CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: October 6, 1961
• Content Type: REPORT

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CONTENTS
3. United Nations: Moscow apparently will accept U Thant
as interim secretary general "with full powers" but
wants five or six undersecretaries. (Page t t t)
4. Portugal: Security officials taking elaborate precautions
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to protect Salazar during pre-election period. (Page M)
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UN Secretary General- [The USSR has indicated that it
would agree to the appointment of U Thant of Burma to serve
as interim secretary general "with full powers" until April
1963, provided that he announce his intention to designate five
or six under secretaries to serve as his principal advisers. 0
These would be appointed "on the basis of equitable geographic
distribution" and could include some of the present under secre-
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Council by consensus of members, thereby avoiding the neces-
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LPortugal: Portuguese officials are showing some nervous-
ness over the effect the campaign for the 12 November National
Assembly elections may have on.the stability of the Salazar re-
gime. Security police have taken elaborate precautions to. fore-
stall any assassination attempt on the premier, which they fear
might be planned by exile leaders to dramatize their opposition.
Salazar's National Union party, which now controls all 120 seat
in the National Assembly, is expected to retain nearly all of the
seats in the new assembly.
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 Appointment of an Interim UN Secretary General
The 52-year-old U Thant has been Burma's permanent
representative at the United Nations since 1957. A close
friend of Prime Minister U Nu, Thant has been regarded as
one of Burma's more able public servants. He is in accord
with Burma's neutralist objectives, but within this pattern is
broadly pro-Western in outlook and, according to the Amer-
ican Embassy in Rangoon, a strong anti.-Communist. He
vigorously defends the right of newly emerging nations to oc-
cupy a neutral position between East and West, and has been
a persistent advocate of Communist China's admission to the
UN. U Thant is a suave, well-groomed man, equally pleas-
ant to those whom he likes and those he dislikes. He speaks
excellent English.]
[Hammarskjold himself considered U Thant a capable nego-
tiator. In January, when he was searching for a successor to
Dayal as chief UN mediator in the Congo, Hammarskjold said
he would appoint U Thant if the Burmese Government would
release him. If
& June 1960, as part of his proposed reorganization of
the UN Secretariat, Hammarskjold suggested that five assist-
ant secretaries general with "political" responsibilities be:
appointed on a broad regional basis. One assistant would always
be a US national and one a Soviet. The remaining three should
be "nationals from countries outside any power blocs:' Although
this phraseology seems to endorse the concept of three power
blocs, Hammarskjold on 20 July assured the US delegation that
it did not establish any new criteria for the selection of Secre-
tariat personnel beyond competence and geographic distribution,
as specified in the UN Charter. Moreover, Hammarskjold in-
tended to retain the right to appoint these assistant
During the past week UN members, particularly those of
tary general level--may have influenced the USSR to accede to
the fro-Asian bloc, have been promoting this plan for five un-
der secretaries with a single secretary general. Their efforts--
plus the strong opposition of the West to the troika at the secre-
U Thant's appointment with five advisers
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Portuguese Government Concerned Over'.Election Opposition
[interior minister Santos Junior reportedly foresees a "very
tough" electoral campaign. He is probably more concerned
over the possibility of propaganda gains by the opposition and
public disturbances than whether the government will lose any
seats. It is customary to relax press censorship during the
30-day period prior to national elections, but the government
is expected to use other methods to hamper the opposition cam-
paign. Several prominent opposition leaders have recently
been arrested. Fragmentation further weakens the opposition's
chance
Present indications are that opposition lists of candidates
will be presented in as many as seven of the metropolitan elec--
toral districts and in Angola and Mozambique. In past elections,
the regime has invalidated most or all of the opposition lists be-
fore election day.'
Leading exile oppositionists Henrique Galvao, of Santa
Maria fame, and Humberto Delgado, the defeated presidential
candidate in 1958, are reportedly in Morocco and Yugoslavia
respectively. Although they are expected to engineer some
dramatic act during the campaign, they are not expected to ex-
ert appreciable influence in Portugal. They lack effective co=
ordination with the opposition within the country, and the police
are considered capable of handling any disturbances]
(he new assembly, which will be enlarged to 130 deputies
to give the overseas provinces increased representation, is pri-
marily a consultative body. It was given some added political
prestige by a constitutional amendment in 1959 making it part
of the electoral college which will elect the next president of
the republic in 1965,
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THE PRESIDENT
The Vice President
Executive Offices of the White House
Special Counsel to the President
Military Representative of the President
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, Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
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 and Chairman of the Policy Planning Council
The Director of Intelligence and Research
The Treasury Department
The Secretary of the Treasury
The Under 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
The Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Department of Army
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
The Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Director
The Atomic Energy Commission
The Chairman
The National Security Agency
The Director
The United States Information Agency
The Director
The National Indications Center
The Director
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