CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
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• Publication Date: April 3, 1962
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
CONTENTS
1. USSR-Berlin. (Page t)
2. Argentina.. (Page t t)
4. Jordan-Egypt: Cairo increasing its activity to overthrow
Husayn regime. (Page M)
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5. Guinea-France: Conakry releases French prisoner in ef-
fort to improve relations with Paris. (Page tv)
6. British Guiana - East Germany: British Guiana provi-
sionally agrees to purchase agricultural processing equip-
ment from East Berlin firm. (Page tv)
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*Berlin: khe introduction of new crossing procedures. on
the f-a-st- West Berlin sector borders apparently is an East
German attempt to test Western reaction to the new customs
law on a.piecemeal basis prior to its full implementation re-
portedly on 30 April. East German police on the East - West
Berlin sector border early yesterday morning began taking up
old entry permits of West Germans and West Berliners who
sought to enter the Soviet sector. This action affected both in-
dividuals engaged in interzonal trade between East and West
Germany and West Berliners who have continued to work in
East Berlin since construction of the wall. The individuals
were told that new permits would be issued upon request, al-
though how long this would take was not indicated. West Ger-
man truck drivers engaged in interzonal trade were informed
at the two crossing points reserved for West German traffic
that their long-term entry permits were no longer valid. They
were instructed to secure new permits. at either of two cross-
ing points reserved for West Berliners. This tightening of the
sector borders.was explained by the regime as being necessary
to curtail the use of old permits to smuggle escapees out of
East BerliN
jhe East Germans reportedly have refused to renew per-
manen.t visitor's passes to East Berlin of several West Berlin
representatives, of small West German steel firms. These
firms were notified of the move and advised instead.to send
West German representatives to East Berlin periodically to
conduct business relations. Last month, East German author-
ities reportedly were completing plans for the issuance of new
long-term entry permits, good for four to six weeks but not
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utomatically renewable, to West German businessmen en-
aged in interzonal. trade. Other West Berlin representatives
of such firms were told that they would receive renewals good
only for a two-week periods
no Soviet transport flights have been scheduled in the Ber-
lin air corri. ors for 3 Aril, The last. such..fli hts were made
on 29 March.
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munique on the crisis. on 1 April, threatening "a popular insur-
will undermine the stability of the Guido government. Argen-
tina announced on 2 April its decision to withdraw its diplomatic
.representation from Caracas--apparently as a result of Vene-
zuela's earlier. action to withdraw its diplomats to protest the
militaryis removal of Frondizi.
Although elements of Frondizi's Intransigent Radical Civic
Union (UCRI) are still demanding the return of Frondizi, the
party's national. committee continues to assert that the Guido
government is the best hope "for. restoring full sovereignty to
the people" and "avoiding a military dictatorship:'
The Peronista high command issued its first formal com-
*Argentina: The armed forces continue to press for a "na-
tional unity cabinet under President Guido as Frondizi's. con- 0
stitutional successor and have called for a political truce "aimed
at facilitating negotiations among all democratic elements:' They
are concerned that foreign criticism of their deposing Frondizi
activities outlawed.
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Guinea, France: The Guinean Government's release on
1 April of a French national who had been serving a long-
term sentence for involvement in the. alleged "plot" of April
. 1960 against the Tours regime was intended as an earnest of
Conakry's desire for better relations with France. The ac-
tion followed a, public declaration by President Tours on 20
March that Guinea was "modifying its line of conduct" to-
ward France in view of the Algerian cease-fire agreement.
A personal message to De Gaulle sent the same day, ex-
pressing Guinea's "satisfaction" with the agreement, brought
a response which, while restrained, was apparently well re-
ceived in Conakry. The official in charge of Guinean affairs
in the French Foreign Ministry indicated late last week that
Paris was now ready to respond promptly if the Guineans "do
more than make nice speeches.' The official indicated that
the continued imprisonment of the French national was the most
important initial consideration standing in the way of movement
toward an early rapprochement between the two countries.
