CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: December 28, 1966
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DIRECTORATE OF
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Central Intelligence Bulletin
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Central Intelligence Bulletin
CONTENTS
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Jordan: Amman succeeds in delaying decision
on entry of UAC troops into west Jordan. (Page 4)
Angola - Congo (Kinshasa): Raid by Congo-based
insurgents will probably spark Portuguese moves
against Kinshasa. (Page 6)
Portugal - Macao: There is no evidence that
Lisbon is considering relinquishment. of the
colony. (Page 7)
Luxembourg: Cabinet crisis ends, but country's
role in NATO remains unsettled. (Page 8)
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Turkey - USSR: Kosygin's visit.
USSR. - Cuba: Molniya ground 'station.
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Jordan: Jordan succeeded in delaying a final de-
cision on the entry of other Arab troops into Jordan at
the United. Arab Command (UAC) meeting in Cairo
last weekend.
UAC commander in chief Amir, an Egyptian, re-
portedly conceded in writing that certain issues raised
by Jordan required a reconsideration of the Arab De-
fense Council's decisions in early December, including
the plan to station troops in Jordan. Amir has re-
quested the League of Arab States to convene another
defense council meeting as soon as possible to con-
sider these issues,
Jordan won this reprieve by playing on Arab fears
of another war with Israel and by being, in effect, more
Arab than the others in the position it adopted. The
Jordanians apparently made their agreement to the sta-
tioning of Iraqi and Saudi troops in west Jordan con-
tingent on full implementation of the defense council's
plan to meet the Israeli threat, which calls for addi-
tional military moves by the other Arab states.
The PLO's response to the postponement of a final
decision on the deployment issue has been to form a
"secret" revolutionary council aimed at overthrowing
Husayn, according to a PLO announcement yesterday.
The official radio and the press in Cairo and Baghdad
are also critical of Jordan's delaying tactics.
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In Amman four bombs, presumably planted by
Palestinian terrorists, exploded yesterday in the area
where most government ministries are located.
The reshuffling of the Jordanian cabinet last week
is being widely criticized in Palestinian west Jordan
because Prime Minister Wasfi Tal has been retained.
The traditional representational balance was main-
tained with seven of the 13 ministries being headed
by Palestinians, reflecting their major share of
Jordan's population. However, the two Palestinians
who were added, like the five who were retained, are
not representative of popular opinion there.
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Angola-Congo (Kinshasa): A recent border raid
by Congo-based Angolan insurgents will probably lead
to new Portuguese measures against Kinshasa, but
probably will not result in long-term closure of vital
Congolese trade routes.
Following the unusually large- scale insurgent raid
on Vila Teixeira de Sousa, in which Portugal claims to
have killed 200-300 insurgents, Lisbon warned on 27
December of new, but unspecified, action to be taken
against the Congo.
Portuguese- Congolese relations have deteriorated
over the last few months. Kinshasa is nervous over a
rumored Portuguese role in former premier Tshombe's
plotting. In turn Lisbon wants Kinshasa to restrict sup-
port for cross-border operations by Holden Roberto's
Revolutionary Government in Exile. The Congo broke
relations with Portugal in October over the issue of
Portuguese connivance with Tshombe. In early Decem-
ber two insurgent raids killed 26 Portuguese, the highest
weekly total in years, and the Portuguese retaliated with
a limited closure of the Angola-Congo border.
Portugal is capable of bringing the Congo's trade-
oriented economy- -particularly geared to copper ex-
ports--to a halt. Virtually all Congolese trade must
pass over Angola's Benguela Railroad or over the Voie
Nationale, which depends on continued dredging of the
Congo river by the Portuguese. During periodic strains
in relations with the Congo, Portugal has kept open the
possibility that these routes may be affected. However,
even when Roberto Is insurgent threat was far more
serious, limited action by Lisbon was sufficient re-
mind the Congolese of the economic facts of life. 1 -1
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Portugal-Macao: Recent reports that Lisbon might
offer to relinquish Macao to the Chinese Communists ap-
pear to be without foundation.
The US Embassy in Lisbon sees no evidence that
Portugal might be considering such a move. Macao's
continuing psychological importance to the Portuguese
rules out discussion of the possibility Portugal might
give it up voluntarily, even though Lisbon recognizes
that it is impossible to defend the colony. Lisbon press
reports give the impression that the situation in Macao
has returned to normal.
The Portuguese apparently intend to continue to
make every effort to placate Peking, even if their ac-
tions prompt a break with the Chinese Nationalists.
Lisbon has unconditionally accepted all demands of
the Chinese Communists in Macao stemming from the
recent riots--although some details remain to be worked
out--and is taking steps to prevent Chinese Nationalist
operations there. In negotiations now under way in
Kwangtung Province between Chinese Communist and
Portuguese officials, Peking is insisting on the elimina-
tion of all Chinese Nationalist activities in Macao.
According to press reports, Taipei has filed two
protests with Portugal over the actions of the authori-
ties in Macao and is considering severing relations with
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Luxembourg: Although the month-old cabinet
crisis has ended, the issue of Luxembourg's con-
tinued contribution of a NATO force remains un-
settled.
The government crisis ended on 23 December
following approval by the dominant Christian Socialist
and Socialist parties of a program for the recon-
struct:ed coalition cabinet.
The two parties as yet have been unable to reach
full agreement on the military establishment- -the
issue which brought down the last government. This
issue will have to be settled before the new cabinet
presents its program to parliament on about 10 Jan-
uary.
is still hopeful of salvaging Luxembourg's to4en con-
tribution to NATO by pushing the idea of a force con-
Both parties are reported to have agreed to aban-
don military conscription, but Prime Minister Werner
sisting entirely of volunteers.
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Turkey-USSR: The joint Turkish-Soviet communique
issued at the end of Premier Kosygin's visit to Turkey
contained no surprises. Cautiously worded, it recog-
nizes.the disparate attitudes of Ankara and Moscow on
basic east-west issues while expressing general agree-
ment on uncontroversial items in. the international field.
The Turks were probably pleased that Kosygin reiter-
ated earlier'statements of the Soviet position on Cyprus,
which Ankara views as favoring its side in that dispute.
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*USSR-Cuba: The Soviet announcement yesterday
that a communications satellite ground station will be
built in Cuba is the first clear indication that the USSR
hopes to establish a world-wide network with its Molniya
system. TASS characterized the installation as a co-
operative effort, to be built and operated jointly by
Soviet and Cuban personnel. France, the only other
country to participate in the Molniya system, is pre-
paring to exchange color television broadcasts
with the USSR by late 1967.
* Because of the shortage of time for preparation of this item, the analytic
interpretation presented here has been produced by the Central Intelligence
Agency without the participation of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research,
Department of State or of the Defense Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense.
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