CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: June 2, 1969
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DIRECTORATE OF
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Central Intelligence Bulletin
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No. 0131/69
2 June 1969
Central Intelligence Bulletin
CONTENTS
South Vietnam: Situation report. (Page 1)
Czechoslovakia: The Husak leadership has announced
new, moderate policies to deal with its opposition.
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West Germany: The Bonn government has taken a major
step toward easing its stand against recognition of
East Germany by third countries. (Page 4)
Curacao: The government will probably ignore demands
by lar unions that it resign, and it should be able
to maintain order. (Page 5)
USSR: The rate of industrial growth during the first
four months of 1969 was the lowest of this decade.
(Page 6)
International Communism: Party differences unresolved
Page 7)
Argentina: Riot damage assessed (Page 7)
Guatemala: Rightist politician assassinated (Page 8)
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SOUTH VIETNAM
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C South Vietnam: Sharp fighting erupted in scat-
tered sectors of South Vietnam over the weekend amid
numerous indications that another phase of intensi-
fied enemy military action is about to begin.
More than 150 Communists were killed in three
separate battles in Kontum and Pleiku provinces on
31 May - 1 June. Friendly casualties were light,
as allied forces continued to ferret out elements
of the five North Vietnamese regiments threatening
allied positions in the central highlands.. Commu-
nist forces continued to display an increased ag-
gressiveness in the northern provinces of I Corps
where yesterday an enemy force attacked a US Marine
position near Khe Sanh and heavily mortared a South
Vietnamese field position in Thua Thien Province.
Captured documents, as well as prisoner inter-
rogations, have alluded to another offensive phase
to take place in June. Any new round of military
action is likely to follow the pattern of the "high-
point" of 12-13 May, with increased emphasis on at-
tacks against American forces and installations.
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Czechoslovakia: The Husak leadership has an-
nounced new, moderate policies to deal with its op-
position both in and out of the party.
At a central committee plenum on 29-30 May,
Husak and his colleagues began a housecleaning of
the party membership in order to consolidate their
own position and to convince the Soviets that they
are speeding the process of "normalization." The
leadership reprimanded or expelled certain unrecon-
structed reformists, and initiated investigations
into the activities of others. In his speech to
the plenum, Husak indicated that these measures
were just the beginning and that the party would
take action in the future against dissidents in
other sectors of society, particularly among the
trade unions, intellectuals, and students.
The Husak leadership's punitive actions, how-
ever, are moderate; they will probably be confined
to expulsion from the party and possibly dismissal
from jobs. Husak has said repeatedly that there
have been no arrests, and he appears willing to
give each dissident one last opportunity to fall
in line before facing party censure.
Pro-Soviet conservatives, who are making a con-
certed bid for power, failed to make significant
gains at the plenum and probably are only partly
satisfied with the results. Virtually all of the
dismissed officials were liberals associated with
last year's reform program, but Husak said that he
will not tolerate hard liners who want to return
to the repressive system of rule practiced by former
party boss Novotny. The expected removal of liberal
Josef Spacek from the party secretariat, however,
appears to have given the conservatives a slight
majority on that body.
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West Germany: The Bonn government has taken a
major step toward easing its stand against recogni-
tion of East Germany by third countries.
At a cabinet meeting on 30 May, the West German
Government agreed on a declaration that is to be
given to all governments with which it maintains
diplomatic relations. The statement asserts, in
effect, that in the future Bonn will not automatic-
ally break diplomatic ties with any state recogniz-
ing East Germany. Although the Federal Republic
will continue to regard recognition of East Germany
as an unfriendly act, its response in each case will
be determined by circumstances prevailing at the
time.
A decision on what specific action to take on
Cambodia's recent recognition of East Germany was
again deferred until a meeting of top coalition
leaders today and a cabinet meeting on 4 June. Al-
though the possibility of a break with Cambodia
still remains open, pressure for such action ap-
pears to have eased somewhat as a result of a newly
arrived statement from Prince Sihanouk, attempting
to explain his recognition of East Germany.
