CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 5, 2003
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• Publication Date: May 10, 1967
• Content Type: REPORT

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DIRECTORATE OF
INTELLIGENCE
Central Intelligence Bulletin
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Central Intelligence Bulletin
CONTENTS
Egypt-Yemen: Egypt reaffirms that AID officials
will soon be released. (Page 2)
Dominican Republic: Balaguer takes hard line to-
ward opposition. Page 3)
India: Presidential election (Page 4)
Indonesia: Anti-Chinese demonstrations (Page 4)
Panama: Canal negotiations (Page 4)
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Egypt-Yemen: Egypt has reaffirmed that the two
imprisoned AID officials will soon be released.
Egyptian Vice President Amir authorized Foreign
Minister Riad on 8 May to assure the US that Egypt
"is doing its best." Riad repeated on 9 May that the
US officials would not stand trial.
Meanwhile, Yemeni President Sallal- -presumably
unaware of Cairo's assurances--on 8 May made state-
ments indicating that he is still planning to try the pris-
oners. Both he and the minister of interior have men-
tioned "evidence" including documents,
The
team that is to remove the AID files has been pre-
vented from leaving Cairo on, the pretext that there is
no aircraft space available.
The US Embassy in Sana on 8 May received a note
from the Yemeni Foreign Office asking that the US
consul in Taiz be transferred to Sana "for his personal
safety" and that the consulate be closed. This may
presage a move to instigate mob destruction of the
AID building, al-
though the Yemeni regime reportedly has issued in-
structions against any demonstrations.
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Dominican Republic: President Balaguer has pro-
claimed a hard and uncompromising line toward his
opponents and detractors.
In a major TV address on 8 May, Balaguer ab-
solved his government of responsibility for recent po-
litical terrorism and suggested that Communists were
responsible for much of the violence. He warned that
extreme--but legal--measures would be taken against
terrorists.
Balaguer placed a large share of blame for the de-
teriorating political situation on the left-of-center Do-
minican Revolutionary Party (PRD). He charged that
the PRD's boycott of congress was designed to exacer-
bate political tensions. In a statement that seems sure
to draw a strong PRD reaction, Balaguer implied that
Senator Castro--who said he was seriously injured in
a recent terrorist attack--had accidently wounded him-
self.
It is likely that Balaguer's unyielding line will
hasten the political polarization that has been develop-
ing in recent months. The President's belligerency
toward the PRD and his references to Communist-in-
spired terrorism are intended to strengthen his posi-
tion with his rightist supporters, who may be concerned
that Balaguer has been too lenient with the opposition.
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NOTES
India: The election of the Congress Party's presi-
dential candidate provides a much needed boost to
both the party's and Prime Minister Gandhi's sagging
prestige. Zakir Husain, a prominent educator who
previously served as vice president, is the first Muslim
to hold the prestigious, though largely ceremonial,
office. Husain has told Ambassador Bowles that he
intends to counsel Mrs. Gandhi to form a strong gov-
ernment and improve relations with Pakistan, but
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minimal.
Indonesia: The Suharto regime, while continuing
the public polemic with Peking, is trying to damp down
popular manifestations of anti-Chinese sentiment in
Indonesia. Orders to this effect have been sent to com-
manders in the outlying regions, where Chinese shop-
keepers are still being subjected to scattered and sporadic
harassment. When the recently expelled Indonesian
charge in Peking arrives home later this week, author-
ities will probably permit demonstrations protesting
the abuse he received before leaving China, but will
try to keep them within bounds.
Panama: President Robles sent Foreign Minister
Eleta to New York on 8 May to wind up the canal treaty
negotiations "as soon as possible" and return with the
final drafts. Encouraged by his talks with President
Johnson at Punta del Este, Robles hopes to have the
27-month-old negotiations concluded by early summer.
The Panamanians want the treaties signed before
1 July in order to prepare public opinion for ratifica-
tion by a special assembly session in August or Sep-
tember. Robles also wants the canal issue settled before
intensive campaigning begins for the May 1968
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