CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00975A017200020001-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 21
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 12, 2004
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: September 22, 1970
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2004/03/17: CIA-RDP79T00975A0172f"8
I
DIRECTORATE OF
INTELLIGENCE
Central Intelligence Bulletin
Secret
50
22 September 1970
OGA and DOS review(s) completed.
Approved For Release 2004/03/17 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO17200020001-8
 25X1 Approved For Release 2004/03/17 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO17200020001-8
Approved For Release 2004/03/17 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO17200020001-8
 Approved For Release 2004/06 1tPP79T00975A017200020001-8
No. 0227/70
22 September 1970
Central Intelligence Bulletin
CONTENTS
JORDAN: The situation in the north continues to
deteriorate. (Page 1)
YUGOSLAVIA: Tito has proposed'a collective leader-
ship for-the government. (Page 5)
CAMBODIA: The government is trying to outflank en-
emy forces blocking the road at Tang Kouk. (Page 7)
LAOS: Government forces have recently mounted a
series of guerrilla attacks. (Page 9)
AUSTRALIA: The government plans to limit foreign
investment in new uranium discoveries. (Page 10)
CHILE: Allende's supporters are moving quickly to
ensure sympathetic news coverage. (Page 11)
BOLIVIA: Student violence continued in La Paz yes-
terelay. (Page 12)
UN: Guidelines for the development program are not
set. (Page 13)
25X1
TRADE TALKS: West German initiative (Page 15)
JAPAN-THAILAND: Oil pipeline (Page 17)
SECRET
Approved For Release 2004/03/17 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO17200020001-8
 Approved For Release 2004/N P
ATDP79T00975A017200020001-8
T)X
25X1
C JORDAN: Israel has apparently gone into a high
state of alert as the situation in the north of Jor-
dan continues to deteriorate.
itary trani?5
heavy mil-
rom Te viv.
25X1
to in to the Golan Heights area.
25X1
the Israeli Defense Force is in
a high state of alert and prepared to do whatever is
required by the present situation.
I a major battle
yesterday evening around Ir i involving the use of
heavy artillery and bombing by Jordanian aircraft.
as of yesterday morning
Syrian forces in the Irbid-Ramtha-Dar'a triangle in-
cluded some 250 tanks, five batteries of medium ar-
tillery with 30 guns, and nine batteries of light
artillery with 54 guns. The Jordanians had only
three armored battalions with 122 tanks, two bat-
teries of heavy artillery with eight guns, one bat-
tery of medium artillery with six guns, and five
light artillery batteries with 30 guns.
Ir i , Ramtha, and Mafraq were in the hands
of the edayeen, with Salt, Ajlun, and Jarash under
Jordanian Army control. Syrian armor has been
22 Sep 70 Central Intelligence Bulletin 1
SECRET
Approved For Release 2004/03/17 : CIA-RDP79T00975A017200020001-8
25X1
25X1
 Approved For Release 2004gp]gfF-RDP79T00975A017200020001-8
JORDAN: Current Situation
TNazareth
i
'Afula
reportedly moving north \
Haderl~ I Janirt#
-~ -,J
Armistice Line / .gethlehem
/
(1949.-..>
I
25X1
SECRET
Approved For Release 2004/03/17 : CIA-RDP79T00975A017200020001-8
 Approved For Release 2004/03/91.P79T00975A017200020001-8
C spotted moving south of Hawara toward Jarash, how-
ever.
Iraqi Involvement
25X1
25X1
A ear ier r Liu IT
Iraqis nad cap ure a Jordanian radar sta-
tion does not appear to be true; the Iraqis appar-
ently merely overran the area in which it is located.
Situation in Amman
In Amman, meanwhile, King Husayn ordered the
army to cease firing against the fedayeen shortly
before noon EDT. Sporadic fighting continued, how-
ever; moderate small-arms and machine gun fire
could still be heard, and fighting was in progress
.on Jabal Ashrifiyyah and Jabal Amman. Radio Amman
has announced that the curfew will be lifted through-
out the city from 0600 to 1800 Amman time (2400 to
1200 EDT). earlier yesterday
the Jordanian Army made a big effort to clear the
remaining fedayeen strongholds, apparently with suc-
cess. Zaid Rifai, the king's confidant, has told
an embassy officer that the Jordanian Army has caught
four or five top Fatah leaders and obliterated over
200 fedayeen bases in Amman. As of yesterday after-
noon, all US mission personnel were safe; there has
been no word on the hostages.
