CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: July 14, 1970
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No. 0167/70
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Central Intelligence Bulletin
CONTENTS
Cambodia: Fighting continues in the Kirirom area.
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USSR: Party congress set (Page 3)
Egypt-USSR: Discussions extended (Page 3)
Laos: Diplomatic initiative (Page 4)
Communist China - Tanzania - Zambia: Railway credit
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Chile-Cuba: Trade talks (Page 5)
Congo (B) - Congo (K): Ferry (Page 7)
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Cambodia: Fighting continues in the Kirirom
Phnom Penh has lost radio communication with
the government battalion defending the resort town
southwest of the Cambodian capital, and some uncon-
firmed press reports claim that the town has been
abandoned to the Communists. Two battalions of
Khmer Krom reinforcements, which were reported to
be making slow progress through the dense jungle
southwest of Kirirom, encountered enemy elements
some three miles from the center of the town. Ac-
cording to fragmentary reports, the Khmer Krom, sup-
ported by South Vietnamese gunships, inflicted heavy
losses on the Communists.
In the only other significant action, Communist
forces penetrated government defenses at the Lovek
ordnance depot in Kompong Chhnang Province. Counter-
attacking government troops apparently were able to
push the enemy out of the depot, however. Some
stocks of munitions reportedly are still stored at
Lovek, but most have been moved to Phnom Penh for
safekeeping.
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USSR: A decision was taken at yesterday's
central committee plenum to hold the long-overdue
24th Party Congress in March 1971. The leadership
previously had committed itself to holding the
congress in 1970,a commitment reiterated by party
chief Brezhnev as recently as 2 July. Difficulties
in working out the over-all guidelines for the
next five-year plan and other unresolved problems
probably account for the last minute decision to
postpone the congress. The plenum also announced
that Brezhnev and Premier Kosygin would give the
main reports at the congress, suggesting that Mos-
cow does not expect changes in the leadership at
this level, at least in the intervening period.
Egypt-USSR: Nasir's discussions in Moscow
with the Soviet leaders have been extended again,
suggesting that some differences have arisen, prob-
ably related, at least in part, to the recent US
diplomatic initiative. Full-scale meetings between
Nasir and Soviet leaders were scheduled to conclude
on 11 July, but another session has now been tenta-
tively set for tomorrow. Foreign Ministers Riad
and Gromyko met on 12 July in an unusual Sunday
session, and Cairo press reports indicate that
both political and military discussions at the
ministerial level will be resumed. Egypt's semi-
official newspaper al-Ahram has reported that
senior Egyptian officials ill stay in Moscow with
Nasir until his return to Cairo early next week.
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Laos: The Communists appear to be moving
ahead with a fresh diplomatic initiative. Prime
Minister Souvanna has been informed that Communist
leader Souphanouvong is sending a representative
to Vientiane to "examine the arrangements" for an
"eventual meeting" between the "interested parties.
The Communist representative will carry a letter
from Souphanouvong, evidently in response to Sou-
vanna's letter of late June proposing that talks
be held in Communist territory in Laos. The Lao
Communist initiative comes hard on the heels of
evidence that consultations involving the Soviets
and the Polish International Control Commission
representatives had been taking place in Hanoi in
early July.
Communist China - Tanzania - Zambia: The three
countries have signed 'a protocol calling for Peking
to provide slightly more than $400 million in credit
for the Tan-Zam railway, thereby clearing the way
for the start of construction. This is the largest
economic credit ever extended by China and is pro-
vided on very generous terms--interest free payment
to be spread over 30 years with a five-year grace
period. A second protocol approved the survey and
design of the railway. The number of Chinese tech-
nicians that will be granted entry into the two
African countries still may not have been deter-
mined--between 1,500 and 2,000 are estimated to be
there now. F_ I
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Chile-Cuba: Chilean officials' current
talks with a visiting Cuban trade delegation prob-
ably will lead to additional sales of Chilean
agricultural products to Cuba, now set at $11 mil-
lion for 1970-71. In addition, L_ I
the first Cuban sales under
the renewed commerce will be 6,500 tons of sugar,
to be sold to a leftist politician who is already
shipping wine to Havana. Although it sanctions
the trade, the Frei government is not trying to
make much political mileage with the left by
playing up the Cuban visit. The government seems
to be ignoring the fact that restoring trade with
Cuba adds a measure of respectability to Marxist
presidential candidate Salvador Allende, an active
and longtime Castro supporter.
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Congo (B) - Congo (K): Brazzaville and Kin-
shasa have taken a cautious first step toward im-
plementing the recently signed "Manifesto of Rec-
onciliation" by agreeing to resume weekly ferry
traffic between the two capitals beginning 16
July. Given the depth of mutual suspicion, how-
ever, little progress is likely to be made for
some time in fulfilling key provisions of the
manifesto, which calls for the re-establishment
of diplomatic ties and full commercial and com-
munications links. Moreover, neither government
is likely to comply fully with the manifesto's
requirement that each provide a list of resident
subversives from the other countr .
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