CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: October 17, 1970
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No. 0249/70
17 October 1970
Central Intelligence Bulletin
CONTENTS
USSR - US - ARMS CONTROL: Moscow will continue to
support a ban on bot c'iemical and biological weap-
ons. (Page 1)
INTERNATIONAL AVIATION: The USSR has joined ICAO.
(Page 2)
UN-JORDAN: UNRWA's status in Jordan remains unsettled.
(Page 3)
MALAGASY REPUBLIC: President Tsiranana has designated
his successor. (Page 4)
HUNGARY: US press treatment (Page 5)
PERU: State mining company (Page 5)
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USSR - US - ARMS CONTROL: A Soviet official
stated privately on Thursday that Moscow would con-
tinue to support a comprehensive ban on both chem-
ical and biological weapons (CBW), rather than a
separate prohibition on biological weapons, favored
by the US.
The official, who is attending the UN General
Assembly session, told a US disarmament official that
the subject has a "high political content" in Moscow
and, for that reason, the Soviets are unlikely to
support a separate ban. He implied that because of
continued US use of "chemical weapons" in Vietnam,
Moscow could not agree to ban only biological weap-
ons.
In fact, the idea of a comprehensive ban on
CBW is favored by a majority of delegations at the
Geneva Disarmament Conference, and Soviet support
for a total ban apparently has been designed pri-
marily to gain a propaganda advantage over the US.
The Soviet official's remarks are a rare admission
that Moscow is motivated by the propaganda aspects
of the CBW issue.
Some Soviet officials had suggested recently
that the USSR might be more receptive to the sepa-
rate ban on biological weapons if the US would ratify
the 1925 Geneva Protocol on CBW. At the last session
of the Geneva disarmament talks, the Soviets were
also implying a softening of their insistence on a
single comprehensive treaty. Nevertheless, the USSR
has not publicly moderated its view since Foreign
Minister Gromyko presented the draft of a comprehen-
sive ban to last year's session of the Assembly, and
Moscow seems intent on squeezin further prop a anda
advantage from the issue.
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INTERNATIONAL AVIATION: The USSR joined the
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
Thursday, an action that bore no relationship to the
hijacking of the Soviet airliner to Turkey, because
the decision was probably made some time ago.
ICAO has been in existence for 26 years, and
the Soviets for some time had been the only holdout
among the major air transport nations. Membership
in ICAO presumably is desired by Moscow at this
time to increase Soviet influence in international
civil aviation matters and would involve participa-
tion in multilateral decisions relating to the wave
of hijackings. The USSR's reluctance to oppose Arab
views may, however, serve as a partial brake on So-
viet cooperation in dealing with hijackers.
The ICAO legal committee has completed at its
current meeting work on a draft "unlawful seizure"
convention that would require adhering states re-
ceiving hijackers either to extradite or prosecute
them. This convention will now be considered by a
diplomatic conference at The Hague in early Decem-
ber and subsequently opened for signature. Still
under committee consideration is the US-proposed air
transport sanctions convention, which would apply a
multilateral boycott of air services against any na-
tion harboring hijackers engaged in international
blackmail. It is not expected to receive approval
at the current session.
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UN-JORDAN: The status of the UN Relief and
Works Agency (UNRWA) in Jordan in the wake of the
recent civil war remains unsettled.
UNRWA officials have told the US that the
agency has no funds to finance emergency relief
or reconstruction activities there and, in fact,
has no reconstruction plans in hand. They doubt
.that UNRWA can do more than restore normal food,
health, and, to the extent possible, education
services in the refugee camps. Some 30-35,000
students lack school facilities in the camps as a
result of the heavy damage and looting. UNRWA
has garnered no affirmative responses from UN
members to its recent appeal for funds to cover
the approximate $5.1 million deficit for 1970
operations and the additional estimated $3 million
needed for rehabilitation in the wake of the army-
fedayeen warfare.
The scope of future UNRWA activity in Jordan
remains a delicate issue for both agency officials
and the Jordanian Government. The US ambassador
in Jordan reports that King Husayn would like to
place some curbs on UNRWA's activity--believing
that the degree of autonomy the agency enjoys had
facilitated fedayeen utilization of the camps. He
is reluctant, however, to move in that direction
while a massive reconstruction effort, for which
Amman lacks funds, remains the primary requirement.
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MALAGASY REPUBLIC: President Tsiranana has
designated his successor.
Tsiranana, who has been in poor health since
he suffered a stroke last February, named Andre
Resampa first among the four vice-presidents created
by a recent constitutional amendment. As first vice-
president, Resampa would, at Tsiranana's death, be-
come acting president until the presidential election
that must then be held within 120 days. This election
would most likely be a mere formality because Resampa?,
who already controls most of the internal security
apparatus and the ruling party, would be in a pre-
dominant position.
Tsiranana, who has no intention of giving up the
presidency before his death, has sought to control the
ambitious Resampa by appointing his rivals to two of
the three other vice-presidencies. These politicians
were given lower rank than Resampa, but Tsiranana re-
tains the prerogative of rearranging the order of
precedence should Resampa become too obstreperous or
fail to perform his ministerial duties adequately.
Resampa, nevertheless, is still most likely to succeed.
He is no doubt aware of the President's sensitivities
and in the past has shown that he is an effective ad-
ministrator willing to cooperate in return for a chance
at the presidency.
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HUNGARY: The Hungarians have expressed a
"thanks-but-no-thanks" attitude toward praise in
the Western press of its so-called liberal reforms.
Recent New York Times and Newsweek articles favor-
ably reviewed the reforms, Hungary's increased trade
with the West, and its liberal cultural policy. An
editorial in the main party daily of 13 October
characterized these articles as attempts to sow dis-
cord and suspicion in the Socialist world. Hungarian
nervousness over the possible reaction of conserva-
tive Eastern European allies to press coverage of
reforms on the agenda of the upcoming tenth party
congress is probably the cause for this display of
sensitivity. Hungarian officials have implied to
Embassy officers in Budapest that they do not wish
to be publicly treated by the US as warmly as Ro-
mania and Yu oslavia the "heretics" of the Commu-
nist world.
PERU: The recent creation of a state mining
company will strengthen the government's hand in
negotiating with US copper companies for majority
state participation. The new company, Empresa
Minera del Peru, will have an authorized capital
of $250 million; it will manage all state mining
activities and act as the governmental partner in
joint ventures. It probably also will develop the
large copper concession recently relinquished b
the American Smelting and Refining Company.
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