: March 18, 1967
• Content Type: REPORT

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16 March 1967
Central Intelligence Bulletin
CONTENTS
.Indonesia: Suharto turns attention to economic
problems. (Page 3)
France: Parliamentary maneuvering necessary to
keep Gaullists in key assembly posts. (Page 4)
,Ethiopia - Somali Republic: Both countries preparing
for trouble as French Somaliland referendum approaches.
(Page 5)
Nigeria: Ojukwu will reject latest federal govern-
ment decree. (Page 6)
Afghanistan- Pakistan: Relations threatened by Afghan
revival of Pushtunistan issue. (Page 7)
Egypt-US: Relations (Page 8)
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Indonesia: Acting President Suharto, now that he
has resolved the Sukarno problem, is turning his full
attention to Indonesia's economic condition.
Suharto recognizes that economic stabilization is
the country's most critical issue and believes that the
penalty for failing to resolve this and other problems
will be a dangerously resurgent Communist movement.
One of Suharto's approaches has been to make further
attempts to repair Indonesia's foreign economic ties.
This week he privately urged the early delivery of as-
sistance from the West, and he apparently is sending a
mission to the Soviet Union next month to renegotiate
incompleted Soviet aid projects.
The regime is also turning its attention to the in-
flationary pressures that have developed since the be-
ginning of the year, following the initial success of
new stabilization measures last fall. International
Monetary Fund advisers have cautioned that economic
measures must be implemented more effectively if
Indonesia is to achieve financial stability.
While concentrating on economic questions, Suharto
is encouraging legislative action in preparation for elec-
tions, which are scheduled for no later than mid- 1968.
He and his military associates will be unwilling to face
elections until they can show some economic progress,
however, and speculation is already growing in Djakarta
that the election schedule will not be met.
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France: The government plans to resort to par-
liamentary maneuvers in order to maintain its sup-
porters in key assembly posts.
According to the secretary of state for relations
with parliament, the present cabinet will resign on
1 April. Those who have been elected deputies will
participate in the elections of the assembly president
and committee chairmen when the assembly convenes
on 3 April. After this has been accomplished, these
ministers will resign their assembly seats and be re-
appointed to the cabinet.
The constitution forbids members of the govern-
ment to vote in parliament. Alternates can replace
the ministers in the assembly after a period of 30 days.
The source claims that the new government will
be announced on 5 or 6 April. Pompidou will probably
be reappointed prime minister.
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Ethiopia - Somali Republic: Addis Ababa and
Mogadiscio are preparing for trouble as the refer-
endum in French Somaliland on 19 March approaches.
For the past several weeks, Mogadiscio has
been reinforcing its troops in northern Somalia.
Ethiopia on 15 March began to move one artillery
and three infantry battalions to the French Somaliland
border to reinforce two infantry battalions already
there. An airborne battalion outside Addis Ababa is
scheduled to move to Diredawa. Six Ethiopian F- 5
jet fighters were ordered closer to the Somali-
Ethiopian frontier on 17 March, and Ethiopian planes
have been overflying, Somali Republic territory to
collect intelligence. -t
Both Addis Ababa and Mogadiscio have told US
officials that they will undertake no military offensive
into French Somaliland unless the other side moves first
However, distrust between the two is so high that an
incident could provoke hostilities.
According to the Ethiopian prime minister, the
militant pro- independence Somali Popular Movement
Party, which dominates the city of Djibouti, has stated
that whatever the outcome of the vote, the party will
declare the territory independent and call for assistance
from Mogadiscio. The Somali Republic ambassador in
Addis Ababa has alerted US officials there to expect a
strong Somali reaction in Djibouti if the vote goes
against independence.
The French should be able to contain Somali-in-
stigated violence. About 3,500 French troops are
stationed in French Somaliland, Land an aircraft carrier
and a troop transport are scheduled to arrive by
19 March to land reinforcements and to evacuate the
French civilians if necessary. The French reportedly
have also been flying in riot police.
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Nigeria: The Federal Military Government has
published a decree vesting stronger powers in the
central government than Eastern Governor Ojukwu
will accept.
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Ojukwu agrees with the provision of the decree
which puts all executive and legislative powers in
the Supreme Military Council, of which he is a mem-
ber. However, he has insisted on the retention of
the principle of council unanimity in all matters af-
fecting the regions. This principle is not embodied
in the decree provisions, which grant the council
power to declare a state of emergency in any region
with the approval of three of the four governors and
the head of the federal government. The decree also
gives the council power to take appropriate measures
against a region that attempts to secede.
Ojukwu probably will consider the decree illegal
because he has not approved it. He may counter by
taking control of all Eastern resources, an action
the federal government could equate to secession.
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Afghanistan- Pakistan: Afghan leaders' efforts
to revive the quiescent Pushtunistan issue could ad-
versely affect Kabul's relations with Pakistan.
Prime Minister Maiwandwal, discussing his
25 March to 9 April visit to Washington with the US
ambassador, made a strong stand for inclusion of a
reference to Pushtunistan in any communique that
might be issued at the end of his visit. Maiwandwal
stated that a stronger stand has been necessitated by
pressure from his "extremist" political opponents,
However, the prime minister probably sees in the
Pushtunistan issue a means of strengthening popular
support for his government.
Efforts by Kabul to promote an independent Push-
tunistan in the tribal area of West Pakistan along the
Afghan border caused recurrent crises in relations
between the two countries between 1947 and 1963.
The removal of the pro- Pushtun and anti- Pakistani
Prime Minister Daud by the Afghan King in 1963, com-
bined with increased Indo- Pakistani tension, led to
improved relations between the two nations? and a
muting of the Pushtun issue.
Recent events suggest that the issue is being
revived, and the largely government- controlled press
is urging resumption of an active interest in Push-
tunistan. The revival in part is a consequence of
Afghan disappointment at the apparently negative re-
sults of King Zahir's visit to Rawalpindi last February.
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Egypt- US: Egyptian and US policies in the Middle
East are on a collision course, according to a 17 March
editorial by Muhammad Haykal, Nasir's semiofficial
spokesman. The situation, he said, obliges Egypt to
"oppose and foil US policy objectives in the Middle East
and other parts of the world. " Haykal alleged that
President Nasir had told Ambassador Battle that Egypt
would withdraw its long- standing request for renewal
of the US PL-480 wheat program.
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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE
The United States Intelligence Board on 17 March
1967 approved the following national intelligence estimate:
Memorandum to Holders of NIE 27.1-67, "Spain:
The Succession Problem and Prospects for
Change in Foreign Policy"
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