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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 Eolsgzl; S1No-Sov1ET TALKS REMAIN 0N DEAD CENTER Top Chinese and Soviet lead- ers have again expressed their in- tention to continue the Peking talks despite the lack of signifi- cant progress during the past six months. The talks have apparently been in recess since the departure of chief Soviet negotiator Kuznet- sov for the Lenin centenary cele- brations in Moscow, but he probably will return to Peking shortly to resume the discussions. Chairman Mao, in an apparently cordial conversation at the Peking May Day ceremonies, told the dep- uty head of the Soviet delegation that China wished the talks to re- sume "as soon as possible" and gently prodded the Soviets as to when Kuznetsov would return. So- viet Premier Kosygin, in his sur- prise news conference on 4 May, indicated that the Soviets plan to continue the talks, and voiced the opinion that both sides were inter- ested in reaching a settlement. Ta1WTW9-J ‘ b 3 Despite these relatively con- ciliatory comments, however, offi- cials on both sides have flatly stated that no significant progress has yet been made. Kuznetsov him- self told a Western diplomat that stories of Soviet troop withdrawal from the border were without founda- tion and that Moscow would not con- sider making such a move unilaterall In addition, the Chinese chargé in Moscow said in late April that Peking has not given agrement to So- viet Ambassador-designate Stepakov and has no present intention of ap- pointing its own ambassador to Mos- cow. Another Chinese official has confirmed that Peking views the Stepakov appointment as a possible Soviet attempt to downgrade the ne- gotiations- The Soviets, in turn, have indicated they may seek Chinese approval for shifting the talks to Moscow. Peking, however, will prob- ably be reluctant to accede to such SOVIETS SQUANDER NATURAL GAs AND CRUDE OIL Continuing Soviet efforts to boost current petroleum output have resulted in serious losses of na- tural gas and crude oil. Failure to realize the full potential of older producing fields is beginning to impinge on export capability and makes the Soviet need to develop new fields more imperative. In the Mangyshlak Peninsula, natural gas that was obtained as a by—product of crude oil was flared off as waste instead of being uti- lized or recycled into deposits to maintain pressure. ‘As pressure de- clined, numerous wells ceased pro- ducing. The Soviets finally in- jected seawater into the deposits in an attempt to increase pressure and avoid costly pumping. The Mangyshlak oil, however, is highly viscous, and the seawater cooled the oil until it solidified and be- came unrecoverable. ’As a result, a large portion of the Mangyshlak oil reserves, which approximated the re- serves on Alaska's North Slope, was lost, as were the great quantities of gas that were wantonly burned. Similar mistakes have been made in Belorussia, where a newspaper re- cently scored petroleum producers for flaring 350 million cubic meters of natural gas during the last five Page l8 WEEKLY SUMMARY 8 May 70 Approved for Release: 2023/03/28 C03154550
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