CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Page Count: 13
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 30, 2003
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: June 2, 1969
• Content Type: REPORT

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DIRECTORATE OF
INTELLIGENCE
Central Intelligence Bulletin
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2 June 1969
State Dept. review completed
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CONTENTS
France: The election returns give Pompidou cause
for renewed optimism. (Page 2)
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Latin America: Venezuela's request that the Rocke-
el er mission be postponed will probably encourage
other governments to follow suit. (Page 4)
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Finland: Negotiations between the liberal and con-
servative wings of the Finnish Communist Party have
led to no significant concessions. (Page 7)
Congo (Kinshasa): Rumors of mercenary operations
(Page 11)
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C France: Yesterday's election returns give the
Pompidou camp cause for renewed optimism.
Pompidou's remarkably strong 44 percent--three
percent above what the pollsters predicted and more
than De Gaulle himself received on the first ballot
in 1965--contrasts sharply with runner-up Poher's
low 23 percent and moderate Socialist Defferre's
humiliating five percent.
Poher's poor showing, along with the fact that
Communist candidate Duclos received over 21 percent,
will enable the Gaullists effectively to attack Poher
on the grounds that a second-ballot victory for him
would be absolutely dependent on Communist support.
Moreover, in order to win on the second ballot, Poher
would have to pick up not only all first-ballot Com-
munist and Socialist votes, but also some support
from those who voted for "new left" candidates
Rocard and Krivine. Thus, Poher's chances of winning
in the runoff on 15 June have now decreased.
Another important consequence of the election
will be to increase the leverage of the Communist
Party in its relations with the non-Communist left.
Duclos' trouncing of Defferre in the "election within
an election" will add strength to the argument that
without Communist support the left is not a viable
political force in France.
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Latin America: Venezuela's request that the
Rockefeller mission postpone today's visit will
probably encourage other governments to request
postponement or cancellation of visits scheduled
for later this month.
President Frei of Chile told the US ambassador
last week that he would receive the governor with
respect and dignity, but feared that Santiago would
have to be turned into an armed camp to deal with
demonstrations that could be the largest anti-US
manifestations in Chile in many years. Argentine
authorities may also request cancellation in view
of the recent trouble they have had with students.
Demonstrations and possibly some violence were
being planned by Venezuelan students and extremist
groups, but they probably would not have been any
more serious than those alread encountered by the
governor and his art .
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Finland: Negotiations between the liberal and
conservative wings of the Finnish Communist Party,
held at the urging of the Soviets,. have not resulted
in significant concessions by either side.
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The liberal wing, caught between Soviet pres-
sure and rank-and-file demands that the liberal
decisions of the 15th party congress be carried
out, has become demoralized. Instead of taking
any action on its own part, it is gambling on
conservative intransigence as the catalyst in fu-
ture party developments. Since the conservative
walkout from the party congress and the subsequent
factional conference in late April, the conserva-
tives have adhered to their position that remain-
ing in the party is tied to satisfaction of their
demands. The liberals, on the other hand, have
demanded an end to factionalism and a return to
party discipline.
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Congo (Kinshasa): The army has been placed on
an "indeinite alert as rumors continue to circu-
late that former mercenary leader Jean Schramme is
preparing new operations against the Kinshasa gov-
ernment. Schramme left Brussels in mid-April, and
his present whereabouts are unknown. Rumors that
he is in Angola are possibly being exploited by the
Portuguese to wage a war of nerves against the Con-
golese regime in hopes of forcing President Mobutu
to curb the activities of Congo-based Angolan insur-
gents. Mobutu's reaction thus far has been remark-
ably relaxed and low-key, but the edginess of army
units in Katanga over the rumors could result in
disorders.
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