CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 5, 2005
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: September 18, 1973
• Content Type: REPORT

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18 September 1973
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CHILE: Junta continues to consolidate control.
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AFGHANISTAN-USSR: Moscow reportedly has reaffirmed
its policy of support for Afghanistan. (Page 3)
SWEDEN: Corrected unofficial results place non-
so alist parties in a tie with ruling coalition.
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FOR THE RECORD: (Page 6)
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,,CHILE: Today is independence day, and the junta
government plans to allow some quiet ceremonies to
emphasize that the situation is returning to normal.
No new major assaults on military installations have
been reported, and there are indications that the
government feels it has the internal security situa-
tion under control.
Santiago remains generally calm. The junta
forces continue to close the ring around extremists
who have taken refuge in lower class housing areas
on the outskirts of the city. A military operation
against snipers in the La Legua industrial belt was
begun on Sunday. Elsewhere in the country, the
search for illegal arms caches is continuing but the
military reportedly is encountering little resistance
even in Concepcion, a center of ultraleftist strength.
The new minister of interior claims that at
least 4,000 "suspects" are now being detained in
Santiago alone. The government claims that a major-
ity of the prisoners now being held are extremists
who will be dealt with by military courts but adds
that their legal rights will be respected.
The government is weeding out the previous re-
gime's political appointees for state enterprises
and other government jobs. The positions are now
being filled by some active and retired military
officers as well as by independent civilians, pre-
sumably with some technical qualifications. Several
Christian Democrats reportedly have been brought
into the government, including the minister of jus-
tice and three subsecretaries in other ministries.
Christian Democratic leaders are faced with a
dilemma, however, in their relations with the junta
government. They hope to staff middle-level posts
with their followers in an effort to moderate the
government's policies, but they want to avoid being
too closely identified with it. Party leaders re-
portedly fear political reprisals not only from ex-
treme rightists being brought into the government
but also from leftist extremists for cooperating
with the new regime. Former President Frei is con-
sidering exile until the direction of the new gov-
ernment becomes clearer and the security situation
stabilizes.
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AFGHANISTAN-USSR: Moscow apparently has re-
affirmed its continuing economic and political
support for Afghanistan.
President Daud's brother and foreign policy
adviser, Naim Khan, returned from a four-day visit
to the Soviet Union on 14 September. Although the
trip apparently was arranged at the last moment,
Naim met with both Brezhnev and Kosygin. It is
still unclear who took the initiative for the trip,
but the serious economic problems facing the new
Afghan Government suggest that the visit was pro-
posed by Kabul.
The Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister, who ac-
companied Naim, told the US charge on 15 September
that the trip covered both political and economic
issues and that the Russians were very "friendly,
understanding, and helpful." According to the
Afghan official, the discussions included "menacing
Iranian activities in Baluchistan" as well as the
trend of internal political developments in the
two Pakistani provinces bordering Afghanistan.
The official claimed the Soviets endorsed
Afghan views on these problems, and he tried to give
the impression that Moscow had assured Kabul of
full support if the situation worsened. However,
he also stressed that both parties agreed that
the issues must be resolved by peaceful means.
This would be in accord with previous evidence
that the Russians, although continuing to back the
Afghans, are seeking to prevent further instability
from developing in this area along the southern
flank of the USSR.
The Soviets also promised Naim substantially
more economic assistance, according to the offi-
cial. Details are to be negotiated when a large
Afghan economic delegation goes to Moscow in the
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near future. Since 1954, the Soviet Union has
been the primary source of foreign assistance to
Afghanistan, extending over $825 million in eco-
nomic aid. A small Afghan negotiating team is
currently in Moscow, but its mission reportedly
is limited to attempting to work out a new pricing
formula for Afghan natural gas exports to the
USSR.
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C SWEDEN: Swedish radio, correcting an earlier
tabulation error, announced late yesterday afternoon
that unofficial returns from Sunday's election now
place the three nonsocialist parties in a tie with
Prime Minister Palme's Social Democrats and their
Communist allies. The tally of absentee ballots,
about 1 percent of the total vote, is not yet com-
plete.
Although a tie would complicate Palme's effort
to remain in power, he retains the initiative; the
US Embassy in Stockholm believes he will almost cer-
tainly continue to govern. He can seek a coalition
with either of two nonsocialist parties or, failing
that, attempt to continue ruling with a minority
government. He could also call new elections, though
that would seem the least attractive alternative. In
a TV interview yesterday, Palme refused to indicate
what
he will
do
until the
final results are known
and
that will
be
several
days yet.
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Denmark: The quadrennial congress of the rul-
ing Social Democratic Party began in Copenhagen on
16 September. The principal task of the congress
is to plot a strategy that will enable the party to
halt the erosion in support that has brought the
Social Democrats to their lowest point in 40 years.
In a new departure, the congress is expected to
pledge the party to work within NATO for a European
security system to supersede both NATO and the War-
saw Pact.
*These items were prepared by CIA without consulta-
tion with the Departments of State and Defense.
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