CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00975A014800070002-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 5, 2004
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: October 24, 1969
• Content Type: REPORT

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DIRECTORATE OF
INTELLIGENCE
Central Intelligence Bulletin
State Department review completed
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Central Intelligence Bulletin
CONTENTS
Ecuador: Velasco is under pressure to assume dicta-
torial powers. (Page 6)
Bolivia: Ovando faltering (Page 8)
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Ecuador: President Velasco is under increasing
pressure to assume dictatorial powers.
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Such action has led to his downfall on three
previous occasions, and Velasco may decide that he
can ride out the current crisis without resorting
to extraconstitutional measures. His determination
to use force to limit disorders appears to have
tempered student agitation for the moment, and he
may shake up his cabinet in an effort to demonstrate
his determination to improve the situation.
24 Oct 69 Central Intelligence Bulletin
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Bolivia: President Ovando no longer appears to
be the controlling influence in his own government.
The US ambassador describes Ovando as "tired, dis-
couraged, tattered and torn, without confidence,"
and as conveying the impression that "he was no
longer the master of his own ship." In a conversa-
tion with the ambassador on Wednesday, Ovando was
noncommittal on every question raised and gave the
appearance of a man unable to redeem even the few
commitments he had made. It appears that the
leftist and extremely nationalistic civilians Ovando
appointed to the cabinet have taken the initiative
and are now directing the government's actions.
[This deteriorating situation is beginning to spur
rumors of a countercoup by disenchanted army of-
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