CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: August 25, 1970
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DIRECTORATE OF
INTELLIGENCE
Central Intelligence Bulletin
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25 August 1970
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No. 0203/70
25 August 1970
Central Intelligence Bulletin
CONTENTS
Cambodia: Sihanouk's exile government plans to start
operating soon in the "liberated areas." (Page 1)
Korea: President Pak's call for peaceful reunifica-
tion has struck a sensitive nerve in Pyongyang.
(Page 3)
Australia: Impending reforms in the Labor Party
should enhance its electoral chances. (Page 4)
USSR: The cholera outbreak apparently is causing
some shipping delays from Black Sea ports. (Page 5)
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CAMBODIA: Current Situation
Phnom*
Penh
Sdt 3
Rieng
KompangSomO
(Sihanoukville)
*Saigon
>
Princ-pal city (1 0,000 or over)
Population over 125 per sq. mi.
Communist-controlled area
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Cambodia: Sihanouk's exile government claims
it plans start operating soon in the "liberated
areas" of Cambodia.
According to a communique broadcast over radio
Hanoi on 24 August, the "government's" central com-
mittee has decided to move a number of ministries
from Peking into Cambodia on a gradual basis. Si-
hanouk's "ministers" of national defense, interior,
and information are alleged to be already in Cambo-
dia, and their responsibilities, however nominal,
may be the first ones to be transferred to the new
locale.
In a lengthy broadcast last week, Sihanouk re-
iterated his intention to return to Cambodia, but
he again left the date indefinite, He implied that
he would not return until "liberation" forces had
overthrown the Lon Nol government.
Protest Note
Phnom Penh has sent a note of protest to Saigon
over the activities of South Vietnamese troops in
Cambodia, The note, which cites an apocryphal re-
port of future Viet Cong - South Vietnamese Army co-
operation against the Cambodians, indicates that the
heretofore amicable relations that have been main-
tained at the governmental level are beginning to
break down.
Military Developments
Communist military activity is on the rise in
western Cambodia. Government battalions defending
Kra.lanh town were hit by a mortar attack on 23 Au-
gust. The enemy reportedly used 140-mm. rockets,
although the presence of these weapons in Cambodia
has not been verified. Route 6 on both sides of
Siem Reap city is insecure, and several civilian
vehicles have been ambushed less than two miles west
of the city in recent days.
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In Pursat Province, Cambodian troops have cap-
tured several Vietnamese Communists in a sweep op-
eration. This lends some credence to earlier indi-
cations that the enemy may be attempting to link up
with indigenous Coi t elements in the west.
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Korea: President Pak's call for peaceful re-
unification has struck a sensitive nerve in Pyong-
yang.
The North Koreans' concern over Pak's recent
challenge to their continuing propaganda offensive
on reunification is clearly apparent in the defen-
sive tone of their response. An editorial appear-
ing in the authoritative Minju Choson on 23 August
calls Pak's proposal a "vicious trick" designed to
deceive the Korean people. Repeating Pyongyang's
two longstanding conditions for unification--with-
drawal of all US forces from Korea and the overthrow
of the Pak government--the editorial seeks to blame
Washington and Seoul for the continued tension in
Korea. Pyongyang's flat rejection of any role for
the UN in reunification is unlikely to help its
cause when the General Assembly again takes up the
Korean question in the fall.
The editorial also reflects North Korean sen-
sitivities to growing ties between Seoul and Tokyo.
Pyongyang recognizes that Japan's increasing in-
volvement in South Korea's rapidly developing econ-
omy is an additional obstacle to Korean reunifica-
tion on Communist terms. Lashing out at Pak for
accepting "foreign monopoly capital," the editorial
demands that the Japanese also be expelled from
South Korea as a precondition for reunification.
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Australia: Impending reforms in the Labor
Party should enhance its electoral chances in :1.972
and for the senatorial race this year.
The Federal Executive of the Labor Party is
expected to dismiss almost the entire Labor leader-
ship in the state of Victoria this week and to ap-
point a caretaker party administration in order to
reduce drastically Communist influence. Steps to-
ward such a move began early this month and have
gained wide support among the party's rank and file
in Victoria, as well as among many trade unionists
and parliamentarians elsewhere who are fed up with
the autocratic, extreme leftist, party leadership in
that state.
The Labor Party's inability to win a national
election in the last 20 years derives in great part
from voter reaction to extreme :Left and Communist
influence in the party's branch in Victoria, where
over 25 percent of the nation's population is con-
centrated. Genuine reform in Victoria should both
reduce present divisiveness in the part and bro
its electoral base.
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USSR: The cholera outbreak apparently is causing
some delays in shipping from Black Sea ports.
Shipping continues to move into and out of the
Black Sea, but ships are being kept offshore at
Odessa, where they are fumigated and quarantined
for long periods. Perhaps to discourage the arrival
of foreign ships, a Soviet trade corporation on 13
August informed an Indian customer that the port of
Odessa was closed and that the arrival of goods at
the port would be delayed at least until the end
of August. Military shipments from the Black Sea
could also be affected by controls imposed on transpor-
tation within the USSR to ports.
Concern over the spread of the disease has led
Cuba to quarantine arriving Soviet ships until crews
are checked by medical officers. Spain is taking
similar steps and other countries may do likewise,
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The United States Intelligence Board on 24
August 1970 approved the following national intel-
ligence estimate:
NIE 51-70 "Burma's Problems and Their
Possible Implications"
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