(continued)
22 Sep 70 Central Intelligence Bulletin 3
SECRET
Approved For Release 2004/03/17 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO17200020001-8
 Approved For Release 2004/Sii4~l thAJ-RDP79T00975A017200020001-8
Arab Summit Conference
An emergency Arab summit conference was sched-
uled to begin in Cairo today, although it was not.
entirely clear who was to attend. A Jordanian re-
quest for a postponement was rejected. They appar-
ently intended to send only their ambassador in
Cairo, but later press announcements indicated that
Prime Minister Daud was to attend. Jordan intends
to insist that the sole topic of discussion be
Syria's invasion of Jordan, but even with the pres-
ence of friendly Arab states such as Morocco and
Saudi Arabia and the absence of Algeria, it will be
difficult to hold to this line, particularly given
the likelihood of Yasir Arafat's presence. Nasix
and Arafat presumably hope to arrange an early com-
promise solution that will relieve Nasir of pressure
from radical quarters to intervene, and give Arafat
a political victory over King Husayn. Syria might
also prefer a negotiated settlement.
.King Husayn, however, has so far shown no will-
ingness to accept half-way measures; yesterday, in
his first public address since the beginning of the
crisis, he was brief and uncompromising, calling
upon the army to rally against Syrian invasion.
While the Jordanians might be prepared to accept a
mediated solution that accorded with their national
interests, it seems unlikely that today's meeting
will come up with this type of proposal.
22 Sep 70
Central Intelligence Bulletin
25X1
SECRET
 Approved For Release 2004 ]RFE RDP79T00975A017200020001-8
C YUGOSLAVIA: President Tito has proposed a gov-
ernment reorganization which would substitute a
collective leadership for the present one-man presi-
dency.
Tito, speaking in Zagreb yesterday, did not say
when or how the move would be implemented, other
than to remark that the collective body would com-
prise people with the greatest "respect" for the
Yugoslav system. The proposal is clearly on Tito's
own initiative, a fact which he underscored in his
statement. It is the latest in a series of moves
on the governmental level which Tito set in motion
earlier this year in an effort to come to grips with
the problem of succession. This problem is of major
concern to Tito, who, at 78, is well aware of the
present inadequate constitutional provisions for
presidential succession.
At the party congress last year, Tito set a
precedent for collective leadership by setting up a
party executive bureau of 15 leading officials in-
cluding himself. This body, dominated by Tito, pro-
vides the nucleus of party authority. The current
proposed constitutional change in the structure of
the state's top executive echelon is likewise un-
likely to diminish the pre-eminence within the Yugo-
slav Government which flows to Tito from his stat-
ure and prestige within the party.
In recent months Tito has made a conscientious
effort to delegate some of his authority to trusted
associates. There is no evidence that. either ad-
vancing age or ill health was a major motive for
these actions. His latest proposal comes at a time
when Yugoslavia is drawing closer to the West and
nment ap-
it may well be designed to give the gover
paratus a more democratic appearance. It will also
provide Tito with a hand-picked group of associates
to whom he can further entrust some state functions.
22 Sep 70
Central Intelligence Bulletin
SECRET
Approved For Release 2004/03/17 : CIA-RDP79T00975A017200020001-8
 Approved For Release 2004fW/(f FW-RDP79T00975AO17200020001-8
Current Situation
Government forces roving
25X1
Population over 125 per sq. mi.
Communist-controlled area
ECRET
Approved For Release 2004/03/1
 Approved For Release 2004WMV RDP79T00975A017200020001-8
CAMBODIA: Three government paratroop battal-
ions thrust northeast from Route 6 yesterday in an
apparent effort to outflank enemy forces blocking
the road at Tang Kouk village.
The operation was launched during a visit by
Prime Minister Lon Nol to the column, only his
second to a battlefield area. The visit coincided
with an announcement that the government had re-
placed the task force commander, another indication
of the importance Lon Nol attaches to the operation
and of his impatience with its failure to move
ahead.
two atta ion-size Communist units nave
crossed a Mekong, north and south of the column,
and apparently are moving westward toward Route 6.
22 Sep 70 Central Intelligence Bulletin 7
SECRET
Approved For Release 2004/03/17 : CIA-RDP79T00975A017200020001-8
25X1
 25X1
Approved For Release 2004/0 OR4~R P79T00975A017200020001-8
Government Moves Against Enemy Supply Lines
Bolovens
I'la t eau
SECRET
 Approved For Release 20041bf/7-6UXRDP79T00975A017200020001-8
LAOS: Government forces have recently mounted
a series of guerrilla attacks against the Ho Chi
Minh trail and other enemy-controlled routes in the
panhandle.
