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This is the Central Intelligence Agency's Central Intelligence Bulletin for 1 February 1960, a daily brief released in 2020. It covers a planned pre-Summit meeting of Soviet bloc leaders in Moscow and Soviet aid for Egypt's Aswan Dam. It also covers the Sino-Burmese border agreement, the Shah's order to watch the Iranian army, the Algiers settler insurrection and Venezuela's protest against the Dominican Republic. A late item reports a Soviet vehicle launched from Tyura Tam to the Pacific impact area. It contains no UFO reports.
Approved for Re|e_as_e_:_20g0/0?/‘1§ _Q0_3l57411 Venezuela to l?rotest_,D0minican Intervention file Venezuelan Government, which. suspended relations with the Dominican Republic last June, will soon request the Organization of American States (OAS) to take action to term- inate ‘Dominican interference in Venezuelan internal affairs and issue a, white paper on hostile Dominican activity. The charges will include "incendiary" radiobroadcasts, aid to conspirators, and the infiltration of "mercenariesif [These moves. will probably stimulate efforts of dissi- dent Dominican elements--several exile groups are located in Caracas--to overthrow Trujillo, who already faces serious internal opposition. - Venezuelan President Betancourt, an im- plicable: enemy of the Dominican dictator, stated in a 21 Jan- uary speech that he was prepared to take "energetic measures" against Trujillo ifthe OAS were incapable of effective action, suggesting that he is prepared to give substantial clandestine support to opponents of the dictator. Two senior Foreign Min- istry officials have hinted to the American Embassy that Ven- ezuela would even undertake direct armed action as a last re- coursel] gléetancourt considers Trujillo the main source of Caribbean tens ons and one of the promoters of the plotting and terrorism which recently has plagued his regime. In addition to the Vitu- perative broadcasts against him, an attempted air drop of sub- versive leadflets over Caracas last November was launched from the Dominican Republic. The Venezuelan Government has made a concerted effort to oust they Dominican Republic and other dictatorships from the OAS. Betancourt has strong backing from the Venezuelan public for his anti-Dominican policiesq —GQNF-HJE-PFIlE4rL— 1 Feb 60 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN Page 6. Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 C03157411
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 16 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.