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Weekly Summary

Central Intelligence Agency · 1970-05-08 · 78 pages · text from the file's own layer

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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THE WEEK IN PERSPECTIVE 27
BRAZIL SECURITY FORCES HIT TERRORISTS 29
Military and security forces have carried out major
operations against terrorist groups.
Castro's interference in the form of subversion and
armed struggle at least once The involvement has
ranged from direct participation by Castro himself to
the supplying of arms and ammunition The great —
jority of Castro's efforts have failed, however. De-
spite the setbacks, he has adopted revolution as
way of life and there are no signs that he plans to
reject it. \
CUBA AND SUBVERSION: OLD STRATEGY, NEW TACTICS
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RENEWED VIOLENCE LIKELY IN GUATEMALA 30
President Mendez has allowed the state of siege, im-
posed following the assassination of German Ambassador
von Spreti, to lapse despite an increase in terrorist
violence.
TRINIDAD FACES A NEW POLITICAL CLIMATE 31
A government shake—up and new legislative programs
are likely in the wake of black power dissidence and
the recent army rebellion.
EL SALVADOR ADOPTS A TOUGH LINE 32
The Sanchez government is adopting a new and tougher
approach to domestic and foreign politics.
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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.