CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1961/03/07

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• Publication Date: March 7, 1961

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The Daily Brief of the CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN is
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with representatives of departments and agencies of the United
States Intelligence Board. Back-up material is produced by CIA
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CONTENTS
1. Situation in the Congo. (Page t)
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3. Argentina: Frondizi moves to mediate between US and
Cuba, (Page ti)
4. Bolivia plans arrest of Communist union leaders if
teachers' strike continues; requests arms from US
for use in case of violence. (Page tt)
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DAILY BRIEF
Congo: The Tananarive round-table conference, sched-
uled to begin on 5 March, has been delayed to await the ar-
rival of Kasavubu and Gizenga. There has been no further
fighting between UN forces and the Congolese troops in Matadi
and Banana, and both UN and Congolese authorities have re- X3ez-c
portedly agreed, for the time being, not to send reinforcements
to the Lower Congo region. Further clashes seem likely, how-
ever, since Hammarskjold has insisted that UN forces must
reoccupy Matadi, while Kasavubu's Foreign Minister Bomboko
stated on 6 March that Matadi would not be returned to the UN
pending a full investigation. Khartoum has announced that
Sudanese troops will be withdrawn from the Congo because
of alleged "grave mistakes" by UN officials during the recent
clashes. (Backup. Page 1) (Man)
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Argentina-Cuba: Argentina has decided to send special
envoys to the United States and Cuban governments to seek
means of alleviating "tension" between the two countries, de-
spite its previous skepticism regarding the value of single-
country mediation efforts. This action is probably intended
o counter the apparent bid of Brazilian President Quadros for
Latin American leadership through a play to leftist sentiment.
Although officials have denied that domestic political considera-
tions are responsible for the move, it is probably also influ-
enced in part by the recent electoral triumph in Buenos Aires
of a Socialist deputy who campaigned on a pro-Castro platform.
(Backup, Page 2)
Bolivia: President Victor Paz Estenssoro told American
Ambassador Strom on 5 March that his government plans exten-
sive arrests of Corravint-.i. trade union leaders if the Confedera-
tion of Urban Teachers--which is reported under strong Com-
munist influence�continues its strike for higher wages after the
morning of 7 March. Anticipating possible violence, Paz is
asking for tear-gas grenades, machine-gun ammunition, and
small bombs for use in P-51 aircraft, from the United States.
A substantial wage increase for teachers would strengthen
wage demands from other government employees and impede
the Paz government's drive to increase the country's production.
The powerful unions of the nationalized tin mines are threaten-
ing to strike beginning.8 March.
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Argentina to Send Special Envoys to US and Cuba
In its reply to Cuba's circular note of late February
soliciting sympathy from the various Latin American govern-
ments, Argentina announced its intention to send special en-
voys to the US and Cuban governments. Argentina apparently
acted without consulting any of the other countries in advance.
A Foreign Ministry official said on 4 March that Argen-
tina's initiative was based on the following considerations:
1) the Cuban situation remains a disturbing influence on the
relations of other countries with the US; 2) a solution to
the problem must be one which will eliminate Soviet and Com-
munist influence in Cuba and, without arousing leftist elements
in the hemisphere, stop Cuba's efforts to spread its revolution
abroad; and 3) the overthrow of Castro by anti-Castro Cubans
from the US or Guatemala would probably prompt criticism
which would worsen Inter-American relations.
Argentina's action, however, is probably intended pri-
marily for its effect on public opinion both at home and
abroad. Heretofore, Argentina has been the strongest
critic of Cuba among the large Latin American cOuntries and
has maintained that the Cuban problem should be handled only
through the OAS. Recently, however, President Frondizi
expressed doubt that a vote for collective action would get
even a slim majority.
Brazilian President Quadros" statements on Cuba in-
crease pressure on Frondizi to make a gesture of his own on
Cuba. A Brazilian press report on 4 March quoted Quadros
as stating that "even supposing that there is Communist in-
filtration in the Cuban Government, the Castro revolution has
our sympathies and. we are not in any manner disposed to up-
hold any action contrary to the principle of nonintervention
in internal affairs of other countries so long as Castro does
not try to export Fidelismo."
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