Small teams of Laotian irregulars have been
operating south of Chavane along Route 96 during
the past week, mining the road and ambushing North
Vietnamese patrols. Farther north along the same
route, government forces have become engaged in at
least one firefight about 18 miles southeast of Ban
Bac. So far the teams involved in these raids have
reported only limited opposition.
To the west, at least five battalions of ir-
regulars are moving toward Route 23 in an attempt
to deny the use of the road to the enemy. Two bat-
talions, totaling about 600 men, are now within ten
miles of Ban Toumlane; since 12 September they have
clashed on several occasions with small Pathet Lao
and North Vietnamese units. A third battalion is
reported to be moving east along the south bank of
the Se Bang Hieng River, where the Communists have
recently established a logistic control unit. To
the north, two additional battalions have been work-
ing their way eastward along Route 9 since early
this month and are now reported to be within ten
miles of Muong Phine.
It seems unlikely that the Communists will per-
mit these incursions to continue much longer with-
out strong opposition. The North Vietnamese have
brought significant numbers of new troops into the
panhandle from North and South Vietnam this summer,
presumably to guard against operations of this sort.
In addition to striking back against the government
guerrillas, the Communists may also launch some ma-
jor attacks of their own in the western panhandle--
Paksong appears to be a prime candidate--in order
to force the Laotian military back on the defensive.
22 Sep 70 Central Intelligence Bulletin 9
SECRET
Approved For Release 2004/03/17 : CIA-RDP79T00975A017200020001-8
 Approved For Release 2004/03 'QP79T00975A017200020001-8
AUSTRALIA: The government plans to introduce
legislation to head off foreign control of new
uranium discoveries.
Prime Minister Gorton announced in Parliament
on 17 September that a proposed bill to protect
the "national interest" stemmed from the advice of
one of the Australian companies involved. The dis-
covery was so rich, the company said, that it could
supply free world uranium requirements at a price
considerably lower than that now in effect.
An official of the Australian Atomic Energy
Commission has told the US Embassy that he doubts
the claims as to the extent of the discoveries.
It does, in fact, appear that insufficient explor-
atory work has been done to provide the basis for
a reliable estimate.
According to Gorton, the legislation would
limit to 15 percent the shares issued to foreign
companies or foreign nationals and would limit to
five percent the shares issued to a single foreign
company or individual. The prime minister's an-
nouncement was applauded and supported by both the
parliamentary opposition and by the press.
The proposed legislation reflects increasing
Australian concern over foreign influence in the
economy. Much of the capital that finances Austra-
lia's burgeoning economy is foreign, and Australians
are increasingly concerned over outside control of
their business and resources. Gorton, in partic-
ular, has repeatedly stated his conviction that
selective controls should be applied. Whatever the
actual extent of recent uranium finds, both the
government and the opposition feel strongly the
urgency of keeping control of them. The proposed
legislation would seem to face no significant ob-
struction.
22 Sep 70 Central Intelligence Bulletin
SECRET
25X1
Approved For Release
 Approved For Release 2004/031 C&iCF-.I P79T00975A017200020001-8
CHILE: Allende's supporters are moving
quickly to ensure sympathetic news coverage of
their candidate.
Using intimidation, argument, and manipulation
of well-placed leftist newsmen, representatives of
Allende are methodically ensuring that news pre-
sentation on television, radio, and in the news-
papers is based on the premise that Allende will
become president on 4 November. Their campaign
has met little resistance, and Allende receives
favorable treatment in most media. The owner of
one of the few independent newspapers is rumored
to have agreed to sell out in order to salvage
something.
Most of the media have already capitulated
to a combination of threats and arguments, and
special attention is now being given to El Mercurio,
the most influential and widely read daily news-
paper. A blunt-spoken emissary.from Allende
alternately threatened and cajoled an executive
of the independent daily last week in an effort
to stop the paper's campaign against the Communist-
dominated Popular Unity coalition and its candi-
date. The paper's defiance was adopted in the
face of an almost certain take-over b its employee
unions.
22 Sep 70
Central Intelligence Bulletin
SECRET
Approved For Release 2004/03/17 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO17200020001-8
 Approved For Release 2004 tlK-RDP79T00975A017200020001-8
BOLIVIA: Student violence continued in La
Paz yest erday.
Clashes between police and students broke out.
following the funeral of a student killed in demon-
strations last week. One target was the US Embassy,
which was attacked by several hundred students.
