CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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March 13, 1958
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Cnnrnvad For Ralaasa7rflf~~n~Ef!Y~E_ nna~snnnsan~n~nnm Approved For Release'IP/2r 'E,00975A003600110001_9 25X1 25X1 March 1958 13 000 / / / Copy Noa . E ~ ~/ 00, / r X/ / 6/ / / ENTRAL ~/ ~/ ~~ / 610 X/ B~.1 NO DOCUMENT NO 25X1 T; 0 X;00 !/ Gy~~S>4TES Of ~~~~~ / 25 DIA and DOS review(s) completed. /X Approved For Release 27 0975AO03600110001-9 25X1 Approved For Release 2003/02/27 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO03600110001-9 Next 1 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 2003/02/27 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO03600110001-9 Approved For OPanp 9nnsin9/97 ? c:in-RnP7at00975A 03600110001-9 25X1A CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN 13 March 1958 DAILY BRIEF 25X1 D II, ASIA-AFRICA *Indonesia (as of 0100 EST 13 March): Indonesian government orces which captured the Central Sumatran oil center of Pakanbaru are moving westward along the highway leading to the dissident strongholds of Bukittinggi and Padang. They are meeting some resistance from small dissident units which have managed to re rou several miles outside Pakanbaru. Map) 25X1A 25X1A Approved For Release 2003/02/27 : CIA-RDP79TO 975AO03600110001-9 25X1A 25X1 D Approved Fore - 97 03600110001-9 Lebanon: Prime Minister Sulh's resignation on 12 March is apparently a maneuver designed to enable him to reshuffle his cabinet. Lebanese President Chamoun is particularly anxious that elements be brought into the government which would provide additional support for his second-term aspira- tions. Foreign Minister Malik, who is unpopular and a focal 25X1A point for criticism, may be dropped; but the government's orientation is likely to remain unchanged. DAILY BRIEF 25X1A Approved For Releas - 003600110001-9 lavvilve-141 T 13 Mar 58 Approved For v,~?~, 25X1A III. THE WEST y0, France-Tunisia: Premier Gaillard has specified that Tunisia must make-moves to re-establish "normal relations!' as the minimum position acceptable to his cabinet. He agreed that regrouping and subsequent evacuation of some French troops might occur simultaneously with Tunisian fulfillment of French conditions. Ultranationalists in the French cabinet and parliament can be expected, however, to continue insist- ing on an even tougher French position. Gaillard's stipula- tions on restoring relations and Paris' adamant stand on not 25X1A giving up Bizerte are robabl unacceptable to Bourguiba. 25X1A .Bolivia; The political struggle between President Siles and eftst labor leader Juan Lechin has been intensified by efforts of Lechin's supporters to seize physical control of the.Bolivian mining area. Meanwhile, Sites has ordered the arrest and expulsion from Bolivia of the Principal Trotskyit and Communist leaders linked with Lechin. o his regime and will make difficult the holdi of free elec- Tpns by 1 June. 25X1A Tonal guarantees on 12. March could provoke a serious threat *Cuba: President Batista's 45-day suspension of constitu-. 13 Mar 58 DAILY BRIEF 25X1A 310610011, SECRET 25X1 D Approved For Release 2003/02/27 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO03600110001-9 Approved For Release 2003/02/27 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO03600110001-9 25X1A Approved For Rbleac20OW02/ AR^? 9:76AGOa600110001-9 %V1 *me 9 5 0 10 5 S 0 T II C' H I N A S E A 5 -5- ATJE XA s Medan l; ~ N T_H t i ti_ SUM n-gka ING PORE (U.K.) T ndjung Pinang a P i a b~ S n -_ ? RIAU IS ANDS B 0 R 0 Bukitti E T R A C Panama WV U M T 7 Pa an Q 229 - &7 IN INDIAN aina ti e ~1 ca C.E A N Aer Pipeline S i + Railroad Road S U M A A Miles 200 `~ 141c, ~ 170 r i OlA kaf2 Y' C ~~ ~ -- ~ A }l < i" T r E s - M I 'c ev~o" ~ ? PACIFI[ ". `t OCEAN o rK Z m SumALt; . ? ? v }QTR ? J `~ 4?Ra OP INDIAN -. I ~N D O N E 8 1 A 'P 2 5X 1 A >, e g OCEAN " 9 12 (^} AUSTK fl ALIA ~ti so 13 MARCH 1958 1 05 - 80310 25X1 D Approved For Release 200342V ACIA-RDP79TOO975AO03600110001-9 25X1A Approved For elease 2003/02/27 : CIA-RDP79T00975A0 3600110001-9 IL. ASIA-AFRICA Djakarta Pressing Military Campaign in Central Sumatra Indonesian government forces which captured the Cen- tral Sumatran oil center of Pakanbaru on 12 March have begun to move westward along the highway leading to the dissident strongholds of Bukittinggi and Padang. 