CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: December 11, 1961
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11 December 1961
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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1. Congo: Military stalemate apparently continues. (.Page i)
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3. India-Portugal: Tension over Goa eases slightly. (.Page it)
4. USSR-Berlin: Bloc moves intended to exert pressure
on West during consultations in Paris. (.rage it t)
5. USSR-Albania: Moscow breaks relations. (Page iv)
7. Venezuela-Colombia: Possible leftist efforts in connec-
tion with President's visit. (Page v)
8. Trinidad: Premier states agreement on Chaguaramas
naval base is "dead:' (Page vi)
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KATANGA
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UN
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SABETHVILLE
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Lake
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Copper mine, selected -..- International boundary
Copper and cobalt mine, -'--- Province boundary
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Manganese .,no
Cunt mine, selected
Major hydroelectric power
plant
Selected airfield
? Colonial capital
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Congo Notional Army
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Tshombe's Forces
FEDERATION OF RHODESIA
(NORTHERN RHODESIA)
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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DAILY BRIEF
Congo- The military situation in Elisabethville appar-
ently remains stalemated. According to press reports,
Katangan forces have attacked UN positions on the outskirts
of the city, so far without success. The UN retains its air
superiority, and it has received armored cars from else-
where in the Congo; however, it remains unable. or. unwilling
to take the offensive on the ground. UN headquarters in
Leopoldville -tLwhich seems to be. receiving only sporadic in-
formation from its commanders in Katan is attempting to
move further reinforcements to Elisabethville and also to
Manono, where the UN garrison is under increasing pressure
from a 750-man Katangan.force.
Americans in Katanga now have been evacuated.
sumed complete control of the government during Tshombe's
recent absence. The Katangan forces are. said to consider the
continuing military standoff as a sign of victory for them, and
they might not obey a cease-fire order even if Tshombe should
issue o_ne Anti-American feeling is spreading among the Ka-
tangans. Violent demonstrations against the American.Consu-
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cember. Except for official US representatives, most of the
ists such as Interior Minister Munongo, who reportedly as-
se ms to have consolidated the position of Katangan extrem-
The UN's inability so far to break Katangan. resistance
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India-Portugal: Tension over the Goa p o l em appears
to have eased slightly. Isolated shooting incidents continue to
be reported by both sides, however, and extremist elements
in the divided Goan .nationalist movement in India, encouraged
by the Indian military buildup in the border area, are continuing
attempts to set off disturbances within the Portuguese territories
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New Delhi has not yet reacted to Lisbon's proposal of
8 December. that "independent international observers" be
sent to the scene for an impartial investigation; Indian offi-
cials, are unlikely to accept any internationalization of the
dispute which would reinforce Portugal's juridical position.
USSR-Berlin. rus c ev s threatening tone in his
.9 December speech and the signs of further. Communist
moves on the Berlin situation seem intended to exert pres-
sure on the West during the current consultations in Paris.
A Soviet protest on.US troop movements on the Berlin auto-
bahn seems likely in view of the Soviet commandant's request
for a meeting with General Watson on 11 December. The So-
viet and East German press have given increased emphasis
to charges that rotation of US troops in Berlin constitutes an
"aggressive act"; they assert that these troops are under
NATO command and are therefore not guaranteed free pas-
sage under the Soviet - East German agreement of Septem-
ber 1955. The East German Foreign Ministry has also sched-
uled a press conference for 12 December, which will probably
deal with US actions as well as the East German announcement
of 8 December confirming that "as customary" all vehicles
with civilian personnel entering?East Berlin must show "iden-
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*USSR-Albania -China - The USSR's rupture of diplomatic
and economic relations with Albania constitutes Moscow's
most serious challenge to date to the Chinese Communists,
who, if they continue to support Albania as they have in the
past, must now endorse a regime which is clearly and for-
mally outside the bloc. The extension of the dispute from
the gray area of party relations to the concrete sphere of
governmental relations will serve as a sharp warning to the
Chinese and other: Communists that Khrushchev is willing to
use extreme measures in order to reassert Soviet leader-
ship of the bloc. Moscow's action--which will probably be
imitated by the East European satellites- -also forces an un-
welcome choice on the leaders of North Korea and North Viet-
nam, who had been trying to occupy a middle ground between
Moscow and Peiping.
The Soviet move makes the dispute between Moscow and
its supporters on one side and Albania and the Chinese on
the other almost impossible to reconcile and therefore appears
to rule out agreement by Soviet leaders to any bloc meeting
to consider the points at issue between the Soviet and Albanian
parties. Khrushchev is making it clear that he considers the
issue one of power and national interest and that he looks upon
the.struggle as one not to be compromised but to be unremit-
tingly pursued. While the Soviet notes as published in the
Albanian press clearly foreshadow formal action to suspend
Tirana's membership in the Warsaw Pact, there is no hint
that Moscow is developing a Pretext for direct military in-
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Venezuela-Colombia- The Venezuelan Communist party
is apparently intent on trying to disrupt President Kennedy's
visit of 16 and 17 December, but the government's extensive
security precautions are likely to limit the party's ability to
interfere. Relying on a small paramilitary unit of about 200
in Caracas and on student sympathizers, the Communists have
recently injected a strong anti-Kennedy note in the sporadic
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in early November. The rioting has led to several police
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ment's moves in late November, when a large number of ex-
tremists were arrested, sizable quantities of weapons were
seized, and the headquarters of the Communist party and its
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extremists had been reported planning to limit their anti-
by Castro's 8 December public attack ora Colombia.1
Trinidad. Lremier Eric Williams o _ rini a , in is
first public appearance: since his party's landslide electoral
victory on 4 December, described the 10-month-old agree-
ment between the US, UK, and West Indies regarding the
Chaguaramas naval base and other facilities as "dead:' He
almost certainly will demand negotiation of a new agreement,
in the hope of extracting more aid, rather than elimination
of the US base. \
jlliams also repudiated the West Indies Federation.
Since Jamaica had already rejected federation in a referen-
dum, Williams' long-awaited stand probably completes its
destruction and will leave Britain with its other eastern
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Trinidad's Premier Denounces , West. Indies Federation
//In a public speech on 6 December Williams denounced the
Wes'fIndies Federation as "one of the most disgraceful epi-
sodes in the history of the West Indies." Williams claimed
that the people of Trinidad had themselves rejected federation
in the 4 December elections when they elected only 9 members
of the pro-Federation opposition party to 20 of Williams' party,
which had been noncommittal on this issue 1\
idad could support itself with little outside aid, and London
will concede independence if Williams insist
Williams sufficiently dominates his party and government
to bring about Trinidad's withdrawal. Through the. petroleum
industry and other industrial and agricultural activities Trin-
Despite the seeming finality of Williams' remarks, London
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may not yet abandon all hope that the premier may be induced
by increased aid offers to change his mind. The British do
not want to be left with a continuing bur of financing the un-
viable smaller eastern Caribbean islands
Under the Defense Areas Agreement, legally valid for 17
years, which Williams signed in February 1961 in his capacity
as Trinidad's premier, the United States this year is providing
Trinidad with $17,300,000 in grants and loans. In addition to
the naval base, under the agreement the United States retains
a radar research facility on Trinidad. Collapse of the Federa-
tion and loss of Jamaica's and Trinidad's economic support are
also likely to develop pressure for more aid from the US in
St. Lucia and Antigua, where other important missile-tracking
and space-research facilities are located
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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
The Department of State
The Secretary of State
The Under Secretary of State
The Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
The Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
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 Secretary of Defense
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, Defense Intelligence Agency
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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