WESTERN HEMISPHERE BRIEF 133-75.4

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86T00608R000300010035-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 13
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 14, 2005
• Sequence Number: 35
• Publication Date: August 6, 1975
• Content Type: CABLE

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MEXICO: MEXICO IS GOING THROUGH ANOTHER PERIODIC SPURT OF
URBAN TERRORIST VIOLENCE FOCUSED ON THE CAPITAL. ON AUGUST 22 T!:)O
NAVAL GUARDS AND A POLICEMAN WERE SHOT TO DEATH DURING A FLAG-
LOWERING CEREMONY. EARLIER LAST WEEK GUNMAN BURST INTO A CAF!' IN
MEXICO CITY AND KILLED THREE UNIFORMED POLICEMEN AS WELL AS THREE
CIVILIANS AT ANOTHER TABLE WHO WERE APPARENTLY MISTAKEN FOR PLAIN
CLOTHES AGENTS-Y
SO FAR THIS YEAR 2i, POLICEMEN HAVE BEEN KILLED. POLICE iIA~1L
BLAMED MOST OF THE SLAYINGS ON THE 23RD OF SEPTEMBFR COMMUNS.ST LEAGUE,
AN URBAN EXTREMIST GROUP THAT IN THE PAST HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR
NUMEROUS BANK ROBBERIES AND KIDNAPINGS. THE TERRORISTS ARE ZEROING
IN ON POLICEMEN,PROBABLY TO GET THEIR WEAPONS, TO REVENGE DEATHS
OF FORMER MEMBERS AT THE HANDS OF POLICE, AND TO TRY TO FORCE RE-
PRESSIVE ACTION BY THE AUTHORITIES. 4'
FOLLOWING THE SHOOTINGS ON AUGUST 22 POLICE ANNOUNCED THE ARREST
OF 27 MEMBERS OF THE 23RD OF SEPTEMBER GROUP AND CLAIMED THAT THE
GROUP HAS BEEN VIRTUALLY IMMOBILIZED. PAST ROUND-UPS OF LARGE
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NUMBERS OF ITS MEMBERS HAVE FAILED TO HALT ITS ACTIVITIES,
HOWEVER, AND THERE IS LITTLE REASON TO EELI EVE THAT THIS WILL NOT
BE THE CASE AGAIN-4'
SECRETARY OF GOVERNMENT MOYA PALENCIA, WHILE CONCERNED AT
THE OUTBREAK OF VIOLENCE AGAINST POLICE, HAS NOTED THAT THESE
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TERRORIST ACTS ARE MINOR WHEN COMPARED WITH THE MUCH BROADER SECURITY
THREATS THAT EXISTED THREE YEARS AGO.
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1 . CAMBODIA: PRINCE SIHANOUK IS PLANNING A NEW ROUND OF
FOREIGN TRAVEL, IN ADDITION TO HIS IMPENDING VISIT TO PHNOM PENH.Y
SIHANOUK'S OFFICE IN PEKING HAS ANNOUNCED THAT HE Wi:LL DELIVER
A SPEECH TO THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEM3LY "BEFORE DECEMBER,"
BUT WOULD STAY IN NEW YORK "ONLY A FEW HOURS." CAMBODIA'S UN
DELEGATION WILL BE HEADED BY DEPUTY. PRIME MINISTER FOR FOREIGN
AFFAIRS IENG SARY AND FOREIGN MINISTER SARIN CHHAK. PRESS REPORTS
INDICATE SIHANOUK 2338 PLANS TO ATTEND THE CELEBRATION IN
