CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: September 9, 1970
• Content Type: REPORT

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DIRECTORATE OF
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Central Intelligence Bulletin
State Department, NAVY reviews completed
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9 September 1970
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No. 0216/70
9 September 1970
Central Intelligence Bulletin
CONTENTS
Arab States - Israel: The latest cease-fire between
the Jordanian Government and the fedayeen seems to
have collapsed. (Page 1)
Cambodia: Government troops moving toward Kompong
Thom city have met only token resistance. (Page 3)
NATO-Greece: Impasse broken (Page 5)
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USSR-Cuba: Naval operations (Page 7)
Colombia: Counterguerrilla campaign (Page 7)
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C Arab States - Israel: The latest cease-fire be-
tween the Jordanian Government and the fedayeen seems
to have collapsed, while efforts continue to obtain
the release of the captured airline passengers.
Amman radio announced a cease-fire agreement be-
tween the government and the Palestine Liberation
Organization central committee yesterday afternoon.
In return for a pull-back of troops from around Am-
man, the fedayeen were to remove all armed men and
members of their organizations from Amman streets;
all military demonstrations were banned; and no citi-
zen or his property was to be molested. Hours later,
however, the central committee charged that Jordanian
units had struck guerrilla positions without warning
near Irbid, 45 miles north of Amman, killing 25 com-
mandos and wounding 40. Announcing their withdrawal
from the truce, the commandos asked members of a
four-nation Arab mediating committee to visit Amman
hospitals and see commandos who had been "mutilated"
by government troops. The Fatah information office
has charged the army with shelling several other feda-
yeen bases.
Meanwhile, International Red Cross representa-
tive Rochat met with the leaders of the Popular Front
for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), the group
responsible for the hijackings, The PFLP attempted
to work out a separate deal for each country involved
and each aircraft, but Rochat held out for the re-
lease of all hostages without regard to nationality
in exchange for the release of fedayeen held in Ger-
many, Switzerland, and the UK. The PFLP has appar-
ently agreed to give Rochat its answer sometime to-
day.
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The peace talks seem to be stalled. According
to press reports coming out of Jerusalem, however,
Israeli sources are saying that Israel may consider
signing a new cease-fire agreement with Egypt in
order to get the talks started again. Such an agree-
ment would have detailed maps attached. to it and be
more binding than the previous one; some sources
speculated that a new agreement might include a pro-
vision for the demilitarization of a 19-mile strip
on either side of the Suez Canal. F77 I
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Cambodia: Government troops moving north toward
Kompong Thom city have met only token resistance.
Advanced elements of a Cambodian Army task force
reportedly are about 15 miles north of Skoun on Route
6. The operation is being spearheaded by six infan-
try battalions recently returned from retraining in
South Vietnam. Five other battalions were moving
westward from Kompong Chum city in order to provide
route security behind the advance elements.
The government's advance has been slowed by
destroyed bridges along the road, and by the many
obstacles the enemy placed across it.
In the northwest, the Communists continued to
harass government positions at Siem Reap city.
Government troops clashed twice yesterday with Commu-
nist units just north and northwest of the city.
For the past few weeks, the Cambodians have been
expecting a major ground attack against Siem Reap,
but so far the enemy has been content to harass it
with intermittent rocket and mortar fire.
(Map on Reverse)
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NATO-Greece: The impasse over the report rec-
ommending Alliance support for the strengthening of
Greek forces has apparently been broken. Danish
Prime Minister Baunsgaard told US Ambassador Dudley
yesterday that his government will make only an
oral statement on the issue at the meeting of the
Defense Planning Committee on 18 September, when
the report will be reviewed. Presumably none of
the NATO members will pose objections to its adop-
tion. The persistent Scandinavian opposition to
the Greek regime had delayed the report for five
months and threatened to .provoke a serious dispute
within the Alliance.
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Soviet Naval Units Enter the Caribbean
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USSR-Cuba: The four Soviet ships that entered
the Caribbean over the weekend are expected to make
a port call at Cienfuegos, Cuba, later this week.
Three of the group, two guided missile ships and a
submarine tender, were west of Jamaica on 8 Septem-
ber. The merchant tanker that. accompanied them
through the Mona Passage entered Kingston, Jamaica,
on 7 September. Antisubmarine exercises by the So-
viet ships and sonar contacts by US destroyers
trailing the group indicate that at least one nu-
clear submarine is accompanying them. Two other So-
viet support ships and an amphibious landing craft
are probably in Havana now. Following the port
calls, the Soviets probably will conduct additional
antisubmarine operations in the Caribbean.
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Colombia: The government has begun a vigorous
counterguerrilla campaign in central Colombia fol-
lowing the ambush of an army convoy on 1 September
by the pro-Cuban Army of National Liberation (ELN).
Seven soldiers reportedly were killed and eight
others wounded in what appears to have been the
most serious attack in over a year. Another skirm-
ish on 4 September resulted in the capture of sev-
eral ELN guerrillas, including one of the most im-
portant leaders of the organization; about 35 peas-
ants have also been detained. ELN policy in the
past has been to avoid action with large groups of
soldiers while attacking small patrols or outposts.
It is too early to tell whether this represents a
change in ELN tactics, but it is possible that the
attack was designed to test the recently inaugurated
Pastrana government's resolve ling with guer-
rillas.
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