STAFF NOTES: MIDDLE EAST - AFRICA - SOUTH ASIA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00865A001800280002-2
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 31, 2001
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: September 29, 1975
• Content Type: NOTES

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Africa
South Asia
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September. 29, 1975
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MIDDLE EAST - AFRICA - SOUTH ASIA
This publication is prepared for regional specialists in the Washington com-
munity by the Middle East - Africa Division, Office of Current Intelligence,
with occasional contributions from other offices within the Directorate of
Intelligence. Comments and queries are welcome. I hey should be directed to
the authors of the individual articles.
Jordan-Syria: Husayn-Asad Talks . . . . . . . . 1
Bangladesh-USSR: Mission to Moscow. . . . . . . 2
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Jordan-Syria
Husayn-Asad 'talks
King Husayn was
not successful during his visit to Damascus last week
in his attempt to persuade President Asad to meet
~-with :President Sadat to patch up their differences
over the Sinai accord. Husayn had hoped to host a
our-power summit in Amman that would have included
'5 Saudi Arabia.
The Saudis apparently have been trying to arrange
a similar meeting of their own and may have better
chances of bringing Asad around. That is far from a
certainty, however. Asad is probably reluctant at
present to meet with Sadat at all because he does not
want to appear to be endorsing the terms of the Sinai
agreement.
In deference to the Syrians, Husayn inched closer
to public opposition to the Sinai agreement. Although
he deftly avoided the issuance of a joint communique
condemning the agreement at the end of his stay, he
did issue a statement on his return to Amman that ack-
nowledged in general terms that Syria's and Jordan's
views on the Egyptian-Israeli. accord were "identical."
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Bangladesh-USSR
Mission to Moscow
Mohiuddin Ahmed, a special representative
of Bangladesh's President Mushtaque, met with
Soviet officials in Moscow last week. The primary
aim of the mission apparently was to reassure the
Soviets that Dacca remained committed to nonalignment
and that the early recognition of the Mushta_jue
regime by Pakistan and China did not mean that
Bangladesh was about to improve its relations with
those countries at the expense of its relations with
the USSR.
Mohiuddin found the Soviets "noncommita
in eir attitudes toward Bangladesh. The Soviet
press has been critical of the recent coup and the
killing of former president Mujib, a friend of the
,)I Soviets. Moscow has kept up a steady flow of propaganaa
to ensure that the new Dacca government adheres to
Mujib's foreign policy line.
The new Dacca regime has been concerned about
Soviet intentions, but hopes it can keep on
easonably good terms with Moscow. Its next step
may be to name a new ambassador to Moscow; the post
has been vacant for over two months. (SECRET
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