HANOI ON SEPTEMBER 2 COMMEMORATING THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
FOUNDING OF NORTH VIETNAM-PERHAPS ON HIS WAY BACK TO CAMBODIA-Y
BEFORE SIHANOUK RETURNED TO PEKING SATURDAY FROM PYONGYANG, THE
PRINCE ANNOUNCED THAT HE WOULD RETURN TO NORTH KOREA TO CELEBRATE
THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE KOREAN WORKERS' PARTY IN OCTOBER--M
SIHANOUK'S ITINERARY MAKES IT CLEAR THAT HE WILL CONTINUE TO
FOCUS ON HIS DUTIES AS AN INTERNATIONAL SPOKESMAN, L'ITH ANY
INTERNAL POLITICAL ROLE SHARPLY CIRCUMSCRIBED. THE RECEPTION THE:
KHMER COMMUNISTS GIVE THEIR "HEAD OF STATE" DURING HIS HOMECOMING
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VISIT, HOWEVER, MAY OFFER US A MORE PRECISE READING OF SIHANOUK'S
FUTUI:?E:. Y
THE CAMBODIAN DELEGATION, INCLUDING SIHANOUK, RECEIVED A
HIG; -LEVEL SEND-OFF FROM PYONGYANG THAT INCLUDED PRESIDENT IKIM
IL-?: ONG ? A JOINT COMMUNIQUE ISSUED FOLLOWING THE FOUR--DAY
CABODIAN VISIT IMPLIED THAT RELATIONS WERE CLOSE. ALTHOUGH NO AID
COM;'ITMENTS WERE MENTIONED, ?ORTU KOREA MAY HAVE AGREED TO GIVE
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1.//USSR-MIDDLE EAST: THE SOVIET PRESS HAS SAID LITTLE ABOUT
SECRETARY KISSINGER'S LATEST ROUND OF SHUTTLE DIPLOMACY. SOVIET
DIPLOMATS ALSO APPEAR TO BE KEEPING THE'R OWN COU?NNSEL-V//Y
//WHAT LITTLE THE SOVIETS HAVE PRINTED TENDS TO
MINIMIZE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ANY NEW DISENGAGEMENT
AGREEMENT AND REITERATES THEIR STOCK THEME THAT ANY
AGREEMENT SHOULD BE AIN INT 'GRAL PART OF AN OVERALL
MIDDLE EAST SETTLEMENT- PRAVDA ON SUNDAY, FOR EXAMPLE,
BELITTLED THE SECRETARY'S "TENTH MISS.'1011" TO THE MIDDLE
EAST AND SAID IT HAD ONLY LIMITED O3JF_CTIVES.//Y
//THE ABSENCE OF DIRECT COMMENT REFLECTS MOSCOW'S
AMBIVALENCE ON THE SECRET ID'Y'S TRIP. ON THE ONE HAND,
MOSCOW MAY VIEW A NEW AG',E ENT AS A POSITIVE FACTOR
THAT REDUCES THE RISK OF 'JAR. IT ALSO MAY THINK AN
AGREEMENT WILL INCREAS- THE P~OS7ECTS FOP T HHiE GENEVA
CONFERENCE. ON THE OTHER 'BAND, THE SOVIETS DISLIKE WASHINGTON
DOMINANCE OF THE DIPLOMATIC PROCESS.//y
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//SOVIET PROPAGANDA BROADCASTS TO THE ARABS HAVE BEEN
LESS RESTRAINED AND SEEM DESIGNED TO LIMIT US ABILITY TO
GAIN POINTS FROM AN AGREEMENT. THE SOVIET BROADCASTS HAVE
SAID THAT SYRIAN AND PALr:STINIAN INTERESTS WILL 6c IGNO' -D
dY A NEW AGREEMENT AND HAV: STRESSED THAT THE US WILL
GRANT ISRAEL SUBSTANTIAL NEW AID TO REACH AN ACCORD. THE
