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This is the Central Intelligence Agency Office of Current Intelligence's Current Intelligence Weekly Summary for 9 November 1962, a secret periodical of intelligence appraisals. Much of it covers the Cuban missile crisis: Soviet missile equipment being loaded onto ships in Cuban ports, IL-28 bombers still in Cuba, and Khrushchev's moves to hold together Soviet bloc support. Other sections cover the Sino-Indian border conflict, Laos, Yemen, the Congo, European elections and Ne Win's Burma. It contains no UFO material.
Q \ (b)(3) (b)(3) (b)(3) Z, , Approved for Release: 2026/03/06 C03159090 i LI ' J.\lJ J. /G CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY SUMMARY 9 November 1962 as its allies’ indifference to its basic interests vis-a-vis India, Pakistan considers that India's acceptance of Western military aid will tend to undermine the major advantage that accrued to Pakistan from its alliances with Western powers. \ DEVELOPMENTS IN LAOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 11 Right-wing leaders in Vientiane are taking steps to instigate a formal investigation by the International Control Commission of charges that North Vietnamese armed forces remain in Laos. Souvanna, anxious to prevent the erosion of his neutralist military support, recently visited Phong Saly in an effort to mediate a factional dispute between two of his key lieutenants. The North Vietnamese ambassador presented his credentials to King Savang on 8 November, a move which may result in the severance of relations between South Vietnam and Laos. The Soviet airlift into Laos has been suspended at least for the moment. \ \ (bX3 THE SITUATION IN YEMEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 12 The Yemeni conflict is threatening to embroil Saudi Arabia and Jordan in open warfare against the UAR, which has made air and naval attacks on Saudi villages serving as supply points for the Yemeni royalists. The Saudi Government has broken diplomaticrelations with the UAR and may call on Jordan for military aid in accordance with the alliance the two countries recently concluded. Both governments, in continuing to aid the Yemeni royalists, are risking disaffection within their own military establishments-- where opinion is reported sharply divided over the in- volvement in Yemen. Yemeni royalist forces have made a few minor gains in northwest Yemen, but it is unlikely that they will be able to penetrate far into republican-held territory. \ ‘ CONGO DEVELOPMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 14 Convinced that Tshombé has no intention of complying with the UN plan, UN officials are preparing to adopt a more forceful policy. They may intend some move to cut off Katanga's mining revenue. The central government is stepping up military pressure on Tshombé in northern Katanga, where Congolese forces are reported to have attacked Kongolo. \ \ POLITICAL SITUATION IN THE FEDERATION OF RHODESIA AND I Q I I I I I O C I I I I I I I I I O Q I I U I A series of elections and constitutional talks is under way in the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. In Northern Rhodesia, elections on 30 October failed to provide any party with a clear mandate, and African nationalists may resort to violence rather than attempt to promote their program in the new legislature. Talks on the Nyasaland constitution which are scheduled to open in London on 12 November probably will S ET ii BRIEFS Approved for Release: 2026/03/06 C03159090
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 34 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.