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This is the Central Intelligence Agency's Current Intelligence Weekly Summary of 23 March 1962, a secret digest from the Office of Current Intelligence covering world events. It reviews Soviet foreign policy on Berlin, the Berlin air corridors, disarmament and a nuclear test ban. It also covers Algeria, Argentina's elections, the Congo, Laos, South Vietnam, Guatemala, food rationing in Cuba and Middle East tensions. Special articles assess Brazil under Goulart and Turkey's economic prospects. It contains no UFO material.
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Approved for Release: 2026/03/06 C03176167 s CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY SUMMARY K ARGENTINA The victories of the pro- Peronista slates in Argentina's 18 March provincial and con- gressional elections prompted precipitate military pressure on President Frondizi. Coup- minded military elements have been temporarily restrained by various anti-Peronista measures such as federal intervention in provinces where Peronistas won and by Frondizi's agreement to form a new cabinet partly selected by the military. The Peronista victories surprised the military and the Peronistas themselves as well as the government. Much of their strong showing is to be attributed to the unpopu- larity of the austerity meas- ures in Frondizi's economic stabilization program--such as his program for drastic cuts in the payroll of Argentina's government-owned railroads. There were also probably a con- siderable number of political deals giving Peronista candi- dates the support of other par- ties: normally the(Peronistas have been able to count on about a fifth of the total vote; in these elections they polled almost a third. In the confusion resulting from the election upset, the military reacted by forcing Frondizi to impose federal control over five provinces in which Peronista guberna- torial candidates won, and some military elements wanted to oust Frondizi himself. Some Peronistas, on the other hand, sought to call a general strike to protest Frondizi's anti-Peronista measures. Disagreements. within the Peronista ranks and among mili- tary leaders have helped Fron- dizi maintain an uneasy balance, but he is still under strong pressure. A tentative agree- ment with the military report- edly calls for formation of a coalition cabinet including military representatives, con- tinuing strong measures against the Peronistas and Communists, and the rapid ouster from gov- ernment posts of supporters of Rogelio Frigerio, Frondizi's close adviser whom the military hold responsible for the situa- tion. It was announced on 21 March that the cabinet minis- ters who resigned to permit the organization of the joint eight-man military and civil- ian cabinet would continue in office until the new one is chosen. Frondizi condoned the military takeover of the prov- inces when the pro-Peronistas won, since this is permitted by the constitution under the state of siege. He is reject- ing,however, military demands that the 43 Peronistas elected to the Chamber of Deputies be barred from taking their seats on 1 May as scheduled,on the grounds that this would be illegal. Although the military cur- rently accepts Frondizi's con- tinuance in office, neither the navy nor a large part of the army is satisfied with the ex- isting compromise. The threat of Peronista violence has not yet been removed, but instead of going on strike Peronista labor leaders agreed to issue a statement sup- farting constitutional government. (b)(3 SECIEI 23 Mal" 62 WEEKLY REVIEW Page s of 22 Approved for Release: 2026/03/06 C03176167
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