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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 "SEfH%EJl_ ROMANIA COURTS THE ARABS Romania has made a strong bid in recent months to improve its re- lations with the Arab world, par- ticularly with Egypt. The Romanian Government has never fully recovered its political standing in the Arab world since it refused to join the USSR and the other Warsaw Pact countries in breaking relations with Israel af- ter the June 1967 war. Romanian- Arab relations fell to a new low last August when Bucharest raised its diplomatic mission in Tel Aviv to embassy level. Widely consid- ered a coup for Israel, the move was denounced by Arabs and Commu- nists alike. Iraq recalled its charge and Egypt recalled its am- bassador, while the Sudan and Syria broke relations entirely. The Romanians still insist on implementation of the 1967 UN reso- lution as a solution to the Arab- Israeli conflict, but since early this year they have been at pains to demonstrate limited support for the Arab cause in other ways. Bucha- rest staged an international day of solidarity with the Arab people on 25 January. In February the au- thoritative party daily Scinteia condemned the Israeli bombing of the Egyptian civilian factory at Abu Zabal. Visits to Cairo by a Romanian trade union delegation in February and by Foreign Trade Min- ister Burtica in March were empha- sized in the Romanian press as evi- dence of Bucharest‘s friendly in- tentions. Finally, in a speech to the Romanian parliament later that month, Foreign Minister Manescu ap- pealed for a "full normalization" of relations with all Arab countries, and significantly, did not mention Israel. Nevertheless, the problem that probably touches the most sensitive Arab nerve has been the emigration of Romanian Jews to Israel. This emigration had totaled several thou- sand yearly, but was abruptly cut off following the June 1967 war. In October 1968 it was reportedly allowed to resume in trickling num- bers. Reports conflict on whether such emigration is still under way, but in view of Romania's other moves toward reconciliation with the Arabs, it is doubtful. The Romanians probably feel that their policy of neutrality and friendship with all has become some- what lopsided in the Middle East in favor of Israel. Moreover, while they are apprehensive about the con- sequences of deeper Soviet involve- ment in the Arab-Israeli conflict, they do not want to be isolated as anti-Arab. By extending a friendly hand to Cairo now they hope to re- establish their credentials in the Arab world without seriously endan- gering their good relations with Israel. \ _§FTTRi¥¥__ Page 20 WEEKLY SUMMARY 8 May 70 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.