WEEKLY SUMMARY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86T00608R000300020023-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 26
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 1, 2011
• Sequence Number: 23
• Publication Date: May 16, 1957
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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Weekly Summary
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' No. 0020/75
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May 16, 1975
copy N? 1306
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The WLE_KL'r' SUMMARY, it;,jtj(yj every F-rld?ry morning by the
Office of Current Infelliflenco, reports and analyzes siinificant
devraiol)rn r to of the weak through noon on Thursday. It fre-
ctu aptly i cluilr : material coordinated With or prepared by the
Office of i=cooiomic Research, the Office of Strategic
Fl()soarch. the O'tice of Geographic and Cartographic
f tr::c::rch, and the Directorate of Science 'and 1'echnology.
epics requiring more comprehensive treatment and
therefore publishod separately as Special Reports are listed
r; the contents.
CONTENTS (May 16, 1975)
EAST ASIA
PACIFIC
1 Cambodia: The Mayaguez Incident
2 Laos: Rightists Routed
4 Italy: Pre-election Politics
5 EC-China: Soames Succeeds
6 CSCE: The Crunch is On
7 Romania and the Nonaligned
8 V-E Day Celebration
9 Warsaw Pact Anniversary
10 North Korea: Tanks Near the DMZ
10 South Korea: Cracking Down Again
11 Philippines-China:
Establishing Relations
MIDDLE EAST
AFRICA
12 USSR-Libya: Some Mutual Benefits
13 South Yemen: Still Radical
WESTERN
HEMISPHERE
14 Dominican Republic:
President Strengthen,, Hand
15 Cuba: Inching Toward Detente
16 Peru-US: A Long, Hot Summer
17 Brazil: European Trade
18 UN: Special Session Preparations
19 OAS: A Study in Tactics
20 OPEC: Trends in Investment
21 Law of the Sea Concludes
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Cambodia: The Mayaguez Incident
The Cambodian communist seizure of the
US merchantman Mayaguez has resulted in the
first serious foreign policy reversal for the new
Cambodian government since it came to power
in mid-April.
The Cambodians had stopped a Pana-
manian vessel on May 9 and had harassed several
other, mostly smaller, craft. On May 12, their
patrol boats fired on the Mayaguez, bringing the
ship to a halt as it was moving on the regular
shipping route from Ilona Kong to the Thai port
of Sattahip. This route passes within about eight
miles of Poulo Wai Island, some 60 miles from
the mainland. The day after boarding the Maya-
guez, the Cambodians forced it to sail to Koh
Tang Island, only 30 miles from the mainland.
At Koh Tang, the ship anchored, and the crew
was taken to the island and kept there until the
14th, when they were transported to the main-
land. This at least indicated that the Cam-
bodians appreciated the value of the crew's lives,
if only as hostages for possible bargaining.
Five Cambodian communist patrol boats
guarded the Mayaguez soon after it arrived at
Koh Tang, and they were soon exchanging fire
with US aircraft sent to help in securing the
return of the ship and crew. Three of the patrol
boats were sunk in the ensuing action.
On May 15, following a quick transfer of
US forces to the area, US Marines landed on the
Mayaguez and took control. Other marines
landed on Koh Tang Island and engaged the
Cambodians there while air stria