CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 27, 2003
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• Publication Date: February 18, 1970
• Content Type: REPORT

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DIRECTORATE OF
INTELLIGENCE
Central Intelligence Bulletin
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18 February 1970
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No. 0042/70
18 February 1970
Central Intelligence Bulletin
CONTENTS
USSR - Middle East: Soviet propaganda on the middle
East is growing harsher. (Page 1)
Laos: Communist forces are pressing their advantage
Tn the Plaine des Jarres area. (Page 3)
Communist China - Laos: There has been a recent in-
crease in the Chinese AAA force in northern Laos.
(Page 5)
Chile-USSR: The recent cultural and scientific agree-
ment will increase Soviet opportunities in Chile.
(Page 6)
Yugoslavia-USSR: Tito visit (Page 7)
USSR-Cuba: Trade protocol (Page 7)
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USSR - Middle East: Soviet propaganda on the
Middle East is growing harsher as Moscow awaits
Washington's decision on whether to.,give. additional
aircraft to Israel.
A TASS statement on Monday, probably triggered
by the Israeli air attack on an Egyptian factory
last week, was one of the toughest Soviet commen-
taries in recent months. It specifically pledged
the Arabs the necessary support to defend themselves
and also denounced Israel's military activities in
uncommonly strong terms. The statement deviated
somewhat from earlier Soviet pronouncements by giv-
ing only the barest nod to the need for a political
settlement in the Middle East.
Pravda's Cairo correspondent on 12 February
had warned that Israel's deep penetration raids into
Egypt and a US decision to sell more Phantoms and
Skyhawks to Tel Aviv would be answered.by increased
Soviet support for the Arabs. Moreover, the peri-
odical New Times on the same day warned of the dan-
ger of appeasing aggressors and pledged that the
USSR considers "many-sided" assistance to the Arabs
its "international debt." Other publications in
recent days have hinted that at this stage neither
restoration of the cease-fire nor a limitation on
arms is acceptable to the Kremlin.
Soviet propaganda still appears intended to
increase pressure on Israel to stop its raids and
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Communist Forces Continue Activity in Plaine
? Government-held location
? Communist-held location
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Laos: Communist forces are pressing their ad-
van age in the Plaine des Jarres area, although
there has been no major ground action.
A small North Vietnamese sapper team raided
the air base at Long Tieng during the evening of
17 February, destroying one observation aircraft.
Four of the attackers, believed to be North Viet-
namese, were killed while the government lost one
officer. Although damage was light, the raid was
the first enemy attack on Long Tieng. Small North
Vietnamese reconnaissance groups have been reported
in the area before, however.
Long Tieng, the key to Vang Pao's effort in
the northeast, is defended by about 1,000 troops.
The attack was probably intended to confuse Vang
Pao's forces and to compel the Meo leader to pull
troops off the Plaine to defend the large numbers
of Meos in the Long Tieng area.
At this time there is no evidence to suggest
the enemy is prepared to initiate a major thrust
at Long Tieng. The rugged and unfamiliar terrain
between Long Tieng and the Plaine present a for-
midable obstacle to any large-scale enemy opera-
tions in this area. In addition, the complex of
Meo villages surrounding the base would make it
extremely difficult for the enemy to move into
the area in strength without the government having
adequate warning.
The situation around_.Xieng Khouangg airstrip
appears to have eased somewhat. A battalion of
enemy troops, which had dug in close to the airfield,
was driven off early this morning. Government troops
are in pursuit of the Communist force.
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e government's air opera ions are inflicting
heavy casualties on North Vietnamese forces. The
Communists appear willing to acc t these losses,
however. Map) I
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Communist Chinese Increase AAA in Northern Laos
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Communist China - Laos: A recent increase in
the Chinese Communist antiaircraft artillery force
in northern Laos has raised the estimate of Chinese
troops in the country to 8-10,000 from the earlier
figure of 5-7,000.
I jthe Chinese AAA
force deployed in. aos to suppor hinese road con-
struction is larger than a normal division. The
number of occupied Chinese AAA sites has more than
tripled since mid-December 1969, with the greatest
increase in the Muong Sai - Muong La areas, as well
as along the new road to Muong Houn. These sites
provide additional security for the major road
bridges at Muong Sai and Muong La. They also pro-
tect Chinese bivouac areas, storage sites, and con-
struction camps. These facilities have grown con-
siderably since September 1969 when road construc-
tion resumed on a large scale. They extend along
the new construction as far as Muong Houn and well
past Muong La.
The Chinese forces include AAA, construction,
and security troops.
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Chile-USSR: A cultural and scientific agree-
ment signed in Moscow recently will increase Soviet
opportunities in Chile.
The agreement, announced during the visit to
Moscow of Education Minister Pacheco, provides for
cooperation in public health and medicine, astro-
physics, geochemistry, tectonic mapping, and other
scientific projects, and in university training and
cultural areas. Negotiations began soon after the
two countries re-established relations nearly five
years ago. The major difficulty was Chile's in-
sistence that exchanges must be channeled through
the government,a precaution designed to prevent
domination of the program by Chile's influential
Communists.
A growing role in intellectual and scientific
activities has thus far been the Soviets' most ef-
fective accomplishment in Chile. Trade has not
prospered, and a credit and technical agreement
has hardly been used. Soviet officials seem well
informed on Chilean politics, but in this field
they operate through i-hA i a,-no ,?,,?,- ?w _ _ ,.
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e enin centennial on 22 April cou serve
to ease Soviet-Yugoslav tensions. The Yugoslavs
feel they can attend an open gathering of this
type without compromising their principles. Tito
will go to Moscow prepared to rebuff any Soviet
effort to make him change his independent stance.
His presence will insure that Romania's Ceausescu,
who is also expected to be on hand, will have an
ally in resisting any potential pressure.
USSR-Cuba: A Soviet trade official has an-
nounced that the .1970 trade protocol signed on 16
February calls for total trade to reach $1.3 bil-
lion. This represents a 50-percent increase over
1969. All of the increase apparently will be ac-
counted for by higher Cuban sugar deliveries to
the USSR. A Moscow press announcement states that
the agreement. calls for Soviet imports of up to
five million tons of sugar. Less than 1.5 milli
tons were shipped last year.
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