CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: April 30, 1968
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CONTENTS
Europe: There may be serious disorders on May Day
in several countries. (Page 3)
Hungary: Premier rock has expressed his satisfac-
tion with general trends in Czechoslovakia.
(Page 5)
Jordan: Cabinet shifts reflect difficulties over
Israeli raids. (Page 6)
India: The Kashmir state government is threatened
by Urscord among top Congress Party leaders.
(Page 7)
India: Steel Minister Reddy has resigned from the
Cabinet. (Page 8)
Singapore: The government plans a state company
to control the growing trade with Communist
countries. (Page 9)
Uruguay: Instability highlighted by cabinet
changes and new devaluation. (Page 10)
Tanzania-USSR: More modern arms (Page 11)
North Korea: Military upgraded (Page 11)
? Congo (Kinshasa): Overtures from Eastern Europe
(Page 11)
Venezuela: Guerrilla defeat (Page 12)
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Europe: There may be disorders, some serious,
during May Day observations in several European
countries.
In West Germany, radical student groups and -
Communists are expected to attempt to organize ral-
lies and other ceremonies in a number of cities.
West Berlin, leftist student groups are planning
demonstrations and have the support of the Commu-
nists, who have appointe a special coordinator for
the May Day "happening."
Serious trouble may result if West Berlin stu-
dents persist in their plans to stage a sit-down
blocking the autobahn between checkpoint Bravo and
the West Berlin city limits.
In France, the Communist-dominated General Con-
federation of Labor has scheduled the first large-
scale May Da demonstration in the Paris region
since 1954. LTn Spain, the illegal workers' commis-
sions, supported by other oppositionist labor
groups and the Communist Party, plan demonstrations
against the regime throughout the nation. The
Spanish security forces plan preventive arrests of
leadersj In the UK, various elements are planning
to demonstrate for and against Conservative Enoch
Powell, who has led the opposition to the govern-
ment antidiscrimination bill.
In most smaller countries of Western Europe the
usual rival May Day parades and rallies will be or-
ganized by the Social Democrats and the Communists.
Most of these rallies will be under the effective
control of local labor and Social Democratic party
organizations. Vienna may be an exception because
extremists are expected to try to turn the celebra-
tions into an anti-US demonstration.
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In Poland, students reportedly plan to use of-
ficial celebrations on I May as a backdrop for re-
sumed antiregime demonstrations. By raising eco-
nomic issues, they hope to obtain worker support
which they did not receive during the disturbances
in March. Any new violence would probably play into
the hands of the hard-line party faction, which
would like to increase the intensity of the current
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Hungary: Hungarian Premier Jeno Fock has ex-
pressed his satisfaction with general trends in
Czechoslovakia.
In an interview broadcast immediately following
one by Czechoslovak Premier Oldrich Cernik on 24
April, Fock said that developments in Czechoslovakia
"will provide an answer to countless problems and
questions...alive in Hungarian public life." This
is the first public statement by a Hungarian leader
that the changes in Czechoslovakia might be appli-
cable to Hungary.
A few days earlier party boss Kadar made a pol-
icy speech which carried no such implications. The
difference in tone does not, however, indicate in-
ternal disagreement but rather a more relaxed at-
titude toward the Czechoslovak reforms by the Hun-
garian regime.
Fock discussed several other current topics.
He praised the implementation of the economic re-
forms, but warned that management was being too
cautious in using its new authority. Fock also
touched on the delicate problem of the reforms' ef-
fect on cooperation within CEMA, saying that the
Hungarians must not be overly insistent on using
their new economic system as the basis for such co-
operation.
Fock reviewed his recent trip to France and
characterized it again as a "turning poirit" in
French-Hungarian relations. Although he mentioned
a divergence of views on the German problem--espe-
cially regarding the Federal Republic--Fock claimed
that French relations could be termed "particularly
good." No mention was made of his failure to ob-
tain an agreement which would correct Hungary's
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Jordan: The cabinet reshuffle announced in
Amman last week reflects in part the internal dif-
ficulties growing out of Israeli reprisals.
One of the four ministers removed from the cab-
inet was Minister of Interior Hasan al-Kayyid, who
had alienated Prime Minister Talhouni by failing to
clear a statement attacking the Arab terrorists. The
US Embassy discounts speculation that Jordan is
adopting a softer policy toward the terrorists.
Nonetheless, Kayyid's disputed statement in February
and his removal now following stepped-up Israeli at-
tacks suggest how hazardous it has become for the
government publicly to oppose terrorism in the face
of Israel's reprisals.
The principal result of the shakeup has been
to increase Talhouni's control over the government.
He has accomplished this by removing, in addition
to personal antagonists such as Kayyid, such "dead-
wood" as figurehead Minister of Defense Field Mar-
shal Habis al-Majali. The net reduction in the
size of the cabinet is an objective Talhouni and
King Husavn have shared, for some time.
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India: Oiscord among top Congress Party lead-
ers in Kashmir may lead to increased difficulties
for the state's ruling Congress Partyll
[The unpopular Congress regime reportedly is
threatened by a growing rift between chief minis-
ter G. M. Sadiq and a group led by state party
president Mir Qasim and finance minister D. P. Dhar.
