CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1961/02/22

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• Publication Date: February 22, 1961

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CONTENTS
USSR: New 2,000-nautical-mile IRBM has been un-
dergoing extensive file t testing since last June.
(Page t)
2. USSR - West German: Moscow's 17 February mem-
\ orandum to Bonn repeats call for free city in West
Berlin and a German peace treaty. (Page t)
3. Congo: Tshombe labels UN resolution a "declaration
of war" against Katanga and announces mobilization.
(Page i)
4. Laos: Cambodia declines to participate in neutral
nations commission; Souvanna Phouma visits Xieng
Khouang. (Page it)
5. Portugal: Defense minister, gives Salazar virtual
ultimatum calling for reforms in Lisbon's African
colonies. (Page ii)
6. Saudi Arabia: Rivalries within royal family weaken
position of King Saud. (Page tit)
7. Burma: Leftist led riots may lead to further demon-
strations. (Page tit)
8. Watch Committee conclusions. (Page iv)
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USSR: The Soviet series-"65" 2,000-n0m. intermediate
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range ballistic missile (IRBM) has been undergoing intensive
flight testing since last June. There have been 21 test opera=
tions to date�six of them in a recent three-week period--with
only one known failure. The high priority apparently accorded
to development of this new missile suggests that Soviet author-
ities have placed a premium on the development of a missile
system which can be deployed in more secure areas within the
USSR and can reach all the wartime targets on the Eurasian
periphery. (Map)
USSFt-Germany: The Soviet memorandum of 17 February
to Bonn probably is a reminder to the West that the Berlin and
German questions remain unsolved. It may have been timed to
influence Chancellor Adenauer's talks with Prime Minister Mac-
millan on 22 February. Although the memorandum asserted
that negotiations cannot be further deferred, it avoided estab-
lishing an explicit deadline. Moscow makes no new proposals
and reaffirms its long-standing positions on establishing a free
city in West Berlin and concluding a German peace treaty. The
memorandum does not exclude the possibility of an interim solu-
tion of the Berlin question under a definite time limit, and re-
peats the general threat to conclude a separate peace treaty.
Congo: Tshombe. has reacted immediately and vigorously
to the UN Security Council's 21 February resolution. Charging
that the resolution was a "declaration of war by the UN against
Katanga and the whole former Belgian Congo," he announced the
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mobilization of the province's population to "defend lives and
property menaced by the United Nations." He said that the UN
� would be responsible for any, bloodshed as a result of the reso-
lution.
Laos: The Cambodian Foreign Ministry has informed the
Laotian ambassador in Phnom Penh that Cambodia would be
unable to participate in the neutral nations commission (NNC)
requested by King Savang. In its note, the Cambodian ministry
explained its position as due to the "unilateral" character of the
proposal and its belief that such a commission could be estab-
lished only after an international conference. An earlier report
that Burma had accepted membership in the NNC now appears to
have been erroneous.
As yet, there has been no independent comment from the
bloc on the neutral nations proposal, although Hanoi and Peiping
have rebroadcast Souphannquvong's bitter denunciation of this
concept.
Former Laotian Premier Souvanna Phouma' accompanied
by his wife and two Pathet Lao emissaries, left Phnom Penh on
21 February aboard a Soviet plane reportedly dest`
rebel government headquarters in Xieng Khouang.
Souvanna apparently
planned to remain in Laos for only a few days. Soviet Ambas-
sador Abramov has been urging Souvanna Phouma to go to Xieng
Khouang. This move will strengthen the bloc's claim that he rep-
resents the "lawful government," and Souvanna will be encouraged
to speak out against the neutral nations commission proposal.
Portugal: Defense Minister Botelho Moniz claims he has
given Premier Salazar a virtual ultimatum that immediate eco-
nomic and social reforms must be undertaken to alleviate the
deteriorating situation in Angola and the other African provinces.
Moniz told Salazar a few days ago that action had to be taken be-
fore the UN General Assembly reconvenes on 7 March and that
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� his ministry would "take the matter into its own hands" if
Salazar did not comply.