In anticipation of trouble, only a skeleton force
was on duty; marine guards had to use tear gas to
keep the students from entering. Police, armed
with automatic weapons, were sent to protect the
embassy from further attacks.
The armed forces have wanted an excuse to
intervene in the main university in La Paz, which
they believe is a center for subversive activity
in the area. The students seized two police de-
tectives on Saturday and are holding them hostage.
The government may consider this sufficient pro-
vocation to ignore the traditional university au-
tonomy. A raid on the university by security
forces could result in intensive fighting, as the
students are believed to have been stockpiling
weapons and ammunition.
22 Sep 70 Central Intelligence Bulletin
25X'
SECRET
 Approved For Release 200
(,j19;1,-RDP79T00975A017200020001-8
UN: The membership remains deadlocked over the
drafting of guidelines for the Second UN Development
Decade (DD-II), the 1970s.
The less developed countries have been pushing
the DD-II concept for several years and hope to secure
adoption of specific guidelines during next month's
special session of the General Assembly commemorating
the UN's 25th anniversary. They inserted in the tenta-
tive draft written by the DD-II preparatory committee
a provision that the major powers accept a figure of
one percent of their gross national product for of-
ficial and private capital transfers to the less de-
veloped countries. They are also seeking target dates
for such a commitment, as well as for others designed
to ease the terms of assistance and expand the trade
of the less developed countries.
The developed countries are balking at the adop-
tion of specific guidelines for DD-II. They have
stated that any Assembly resolution would be recom-
mendatory only, and therefore the setting of precise
goals and target dates would be unrealistic. The US
will not endorse the one percent capital transfer
concept, but will announce soon its intention to in-
crease assistance through multilateral channels.
The Soviets, who boycotted the DD-II preparatory
committee meetings over the issue of West German par-
ticipation, are firmly opposed to the language being
pushed by the less developed countries. The Soviet
delegate has told the US that Moscow wants the tenta-
tive draft scrapped in favor of a shorter, more gen-
eral text that eliminates specific goals. The USSR also
favors insertion of references to the disarmament and
decolonization problems that are certain to be opposed
by a number of countries. If a compromise is not
reached soon, the Soviets and their allies will not
associate with any statement of DD-II.
22 Sep 70 Central Intelligence Bulletin 13
SECRET
Approved For Release 2004/03/17 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO17200020001-8
25X1
 25X1 Approved For Release 2004/03/17 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO17200020001-8
Approved For Release 2004/03/17 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO17200020001-8
 Approved For Release 2004/OCR.RiDlfLA'fDP79T00975A017200020001-8
25X1
TRADE TALKS: A West German effort to commit
the European Communities to trade liberalization
measures in order to counter "US protectionism"
has resulted in a request to the EC Commission
to draw up concrete proposals in consultation
with US, UK, and Japanese representatives in
Brussels. The proposals are to include issues of
interest to the US such as agriculture, textiles,
and nontariff barriers to trade. The German in-
itiative at first met with caution and skepticism
on the part of Bonn's EC partners, especially
France, and a German official warns that the Com-
mission may still need prodding to sustain the
forward momentum. 25X1
(continued)
22 Sep 70 Central Intelligence Bulletin 15
SECRET
Approved For Release 2004/03/17 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO17200020001-8
 Approved For Release 2004/0,WUXB'-FDP79T00975A017200020001-8
Japan Plans Pipeline Across Thai Peninsula
Proposed
oil pipeline
SECRET
 Approved For Release 20048)~JQRf=RDP79T00975A017200020001-8
JAPAN-THAILAND: A Japanese firm has disclosed
plans to build a 95-mile pipeline across Thailand's
narrow peninsula to ship petroleum coming from the
Middle East to Japan. The pipeline, to cost about
$150 million, would extend from the port at Phuket
on Thailand's west coast to the Gulf of Thailand
and would cut down travel time between the Persian
Gulf and Japan for the planned mammoth oil tankers
of over 500,000 tons. These tankers cannot transit
the shallow Malacca Strait through which tanker
traffic has moved up till now, but would have to
go through the straits off Bali, adding three to
four days to shipping time. The feasibility of the
pipeline, however, will be determined only after
engineering and cost studies have been made.
22 Sep 70 Central Intelligence Bulletin
SECRET
25X1
Approved For Release 2004/03/17 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO17200020001-8
 SeCftroved For Release 2004/03/17 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO17200020001-8
Secret
Approved For Release 2004/03/17 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO17200020001-8