CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 7, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: September 24, 1973
• Content Type: REPORT

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FEDAYEEN-SYRIA: Fedayeen concerned over moves by
moderate Arab states. (Page 1)
CAMBODIA: Military activity has subsided recently.
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DENMARK: Ruling party sticks with left-of-center
course despite party's fading popular support.
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FEDAYEEN-SYRIA: Palestine Liberation Organiza-
tion (PLO) leaders have concluded two days of inten-
sive talks designed to forge a common policy and to
avert further splits within the divided fedayeen
movement. The talks were prompted by PLO concerns
that moderate Arab states are abandoning the feda-
yeen and that Syria is attempting to control the
movement.
On 22 September the PLO issued a statement de-
manding that the fedayeen be allowed to re-enter
Jordan as part of an effort to create an effective
"eastern front." The statement criticized the mod-
erate Arab states' disregard of Palestinian inter-
ests in their recent rapprochement with Jordan and
condemned those who now seek to divide or control
the fedayeen.
The PLO insistence on the right to re-enter
Jordan is primarily a protest against recent moves
by Jordan, Syria, and Egypt to ignore Palestinian
interests in pursuing their own goals. PLO Chair-
man Yasir Arafat had hoped that Presidents Sadat and
Asad would negotiate a fedayeen presence in Jordan
at the time of their summit with King Husayn earlier
this month. Vehement fedayeen criticism of their
failure to do so has strained PLO relations with
Egypt, prompted anti-fedayeen sanctions in Syria,
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Largely to protect his own leadership position,
Arafat is determined not to escalate the fedayeen's
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present internal tensions.
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on 22 September he denied publicl
y that
differences
exist between Fatah and Saiqa.
Relations
between the two largest fedayeen groups will not soon
improve, but the leadership of the PLO has a collec-
tive interest in preventing fighting between the
rou s.
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CAMBODIA: Military activity has subsided in
the past several days.
The provincial capital of Kompong Cham continues
to be the target of daily shellings, but no major
ground attacks have occurred in over two weeks. Gov-
ernment defenders at Kompong Cham have expanded their
perimeter west and north of the city against only
moderate resistance. A small government force re-
mains isolated at the airstrip just northwest of the
city, but these troops are well entrenched and have
beaten off several Communist ground probes. Supplies
are arriving at Kompong Cham aboard regularly sched-
uled Mekong River convoys, and US officials who
visited the city last week reported that civilian
life was beginning to return to normal.
Cambodian Army units in the Phnom Penh area are
also getting a breather. Communist units withdrew
from Route 1 southeast of the capital last week and
have not returned to the attack.
0o ing has
apparently forced insurgents on the opposite side
of Phnom Penh to abandon positions near the town of
Ang Snuol on Route 4. Government operations north
and south of the road have met little resistance,
and military convoys have begun moving between the
capital and the seaport of Kompong Som for the first
time in over three weeks.
The Cambodian Army command is planning to com-
mit armor and fresh troops to revive its operations
to reopen Route 5, a portion of which remains closed
about 30 miles north of Phnom Penh. A Communist de-
fector claims that six insurgent battalions are
taking part in the campaign along this highway.
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DENMARK: The ruling Social Democrats have
chosen to stick with their left-of-center course,
despite clear signs that the party continues to
suffer steady erosion of popular support.
In the key vote at the quadrennial party con-
gress last week, the delegates turned down a pro-
posal by the conservative wing to split the posts
of party chairman and prime minister. The proposal
was defeated, in part, because the conservatives
could not rally behind a single figure to challenge
Prime Minister Jorgensen.
The party's left wing, which had more support
among delegates than expected, rallied behind Jor-
gensen instead of reopening old wounds on such ques-
tions as Denmark's membership in the European Com-
munities. A confrontation over the EC was avoided
by a proposal to establish an ad hoc committee to
resolve differences over the Danish role in the or-
ganization. As part of the compromise proposal,
the party acknowledged that Denmark's EC membership
provides a means by which to achieve Social Democratic
political goals, and stated that an effort would be
made to consult with other Nordic states on problems
under consideration by the EC.
On security issues, a resolution to leave NATO
was easily defeated, but a peculiarly Danish approach
again emerged. The party pledged to work within NATO
to advance detente and to oppose any expansion of
NATO's tasks or commitments. The resolution also
deplored the colonial policy of Portugal and the
nondemocratic regime in Greece--both countries NATO
members.
The Social Democrats' failure to panic over
their sagging fortunes may not be as suicidal as it
at first appears. Although opinion polls show that
the party has lost more than ten percent of its sup-
porters since the 1971 election and now commands the
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support of less than 30 percent of the voters, the
traditional nonsocialist parties have not been the
primary beneficiaries. Rather, a new anti-tax party
has cut into the support of almost all the established
parties. The Social Democrats probably see this
phenomenon as a protest movement that will evaporate
as quickly as it formed. They no doubt hope the new
party will not be a serious contender two years
hence, by which time new elections must be held.
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Chile: The Christian Democratic Party (PDC) is
still inclined to cooperate with the junta but has
warned military leaders against "imposing" a new con-
stitution without a plebiscite. The president of the
PDC, the nation's largest party, told the press that
the coup must not be used by the ultraright to turn
back history and establish a "reactionary dictator-
ship." The party's stand is probably intended to
caution the generals against authoritarian measures
that would adversely affect PDC interests.
USSR - West Germany: West German Foreign Minis-
ter Scheel has agreed to visit the USSR between 30
October and 5 November. Prior to the visit, middle-
level officials from both countries will meet to re-
view all the questions concerning Berlin that are
disturbing bilateral relations.
Iceland-UK: The collision of a British frigate
with an Icelandic gunboat on Saturday increases the
likelihood that Iceland will ask for the withdrawal
of some British diplomatic personnel. The incident
also will make it more difficult for Reykjavik to
compromise in the upcoming negotiations on the future
of the US-manned Icelandic Defense Force.
*These items were prepared by CIA without consulta-
tion with the Departments of State and Defense.
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