CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: CREST
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• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 23, 2002
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 5, 1968
• Content Type: REPORT

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Central Intelligence Bulletin
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Panama: :Last-minute compromise may be collaps-
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Egypt: Nasir is concerned over antigovernment
aspects of recent demonstrations. (Page 6)
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Albania: Party purge (Page 7)
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*Panama, The National Assembly has adjourned to
permit a special commission to investigate charges
brought against President Robles.
opposition leader Arnulfo Arias is determined to
have it do so as quickly as possible- -perhaps even today.
Arias has warned that his supporters in the Assem-
bly will impeach Robles if the President fails to imple-
ment his part of an electoral bargain struck early Monday.
According to the disputed agreement arranged at
the urging of National Guard Commandant Vallarino,
Robles agreed to appoint a "nonpartisan" cabinet and
amend the electoral code. Robles also agreed to the ap-
pointment of a new electoral tribunal. For its part, Arias'
National Union (NU) promised to drop the impeachment
charges following a perfunctory session of the assembly.
The assembly met briefly late yesterday to hear the
impeachment charges and then recessed--ostensibly to
permit the deputies to discuss selection of the investigat-
ing commission. In fact, both sides were waiting for
some evidence of the other's good faith. Meanwhile,
Arias warned that unless Robles soon appointed a new
cabinet, his NU deputies would press the impeachment.
There were no incidents yesterday even though an
estimated 7,000 Robles and Arias partisans crowded into
the assembly plaza, kept in check by Vallarino's Guard.
The crowds are likely to gather again today. Their pres-
ence could lead to violence- -particularly if the assembly
debate becomes acrimonious seems likely to do.
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The adjournment, announced after a series of 30
to 12 votes which showed the strength of Robles' oppo-
sition, came as a last- minute compromise negotiated
yesterday to resolve the crisis, threatened to collapse.
The commission has 10 days in which to report
back to the Assembly.
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Egypt: Nasir's speech to a workers' rally on 3
March points up his deep concern over the antigovern-
ment aspects of recent demonstrations in Egypt.
In his long address, Nasir went to some lengths to
minimize the seriousness of the demonstrations, and
to put the blame for inciting them on "counterrevolu-
tionary elements." Nasir maintained that press reports
of the scale of the riots were greatly exaggerated,
giving the impression that they were more serious than
they actually were. He also stressed that the use of
force by the police to quell the disturbances resulted
from a misunderstanding, since the police had been
explicitly instructed to employ force sparingly.
Nasir attempted to assure his fellow Egyptians that
normal protests are healthy for the country. He also
insisted that "counterrevolutionary elements" had in-
filtrated the recent demonstrations and. had given them
their antigovernment character. While Nasir did not
specifically identify the "reactionaries," he charged
that they were opportunistic old "feudal" elements and
"imperialist lackeys."
Nasir's brief mention of the Israeli "problem"
near the end of the speech consisted of his usual vow
to regain the occupied territories, an obvious effort
to bolster his regime in the eyes of the people.
Nasir's explanations are not likely to alleviate
current unrest among the Egyptians
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Albania: An Albanian official has admitted publicly
that a purge of party dissidents is under way, So far,
low-level officials in only one district have been ex-
pelled. The official warned, however, that others
have not lived up to the regime's expectations. The
three top party and government officials have not been
observed in public since early February--an unusually
long absence which suggests problems at the national
level. Recent rumors of dissent within the hierarchy
are unconfirmed., but dissatisfaction with Albania's
continued rigid alliance with Peking almost certainly
exists,
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