CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 18, 2002
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 29, 1967
• Content Type: REPORT

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DIRECTORATE OF
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Central Intelligence Bulletin
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29 May 1967
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Nigeria, Federal leader Gowon's latest move likely
to accelerate break-up. (Page 6)
Macao: Local Chinese Communists exercising de
facto control of colony. (Page 8)
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USSR, Moscow air show (Page 9)
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Nigeria: Federal leader Gowon's decree on 27 May
creating 12 states in place of the present four regions
will almost certainly accelerate Nigeria's break-up.
Gowon's unilateral move, in violation of his own in-
terim constitution adopted last March, provides for the
large and populous Northern Region to be carved into six
states and the East into three--one for the ruling Ibos
and two for the region's long-restive minority tribes. A
separate Lagos state would include an adjoining part of
the present Western Region. The remainder of the Yoruba-
inhabited West is designated another state, as is the small
ethnically mixed Mid-Western Region.
Gowon has already appointed military governors for
the new states, with Eastern Governor Ojukwu confined to
the Ibo area. Gowonhasreiterated pledges to use force if
necessary to establish the states, but he resisted pressures
for a simultaneous movement of federal troops into the mi-
nority areas of the East--the only region from which they
are entirely excluded. He may, however, soon give the
signal, if he hasn't already, for federal military support of
guerrilla operations by Eastern minority activists against
forces in those areas controlled by Ojukwu.
Gowon's decision to move decisively was apparently
prompted by his conclusion that the East, which has long
been drifting toward secession, was about to take the final
plunge. Orchestrated demands there over the past two
weeks for such a move culminated in the announcement
earlier on 27 May of a mandate from the regional advisory
assembly to Ojukwu to declare the East's independence "at
an early practicable date." There is evidence that Ojukwu
had not intended to act for some time at least, but it now
seems likely that he soon will.
Gowon will also be immediately embroiled anew with
the majority faction of Yorubas led by Chief Awolowo, who
has virtual political control of the West. These Yorubas
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will condemn the attempt to establish a separate state
for Lagos, where Yorubas also predominate, especially
as it involves the transfer of a strategic slice of the
present Western Region. Violence that would be hard to
control could erupt at any time between the Yorubas and
federal troops of northern origin still stationed in the
heart of Yorubaland, although scheduled to be moved out
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Macao: Local Chinese Communists are exercising
de facto control of Macao.
Under the guise of supervising the Macao govern-
ment's implementation of the Sino-Portuguese agree-
ment of last January, "mutual aid" associations are
performing police duties, often at the request of the
colonial police. During recent demonstrations at the
British Consulate, the colonial government not only
failed to provide protection for British officials but their
police abandoned the scene to the Communists.
The Communists have also made good their boast
that "Mao justice" is supreme. They have secured the
release of at least one person convicted by a colonial
court and have staged a mock trial over alleged mis-
treatment of a domestic servant.
The Communists' take-over appears to have con-
vinced many Portuguese they have little future in Macao.
Those who are able to do so are selling their holdings
and leaving. Portuguese officials are reported to be
quietly sending out their dependents and possessions.
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NOTES
USSR: The Soviets are preparing an air show for
June or July thatl will
dwarf the last major air show, held in 1961. Moscow
newspapers have reported that civil air flights normally
scheduled into the new Moscow Domodedovo air terminal
will be rerouted after 31 May and that 3,000 workers
are being sent there to prepare for the exhibition. The
Soviets are expected to unveil several new fighters,
transports, and a VTOL aircraft, but US attaches have
not yet sighted any developmental aircraft taking part
in rehearsals.
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