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The CIA's Directorate of Intelligence issued this Weekly Summary, No. 0369/70, on 8 May 1970. It covers events through noon on 7 May. The Far East section deals with the allied operations into Cambodia, Hanoi's cautious response and the government in exile Sihanouk formed in Peking. Other items cover Soviet military aid, the Sino-Soviet talks, Jordan, Dahomey, Guatemala and Brazil, and a special report looks at Cuban support for subversion in Latin America. Many pages are withheld, and the summary contains no UFO material.
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Approved for Release: 2023/03/28 C03154550 ReR~1a"|; SOVIETS SEE CZECH FRIENDSHIP TREATY AS TRIUMPH The principle of "socialist internationalism," which Moscow used to justify its intervention in Czechoslovakia, has received its most impressive endorsement to date in the new Soviet—Czech— oslovak friendship treaty. The treaty formally requires the two signatories to take ac- tion in defense of socialist in- stitutions wherever they may be threatened——the chief tenet of the so—called"Brezhnev Doctrine"- and implicitly commitsthe Czech- oslovaks to fight with the USSR in a war against China. It also commits Prague and Moscow to act to strengthen mutual cooperation in all spheres of relations. The language is forceful enough to reinforce the fears some Eastern Europeans have had about the treaty. The importance that the So- viets ascribed to the treaty is indicated by the composition of the delegation sent to Prague for the signing on 6 May. It was headed by party General Secretary Brezhnev and also included Premie Kosygin, politburo member Shelest candidate politburo member Mash- erov, central committee secretary Katushev, and Foreign Minister Gromyko. In addition, Soviet chief of staff General Zakharov was on hand at the head of a large military delegation. Almost every member of this assemblage played a key role in the events of 1968-69 that put I‘ I an end to the liberal reform move- ment in Czechoslovakia. Both Kosy— gin——who reportedly had been cool to the intervention——and Katushev conducted crucial negotiations at that time with the Czechoslovaks. Shelest, the Ukrainian party chief, who reputedly was one of the loud- est advocates of the intervention, took part in the crucial Dresden, Warsaw, and Bratislava meetings that preceded the invasion. General Zakharov was vital in the planning and execution of the invasion it- self. For these Soviet leaders, the treaty serves to vindicate the in- tervention and to undercut critics within the Communist movement and even within the Soviet party. As politburo member Kirilenko noted last month, "everyone can now see" that Soviet policies were "fully justified." Brezhnev himself is probably the chief beneficiary of the treaty. He reportedly had been a target for criticism because of his handling of the Czechoslovak crisis, and he is likely to use this belated justification of his policies to advantage. Czechoslovak leader Husak has also gained. The Soviets are ob- viously content with his perform- ance as the chief architect of the "normalization." The Soviet delegation treated Husak with con- spicuous warmth during its stay, in effect giving him another strong endorsement. Husak will undoubt- edly use it to strengthen his po- sition against his domestic crit- ics. \ Page 16 WEEKLY SUMMARY 8 May 7O Approved for Release: 2023/03/28 C03154550 (b><3
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 78 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.