CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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September 25, 1971
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Secret
DIRECTORATE OF'
INTELLIGENCE
Central Intelligence Bulletin
Secret
state Dept. revievr completed
N? 42
25 September 1971
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SECRE']C
No. 0230/71
25 September 1971.
Central Intelligence Bulletin
COMMUNIST CHINA: Peaking attempts to dampen specula-
ta.on a out crisis in, leadership. (Page 1)
SOUTH VIETNAM: Preparations continue for wave of
protest emonstratio~ns. (Page 3)
PAKISTAN: UN relief effort continues to face
if~'iE ~~lties . (Page 4 )
LEBANON: Government faces its first political
cry- sis {Page 5 )
SENEGAL-GUINEA: Further aggravcdtions in already
straa.ne relations. (Page 7)
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMI.NTS: Proposals to
strengthen EC position vis-a-vis Washington (Page 9)
INDOCHINA: Communist road construction (Page 9)
BURMA: Rangoon applies for loans from World Bank
at~i3iate (Page 10 )
JAPAN-PERU: Japanese loan (Page 10)
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COMMUNIST CH~:INA: Peking is projecting a ?'busi-
ness as usual ~.mage in an apparent attempt to dampen
foreign speculation about a.c;risis in China's top
leadership .
Premier Chou En-lai has made almost daily ap-
pearances since 1,6 September and has met on occasion
for several hours with relative ].y low-level foreign
dignitaries. .Several other civilian politburo mem-
bers have made repeated.public appearances in the
past week and Victe Premier Li Hsien-Wien traveled to
Hanoi on 24 Septe~.mber. Army logistics chief Chiu
Hui-tso also turned up at a minor diplomatic func-
tion on 22 September--the fia^st time that a military
man on the politburo has surf aced since a major lead-
ership meetin a~ arentl convened on 12 Se tember.
Finally, Commu-
nist cadres in Hong Kong are claiming that prepara-
tions for the Canton Trade Fairy .scheduled to open
on 15 October, ar.e "proceeding as usual."
Despite these efforts, the regime has still
failed to provides a plausible explanation for the
curious chain of events of the-past two weeks and
it has yet to publicize an official disclaimer of
the rumors that either Mao or Lin Piao is seriously
ill. There is also no new information on Lin's po-
litical status--a subject ghat is increasingly be-
coming a topic of~ press spec~zlati.on. AFP reports
from Peking, however, that a Foreign Ministry spokes-
man has told some: members of the foreign diplomatic
c?rps that "in a few days they will receive the clue"
as to why National Day celebrations have been cur-
tailed.
The possibility that the current uncertainty
in Peking is due to concern