NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: January 3, 1977
• Content Type: REPORT

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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DAILY CABLE
Monday January 3e. 1977 CI NIDC 77-001C
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National Intelligence Daily Cable for Monday January 3, 1977.
The NID Cable is for the purpose of informing
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CHINA: Policy Position
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Botswana is deeply concerned over its inability to
prevent border violations by Rhodesian security forces, and
last month it appealed to the UN Security Council for help,
listing 31 specific violations.
Botswanan President Khama recently announced he was
expanding and re-equipping the 400-man police mobile unit--
Botswana's only military force--which is currently patrolling
the 800-kilometer border with Rhodesia. Botswana has been
seeking arms in both the US and the UK but has been concerned
over the high price and red tape involved. Even with new
weapons and a larger police force, Botswana will be unable to
prevent border incursions by the Rhodesians.
]In a recent press interview, the Soviet ambassador
to Zambia and Botswana said in Lusaka that the USSR is ready
to give Botswana military help to repulse Rhodesian troops.
Khama, however, is uneasy over the aggressive role the Soviets
have been playing in southern Africa and would prefer to keep
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CHINA: Policy Position
National People's Congress Vice Chairman Chen I-sung's
comments last week on Chinese foreign relations, particularly
with the US, are now available in fuller versions; they contain
no significant departures from established Chinese policy posi-
tions.
Unequivocal reaffirmation of China's three precondi-
tions for normalization of relations with the US--abrogation
of the US-Taiwan defense treaty, withdrawal of US forces from
Taiwan, and severance of diplomatic relations with the Nation-
alist government--accompanied Chen's suggestion that the US
issue a unilateral statement of its concern for peace in the
western Pacific as a device to allay fears that China would
seize Taiwan.
He also said China would continue to refuse to promise
the US that it would not incorporate Taiwan by force. Chen only
offered the assurance that, in principle, China sought a peace-
ful reunification.
While claiming to be expressing personal views, Chen
undoubtedly received official guidance. His statements are
another indication of China's interest in making progress on
establishing full diplomatic relations with the US early in the
incoming administration. They also may be intended to make China
seem somewhat conciliatory and to end US insistence on a Chinese
guarantee of non-use of force in Taiwan, a demand officials in
Peking have repeatedly turned aside.
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Chen also proposed[ a scenario for reunification that
emphasized a contribution by Taiwanese to determine the course
and pace of the process. Such proposals have little substance
but are aimed at reassuring Taiwanese and encouraging dissension
between them and the Taipei government.
With reference to the Soviet Union, Chen's suggestion
that the US, Western Europe, Japan, and China cooperate to
oppose Soviet hegemonism contained no specifics and has been
made in different ways in the past.
Chen made his comments to Japanese newsmen durin
stopover in Tokyo en route to the US to visit relatives.I
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