CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: April 10, 1964
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Brazil: Military leaders have issued strong anti-
Communist decree. (Page 1)
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Cyprus: Turkey determined to keep troops on
Nicosia-Kyrenia road and may go to UN. (Page 3)
South Vietnam: Viet Cong maintaining heavy
pressure on Saigon regime. (Page 5)
Chile: Christian Democrat presidential candi-
date Frei optimistic over his prospects, (Page 6)
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Gabon: New violence likely following elections
on 12 April.. (Page 8)
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Communist China - International: Peiping at-
tempting to en sure its domination of planned sec-
ond Afro-Asian conference. (Page 10)
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Notes: British Guiana;
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*Brazil: Military leaders of the revolt which.over-
threw--UFe-Goulart regime last week have issued a strong
decree aimed at removing Communists and other sub-
versives from the government and armed forces.
War Minister Costa e Silva yesterday announced
the signing of an "institutional act" which suspends.
certain constitutional guarantees. It also grants au-
thority to remove the immunity of congressmen and
to set aside the tenure of judges and professors,
thereby opening the way for possible prosecutions
under national security laws.
Congressional leaders had been consulted re-
garding the new decree, but the military appear to
have assumed complete authority in the matter. Al-
though a majority of the legislators seems to be in
favor of revoking the mandates of ten or twelve dep-
uties who are clearly implicated in subversive ac-
tivities., they fear that such sweeping powers may be
used indiscriminately.
The election of a president to serve out the re-
mainder of Goulart's term and a vice-president is
expected within the next day or two. General Castello
Branco is still considered the likely choice for the
presidency, although support has been growing for
the election of General Amaury Kruel, commander
of the Second Army.
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A conservative congressman close to the interim
regime has expressed the opinion to the US Embassy
that relations with the USSR would continue, but that
the number of Soviet officials in Brazil would be
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Cyprus: Turkey remains determined to keep its
troops stationed along the important Nicosia-Kyrenia
road despite threats of military or political action by
the Greek Cypriots.
Makarios has threatened to refer the problem of
the Turkish regiment to the UN Security Council, and
has also announced that the regiment's supplies and
water will be cut off.
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have emphasized that Turkey will react automatically
to any Greek Cypriot attempt to oust the Turkish con-
tingent from the road.
The US Embassy notes that Turkey is making a
clear distinction between its right to intervene on be-
half of the Turkish Cypriots and its obligation to re-
act immediately to any attack against Turkish troops.
A Turkish representative at UN headquarters
has informed US officials that his government is
"strongly inclined" to call for another urgent Security
Council meeting on Cyprus,
He said the reasons for the Turkish action are.
Makarios' abrogation of the Treaty of Alliance on 4
April, the threat to cut off water and supplies for the
Turkish contingent, alleged agreement between the
UN peace-keeping force commander and Makarios to
disarm all Cypriots except the Greek Cypriot.police,
general deterioration of the situation on Cyprus, and
a desire to get ahead of the Greek Cypriots who have
also announced plans to go to the Security Council.
Most high Greek officials reportedly are opposed
to the return to Cyprus of former underground leader
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Communists, left-wing sympathizers, and some
pro-Makarios newspapers on the island are alleging
that the Western powers are supporting the movement,
They probably see this line as a means of combating
the current wave of popular support for union with
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South Vietnam: The Viet Cong are maintaining
heavy pressure on the Saigon regime.
The Viet Cong raid on a military training center
15 miles south of Saigon on 8 April was the third ma-
jor attack on a government post in the Mekong Delta
this month. Initial reports state that the government
forces suffered heavy losses of personnel and equip-
ment, A government battalion is reported to have
been ambushed in the delta yesterday.
Since early March, the Viet Cong have instigated
over 400 incidents per week, compared with weekly
averages of 363 and 343 in 1962 and 1963 respectively.
Terrorism- -largely harassing fire on hamlets and
outposts- -accounts for 70 percent of the incidents
this year.
Viet Cong political activity is also substantial.
Guerrilla forces in the northern coastal province of
Quang Ngai have increasingly assumed the role of a
"de facto" government. On many occasions, small
Viet Cong teams have entered government hamlets,
"eliminated" local officials, and issued their own
directives to the people.
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Chile: Christian Democrat presidential hopeful
Eduardo Frei has expressed considerable optimism
over his prospects in the reconstituted three-way
Chilean presidential race.
His confidence, apparently influenced by his
strong showing in public opinion polls taken some
weeks ago, may no longer be fully justified. Although
the resumed candidacy of Radical Party (PR) Senator
Duran is preferable to PR endorsement of Communist-
Socialist candidate Allende, its effect on democratic
prospects in the September election is still somewhat
uncertain.
In contrast to Frei?s enthusiasm, leaders of the
Radical Youth organization last week again cautioned
US Embassy officers in Santiago that Duran would
hold only 40 percent of the PR hard core- -votes which
otherwise would go to Frei--while in their view 60
percent would vote for Allende.
Furthermore, although Liberal and Conservative
party leaders are swinging into the Frei camp, some
of their followers may prefer Duran,, thus adding to
the potential division of the non-Communist, non-
Socialist vote. Traditional Liberal and Conservative
strength has also been eroded by Communist inroads
among farm workers.
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Gabo : Wew violence is likely in Gabon immedi-
ately after, if not during legislative elections to be
held 12 April, despite the continued presence of
French troops
Epresident Ma, with French help, will rig the
election results, although Adba's candidates conceiv-
ably could win legally because of divisions in the op-
position. Announcement of the results will probably
ignite explosive sentiments against Ma and the
French which have built up in Gabon since jftals res-
toration by the French Army in February.
Emle chief of the French aid mission in Gabon,
who maintains that his views are those of his govern-
ment, has told. a US Embassy officer that Ma would
be on his own after the elections. The French offi-
cial said the withdrawal of French Army support
would be intended to force Ma to compromise with
his opponents - -somet4ing Ma has thus far shown
no willingness to do-]
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It is unlikely that Wa's principal opponents
Mo6t of whom are in prison, would now accept any-
thing short of his ouster. The embassy believes
antigovernment sentiment now is so strong that a
will be forced to go "sooner rather than later."
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Communist China - International: The Chinese
Communists are attempting to ensure their domina-
tion of the second Afro-Asian conference, to be held
later this year, by sending a high-level delegation
to its preparatory meeting.
This meeting is to be held in Bandung from 10
to 14 April. Foreign Minister Chen Yi left Peiping
on 9 April to head the Chinese delegation already on
the scene.
The Chinese have consistently supported the con-
ference as a rival to the forthcoming conference of
nonaligned nations pushed by Tito and Nasir? *The
Indonesians had appeared reluctant to invite the
Chinese to the preparatory meeting, probably because
they hoped to dominate the conference themselves,
but flagging Afro-Asian interest in the conference
may have triggered the invitation to Peiping.
Neither the USSR nor any of the Soviet bloc states
has been invited to the preparatory conference nor
are the likely-to attend the full conferences
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British Guiana: [The renewal of violence and
agitation in the last few days by the pro-Jagan Guiana
Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU) in connection
with the two-month-old sugar strike may indicate
that GAWU is fearful of losing its battle to displace
the anti-Jagan Abnpower Citizens Association (MPCA)
as sole bargaining agent for the sugar workers. The
MPCA, which is now officially authorized to form
vigilante groups, is threatenin reprisals and further
violence seems probable.
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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIM TES
The United States Intelligence B rd approved
the following national intelligence timates on 8 April
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NIE 36-64: "Abin Trenodin the Arab Wor d."
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