THE WEEK IN BRIEF

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• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 25, 2012
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: September 21, 1962
• Content Type: BRIEF

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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEF.LY SUMMARY
21 September 19Ei2
T H E W E E K I N l3 R I E F
(Infarmatidn as of 1200 ED'.C 20 Sept)
native courses and thus does not yet appear firmly committed to
a separate treaty in the period immediately following the
US congressional elections in November.
The Soviet delegation probably will renew efforts to
reorganize UN bodies on the "troika" principle. The Soviets
apparently plan to use Iran's declaration banning foreign
missile bases on its territory to support their charges of
US "provocations" staged from overseas military bases,.
Although propaganda on Cuba continues to charge the
US with aggressive plans, Moscow welcomed President Kennedy's
the next two months will be the final ~~pportunity to negotiat
Berlin settlement, Khrushchev has kept open a number of alter
the Soviet leaders took steps last weel,~ to make it clear
they have not retreated from their commitment to a unilatera
settlement if negotiations later this ;year fail to produce
results. Despite hints that contacts with US leaders during
Although the USSR has declared a "pause" in Berlin talks
SOVIET FOREIGN POLICY DEVELOPMENTS Page 1
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'?realistic" statements in his 13 September press conference.
ures and one only a partial success.
Venus. In the most recent launching, on 12 September, the
space vehicle was put into orbit, but the payload failed
to eject from the vehicle. Of seven Soviet attempts at
interplanetary probes since 1960, six are considered fail-
less than three weeks to send an interplanetary probe toward
SOVIET INTERPLANETARY PROBE FAILURES Page 4
The USSR has apparently failed in three attempts in ~;
CHINESE COMMUNISTS INTENSIFY U-2 PROPAGANDA Page 5
port by spurring public indignation over the incident.
the Chinese Communists are also implying that the Soviet
Union has "unrealistic illusions about US imperialism."
Domestically, the regime is attempting to rally popular sup-
After a slow start Peiping has stepped up its exploita- (yy
Lion of the 9 September U-2 incident and is weaving charges
of US responsibility for the overflight into a general attack
on US "'war preparations." In their treatment of the incident
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21 September 19~G2
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Liberation to form a smaller regular army.
are to be amalgamated with the former E1rmy of National
ALGERIA .. Page 11
Ben Bella's political bureau comm:~nds a substantial ~.Y-
majority in the Algerian assembly elec+ted on 20 September.
Regional interests are likely to gain ~~trength in the as-
sembly, however, after the first flush of enthusiasm for
Ben Bella wears off. The National Libc~ration Front, the
erstwhile rebel organization, is to be reorganized as a
political party. The military forces of the six wilayas
regime meanwhile will rule by decree.
ment has promised to hold new elections within a year. The
astute politician. and forceful executive. Its 21 members
are so different in political orientation, however, that
their ability to work together is questionable. Army
leaders, who have long distrusted Azm, probably retain a
veto o~~er cabinet~,decisions; the army commander in chief is
still in the cabinet as minister of defense. The govern-
A new cabinet has been formed under Khalid al-Azm, an ~~
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CURRENT INTLLLIGENCE WEEKLY SUMMARY
21 aeptember 1962
CONGO . Page
Preliminary steps to implement thi= UN plan for Katanga's
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an effort to invade South Ifa,sa:i to prevent Kalonj i, the escaped
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Katanga. Leopoldville has apparently dropped for the m
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zinuing evidence that Adoula's and Tslionab~'s mutual sus-
picions may thwart th.e plan and bring serious armed clashes
Adoula has voiced fear that the Congo:Lese parliament may
be "out to get him" and that it will ~~at ratify the UN-
drafted constitution he wants completed by the encl of
September. Minor clashes have recent~y occurred in N th
sai secessionst from oining force; with Tshamb~.
SOUTH VIETNAM ,
North Vietnamese troops apparently remain in key areas
in northern and eastern Laos. South Vietnam has recalled its
ambassador from Laos in protest against the establishment of
relaons between Laos and North Vietn~~,m, and formal sever-
ance o#~..'~el~~.t.,,~~s ,appears imminent .
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LAOS Page 15
wring the next year.
AFRO-MALAGASY UNION Page ]_4
The Afro-Malagasy Union--the arga.nization of twelve
African states which retain some political and strong econom-
ic and cultural ties with France--is becoming more active ~u
in inter-African and international affairs. Despite the
group's relatively conservative outlook, a recent conference
of the heads of its member states. endorsed a program of sup-
port for militant African nationalists, including rebels
against Portuguese and Spanish colonial authorities. Other
African states showed considerable interest in this meeting,
and Congo (Leopoldville), Rwanda, and Burundi may join the
union d
The vigorous military effort again~t~=~~~~:.~~g is
contributing to a growing sense of :~ldence among Si~~~
Vietnamese officials, Communi~t~;a uerr~'.lla activity has not
slackened, however, and Sa.~,g~~fii''still fasces widespread peas-
ant resistance to its ,~~ams. Tncrea~.sed peasant partscs-
pativn in rural se~ty measures has resulted partly from
coercion. The,....., quality of some of the local leadership
implements ro rams contr'b tes to peasant disaffec-
tion.
