CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Page Count: 13
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 6, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 13, 1967
• Content Type: REPORT

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DIRECTORATE OF
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Central Intelligence Bulletin
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13 December 1967
Central Intelligence Bulletin
CONTENTS
Cyprus: Troop withdrawals and "normalization"
forts may bring new trouble. (Page 3)
Communist China: The grain harvest has probably
been good, but food collection and distribution re-
main a problem. (Page 6)
Dahomey: President Soglo has set off a major inter-
nal crisis. (Page 7)
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Cyprus- New trouble may develop as efforts get
under way to carry out troop withdrawals and to
"normalize" relations between the Greek and Turkish
communities.
The troop withdrawal problem involves a difference
in interpretation of key provisions of the agreement of
3 December which ended the immediate threat of
Turkish military intervention on Cyprus. Athens is
withdrawing the unauthorized Greek troops from the
island, but is hedging on the question of Greek officers
and noncommissioned officers assigned to the Greek
Cypriot National Guard.
The Turks insist that all Greek military personnel
in excess of the Greek contingent authorized by the
1960 London- Zurich agreements must leave the island.
The problem is complicated because estimates vary
widely on the number of Greeks serving with the Na-
tional Guard and on the Turkish military personnel in-
tegrated into the Turkish Cypriot "fighters" organiza-
tions.
Cypriot President Makarios has pushed for the
withdrawal of all non-Cypriot troops, except for the
UN force, including the Greek officers with the guard
and the legal Greek and Turkish contingents.
On Cyprus, Makarios' normalization program ap-
pears to be getting off to a slow start. The Greek
Cypriots have offered to withdraw elements of the Na-
tional Guard from advance positions and to abandon
several forward military posts if the Turkish Cypriots
agree to abandon their "first line" of defense in the
southern city of Larnaca. This has been a particular
sore point for the Greeks. These moves would then
lead to a broader normalization program to include
Nicosia and the northern Turkish enclave of Kokkina.
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The initial Turkish Cypriot reaction was negative,
but the real decision is up to Ankara. If this limited
normalization effort fails, the US Embassy in Nicosia
believes a broader UN- sponsored pacification program
would appear to have little chance.
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Communist China: The grain harvest has probably
been good this year, but there are serious problems in
collection and distribution of food.
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According to Hsieh Fu-chih, a high official in the
Cultural Revolution, 1967 grain output was nine to 10.5
million tons over 1966 and "better" than 1957, the year
before the disastrous Great Leap Forward. Chou En-
lai has recently claimed that 1967 grain production ex-
ceeded 1966 by five to six percent.
It is probable that the harvest in 1967 was larger
than in 1966, given the generally favorable weather
conditions this year. The most serious current problem,
however, is not the size of the harvest, but government,
collection and transport of grain.
Disruptions in the transport system, especially
the railroads, are again on the increase following a
period of comparative calm. In addition, the weakening
of the control apparatus, virtually dismantled in some
localities, and the persistent unsettled conditions
throughout the countryside have probably made it pos-
sible for peasants in many areas to keep more than
normal amounts of grain for themselves. In fact, it
appears very unlikely that the government will succeed
in securing the share of grain it would normally have
obtained.
The Chinese have just concluded a contract to purchase
two million tons of wheat from Canada for delivery next
year. Negotiations are also under way with France and
This year Peking is again buying grain from abroad.
probably will soon begin with Australia.
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Dahomey: [President Soglo has precipitated a
major internal crisis within the shaky regime.]
[By a decree on 11 December General Soglo arro-
gated to himself direct control of the gendarmerie and
the power to make military appointments. Both powers
previously were held by the politically important army
chief of staff, Colonel Alley.
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This latest flare-up coincides with a partially ef-
fective general strike that began on 11 December.
Fifteen labor leaders have been arrested. Other union
leaders have vowed to continue the strike until the
jailed leaders are released and the ban on labor activity
is lifted. The government, despite the current crisis,
seems determined to crush the strike, by force if
necessary. The unions are protesting a 25 percent
"solidarity tax" and other austerity measures levied
more than a year ago.]
LT he government crisis has already begun to widen
a regional split among army officers, and several
civilian cabinet members appear ready to resign if
Soglo does not rescind his decree. 7
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