WEEKLY SUMMARY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00927A008400020001-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 28
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 15, 2008
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 4, 1970
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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DIRECTORATE OF
INTELLIGENCE
WEEKLY SUMMARY
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State Dept. review completed
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4 December 1970
No. 0399/70
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(Information as of noon EST, 3 December 1970)
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Cambodia: The Battle of the Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Laos: Beating the Communists to the Punch . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Vietnam: Fallout from Son Tay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Malaysia-Singapore: Nettlesome Neighbors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Thailand: Praphat's Day Looms Nearer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
German Problem Comes Up Again . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Italy: Coalition Clears Major Hurdle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Developments in the European Communities . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Hungary: Party Congress Advances Kadar's Reform Goals . . . . . 11
USSR: Solzhenitsyn-A Prize and a Dilemma . . . . . . . . . . . 12
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MIDDLE EAST - AFRICA
Guinea Repels Second Incursion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Jordan: Husayn Mending Fences Abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Israel-Egypt: Differing Views on Further Talks . . . . . . . . . . 14
India: New Efforts in Strategic Northeast . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Zambia: Kaunda Seeks a New Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Chile: One Month of Allende's Government . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Mexico: Cabinet Appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Guatemala: Some Success in Anti-Communist Campaign
Nicaragua: Political Negotiations Under Way . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Argentina: Political Developments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
NOTES: USSR-Vietnam: Turkey: Uruguay
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FAR EAST
Cambodia: The Battle of the Roads
Communist harassing attacks and ambushes
along almost all of the country's main lines of com-
munication continue to keep sizable numbers of
government troops isolated and on the defensive.
Cambodian Army operations to reopen several key
roads have quickly bogged down, with heavy casual-
ties sustained. In Phnom Penh, the Communists de-
tonated a bomb in the US Embassy, their first
terrorist act against the American presence.
Steady enemy harassment in Kompong Cham
Province has prevented ten Cambodian battalions
from regaining control of Route 7, between Prey
Totung and Kompong Cham city; one government
paratroop battalion was badly mauled in an ambush.
Elements of the Viet Cong 275A Regiment, which is
operating just north of Prey Totung, evidently are
directing these attacks.
road between Siem Reap and its airfield. Regional
government commanders reportedly were to plan
another push on Puok, using forces from Battam-
bang and Siem Reap cities. 25X1
Elsewhere in this region, the Communists am-
bushed another rice convoy near Pursat city on
enemy interfer-
ence with commercial traffic in attambang Prov-
ince is also becoming more common, and the Com-
munists have been warning truck drivers they would
be killed if they haul rice. In addition, enemy propa-
gandists near Moung reportedly are telling rice farm-
ers to hold their crops for Communist buyers, and
To the west, the Communists cut Route 6 at
Bateay just southwest of Skoun. Seven government
battalions, including five diverted from the
"Chenla" task force, are trying to retake Bateay, but
progress has been slow. Farther south on Route 6, a
Communist assault temporarily closed the river ferry
crossing at Prek Kdam, just 20 miles from Phnom
Penh.
Government efforts to ease Communist pres-
sure on Route 4 in the Kirirom area, southwest of
Phnom Penh, have been temporarily abandoned fol-
lowing a series of enemy ambushes. The continuing
presence of North Vietnamese main force units near
the Pich Nil pass overlooking Route 4 indicates the
importance the enemy attaches to keeping the high-
way closed. In the meantime, government officials
are concerned over possible oil shortages because it
is now impossible to reach the coastal refinery at
Kompong Som. Other sources of supply for Phnom
Penh are being investigated.
In the northwest, Cambodian Army forces have
been unable to regain control of the town of Puok
and to clear Route 6 between Puok and Siem Reap
city. They did succeed, however, in reopening the
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implied that the Communists want to cut off the
flow of foodstuffs to Phnom Penh.
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Laos: Beating thejtytists to the Punch
A large governments sfn eration in forces. trying to retake Mok Haw, a Laotian Army
northern Laos near the C mr uni tlc9istic center outpost 25 miles north of Luang Prabang that fell
at Ban Ban has met onlyimtedrejtance. By 1 into enemy hands on 20 November. The gov-
December, a fordo a o~. t i, 0 irregular ernment committed several additional companies
troops had -secured tI 0_ h arr `iau _airstrip. In ad- of irregular and army troops to this operation,
dition, 850gover[ ment tra s rom Bouam Long bu they have been unable to budge an unex-
moved into positions abQ t., four mikes north, of p tedly large Communist force, estimated at
a ~o e. gan Communist Troop Relocations in the South
p/ ,ne de Ban
the Ban Ban vallep andvyeremaking s
Fo-
wyrogrss On the eastern rim of the plateau itself, the
in their effort to tt ckC#ommunist,logist c assets covern~net irregular base at Site 38 has again
in the area. Prese it,plaf s call for the withdrawal fajlen it Communist hands. Other irregular
of both forces t they have hard sed Route 7 trop