CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: August 13, 1970
• Content Type: REPORT

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DIRECTORATE OF
INTELLIGENCE
Central Intelligence Bulletin
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13 August 1970
State Department review completed
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No. 0193/70
13 August 1970
Central Intelligence Bulletin
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Cambodia: The lull in significant military activity
cones Hues . (Page 1)
South Vietnam: The North Vietnamese may have selected
an allie outpost for another siege. (Page 3)
Arab States - Israel: Egypt and Jordan are continu-
ing their efforts to clamp down on guerrilla activity.
(Page 4)
Ceylon: The new government is trying to link ultra-
lef t revolutionaries with the US. (Page 5)
El Salvador - Honduras: Border tension and common
market problems are impeding efforts to normalize
relations. (Page 7)
Costa Rica: The government is under pressure to ab-
rogate part of its trade agreement with the US5R.
(Page 8 )
Chile-Cuba: Expanded contacts (Page 9)
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CAMBODIA: Current Situation
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CRhna:
Principal city (10,000 or over)
Population over 125 per sq. mi.
~. Communist-controlled area
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Gambodia: The lull in significant military
activity continues.
The Communists shelled Siem Reap again yester-
day, but government counterfire reportedly dispersed
the enemy. Government troops apparently have recap-
tured Kralanh, which the enemy occupied on 10 August
after heavy fighting.
Press reports claim that enemy elements attacked
a government position less than five miles from Phnom
Penh esterda .
Elsewhere, the situation at Kirirorn a arentl
has eased somewhat.
the enemy
wi rew rom several important positions on 11
August. A few days earlier, however, the Communists
reportedly inflicted severe losses on three govern-
ment battalions that were moving to attack enem o~-
sitions near the Ki.rirom plateau.
Communist troops isguise in
o ian Army uniforms lured government soldiers
into the open and ambushed them. The Cambodians
suffered 53 killed and 25 wounded? enem casual-
ties were not known.
(Map)
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North Vietnamese Threaten Allied Outpost
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South Vietnam: The North Vietnamese may have
selecte an allied outpost in the remote mountains
west of Hue as a target for another siege.
Enemy shellings and ground probes around Fire
Support Base O'Reilly have increased steadily during
the past week. The reinforced South Vietnamese bat-
talion defending O'Reilly has suffered relatively
light casualties so far, but there is growing con-
cern that the enemy may intend to repeat the same
kind of sustained pressure that caused U5 commanders
to abandon nearby Fire Support Base Ripcord last
month.
The commander of the South Vietnamese 1st Divi-
sion has announced that his forces will not withdraw
from O'Reilly, thus increasing the likelihood of a
significant battle. The commander, a respected of-
ficer, apparently has decided that the outpost is
defensible and that it is better to fight the North
Vietnamese in the mountains than along the populated
coastal lowlands.
The North Vietnamese probably reason that an
attempt to break through to the coast in force would
be too costly right now. Pressure against the al-
lied defense screen in the mountains of western
Quang Tri and Thua Thien provinces, on the other
hand, would have certain advantages. These include
attrition of US and South Vietnamese units and their
diversion from more populated areas, and the possi-?
ble turning of South Vietnamese attention from Com-
munist logistic activities along the border and in
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Arab States - Tsrael: Egypt and Jordan are con-
tinuing their efforts to clamp down on guerrilla ac-
tivity against Israel and to dampen the fedayeen
anti-peace movement.
N asir, who had already denied Cairo's radio fa-
cilities to the fedayeen, now has ut other restraints
n the Palestinians in E t.
In Jordan, dur-
ing the last few days Jordanian Army assistance to
fedayeen units operating in the northern part of the
country has tapered off..
noted that while there was stil a goo ea
o' cooperation between the Jordanian Army and the
fedayeen, actual fire su ~ort b the army seemed to
be diminishing.
