CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00975A010800130001-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 5, 2002
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: February 17, 1968
• Content Type: REPORT

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West Berlin: A student rally Sunday could lead to vio-
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Panama: Struggle to control election machinery dims.
outlook for peaceful election. (Page 8)
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West Berlin: An outdoor rally planned this Sun-
day y organizers of the anti- Vietnam Congress
could well lead to violence.
Congress sponsors, including the radical
Socialist German Student Federation, appear deter-
mined to test the newly expressed resolve of authori-
ties in Bonn and Berlin to keep student unrest in
bounds. Mayor Schuetz appears determined not to
back down or temporize, lest he suffer the fate of his
predecessor, who quit last fall after failing to cope
with the growing student problem.
Principal target for the Sunday demonstration is
the US headquarters complex in the southwest part of
the city. Rally leader Rudi Dutschke has urged parti-
cipants to wear raincoats and protective headgear and
to use flagstaffs and placards as weapons against the
police. Although the demonstrators may number more
than 5,000, the police should be able to prevent the
full impact of the demonstration from reaching the
headquarters area.
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Panama; A struggle for control of the election
machinery is dimming the prospects for a peaceful
election on 12 May.
Government candidate Samudio, faced with a
likely defeat at the polls by National Union candidate
Arnulfo Arias, appears determined. either to control
the electoral process at any cost or to postpone the
elections. The struggle is centered on authority
within the key electoral tribunal, which now favors
Arias.
Samudio scored a tactical victory in getting
National Guard Commandant Vallarino to reinstall a
Samudio supporter as head of the tribunal's documen-
tation office. For their part, Arias' followers are
now considering a special session of the National As-
sembly to impeach President Robles for electoral
misconduct. Arias says he hopes to work out a legal
solution. He warns that if the government moves to
postpone the elections he will use his majority in the
assembly to replace Robles with FYrst Vice President
Del Valle, an Arias supporter.
The current conflict could erupt into violence.
and put Vallarino in a difficult position. He has tried
to remain neutral, but he has been under pressure
within and outside the Guard to support Samudio.
Violence in the streets could force Vallarino to side
with the government or, as a last resort intervene
and take over himself.
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