CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: August 16, 1972
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Director of Central Intelligence to meet his responsibilities for providing
current intelligence bearing on issues of national security to the President,
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USSR: Soviet Navy deploys a modified command ship
sn the Mediterranean. (Page 3)
ARGENTINA: Lanusse's political troubles are multi-
plying. (Page 4)
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ALGERIA: New initiative to organize a conference of
Mediterranean states. (Page 11)
EGYPT: Leftists and Soviet sympathizers are uneasy
in the wake of the Soviet pullout. (Page 12)
YUGOSLAVIA: Premier Bijedic has asserted that fed-
eral authorities will not remain passive in the face
of economic difficulties. (Page 13)
BAHAMAS: Prime minister dissolves parliament and
sets new elections (Page 14)
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USSR: The Soviet Navy has deployed the first.
of its two newly modified naval command ships.
The Zhdanov, a Sverdlov-class light cruiser,
entered the Mediterranean on 11 August for the
first time since it completed its lengthy modifica-
tion at a Black Sea shipyard. It is now probably
testing its ability to communicate at sea with naval
shore headquarters and ships over long distances.
The Zhdanov's modification, which began about
1966, consists primarily of an upgraded capability
for communications and self defense against air-
craft. Only one of its four six-inch gun turrets
was removed.
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merous communications antennas not carried on stand-
ard Sverdlovs. Its new short-range defenses against
aircraft consist of the retractable SA-N-4 surface-
to-air missile and four rapid-fire 30-mm. twin gun
mounts.
The Soviet Navy now has 11 active cruisers of
the Sverdlov class. Of the 14 Sverdlovs completed
between 1951 and 1955, one was scrapped, one was
sold to Indonesia, and one is in mothballs. Eight
of the active Sverdlovs retain their original main
gun armament and one carries the SA-N-2 surface-to-
air missile. Another Sverdlov, the Admiral Senyavin,
underwent a command ship modification in 1967-71 at
Vladivostok, but'has not yet deployed from Soviet
Pacific Fleet local waters. The USSR evidently re-
gards its cruisers as something more than the "float-
ing coffins" Krushchev called them. (SECRET NO FOR-
EIGN DISSEM)
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ARGENTINA: President Lanusse's troubles are
multiplying as he tries to lay the groundwork for
the presidential election next March.
Lanusse's difficulties in achieving agreement
with Argentina's disparate political parties on
organizing the election have been compounded by the
resignation of one of his more popular cabinet min-
isters and a speech by. his fellow junta member Gen-
eral Rey, which criticized Argentina's economic
system. The Peronists and the political coalition
they dominate, the Frente Civico, are refusing to
meet with the government, since they sense that
Lanusse's position may be shaky. Without the Peron-
ists, an election would bring in a minority govern-
ment. Juan Peron himself continues to threaten to
return to Argentina, but this is such an unlikely
development, in view of his fears of assassination,
that his threats pose only a minor irritant to
Lanusse.
Rey's.attack on Argentina's free-market economy,
which is troubled by inflation, and insistent pres-
sure from some political and military sectors for
increasing nationalization, may well have been a
surprise to Lanusse. General Rey, as the number
two man in the ruling junta, is supposed to sacceed
Lanusse in January, and rumbles that a chink has
been opened in Lanusse's armor are already being
heard.
Lanusse.is trying to quiet the situation by
easing pressure on the political parties to come
to the bargaining table, but a dispute with General
Rey may not be so easily papered over. (CONFIDEN-
TIAL)
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ALGERIA: The Foreign Ministry is forging
ahead with its own efforts to organize a conference
of Mediterranean states.
Algeria's main purpose has been to create a
bloc which would make its weight felt in a confer-
ence on European security. The Algerians believe
that unless such a bloc is formed, the interests
of non-European Mediterranean states would be over-
looked or even bartered away by the major powers.
Unlike the proposal for a western Mediterranean
grouping discussed recently by Italian and French
leaders, the Algerians envisage a meeting of the
foreign ministers of all Mediterranean states that
are "outside blocs." In the Algerian context, this
includes Yugoslavia, the Arab states, and France,
but excludes Israel and also Italy, Greece, and
Turkey, the latter three because of their membership
in NATO. Moreover, the Algerians propose to discuss
the security of the region, particularly means to
remove both the American and Soviet fleets from
the area. The western Mediterranean grouping, at
least initially, would exclude any discussion of
security problems.
After canvassing proposed invitees, the Al-
gerians claim all eligible countries except France
appear willing to attend such a conference early
next year in Algiers. (SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM)
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EGYPT: Leftist intellectuals are reportedly
uneasy about their future in the wake of the ouster
of the Soviet military mission.
According to contacts of the US Interests Sec-
tion, leftist uneasiness is apparently being fed by
reports that security forces have prepared a list
of Soviet sympathizers to be imprisoned should Pres-
ident Sadat decide to move against them. Their con-
cern probably has also been deepened by a draft law
on national unity currently under consideration by
the nation's legislature, the People's Assembly.
The new law will provide the government with sweeping
authority to move against opposition activity. One
prominent intellectual voiced his concern over the
bill in a newspaper article on 14 August, offering
a reminder that Egyptian society "embodies more than
one social force."
Security forces have for many years closely
monitored the activities of the leftist community.
Some individuals from this group have held prominent
positions in the press and public media, but their
influence within the power structure is minimal,
and they do not appear to represer.t any real threat
to the Sadat regime. As yet, there are no good in-
dications that a regime crackdown is imminent, but
pressure from rightist elements or a further deteri-
oration in relations between Egypt and the Soviet
Union might prompt Sadat to move against local Com-
munist sympathizers at some future time. (CONFI-
DENTIAL)
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YUGOSLAVIA: Premier Bijedic has asserted that,
despite the nation's decentralized political system,
federal authorities are not limited to a passive
role where vital economic issues are concerned.
Bijedic has proposed creation of an inter-re-
public commission to force resolution of problems
of taxation and revenue distribution, as well as to
coordinate the expansion of production. In a recent
letter to republic and provincial leaders, he stated
that failure to reach a consensus on these issues is
a major stumbling block to Yugoslavia's economic
stabilization program.
The proposed commission would join the five
inter-republic bodies already in existence and
should, from the tone of Bijedic's proposal, become
a major organ for solving contentious economic prob-
lems. The distribution of tax revenue has been a
particularly vexing question- It played a part in
the Croatian political upheaval last year when of-
ficials in Zagreb balked not only at seeing a large
share of the Croatian taxes siphoned off to lesser
developed areas, but also at having no say in how
these funds were to be distributed. (CONFIDENTIAL)
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BAHAMAS: Prime Minister Lynden Pindling has
dissolved parliament and announced that new elec-
tions will be held on 19 September 1972. Dissen-
sion within Pindling's Progressive Labor Party
(PLP) and growing dissatisfaction with the PLP's
inability to halt the decline of the economy ap-
parently prompted Pindling to decide that delay
would work to the opposition's advantage. He also
announced that the newly elected parliament's first
act would be to propose complete independence from
Great Britain in 1973, clearly indicating that in-
dependence will be an important campaign issue.
Despite opposition efforts and economic problems,
the PLP's emotional appeal is strong and may pull
the PLP through to victory, although possibly with
a reduced majority. (CONFIDENTIAL NO FOREIGN DIS-
SEM)
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