In northern Angola the leading non-Communist Angolan
nationalist organization, which is based in Leopoldville, re-
portedly plans to launch a terror campaign about 15 March
in an effort to focus world attention on Portuguese Africa
while the UN General Assembly is in session.
Saudi Arabia: Rivalries within the Saudi royal family
continue, and several princely factions, including backers
of Crown Prince Faysal, have combined against King Saud.
The King has already been forced to send two of his liberal
advisers out of the country as ambassadors. A showdown
over the King's "progressive" cabinet and its "liberal reform"
policies is likely. However, dissension will continue and will
weaken the family's hold on the country. This development
would give further encouragement to anti-monarchical ele-
ments, which include some army officers as well as dis-
gruntled younger Saudi "intellectuals."
*Burma: Press reports of yesterday's rioting in Rangoon
are essentially accurate. They were the most violent anti-
American demonstrations ever held in Burma; well planned
and directed, they probably have set the stage for further dis-
turbances. The leaders were leftist students from the Com-
munist-dominated Rangoon University Student Union and the All
Burma Federation of Student Unions together with representa-
tives of the pro-Communist Burma Trade Union Congress and
the National United Front. They intended,
to provoke police interven-
tion. Haying succeeded, some students returned to the Univer-
sity campus to pass resolutions condemning the "police brutality"
--a move which traditionally precedes expanded student strikes and
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the demonstrators had obtained a permit to march in
protest against the murder of Patrice Lumumba and against
the supply of American materiel to the Chinese Nationalist ir-
regulars in northeastern Burma. They had been denied, how-
ever, authorization to approach the American Embassy. As
\ of nightfall, the demonstrators in front of the embassy had
been dispersed by Army troops called in to assist the police,
but continued to agitate and demonstrate in smaller groups .
throughout the city. Although a number of police and demon-
strators,have been injured and one death has been reported,
� thus far no Americans have been injured and property damage
� has been limited to smashed windows in the emb2qgv ivii Mina
and at the Pan American office.
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WATCH COMMITTEE CONCLUSIONS
On the basis of findings by its Watch Committee, the
United States Intelligence Board concludes that:
A. No Sib-Soviet bloc country intends to initiate hostilities
against the United States or its possessions in the imme-
diate future.
B. No Sino-Soviet bloc country intends 'deliberately to initiate
direct military action against US forces abroad, US al-
lies, Or areas peripheral to the bloc in the immediate fu-
ture,
C. Communist forces in Laos continue the active defense of
their base area in the Plaine des Jarres. The bloc shows
no inclination toward a political settlement except on its
own terms. The Communist forces in Laos retain the
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THE PRESIDENT
The Vice President
Executive Offices of the White House
The Special Assistant for National Security Affairs
The Scientific Adviser to the President
The Director of the Budget
The Director, Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
The Director, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Chairman, Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence Activities
Executive Secretary, National Security Council
The Department of State
The Secretary of State
The Under Secretary of State
The Director, International Cooperation Administration
The Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
The Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration
The Counselor
The Assistant Secretary of State for Policy Planning
The Director of Intelligence and Research
The Treasury Department
The Secretary of the Treasury
The Department of Defense
The Secretary of Defense
The Deputy Secretary of Defense
The Secretary of the Army
The Secretary of the Navy
The Secretary of the Air Force
The Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs)
The Assistant to Secretary of Defense (Special Operations)
The Chairman, The Joint Chiefs of Staff
Chief of Naval Operations, United States Navy
Chief of Staff, United States Air Force
Chief of Staff, United States Army
Commandant, United States Marine Corps
U.S. Rep., Military Committee and Standing Group, NATO
Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
Commander in Chief, Pacific
The Director, The Joint Staff
The Director for Intelligence, The Joint Staff
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The Director of Naval Intelligence, Department of Navy
The Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Department of the Air Force
The Department of Justice
The Attorney General
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The Atomic Energy Commission
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