WEST NEW GUINEA Page 17
The Indonesian Government, concerned that a separatist tjy
movement could develop in West New Guinea, is making in-
tensive preparations to ensure its control of the area.
President Sukarno has implied that he will use stern measures
if propaganda and economic concessions during the next six
years fail to win over the native Papuans, The Dutch-Indo-
nesian agreement of 15 August provides :Eor self-determination
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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEh:LY SUMMARY
21 September 19h2
THE NETHERLANDS Page ].8 25X1
ment featured some expressions of bittE~rness over the US
role in the agreement. Approval of thE~ settlement, however,
has removed a potentially disruptive political issue and
has refocused foreign policy interest c-n European integra-
tion. The dominant Catholic People's ~~arty and the op-
position Labor Party appear to be laying the groundwork
for resuming cabinet cooperation after the national elections
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UK-EEC NEGOTIATIONS . . Page 19
opp~ition in Britain to EEC accession.
polic~.,~~'"but Commonwealth dissatisfaci;ion will feed the
~~Iegotiations on Britain's entry into the Comm, r~.k~~"t?"`
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resume ifi ~B~usse,~s on 28 September . D9 f f ~~,;~: '~~~nomic and
political issues rem`ain'""t`~~-~-be de~~,?~a'~h', and the EEC is un-
likely to make more than mire, e'~5~ces~'t~`~? tQ.~~ Prime
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Minister Macmillan s ~xobl~~ns at home and with tYie ~~~,~,~~,~,.~
wealth. At the B~l~ September Commonwealth conference,
Macmillan ~e to avert a concerted condemnation of his
Algeria in large-unit operations
France will hold its largest military exercise since
1939 during the first half of October. Some 50,000 army
personnel, 1,100 aircraft, and at least; 60 warships, will
be involved. Designed in part to retrain returnees from
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to furnish support for his theories on the feasibility of
national, rather than NATO, defense of France.
President Goulart and Congress have again compromised
their differences over the locus of power, thus providing
a breathing spell until the 6 January plebiscite on Brazil's
constitutional system. Attention now i.s focused on the ?
October elections. Gubernatorial races in three states
provide a test for left-wing forces, particularly in Pernam-
BRAZIL Page 21 25X1
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buco, key state of the impoverished northeast in which pro-
communist Miguel Arraes is a leading contender.
over the Lauca River waters remains at an impasse.
CHILE . Page 22
President Alessandri has apparently decided to delay
currency devaluation until mid-October. In return the ~`'?
Radical Party, which is about to leave his coalition, may
take an independent position rather than.. unite with the
opposition. The Communist-dominated apposition continues
to gain public support, and Chile's dispute with Bolivia
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implements g a common energy policy if it joins the EEC.
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achieve an economic union by"'~~J~'Q=~, ~ Agreement ha ,;~r?herto
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been blocked by conflicting nationa 'n{~' ~~ Y
West Germany's coal industry, France's ~ nts in Saharan
oil .development, and Italy's desire off` cheap ~u~~h'~~~ A com-
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man policy is not likely to be ~ ed on 5 October, `~~xt ~~
some progress toward this ~Saa'~'~has recently been evident
Present proposals env-~g~"~~an energy policy less protection-
ist than those of of the individual EEC countries which,
rf adopted, c ~l" benefit US oil and coal exporters. Brit--
alrn has in '??ated it will participate iln formulating and
a common en~rgy:,,~pQ~l~icy--one of the major fields where agr
Ministerial representatives from t;he six European Com-
mon Market (EEC) countries will meet or.i 5 October to discuss
CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEB;LY SUMMARY
21 September 19E~2
SPECIAI, ARTICLES
'THE EUROPEAN COMMON MARKET'S ENERGY POLICY . Page 1
AFRICAN STUDENTS' CONFERENCE Page 5 25X1
this objective.
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Africans studying in Europe indicate tY~at Moscow has in-
doctrinated many of Africa's potential leaders with its
brand of Aiarxism. The meeting was organized largely by
the Ghanaian-dominated Committee of African Organiza-
tions in London and may have been intended as another
vehicle to promote Nkrumah's radical n~~tionalism. However,
the preponderance cif delegates from Soviet bloc countries
suggests a degree of Communist influence which compromised
"BANTUSTANS" IN SOUTH AFRICA . Page 9
The government of South Africa is stepping up the develop-
ment of "Bantustans"--areas into which the country's Africans
are supposed to be segregated and theoretically allowed to
develop along their own lines. One such area has already
received a measure of autonomy, and Prime Minister Verwoerd
has said that all of them may someday become independent.
These developments are designed mainly to impress the
country's whites and to make the polic3rof apartheid more
acceptable to its overseas critics. Ve~rwoerd will be hard
pressed to control the pressures among the Africans which
the idea of "Bantustan" independence i:o bringing to the
surface.
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