25X1 C 25X1 C some 300 Djakarta troops were ling two issican companies which were defending a junction nine miles outside the city. At least a part of the main government force of three to four battalions coming up the Siak River and overland from Dumai has probably arrived in Pakanbaru. These units can be expected to give impetus to the westward drive. Meanwhile, the shelling of Padang by two navy corvettes, accompanied by orders to all ships in the harbor to leave by 1000 on 13 March, may be the prelude to an amphibious at- tack in that area. According to a military official in Djakarta, 3 1/2 battalions as well as the navy's 900-man marine corps are available for this operation. In Djakarta, the prospects of any agreement between President Sukarno and former vice president Hatta appear to have all but vanished. Hatta has indicated that there is no basis for compromise as long as force is being used against the dissidents, and there is some reason to believe that he may soon be taken into "protective custody" by the military. Sukarno is on an "inspection" trip of Java and East Indo- nesia calling for support of the military campaign against the dissidents. His trip is to be climaxed on 16 March with an address to a mass meeting in Bandung. 25X1A 25X1A 25X1A Approved For Release 2003/02/27 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO03600110001-9 13 Mar 58 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN Page 2 25X1 Approved For Release 2003/02/27 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO03600110001-9 Next 4 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 2003/02/27 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO03600110001-9 25X1A Approved For lelease 2003/02/27 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO 600110001-9 III. THE WEST Gaillard's Terms for Tunisia Probably Unacceptable French Premier Gaillard appears willing to modify several important details of the minimum conditions his cabinet says Tunisia must satisfy before "normal rela- tions" with France can be re-established. In talks with US and UK good offices representatives, he agreed that the regrouping at Bizerte of four or five thousand French troops now stationed "around Tunis" could occur "simul- taneously" with the return of French civilians to their Tunisian domiciles, return of French consuls to their posts, and restoration of liberty of circulation for French troops. He also stated categorically that the regrouped troops would be evacuated from Tunisia, but adamantly rejected "any formula which would provoke the departure of the French from Bizerte." Gaillard also indicated his willingness to separate the questions of neutral control of the airfields and of the frontier. Gaillard's willingness to relax the cabinet's "minimum" demands may be motivated partly by a recommendation re. portedly made by the French commander in Tunisia in favor of evacuation of ground forces and abandonment of the air- fields, and by evidence that many French civilians in Tunisia see Bourguiba as their best hope of protecting their status and property. Nevertheless, ultranationalists in the French cabinet and parliament can be expected to continue insisting on an even stiffer French position which may hamstring the good offices negotiations. Gaillard's demands, particularly the insistence on re- maining at Bizerte, are unlikely to be readily accepted by Bourguiba, who continues to demand a substantial evacuation by 20 March, the anniversary of Tunisia's independence. 