SOVIETS HAVE CHIDED CAIRO FOR FALLING INTO THE rSSNAREr' OF
SEPARATE AGREEMENTS AND HAVE QUESTIONED THE POLITICAL
CONCESSIONS EGYPT MUST MAKE TO REGAIN TERRITORY.//Y
THE BROADCASTS HAVE INDICATED SOVIET UNEASINESS WITH
THE POSSIBILITY THAT US TECHNICIANS WILL BE STATIONED
IN THE SINAI. ONE RADIO COMMENTARY CHARGED THAT THE
TECHNICIANS WILL SERVE ISRAELI INTERESTS AND EXPRESSED
MISGIVINGS ABOUT THEIR NOT OPERATING UNDER UN SUPERVISION
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1. PORTUGAL: THE MILITARY LEADERS IN PORTUGAL CONTINUED TO 11,3
HOLD HIGH-LEVEL MEETINGS ON MONDAY, BUT THERE IS NO CLEAR
SIGN THAT ANY ACTION HAS 'Ic N T ;', E,"1 TO REPLACE THE
PRO-COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT OF PRIME MINISTER VASCO GONCALVES.Y
THE REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL HAS CALLED INTO SESSION
MONDAY AFTERNOON. AT THE END OF AN EIGHT-HOUR MEETING,
IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT AN OF F.TCE.,R b1ITH PRO-COMMUNIST
SYMPATHIES WAS REINSTATED AS COM11ANDER OF THE NORTHERN
MILITARY REGION, THAT THE FUNCTIONS OF THE MILITARY'S
COMMINIST DOMINATED ?R)P.4;;NDA SERVICE HERE SiJS'E JD'c:.b PEN1'IiI~3
AN INVESTIGATION, AND THAT THE A MED FORCES GENERAL ASSEi',3L1j1
WOULD MEET NEXT WEEK TO RESTRUCTURE THE REVOLUTIONARY COIJINCIL.Y
THE COUNCIL SESSION AS PRECEDED BY A MEETING i3ETHEEi?J
THE THREE-MAN DIRECTORATE A`,) T--" CHIEFS OF TH G!=i;EF.AL STAFFS
OF THE AR11ED FORCES ? P'=SS OURCES SAID ARM CF!IE= F ST.',FF
FABIAO-THE A.ii'i I GOil C ~'(UP' S CHOICE FOR
PRESENTED HIS PROPOSE" A T !~ I 1,0 COSTA GOMES, ii!,= R; SULTS ,'F
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THE MEETING HAVE NOT BEEN ANNJUNCED ? Y N
THROUGHOUT THE PRESENT CRISIS COSTA GOMES HAS REMAINED
AN ENIGMA. HE MAY NOW BE SEEKING A FACE-SAVING FORi'IULA FO7
NREMOVING GONCALVES WITHOUT PROVOKING ARMED CONFLICT AMONG
FACTIONS OF THE ARMED FORCES. THE DECISIONS ANNOUNIC:1-:*D MONDAY
MAY BE COMPROMISES ENGINEERED BY COSTA GOMES TO PLACATE THE
VARIOUS FACTIONS AND MAKE A TRANSFER OF POIJE'R MORE PALATABLE
IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE, HOa ~~;.R ; 1HAT THESE LEid(~THY N?E`i?IA
DELAYING TACTICS TO DRAIN THi: ANTI-GOUCALVrS GROUP OF ITS
Ef'JERGIES AND ENSURE THE CONTINUATION OF THE PRES :P;i' REG'NE. Y
WHATEVER COSTA G0.1ES' f";^T.`/ATIO~d, TH_ iN T fES')LT OF 1.1'
EFFORTS HAS BEEN TO PROVIDE GO'IC %LV'S AND HIS COMM;;i.. ;'-1 _ST
SUPPORTERS AN OPPORTUN'T" TO STP NGTHE^1 THEIR ~'0S C T :i 0;15 - T I'