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Ce 1on: The new government appears to be try-
ing to discredit ultraleft revolutionaries on the
island by linking them with the U5 ,
Finance Minister Perera has been quoted in the
press as saying that the recent government decision
to close dawn Peace Corps and Asia Foundation opera-
tions in Ceylon resulted from police findings that
the US was backing the so-called Che Guevara revolu-
tionaries. A communique issued later by the govern-
ing United Front coalition stated that certain
"foreign elements" were behind the ultraleft move-
ment. The communique also asserted, however, that
the Che Guevara group was actually a reactionary
organization aiming to disrupt the recently installed
left-of-center government.
The carefully worded communique did not specif-
ically charge any foreign country, and a Ceylonese
official has assured the US ambassador that Perera's
remarks do not represent the position of the govern-~
ment. It is probable, therefore, that the govern-
ment's primary purpose at this time is to discredit
the revolutionaries by tainting them with reaction-
ary connections rather than to attack the US.
The government may be concerned that the is-
land's various small revolutionary groups will coa-
lesce into a significant terrorist movement, but it
apparently cannot yet substantiate any charges
against them. For example, after the issuance of
the communique, the Che Guevara group held its first
open rally at which its leader, previousl arrested
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Border Tensions Persist Between EI Salvador and Honduras
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El Salvador - Honduras: The persistence of
boarder tensions and Honduran intransigence on Com-
mon Market issues are impeding efforts to normalize
political and economic relations in the area.
Honduran Foreign Minister Carias has warned
the OAS that pacification efforts were being jeop-
ardized by recent Salvadoran actions. Carias charged
that Salvadoran civilians were occupying Honduran
boarder towns while the Salvadoran National Guard was
preventing Honduran nationals from returning to
these same areas. He also alleged that there have
been incursions by armed Salvadoran civilians and
harassment of Honduran frontier police by Salvadoran
troops, despite the creation of a demilitarized zone
along the border.
The OAS is reluctant to become directly in-
volved in the question of territorial jurisdiction,
and wants former OAS secretary general Jose Mora to
reconvene direct talks between E1 Salvador and Hon-
duras as soon as possible. Some Central American
officials, however, are concerned that Honduras will
use these incidents as a continued excuse for stay-
ing away from the bilateral talks, which are to re-
sume on 24 August after having been stalled for more
than six months.
Suspicion about Honduran readiness to compro-
mise may have resulted in part from its behavior at
an area-wide meeting o.f economics ministers on 29
July. At that time Honduras indicated its willing-
ness to withdraw from the Central American Common
Market if its proposals for restructuring the or-
ganization were not accepted. A rupture was
avoided, but final action on the Honduran ro-
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Costa Rica: The government is under pressure
to abrogate part of the trade agreement concluded
with the Soviet Union in late June.
Mounting opposition by domestic politicians and
businessmen, as well a,s by leaders of neighboring
countries, ha.s focused, on a protocol that would give
the Soviet trade mission personnel diplomatic immu-
nity and the privilege of sending coded messages.
The protocol also anticipates the establishment of
diplomatic relations and the elevation of the trade
mission to an embassy,
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Leaders in most neighboring countries have ex-
pressed concern over the proposed establishment of
a Soviet presence in Central America,
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Chile-Cuba: Chile continues to expand its of-
ficial a d unofficial contacts with Cuba under the
leadership of Foreign Minister Valdes. Another of-
ficial Chilean delegation has gone to Havana to con-
clude negotiations that project $12-million worth of
Chilean sales to Cuba in 1971 instead of the pre-
viously announced $$ million. A Cuban ship leaves
Chile this week with a cargo of wine, foodstuffs and,
reportedly, some Argentine agricultural produce. It
was also to pick up Brazilian and Bolivian subver-
sives; Chile had hoped to send the Bolivians to
asylum in Mexico or Cuba, but Mexico refused them
transit visas. In addition, Chile's Catholic Univer-
sity has just signed an agreement for a weekly ex-
cha~ge of television programs with Cuba. One of
Santiago's other two television stations is run by
Marxists who already present a favorable ima e of
Castro and Cuba to the viewing. public.
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