CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: October 14, 1970
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Central Intelligence Bulletin
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14 October 1970
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No. 0246/70
14 October 1970
Central Intelligence Bulletin
CONTENTS
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UN: The commemorative portion of the 25th General
Assembly opens today. (Page 2)
GOLD MARKET: Free market gold prices have reached
their highest level in nearly a year. (Page 3)
USSR: New tank appears (Page 5)
EAST GERMANY - CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Official visit
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WEST GERMANY: Berlin talks (Page 5)
UGANDA: Tensions subside (Page 6)
SOMALIA: Crackdown on dissent (Page 6)
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UN: The commemorative portion of. the 25th Gen-
eral Assembly opens today beset by .a number of sub-
stantive problems,
)The draft anniversary declaration is causing
concern in Western quarters, because it singles out
specific areas--the Portuguese territories and South
and South-West Africa--where the nonwhite population
has been denied basic political rights. The draft
implies support for insurgent elements, and if a
vote is taken, the Western powers are likely to ab
stain or oppose the declaration.]
'The draft guidelines for the Second UN Develop-
ment. Decade, the 1970s, are also a contentious issue.
The less developed countries (LDCs) are conducting
separate negotiations with the Soviet and Western
groups in an effort to reach agreement on the draft.
The USSR, which has been wooing the LDCs, has indi
cated that it would accept the draft if certain anti-
colonial and disarmament paragraphs are retained.
It is expected, however, that a document acceptable
to the US will emerge from the present bargaining.
Some forty heads of government are now expected
to attend, but the Big, Four meeting will not occur
since neither Soviet Prime Minister Kosygin nor French
President Pompidou is likely to come. The Security
Council members probably will hold on 21 October the
first: of the periodic secret meetings at this level
agreed to by the Security Council last June. The
idea of these sessions is to permit free discussion
of various issues without the glare of ublicit
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GOLD MARKET: Free market gold prices have
reached their highest level in nearly a year as a
result of renewed buying by hoarders and speculators.
Buyers have been quick to react to various in-
ternational finance officials' predictions of fur-
ther price increases. This, together with Middle
East uncertainties and normal seasonal industrial
demand, has pushed the price higher.
Prices, which now are above $37 an ounce, may
continue to rise for another few weeks, but probably
will not reach the $40 level. Agreement with the
International Monetary Fund and current large South
African balance-of-payments deficits ensure that all
newly mined South African gold will be sold on the
free market. If necessary to cover foreign exchange
needs, South Africa also will sell on the free mar-
ket from reserves.
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NOTES
USSR: The Soviets apparently are field testing
a new main battle tank. Photography in a Soviet
military magazine of the Dvina exercise last March
shows the tanks moving through deep snow. The de-
tail is somewhat obscured by the snow.but the tanks
most closely resemble the T-62, possibly with changes
at least in the turret and suspension. The T-62
first entered service in 1961. If the Soviets have
developed a new tank, it may appear in the Moscow
Parade
EAST GERMANY - CZECHOSLOVAKIA: East German
party chief Walter Ulbricht and Premier Willi Stoph
are to make an official visit to Czechoslovakia la-
ter this month, possibly from 21 to 24 October. A
reliable US Embassy source in Prague views the visit
as an effort to "obstruct" the forthcoming Czecho-
slovak - West German talks, or at least to stiffen
the Czech negotiating position. Ulbricht, at a
minimum, will press for a go-slow approach.. Czech-
oslovak - West German relations entered a new phase
with the arrival yesterday in. Prague of a Bonn for-
eign. ministry official for "exploratory talks."
Czechoslovak party boss Husak thus appears ready to
normalize relations with Bonn and is unlikely to be
deterred solely by East German arguments.
WEST GERMANY: Chancellor Brandt has told Am-
bassador Rush that he sees no reason for "great dis-
couragement" despite the hard line taken by the USSR
at the ambassadors' meeting last Friday. He believes
the Soviets are engaging in standard pressure tactics
and that a tough stand is not "surprising" at this
stage. Brandt commented that he is in "no hurry"
and that the Berlin talks could go on until next
April. Nevertheless, he undoubtedly still hopes
for agreement before then, in order to ease his in-
(continued)
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UGANDA: [The recent appearance of Armed Forces
Chief of Staff General Idi Amin at public ceremonies
suggests that tensions between the military and the
government of President Milton Obote have subsided
for the moment. Kampala had been tense over rumors
that Obote was about to provoke a confrontation with
the politically active Amin by attempting to arrest
him for his alleged involvement in the murder of a
fellow officer last January. Obote, however, appears
instead to have neutralized Amin by disbanding an
army unit thought to be loyal only to the general
and by restructuring the upper echelons of the armed
forces to place strict limits on Amin' yj
The military regime cont ue s to
crack down harshly on all forms of political dissent
and criticism. Since the enactment of a tough in-
ternal security law in September, four well-known
ex-politicians and diplomats--including the former
ambassador to Washington--have been placed under de-
tention. There is no indication at the moment that
the four were actually involved in antiregime activ-
ity, and they may have been merely talking against
the government. All of them, however, are members
of prominent tribes that have been strop ly opposed
to the regime since the coup last year.
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