CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 27, 2002
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 26, 1968
• Content Type: REPORT

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DIRECTORATE 'OF
INTELLIGENCE
Central Intelligence Bulletin
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26 January 1968
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Central Intelligence Bulletin
CONTENTS
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Egypt: Survey operations, prior to clearing the
Suez Canal, are set to begin tomorrow. (Page 7)
Brazil: Military alert (Page 8)
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Egypt: Egyptian operations, aimed at eventually
releasing the 15 cargo ships trapped in the Suez Canal
since last June, are scheduled to begin tomorrow.)
[An initial survey, using echo- sounding equipment
along the entire canal, is expected to take about a week.
After this the Egyptians plan to send divers down to
inspect sunken obstacles south of Ismailia. It may
take over two months actually to remove the trapped
ships,
Although Egypt has maintained that Israel's
agreement was not necessary in order to begin the re-
moval work and the Egyptians reject the idea of any
direct contact.
[The issue may not be completely resolved, how-
ever, and the situation along the canal is still dangerous.
Egypt apparently plans to carry out some exploratory
work in the northern section of the canal, while
Israel's "consent" appears to relate only to activities
in the southern portion. Although Israel might hesitate
to use force to stop useful, nonmilitary activities in
the canal, some kind of military clash is possible;?
[Even if the survey operation goes without incident,
no significant improvement in the atmosphere is
likely, and the canal probably will remain closed to
commercial traffic for some time.
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*Brazil: The Brazilian mi i ary, at eas intne
alert. The reason for this is not clear but it could re-
flect an attempt to pressure President Costa E Silva to
crack down on politicians who are attempting to stir up
the populace, particularly the fiery Carlos Lacerda.
Some hard line military men- .mainly Army colonels--
are known to be dissatisfied with Costa E Silva's lack of
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but there has been no previous indication that they
have had widespread military backing.
vital sp n part of the country, reportedly are on
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