NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DAILY (CABLE) 18 DECEMBER 1982

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
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• Publication Date: December 18, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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Contents
ussR: Shakeup of Secu
rity Organizations
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ussx: Publicity for P
olitburo Meetings
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Lebanon: Security Challenges
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General Secretary Andropov mill gain increased control over
the entire security apparatus as a result of changes in the leader-
ship of the KGB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
TASS announced yesterday that KGB Chairman Fedorchuk
is replacing MVD chief Shchelokov. In turn, KGB First
De ut Chairman Chebrikov is taking over from Fedorchuk.
Comment: Shchelokov--one of Brezhnev's proteges--
had long been rumored to be in conflict with the KGB,
which Andropov headed until last May. The MVD suffered
a major political embarrassment last spring, when KGB-
inspired reports implicated Brezhnev's daughter, who is
married to MVD First Deputy Chairman Churbanov, in a
corruption scandal. Churbanov probably will be the next
Andropov is likely to rely on Fedorchuk, who has
used repressive measures in dealing with dissidents, to
improve discipline in the corruption-plagued MVD.
Fedorchuk's appointment emphasizes the primacy of the
Fedorchuk reportedly served with Andropov in Hungary
in the 1950s. Chebrikov came to the KGB in 1967 and,
since then, has been closely associated with Andropov.
After advancing rapidly in the KGB, he was promoted to
First Deputy Chairman last April, at a time when Andropov's
influence in the leadership was growing. ~~
The appointments also reinforce other evidence of
cooperation between Andropov and Ukrainian party boss
Shcherbitskiy. Both Fedorchuk and Chebrikov worked for
Shcherbitskiy in the Ukraine, and Shcherbitskiy is said
to have joined forces with Andropov in promoting Fedorchuk's
The KGB chairmanship carries the potential for
Politburo membership. Chebrikov, unlike Fedorchuk, is
not a career KGB official and is already a Central Com-
mittee member. Andropov may have preferred to have
Chebrikov in the more important KGB post because he be-
lieved Chebrikov's greater political stature would make
it easier to put him on the Politburo at some future
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USSR: Publicity for Politburo Meetings
Coverage given by Soviet media to two recent Politburo meet-
ings represents a ehan e in oZiey that could serve several political
purposes.
Radio Moscow announced on Thursday that a regular
meeting of the Politburo had heard reports on arms con-
trol talks, approved the results of Premier Tikhonov's
visit to Finland, and taken action on a proposal for
improving the servicing of private automobiles. This
is the second time since General Secretary Andropov took
office that the media have reported a Politburo meeting
and its agenda. Last week it was revealed that the
Politburo had met to consider the need for greater offi-
Comment: Disclosures of the times of Politburo
meetings and the subjects discussed have been rare, and
a change in policy appears to be under way. The deci-
sion to release this information may be an effort by
the Politburo to ensure the continuation of collective
decisionmaking, including the approval of Andropov's
initiatives. It is consistent with the more open
style of decisionmaking advocated by Politburo member
Chernenko.
The publicity also may be intended to encourage
similar publicity for bureau meetings at the regional
level, in order to increase pressure on lower level
officials to improve their performance. The leadership
may want to create an atmosphere conducive to public
criticism of incompetent or corrupt officials as a way
to lay the groundwork for personnel changes. In addi-
tion, it may be trying to demonstrate to the Soviet
people that it is striving to remedy problems and
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LEBANON: Security Challenges
Concern is growing among Christians other than PhaZangists
and among other factions that the drive by Phalange militia ex-
tremists to secure control of the mountain districts southeast o
Beirut will impede efforts to restore internal order.
The US Embassy reports that the leaders of the
militia are determined to force a showdown with the Druze
inhabitants to establish overall political dominance of
the region. The Phalange leaders assert that they are
protecting Christians returning to homes in Druze-con-
trolled areas that they evacuated during the civil war.
The largely Phalange-initiated violence, however, has
Many non-Phalange Christians claim that the extrem-
ists have caused many Christian casualties and intensi-
fied intercommunal enmity to the point that Druze and
Christians may never be able to live in harmony. Former
President Shamun and other Christian spokesmen are calling
for an end to military action and a return to political
efforts to extend Christian influence in the region.
Comment:' Despite efforts by the Israelis to prevent
new clashes, the Lebanese Government continues to accuse
them of stirring up strife between Druze and Christians
in the troubled districts. It insists that the deployment
of the Lebanese Army into the area in place of Israeli
troops would restore order. The extremists in the Phalange
militia, however, probably would try to delay a movement
of Lebanese troops into the area following an Israeli
withdrawal in order to launch a major offensive against
 Two Forger vertical takeoff aircraft from the car-
rier Minsk, which is operating in the Arabian Sea, reacted
to three US aircraft from the USS Enterprise this week.
The Forgers, which were armed with AA-8 air-to-air
missiles, tailed the US aircraft as they circled the
Minsk. The US pilots say that the Soviet pilots were
aggressive in trying to intercept, but their lack of
Comment: Forgers have reacted to the approach of
US aircraft before, but this is the first time that they
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 The authorities are putting strong pressure on
recently released internees. One former internee con-
victed of a martial law offense has been given one year
to arrange his emigration, and, if he does not, he will
be required to serve his sentence. The US Consulate in
Krakow reports numerous incidents of harassment of former
internees, including firings, demotions, military induc-
tion, and pressure to collaborate with the government.
One recently released activist told the Consulate that
the regime plans to launch a review next month of the
work force at the Katowice steel mill to weed out former
Comment: The government probably recognizes that
it will have to continue its pressure tactics to try to
keep in line the many former internees who refuse to
leave the country. These efforts may be effective in
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