This triumverate has dominated Congress Party poli-
tics in Kashmir since the Sadiq government came to
power in early 1964.]
Congress Party leaders in New Delhi may inter-
vene before an open split occurs, but Sadiq could
well be a casualty in such an operation. Regard-
less of the outcome, Congress rule is likely to be
further discredited at a time when opposition
leader Sheikh Abdullah, recently released from
detention in New Delhi, is re-establishing his cre-
dentials as the overwhelming favorite of Kashmir's
Muslim majority.
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India: Steel Minister Chenna Reddy resigned
from the cabinet on 27 April. He had reportedly
been under pressure from Prime Minister Indira
Gandhi to leave since his election to the state
assembly last year was voided by an Andhra Pradesh
state high court because of "corrupt practices."
The cabinet vacancy provides a good opportu-
nity for the broad shuffle of portfolios that has
long been rumored. There are no indications of
what changes will ensue, but Mrs. Gandhi may want
to give up the foreign affairs responsibilities
she assumed after M.C. Chagla resigned from the
cabinet last fall.
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Singapore: The government plans to set up
a state trading company to control the growing
trade with Communist countries, especially Com-
munist China.
The move, according to Finance Minister Goh,
reflects Singapore's fear that this trade could
serve as a channel to finance subversion. It also
probably reflects government sensitivity to Indo-
nesian suspicions that the Chinese Communists are
using this trade to support subversion in Singa-
pore and elsewhere.
In an effort to minimize criticism expected
from private traders, who now deal directly with
Communist countries, Singapore probably will offer
the business community a 49-percent share in the
proposed company.
Trade with Communist China, Singapore's larg-
est Communist trading partner, increased sharply
in 1967, making China Singapore's third largest
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Uru ua : Chronic political and economic in-
stability is highlighted by a new cabinet crisis
and the fifth devaluation in little over a year.
The crisis began on 26 April with the senate's
censure of pro-US Foreign Minister Hector Luisi on
a political issue. Luisi promptly resigned. Then
Senator Ferreira of the opposition Blanco Party
precipitated the resignation of Labor Minister
Guzman Acosta y Lara by charging that he misused
his position for private gain. The nine remaining
ministers also resigned in order to give the Pres-
ident a free hand in restructuring the cabinet.
Pacheco accepted their resignations but asked them
to stay on at least temporarily.
Pacheco reorganized his cabinet and top eco-
nomic offices only last month. His aim was to in-
clude representatives of all factions of the di-
vided Colorado Party in the hope of obtaining leg-
islative support for his economic austerity program.
Pacheco has stated publicly that he may now
reorganize his cabinet along nonpartisan lines.
So far, he has given every indication that he in-
tends to pursue his current economic and stabiliza-
tion policies.
On 29 April Uruguay devalued the peso from
200 to the dollar to 250. It was 99 to the dollar
last November. /
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Tanzania-USSR: A delegation of senior Tan-
zanian military officers, visiting Moscow for the
May Day celebrations, may be seeking more modern
military equipment. There has been increasing talk
at army headquarters in recent weeks about acquir-
ing fighter aircraft to counter the "threat" posed
by the Portuguese and Rhodesian air forces. Dar es
Salaam discussed the availability of jet fighters
with both Moscow and Peking about a year ago. Pe-
king has supplied the bulk of Tanzania's military
equipent to date and has usually offered the best
terms.
North Korea: Military and national security
officials have apparently been raised to more im-
portant positions in the North Korean leadership.
The listing of leaders attending the Supreme Peo-
ples Assembly on 25 April indicates the promotion
of General Choe Hyon, Foreign Minister Pak Song-
chol, and Defense Minister Kim Chang-pong over the
heads of other senior officials to the 5th, 6th,
and 7th ranking positions in the hierarchy. Choe,
who is closely associated with the training and
dispatch of guerrillas against the South, was pre-
viously in 9th position. Kim, who has been defense
minister since 1962, was 10th and,Pak 11th.
Congo (Kinshasa): Several Eastern European
countries, most recently Czechoslovakia, are in-
terested in developing trade &nd investment tiesj
with the Congo. Kinshasa has welcomed these over-
tures, mainly to enhance its neutralist image. It
is doubtful, however, that trade will increase sig-
nificantly or that much in the way of aid(br invest-
mentpill be forthcoming. Some Eastern European
countries are offering technicians, but on the
condition that the Congo pay their salaries and
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Venezuela: Government officials have confirmed
reports of another clash with an element of Douglas
Bravo's guerrilla band on 23 April. Three guerril-
las and one soldier were killed in the firefight
near the coastal town of Zazarida in Falcon state.
On 17 April government forces killed or wounded 14
guerrillas in neighboring Yaracuy state.
The government claims that its troops are in
hot pursuit of the guerrillas and that there may
be further encounters. The military, however, will
be hampered by shortages of ammunition and weapons
in the units assigned to ferret out the guerrillas.
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