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British Guiana .- East Germany ritish Guiana has pro-
visionally agreed to purchase agricultural processing equip-
ment, worth approximately $600,000, from an East Berlin.,
firm, according to a member of a Guianese trade mission which
recently returned from East Germany. This is the first such
transaction the Jagan government has concluded with any bloc
country. The terms are 20 percent cash, with the balance re-
payable in goods or cash within four years at not more than
4.5-percent interest. According to the trade mission member,
the East Germans offered to send technicians to British Guiana
and to train Guianese in East Germany. Although. London has
.indicated it would .veto a bloc loan, it will probably not oppose
.this kind of contract in view of British Guiana's difficult eco-
nomic situation
This move is a continuation of the East German regime's
efforts to expand its economic relations with Latin America a4
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Guinean- French Relations
Relations between Conakry and Paris have been at a
virtual impasse ever since the Marxist-oriented Toure' re-
gime, which gained internal power informer French Guinea
in 1957, opted for immediate independence by promoting a
"no" vote in the French constitutional referendum of Septem-
ber 1958. This decision, and particularly the manner in
which it was conveyed during De Gaulle?s visit to Conakry
in August 1958, affronted the French leader, who probably
appreciated even then that it would undercut his projected
Franco-African Community. On the Guinean side, great ani-
mosity toward France developed as a result of Paris' abrupt
withdrawal of aid and personnel immediately after the ref-
erendum and its efforts to influence other Western states
against Guinea. This atmosphere of mutual hostility has been
aggravated during the three ensuing years by Conakry?s habit
of making France the whipping boy for all its internal difficul-
ties while simultaneously leading the attacks made on Paris
in international forums by radical African nationalists. At
the same time, the Tours regime has subjected French busi-
ness interests in Guinea to intense pressures, frequently cul-
minating in nationalization.
There have been, from time to time, indications that rela-
tions between the two countries might be about to improve,
starting with the conclusion in January 1959 of protocols on
technical assistance,, cultural cooperation, and Guinea?s con-
tinued membership in the franc zone. However, these prelim-
inary agreements were never implemented and, except for the
conclusion in July 1961 of a loose cultural accord, subsequent
negotiations yielded no further agreements until. an air trans-
port convention was signed last month. As a result, a number
of unresolved issues have accumulated, especially in the. com-
mercial and financial sphere where relations have never been
even.formally normalized since Guinea's abrupt departure from
the French franc zone and issuance of its own currency in March
1960.
Tours?s overtures toward France at this time, despite his
regime's long-standing pessimism over the possibility of a
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rapprochement while De Gaulle retains power, appear to be
a reflection of Conakry's concern over Guinea's serious eco-
nomic problems and its new interest in seeking help from.the
West as well as the East. A Guinean economic delegation is
about to visit Washington and possibly other Western capitals
with a "shopping list" of development projects costing over
$350,000,000. To facilitate Western assistance the Guineans,
who have also recently made approaches to Western repre-
sentatives in Conakry for private foreign investment, applied
last month for membership in the International Monetary Fund
and World Bank.
While expressing the view that any real progress toward
settlement of outstanding Franco-Guinean financial questions
depended on a prior rapprochement between De Gaulle and
Tours, a French Finance Ministry offical indicated on 20 March
that he thought a "technical basis" existed for such a settlement.
The director of the African Affairs Section of the Foreign Min-
istry, on the other hand, recently reflected indifference to if
not outright disapproval of an early rapprochement. Question-
ing whether any basic change in Guinea's outlook had occurred--
he emphasized as evidence to the contrary the nationalization
in early March of two French freight companies--he expressed
the view that, in any case, the Guineans "should be brought
along slowly" because the present bad state of the Guinean econ-
omy provided a salutary lesson to other African countries, par-
ticularly Mali.
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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 Emergency Planning
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 Political 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
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