CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: March 24, 1962
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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France-Algerian De Gaulle orders army to put down
"armed insurrection" following clashes between. troops
and OASo (Page i i)
3o Syria-USSRB Heightened tensions with Israel moving
Damascus toward closer ties with Soviet Union. (Rage iii)
~;. Laoso Phourni to meet with, Assistant Secret~.ry Harri-
man today. (Axge iii)
8. Brazilo Goulart to emphasize Alliance for Progress proj-
ects with broad popular appeal in Washington talkse (Rage v)
9. Bolivia-Chileo La Paz threatens to call QAS foreign minis-
tars' meeting over Chilean use of Lauca River waters. (Rzge r~)
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Army to put own'_ a European "armed.-insurrection" follow
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(OAS) elements in Algiers indicates his intention to commit
.the army decisively to implement government policy. The
.Algiers outbreak may have been, sparked by extremists .be~
yond OAS chief Salan's control; Satan recently had. reportedly
wished.to avoid a direct confrontat~.on. If the OAS does not
make a strong showing in the face of army. action in Algiers
or if it does :not score a spectacular success elsewhere, .its
potential for sabotaging the government's program .will decline.
inister of the Armed Forces Messmer. told a US Embassy
offi,e r on 21 March that he thought the situation in Algiers w s
"manageable " but. that he feared "rave slaughter" ~ in Orar .
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*Syria-USSRo he heightened tension with Israel is-move
ing the Syrian o rnment toward closer ties with the Soviet
Union. Mosc?w has sent Damascus a n?te expressing support
of Syria?s opp?sition to the Israeli program for. diverting the
waters of the Jordan River. Prime Minister Dawalibi, in a
meeting with the American ambassador ?n.22 March, urged
.the United States to take a public position that n? action.to di~
vest the Jordan waters should be taken until a.decisi?n by the
UN Security Council caa~ be reached. The Security Council
meets next Wednesday on the Syrian~Israeli border situation,
Dawalibi, however, has .indicated that he is confident he can
rely on the USSR to veto any decis? n can the waters issue that
might be adverse to Syrian interest
The Syrian prime rniniste~, pressing hard for US backing,
Soviet bl c
of "Western .states which provide Israel. with arms- and money9
and sociali t deputies demanded.closer coo~aeration with the
predl'cted that if it became. general knowledge. that only the. S?~
viet Union .was supporting the. Arabs .and Syrians at this- c~?ucial
time, there would be apopular.-ground swell toward the USSR.
He claimed that his own middle-of-the-road government would
be -swept away and .that .there would be an explosion of anti
American sentiment throughout the Arab world. In a.meeting
of parliament on 21 March, there was. widespread criticism
aos? Hera oumi, w o a -ear er re use to meet
with~sssta ~ Secretary Harriman in Barngkok, n?w has agreed
to meet with-the Secretary and Prime Minister Sarit on_24 March
in Nong Khai9 a Thai border-town southeast ?f Vientianeo Fol~
.lowing: this meeting, Secretary Harriman is scheduled to fly to
Vientiane for further. talks. over the weekend with King Savang,
Phoumi, and other government officials. Harriman9 noting
Phoumi?s ,~ntinued intransigence regarding the ministries of
defense and interior, has stated that the pr~~..s,,pects-for success-
ful negotiations with Phoumi. are "not bri~h~'p
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Brazil.O President Goulart on 20 March reviewed with
the US am a ador various .aspects of his official visit to
.the United States which begins on 3 April. Goulart empha~
sized that. he wanted to talk with President Kennedy alone,
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cabinet ministers might place on such a frank discussion:'
Goulart said the difficulties in .Argentina reinforced his con
vietion that any economic stabilization. effort in Brazil must
not impinge unfairly on the working class and that the Alli-
ance for Progress must include projects with a very broad
social. appeal. He laid special emphasis on plans-for medical
and .dental centers in small. towns. He further said he intends
to discuss the problem of for~ign~owned utilities in Brazil and
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Chile-Bolivian The Bolivian Foreign Ministry on 22 March
sent- an ultimatum to-Chile threatening. to calla .meeting of OAS
foreign ministers to consider charges of Chilean "aggression"
against Bolivia, The ultimatum is a response.. to a Chilean note
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stating: that early in April, Chile intends to begin. operating
the hydroelectric power plant and the irrigation network: it
has constructed in the Chilean. headwaters of the Lauca River
Bolivia charges that Chile's use of the river violates interna-
tional practice and is an "act of aggression against Bolivia's
. sovereignty."
e Bolivian foreign minister told the US ambassador
thex`~would be "serious violence"` in Bolivia if Chile carried
out 't plan. He hinted that the US should offer .its good of -
fice The Bolivian Government may be exaggerating this
issd as a means of diverting public attention from domestic
problems and of forcing Santiago into negotiations on Bolivia's
lon -standin as irations for a Pacific seaport.
