USSR: CHERNOBYL' UPDATE

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06795972
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F-2016-02406
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May 14, 1986
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Approved for Release: 2025/03/17 C06795972 Director of Central Intelligence 711711. (b)(3) National Intelligence Daily Wednesday 14 May 1986 T ecret CPAS N1D 86-112JX 14 May 1986 (b)(3) (b)(3) (b)(3) Approved for Release: 2025/03/17 C06795972 Approved for Release: 2025/03/17 C06795972 . Contents Afghanistan-USSR: Preparing for New Operations 1 Iraq-Iran: Possible Iraqi Use of Laser-Guided Weapon 2 Syria-Lebanon: Syrian Military Moves 3 Chile: Junta Challenges Pinochet 4 Notes USSR: Chernobyl' Update 5 West Germany: Nuclear Power Dispute 5 UK: 1986 Defense Budget Declines 6 Pakistan: Effort To Unseat Prime Minister 6 France: New Government Threatens EUREKA 7 Norway: Lower Oil Production Considered 7 Paraguay: Stroessner Cracking Down 8 Peru-El Salvador: Presidential Image Building 8 Zaire: Debt Negotiations 9 Romania: Banks To Consider Debt Rescheduling 9 In Brief 10 Special Analyses Saudi Arabia-Iran: Saudis Gird for Expanded War 12 Dominican Republic: Election Difficulties 14 T ecret 14 May 1986 Approved for Release: 2025/03/17 C06795972 Approved for Release: 2025/03/17 C06795972 � �_-__. �_-__ ecret (b)(1) (b)(3) Approved for Release: 2025/03/17 C06795972 Approved for Release: 2025/03/17 C06795972__ USSR: Chernobyl' Update ov et press reports continue to emphasize cleanup operations and efforts to encase in concrete the damaged core of unit 4. Comment: Soviet press reports continue to exaggerate the progress of recovery efforts, which probably are being delayed by high radiation levels. Fire hoses have been used to wash down unit .1, but efforts to encase unit 4's core have not yet begun. Concrete trucks have appeared near the administration building, about 1 kilometer from unit 4, so encasement may begin soon. WEST GERMANY: Nuclear Power Dispute The Social Democratic-Green coalition government in the state of Hessen is on the verge of collapse as a result of the Chernobyl' accident. The Greens are threatening to leave the coalition if the Social Democrats refuse to close down the state's nuclear power Industry, which supplies 70 percent of Hessen's electricity. State Minister President Boerner flatly rejects a moratorium on nuclear power, although he endorses a long-term search for alternatives. The Social Democrats are even considering the construction of a new nuclear nt in the state, according to the US Consulate in Frankfurt. Comment: The Greens may be trying to provoke an early state election to exploit public alarm about nuclear energy. The controversy is likely to highlight differences on the nuclear question among Social Democrats, who have made opposition to nuclear energy their central issue in campaigning for the Lower Saxony state election on 15 June. Conversely, the Hessen dispute could improve the Social Democrats' image with centrist voters in the Bundestag election next January by underscoring the improbability of a national coalition with the Greens. The Christian Democrats, meanwhile, are unlikely to profit from the Hessen controversy bec!use of their support for nuclear energy. _(b)(3) - -(b)(3) (b)(3)_ -(b)(3) (b)(3) 5 14 May 1986 Approved for Release: 2025/03/17 C06795972