CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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DIRECTORATE OF
INTELLIGENCE
Central Intelligence Bulletin
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22 April 1972
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No. 0097/72
22 April 1972
Central Intelligence Bulletin
SOUTH VIETNAM: Heavy fighting continues on three
major fronts. (Page 1)
CHILE: University election will provide a test of
strength between Allende government and its oppo-
nents. (Page 2)
CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Moscow may have intervened to ease
rivalry at top level of Czechoslovak party. (Page 3)
FRANCE: Referendum on EC expansion (Page 4)
LEBANON: Parliamentary elections (Page 4)
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C SOUTH VIETNAM: There was heavy fighting on all
three major battlefronts yesterday. Although South
Vietnamese forces are counterattacking in some areas,
much of the latest action is Communist-initiated.
An Loc is still under siege, and the heavy en-
emy spellings have become increasingly accurate.
Allied air support has been severely hampered by
poor weather and has not yet silenced Communist ar-
tillery positions. South Vietnamese resupply ef-
forts have also been largely unsuccessful, and evac-
uation of wounded South Vietnamese troops remains
a serious problem. F_ I
dicates that as of 18 April the Communists remained
determined to capture An Loc. While admitting poor
coordination between their infantry and armored
units, a senior officer of. the Communist 9th Divi-
sion expressed confidence that they could take the
town. The Communists currently control approxi-
mately 20 percent of An Loc.
In the northern portion of the country, the
situation at the district town of Hiep Duc in Quang
Tin Province remains critical, with the town's de-
fenders now withdrawn from the outer defensive
perimeter into the headquarters compound. The
nearby provincial capital of Quang Ngai was shelled
early yesterday, and the Communists are attempting
to isolate the city by knocking out bridges along
Route 1 south of town and by disrupting traffic to
the north.
In MR-2, a tank-led enemy attack forced the
South Vietnamese to abandon a fire support base on
Rocket Ridge in Kontum Province. There has been
considerable movement of Communist units in the
vicinity of Kontum city, southeast of the ridge,
and an attack on the city remains a distinct pos-
sibility. Enemy shelling attacks were reported in
other sectors of MR-2, chiefly in northern Binh
Dinh Province.
Communist mortar attacks and ground probes con-
tinue throughout the delta provinces.
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CHILE: The elections next week at the Univer-
sity of Chile are an important test of strength be-
tween the Allende government and its opposition.
Edgardo Boeninger, who is up for re-election
as rector, is supported by the Christian Democrats,
the National Party, and other opposition groups.
Felipe Herrera, former head of the Inter-American
Development Bank, was personally chosen by President
Allende as the candidate of the parties of his Pop-
ular Unity government. Making it a four-way race
are two spoilers on the far left, one of them Al-
lende's nephew, Andres Pascal, who is running for
the Castroite Movement of the Revolutionary Left.
Both Boeninger and Herrera have support outside
the groups they represent and both are considered
competent by their colleagues. While the campaign
is ostensibly being fought over university reorgan-
ization, the real issue is whether the new adminis-
tration will resist greater government control of
the university. At the moment, Boeninger, the anti-
government candidate who would take the more inde-
pendent line, may have a slight edge. The result
will be considered by many Chileans as an indicator
of Allende's political strength.
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CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Moscow may have intervened to
ease the reported rivalry between party chief Gustav
Husak and Vasil Bilak, considered to be the number
two man in the party and chief rival to Husak.
Bilak, in a routine speech to a trade union
meeting this week, suddenly denied that differences
exist between himself and Husak and stated that he
personally holds Husak in esteem.
espi e i a s disclaimer, his remarks convey the
impression that significant differences do exist.
His statement that "false flattery and unprincipled
evasion of problems... always lead to serious conse-
quences" is an obvious reference to the "cult of
personality" and serves notice that Husak's author-
ity may be under challenge.
The US Embassy in Prague reports that there
have been "rumors" since late February that Husak
secretly journeyed to Moscow at that time to com-
plain to Brezhnev about the activities of his most
powerful presidium colleague, although there is no
evidence that he was in Moscow at that time. Husak
was not seen in Czechoslovakia between 23 February,
when he attended a party plenum, and 1 March. He
missed the important celebration marking the Com-
munist coup of 1948.
On 22 March Bilak himself was invited to Mos-
cow for a talk with Brezhnev, who may have suggested
that he find some public forum in which to demon-
strate his support of Husak. Husak's performance
since taking over in 1969 apparently has satisfied
Moscow, and the Soviets may have taken action to
assure his continued hold on the party leadership.
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NOTES
FRANCE: Although assured of victory in Sunday's
referendum on Common Market expansion, the govern-
ment has campaigned briskly to limit the number of
abstentions. The latest opinion poll, which shows
35 percent planning to abstain, reflects the apathy
of a public that feels the enlargement issue is al-
ready settled. If abstentions are kept at about
that level and if--as the poll suggests--74 percent
of those who go to the polls vote yes, President
Pompidou can interpret the vote as a strong mandate
for his European policy. He has already divided
the opposition on the left, and a clear victory will
undercut his orthodox G llist critics on the right.
LEBANON: Voters in two provinces, the South
and Biqa'- , -go to the polls tomorrow in the second of
three rounds of parliamentary elections. Elections
in the north and Beirut last week went smoothly and
produced few surprises, except for the election of
one Nasirist candidate in Beirut. Pre-election ac-
tivities in Biqa Province, on the other hand, have
already resulted in three deaths, and the area has
been designated a military zone. The presence of
fedayeen in both provinces increases the ossibil-
ity of incidents during the elections.
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