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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 TEcR~EJ; EL SALVADOR ADOPTS A TOUGH LINE The Salvadoran Government ap- pears to be adopting a new and tougher approach to domestic and foreign politics. In an obvious effort to set the political tone for the last two years of the San- chez administration, the government is taking steps to restrict politi- cal opposition. El Salvador con- tinues to take a tough stance against Honduras, as well. Although the government was careful to avoid incidents before the congressional and municipal elections on 8 March, it made clear that its patience with student dis- sent was wearing thin. Concerned that terrorist successes in neigh- boring Guatemala might inspire Sal- vadoran student or extremist groups to resort to violence, the govern- ment served notice after the elec- tion that it would deal harshly with any further public disorders. Despite its landslide victory in the elections, the government has not made any conciliatory gestures to the opposition parties. Ignoring Christian Democratic charges of election fraud and voter coercion, the administration has treated the electorate to a practical demonstra- tion of its new get—tough policy. Itannulled the mayoral victory of a candidate from a minor leftist party, which had been used as an electoral vehicle by the Communists, and later used military reservists to break up a peaceful rally of the same party. Recently, there have been indi- cations that the National Guard com- mander and intel- ligence chief, Gen- eral Medrano, is interested in run- ning for the presi- dency in 1972 with President Sanchez‘ support. This sug- gests that the tough line will continue and even grow in intensity. Me- drano, a dedicated anti-Communist, is not above precipi- tating leftist violence in order to win popular support. (}eneralh4edran0 Medrano has also supported a tough policy toward Honduras. He re- portedly is responsible for the cur- rent disruption of traffic along the Pan American Highway and has been uncompromising in his refusal to re- move National Guard troops from the border areas-—a major stumbling block in the way of the creation of a de- militarized zone. The Salvadorans recently became aware of reports that Honduras had acquired jet fighter aircraft and they now fear that a surprise attack is planned. A number of defensive measures have already been taken and restrictions have been placed on the movement of US Military Group person- nel. The restrictions may be aimed at masking a repositioning of army units Page 32 WEEKLY SUMMARY 8 May 70 Approved for Release: 2023/03/28 C03154550 (bX1 (bX3
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