IN FACT, IS WHAT SEEM:. T. , H, `~: NING I_!?S"i I~EE:K, I.'Y
COMMUNIST PARTY HAD ALL DU 7
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SECTARY ALVARO CIJi;:?. CF..:I, ;A t? 1'1.1:3 r?'A;. i? ti
WAS Pi',EPARED TO ACCEPT LT._'';A SOL UT.. O1' TO 'f~I:_ 'i':i~T
GOVEI?,1'I'ENT- AT A L',,GE: C,J11U ;.:S T GAIHER:i:IiG IN EVE.; A ON
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SUNDAY, 1OUEVER, CUNHAL UAS AGAIN ON THE OFFENSIV;_, DECLARING
THAT TO CHANGE THE GONCALVES GOVERNMENT UOULD ONLY .?GGRAVAT~
THE PRESENT CRISIS?Y
T1-.'Z' COMMUNISTS A':.a01,`1CED 0:I MONDAY THAT THEY AV::
IN A UNITED FRONT WITH SEVEN EXTREMIST REVOLUTION. Gr'`11PS TO
CARRY OUT "OFFENSIVE ACTION" AGAIi-IST THE "--ALL
PARTIES AND GROUPS TO THEIR POLITICAL RIGHT- THE HOVE Sr'EdS
CAL. CULA. T ED TO RALLY SUPS I E=iIND 'O1JCA'..V,:7- S AND TO :4): VIDE AND
CONFO'_i:1D HIS OPr OSI T IOid . T;1,_ F"" IT SAID IT FAVO Eri A GO' iii_N
PROGRAM T d A T COMBINED THE POSITIONS OF THE PRESENT ('OVi-1.'Ni,iEN T
UITH T;iOSE OF THE FACT 10,'1 LED BY SECURITY i= O:',C.ES T T EF
WHO LAST UEE K REPORTEDLY J')INED THE ANIUNES GROUP IN GALLING
FOR GOiICAL.VES' REMOVAL ? V
TINE 'APPEARS TO 27- Gf:'IC!LV S' SIDE HIS ^P''^ Er:TS I^"
ALREADY PAVE LOST SO MUCH i1OME T Ui1 THAT TI-17Y CAI'?1 NO LONGER
EXCLUDE HIM FROM 't i-i= "_., T EN; i'.rRLY ? iO 'i',:._ ,' I
PREP.\RED TO ACCEPT HIM IN A
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WHO WOULD '1HEIIEBY RETAIN A F00THOL.D IN THE GOVERNN7EiJT?
THE OF PRIME :ARAi1Ai'iL.:iS
ANNOI.I;iCED ON MONDAY T'... 7.I= "--:'T'I
SATU1'DAY Ui',j THE THEE {':C`i :.!_.r ADS" OF TH _ i1'1LI.T:1;;Y
COUP L!OULD BE COMMUTED TO LIFE ONCE iH. APu_.AI
PROCEDURE IS COMPLETED ^'iD THE SE ,NTENCES AHE F'..N.`?!. ? Y
THE SPEED WITH ACT,_) AFTFI' H .
HIS CA3INET INTO SPECIAL S' ....:`I ;IJGGEST>: !! : IS HOPE c..v;,ICr i',il :D
A 3 0 U T HEADING OFF -`%DVEI~SE C T i N FOi1 T FIV. 1:! L f T:i, f I ~1 1
HE IS ,\,3OUT C1'ITICISM F,7' ..:TI(: I ~;'~':>: ?'I'.. ~;I ? i:~
OBVIOUSLY THOUGHT THAT A ATION OF THE: CUSPE i`iSE
ABOUT !JHE'iHEP, THE, SENT:_',; -- -'
_ I OUT 0 `JL D '3r. CA _ E , D 1N ~
AND A POSSIDLE REACTION J;' '.;?PJ ;TEiS OF ;;E
JUNTA STILL IN THE NIL T ','Y
0PP1'1`7TTION I EIDERS CT:';,. . P\I ; A
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MAKE POLITICAL CAPITAL OUT OF THE GOVERNi1ENT'S DECISION,
BUT IT DOES NOT HAVE THE VOTES TO PRESS THE ISSUE IN
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