CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00975A008900160001-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 11
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 5, 2002
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 14, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

p oved For Rel~e 2002/10/22 : CIA-RDP79T00975A00160001-6
TOP'S~ECRET 14 April 1966
25X1
25X1
Copy No. C 15 6
25X1
GROUP 1
EXCLUDED FROM AUTOMATIC DOWNGRADING
AND D
CENTRAL
INTELLIGENCE
BULLETIN
CURRENT INTELLIGENCE
RELATING TO NATIONAL SECURITY
ECLApproved For Release 2002/10/22 : CIA-RDP79T00975A00~ F,)6 -gR ET I OW
 25X1 Approved For Release 2002/10/22 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO08900160001-6
Approved For Release 2002/10/22 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO08900160001-6
 Approved For F flease 2002/10/22 CIA-RDP79T00975A00890rfl60001-6
25X1
14 April1966
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
CONTENTS -
2. West Germany: German reaction confirms
Bonn's continuing sensitivity to US troop reduc-
tion in Europe. (Page 4)
4. Afghanistan: A period of considerable political
instability may lie ahead. (Page 6)
5. Notes: Poland; Iraq. (Page 7)
Aooroved F:)r Release 2002/10/22 : CIA-RDP79TOO975AO08E 00160001-6 25X1M
M1
 Approved For Release 2002/10/22 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO08900160001-6
Next 3 Page(s) In Document Exempt
Approved For Release 2002/10/22 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO08900160001-6
 Approved For Release 2002/10/22 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO089001 0001-6
25X1
P
West Germany: he German reaction to the re-
cently announced temporary reduction of US forces
in Europe confirms that Bonn continues to be sensi-
tive on this subject)
[Officials in the West German Foreign Ministry
were critical of the lack of prior detailed consultation
and said that the announcement at this particular time
has had an especially unfavorable psychological effect.
They seemed to fear that ultimately the withdrawal of
considerably more than 15, 000 specialists is involved
and that the combat effectiveness of the US forces in
Germany may be impaired
The sensitivity exhibited by the government is
the prevailing, though. not the only, attitude among
influential Germans.
14 Apr 66
Keiease zuu iiui< : L;iH-rcuriy i UU I MUUt I
0160001-6
`v'
 Approved For Release 2002/10/22 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO08900160001-6
Approved For Release 2002/10/22 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO08900160001-6
 Approved For elease 2002/10/22 : CIA-RDP79T00975A00890 160001-6
25X1
Afghanistan: Afghanistan may be entering a
period of considerable political instability,
Members of the lower house of parliament,
which reconvened on 10 April after a three-month
recess, have launched a bitter attack on the govern-
ment's handling of domestic and foreign affairs. Dep-
uties representing the entire political spectrum joined
in denouncing Premier Maiwandwal's five-month-old
cabinet.
The major attack was aimed at the prime min-
ister's alleged failure to consult parliament. On 11
April, the deputies voted by a large majority to de-
clare "null and void" a recent royal decree appoint-
ing the communications minister as minister for
parliamentary liaison between the cabinet and the
lower house. The deputies maintain that the prime
minister alone is responsible for this liaison.
This unprecedented nullification of such a decree
is the latest evidence that Afghanistan's first demo-
cratically elected parliament intends again to assert
its prerogatives. When it initially convened last fall,
the deputies' criticism and public demonstrations
caused the collapse of the Yusuf government.
Maiwandwal probably will manage to ride out
the present storm. However, government efforts to
suppress publication of news of the parliamentary
criticism may have an adverse effect on the public.
minister au , whose ouster former prime 25X1
g in 1963 paved
the way for
oliti
p
cal, reforms is
port 9 gaining popular sup-
, particularly among students reportedly disen
chanted with the slow pace of Afghan democracy
25X1
 Approved For F elease 2002/10/22 CIA-RDP79TOO975AO08900160 01-6
I ing violently to the longir church-state struggle.
25X1
have combined to keep the Polish public from respond-
NOTES
Poland: The regime's decision to hold major
observances of the state millenium in competitionwith
the Roman Catholic celebrations of the;millenium of
Christianity in, Poland could result in popular disturb-
ances this weekend. Several regime leaders as well
as army units are slated to participate in mass "pa-
triotic" rallies on 16 and 17 April in Poznan and
Gniezno, both ancient Polish capitals, where Cardinal
Wyszynski and 68 bishops plan to initiate the church's
millenium celebrations from 14 to 16 April. The
proximity of the two gatherings in an atmosphere emo-
tionally charged by the regime's steps'to bar Pope
Paul and foreign prelates from the main religious ob-
servances in early May could easily spark a demon-
stration. So far, the regime's carefully executed
moves and WyszynskIIs relatively teMDerate stand
14 Apr 66
1111ell
 wRelease 2002/10/22 :CIA-RDP79T00975A00890JI-
*Iraq: The death of President Arif in a plane
crash in Iraq last night seems certain to inaugurate
a period of prolonged instability. Arif's prestige
and skill at political maneuver had enabled him to
maintain a precarious balance between rival nation-
alist groups in Iraq since the overthrow of Qasim in
February 1963. Thus his departure will encourage
each of these groups to try and seize power for itself.
Prime Minister Bazzaz has temporarily assumed
office as president, but his prospects for maintaining
stability for very long appear slim especially in view
of the recent maneuvering between factions 'thin the
regime for control of key army positions,
25X1
25X1
141
14 Apr 66
A roved F r Release 2002/10/22: CIA-RDP79T00975AO0890
mom "'MEN
25X1
~60101 1-
 Approved For Ruse 2002/10/22 : CIA-RDP79T0075A900160001-6
THE PRESIDENT
The Vice President
Executive Offices of the White House
Special Counsel to the President
The Special Assistant for National Security Affairs
The Scientific Adviser to the President
The Director of the Budget
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 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
Commander in Chief, Atlantic
The Director, Defense Intelligence Agency
The Director, 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
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The Administrator
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
25X1
Approved For Release12002/10/22 : CIA-RDP79T00975A008900160001-6
25X1-
 Approved For Relge 200W1 : 1jLTg9975AOW0160001-6
Approved For ReleasTQU2/1618:(ZIR )-79T00975A008900160001-6