25X1A Approved For Release 2003/02/27 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO03600110001-9 13 Mar 58 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN Page 7 Approved For Rase 2003/02/27 : CIA-RDP79T0097540 3600110001-9 La Paz .Catavi Su ei Poto4i ~/ ? ~agdaieue Porto Velho Charague oyuibe , ,Villa Mont \ A PARAGUAY Antofagapta BOLIVIA 25X1 Approved For Release 2003/02/27 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO03600110001-9 Approved For Release 2003/02/27 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO Civil War Threatens in Bolivia Strikes begun on 1.1 March in the Bolivian mines by Com- munist and Trotskyite followers of leftist labor leader Juan Lechin will seriously test the ability of President Siles Zuazo to retain control of the government. With the pro- and anti- government forces about equally divided in the mining areas, . Siles has thrown a protective cordon of militia and police around the key city of Oruro and sent a force of 100 miners into the city to defend it against attack. Another such cordon is reported to be trying to isolate the town of Catavi, where the Lechin forces are concentrated. In La Paz, Siles has reportedly ordered the arrest and expulsion of certain Trotskyite and orthodox Communist lead- ers who were linked with Juan Lechin. The President's ability to implement these orders, however, will depend on his success in ousting the pro-Lechin chief of secret police, whose dismissal was reported on 10 March although he was subsequently granted permission "to stay on for a few days." 25X1A 25X1A Approved For Release 2003/02/27 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO03600110001-9 13 Mar 58 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN Page 8 25X1A Approved For_ elease 2003/02/27: CIA-RDP79T00975 003600110001-9 Cuban Government Suspends Constitutional Guarantees Cuban President Batista's- 45-day suspension of con- stitutional guarantees on 12 March--the seventh such sus- pension since January 1957--may result in the most serious threat to the government since the abortive naval uprising at Cienfuegos last September. Coming at a time when the na- tion is preparing for general elections on 1 June, the suspen-, sion may result in the withdrawal of opposition parties from the campaign and will certainly mock Batista's assurances that he will hold free elections. Prime Minister Emilio Nunez Portuondo resigned im- mediately after guarantees were suspended; the other min- isters, who resigned briefly, were reappointed under the premiership of former Foreign Minister Gonzalo Guell, There was no apparent reason for Batista's decision to suspend constitutional guarantees, and his action may be considered a tactical error. Rebel leader Fidel Castro's rejection of church mediation on 11 March had placed Batista in a more advantageous position since he had at least nominally supported the Church's proposal for a peace- ful solution of Cuba's political problems. If adverse reaction to the suspension becomes widespread, it is conceivable that the armed forces, in which dissatisfac- tion with Batista has become more pronounced lately, might move to take control of the situation. It is also possible that Fidel Castro might take advantage of the situation to call for a general strike, which he had planned before the end of March, and to intensify his campaign to oust Batista by force. 25X1A 25X1A Approved For Release 2003/02/27 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO03600110001-9 13 Mar 58 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN Page 9 Approved For R T009 &3600110001-9 \ CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN 13 March 1958 25X1 D DAILY BRIEF I, THE COMMUNIST BLOC eanon Prime. Wnister. Sulh1s resignation on 12 March is apparently maneuver designed to enable him to reshuffle his cabinet. Lebanese President Chamoun is particularly anxious that elements be brotight into the government which would provide additional support for his second-term aspira- Foreign Minister Malik who is unpopular and a focal tions. 25X1A point for criticism, may be dropped; but the overnment?s r1enta on is iike1y to remain unclanged: to vta The political struggle between President Siles and- a tist labor leader Juan Lechin has. been intensified by efforts of Lechints supporters to seize physical control of the Bolivian mining area. Meanwhile, Sues has ordered the NON arrest and expulsion from Bolivia of the rinci al Trots i and Communist leaders linked with .Lechin.: 25X1A *Cuba: President Batistaas 45-day suspension of constitu- tional -guarantees on 12 March could provoke a serious threat to his regime and will make difficult the holding of free elec- R 2 tions by 1 June, I 25X1A 25X1A Approved For Releas 2003/02/27: CIA-RDP79T00975 003600110001-9. momENNI