The US Embassy in Bonn regards these develop-
ments as a victory for Foreign Minister Brandt and
the Social Democrats who have long wanted to drop
officially the so-called Hallstein doctrine under
which West Germany has broken relations with coun-
tries recognizing East Germany. It also marks a
further stage in the development of West German
opinion in the direction of acceptance and ulti-
mate recognition of East Germany, although formal
recognition is still a long way off.
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Curacao: The government will probably ignore
the labor unions' demand that it resign or face new
disorders, and, bolstered by Dutch marine reinforce-
ments, should be able to maintain order.
The rioting on 30-31 May, which resulted in
widespread property damage and left at least one
dead and one hundred injured, followed a midweek
walkout by construction workers over a wage dispute.
By 30 May, sympathy strikes had swelled to a general
strike. A workers' march on the capital, Willemstad,
quickly degenerated into violence. When local au-
thorities were unable to control the situation, Dutch
marines were called to help restore order.
Government officials have publicly blamed the
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island's sma radical element were active during
the rioting. Many of the activists, however, are
probably now under arrest, and the original con-
struction workers' strike has been settled. Dutch
marine reinforcements have lifted military strength
on the island to 1,200 men.
A workers' ultimatum on 31 May demanded that
the government resign within 48 hours. Thus far,
there has been no official response to this demand.
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USSR: The rate of industrial growth during the
first four months of this year was the lowest of
this decade, according to statistics released in
Moscow.
Civilian industrial production--as calculated
by US agencies from the official data--grew by 4 1/2
percent during the first four months of the year
compared with the same period in 1968. Production
in April, however, was up 6 1/2 percent over the
same month in 1968 compared with a boost of 7 1/2
percent in April 1968 over April 1967.
The moderate increase in the April growth rate
was mainly a result of the rise in output of indus-
trial materials as the disruptions of supply and
transport caused by unusually severe winter weather
came to an end. Fuels, construction materials,
metals, and chemicals posted major improvements in
their growth rates last month.
The production of civilian machinery during the
first third of 1969 increased by about 10 1/2 per-
cent, continuing the high rate of growth established
in the latter half of 1968. Production of equipment
for the high priority chemical industry, however,
was up only slightly from the disappointing per-
formance of the first four months of last year.
An absolute decline of 9 percent in meat out-
put, reflecting in part the losses of livestock
in Central Asia during the winter, considerably
dims the prospect of achieving the output planned
for this year. The production of other major food
products, moreover, remained virtually the same as
in January-April 1968, making a significant improve-
ment in consumer diets in the near future highly
unlikely.
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International Communism: The communique is-
sued on 30 May at the end of the preparatory meeting
of 70 parties in Moscow indicates that differences
over the text of the main document on imperialism
remain unresolved. It notes that the delegates ad-
vanced the opinions of their respective central com-
mittees, that these were attentively studied, and
that the document with its proposed amendments will
be referred to the conference. This phrasing hints
that opposition of the chief dissidents, the Ruma-
nian and Italian parties, has not abated. Although
the communique fails to affirm the opening date of
5 June for the conference, there is no positive evi-
dence of further postponement. The Soviet position
has been strengthened by the announcement that the
hitherto recalcitrant Cuban party will send a high-
level delegation of observers to the conference.
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Argentina: The government is starting to as-
sess t material and psychological damage brought
by last week's general strike and violent student
demonstrations. In Cordoba, which was hardest hit
by the violence, the toll has been estimated at 12
to 16 dead and as many as 100 wounded, with property
damage calculated at over $10 million. Military au-
thorities remain in control of Cordoba, and military
courts have begun trying persons accused of taking
part in the riots and in the accompanying sniping.
President Ongania
as decided to reopen a universities in an attempt
to bring calm to the schools. If further unrest oc-
curs on the campuses, he reportedly plans to use the
broad powers given him by the national security law
of 28 May to control the situation.
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Guatemala: Prominent rightist politician
Mario Lopez Villatoro was assassinated along with
his bodyguard in Guatemala City yesterday. Lopez,
who survived an attempt on his life last August,
was propaganda secretary for the National Libera-
tion Party, whose candidate for the March 1970 elec-
tion, Colonel Arana, is a prime target of Communist
insurgents,
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