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*Argentinao -The threat of a military takeover appears
somewhat lessened.by the. agreement yesterday of the wide-
ly respected Lt. General Pedro Aramburu to help resolve
the present political crisis and by the subsequent announce-
ment that some of the cabinet posts in a proposed coalition
have been. filled. As of 0330 this morning, reports. indicated
that the ministers of defense, economics, labor and social
security, -and interior had been named. Negotiations were-
. evidently still going on, however, and it was by no means
clear. that Frondizi would have a cabinet formed by the 26
M~.rch deadline set by the armed forces. In any event, a
lasting agreement between Frondizi and the military is un-
likely unless Frondizi shows willingness to break with. his
. controversial adviser Frigerio.
Aramburu, as president of the provisional military gov-
ernment which followed PeronPs overthrow in 1955, was the
strongest influence in insisting on constitutionality when some
military elements wanted to bloc Frondizi's inauguration in
..1958_. Since then Aramburu has frequently mediated disputes
between Frondizi and the rnili~ary, although he also is now
disillusioned with- Frondizi.
The general strike called by Peronista unions as 'a pro-
test against government intervention. in provinces where they
won elections has thus far been. ignored by two-thirds of or-
ganized labor and had no effect on trans ortation and commu-
nications facilities.
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US Consul Johns?n in Algiers, who visited. Oran in late.~Jan-
uary, noted .that sentimental adherence of the European popula-
tion to the OAS was more striking there than in Algierso He
attributed this partly to the higher proportion of Europeans to
Moslems in Oran--almost 1 to 1, as contrasted with 3 to 5 in
.Algiers. and. its immediate surroundings. Johnson said ,that
race hatred- in Oran appeared even fiercer. than iri the working-
class. Bab-el~Oued quarter of Algiers, where-.the 23 March
battle occurred, He noted that the OAS has made little effort
in the Oran area.to enlist Moslem. backing, and he feels the
Europeans are willing or even eager to drive all Moslems out
if the OAS should seize the city and set up a European enclaveo
~he Europeans of Oran are largely of Spanish descent and,
according to Messmer, "more determined, more bloodthirsty,
and harder to control" than those elsewhere in Algeriaa Part
of their. determination to remain in Algeria at all costs stems
.from the fact that many fought against Franco in the Spanish
civil war and realize tha they would face an uncertain future
if they returned to Spain
(~eanwhile, the French cabinet postponed -its expected
23 March public announcement of the members of the provi-
sional executive for Algeria, possibly to await- further develr~
opments in the security situation there, However, it nam~
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3ernard Tricot, a member of De Gaulle~s entourage and.re~
putedly one of his closest confidants, as deputy high commis-
siopner for Al aria, to serve under High Commissioner Fou-
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Bolivia-Protests Chilean River Project
Although Chile announced .its plans for the hydroelectric-
irrigation project in 1939 and consulted frequently with Boliv-
ian authorities since .construction began in 1948, the Bolivian
Government made no protest until November 1961, when the
completed installation was.-tested. In response to the Boliv-
ian protest, the Chilean foreign minister passed to the Boliv-
ian ambassador in Santiago a lengthy note reviewing the
23-year history of the project in full detail and pointing out
that Bolivia, through lack of objection, had tacitly approved.
The note was published in Chile on 5 December. Three days
later, a Bolivian mob, reacting "to statements by B?livian
officials, attackedthe- Chilean-Embassy in La Paz in protest
over- Chile?s "geographical aggression" and alleged insults to
Bolivian national honor.
For about a month thereafter,. the two nations exchanged
charges and countercharges designed more to placate protest-
ing domestic elements than to solve the basic problem. Since
early February, however9 negotiations have proceeded through
normal- diplomatic channels .and. it appeared ..that the dispute
.would be settled amicably.
The hydroelectric power derived from -the Lauca River
will be transmitted to Arica, and. the water. used in generate
ing power will subsequently be used to irrigate-the:Azapa
.valley. Both functions of the project. have obvious .economic
value. to Chile. In contrast, Bolivia has no use for the water
of the. Lauca, which discharges .into salty, landlocked Lake
Coipasa, and has no plans for .its use in the futureo
Qne of the major factors in Bolivia?s recent- display of
.intransigence may. be the belated realization. that if Chile is
permitted to .tap the Lauca .River, Bolivia ma have to a ree
to Peru?s using the water of Lake Titicaca.
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