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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.
b)(3) (b)(3) Approved for Release: 2026/03/06 C03176167 /seean’ CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY SUMMARY 23 March 1962 T H E W E E K I N B R I E F (Information as of 1200 EST 22 Mar) SOVIET FOREIGN POLICY DEVELOPMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 1 Moscow appears to view the Gromyko-Rusk talks in Geneva as a point of departure for more comprehensive negotiations on Berlin which could culminate in aiheads-of-governmentm meeting. The moderate tone of Khrushchev's remarks on Ber- lin and Germany in his 16 March speech was intended to re- assure the West that Moscow is still interested in a nego- tiated settlement. The Soviets have indicated that their future actions in the Berlin air corridors will be in- fluenced by developments in the US—Soviet talks and have relaxed pressures in the corridors somewhat since 17 March by conducting transport flights below the altitudes nor- mally used by Western commercial aircraft. Gromyko's rel- atively mild presentation of the USSR's disarmament pro- posals in the 17-nation Geneva conference and Soviet ac- ceptance of the proposal by the US and Britain for three- t lk l t t b l l l t d tpower a s on a nuc ear es an were a so ca cu a e o improve the atmos here for bilateral discussions with the "S- a 0 0 o 0 0 c 0 0 0 n I I 0 0 0 o 0 0 0 0 0 6 French officials still expect serious trouble in Algeria, despite the absence of major OAS-inspired violence immedi- ately following the announcement of a cease-fire, These of- ficials hope, however, that Moslem restraint will continue and that the gradual resignation of the Europeans to the new situation will reduce OAS capabilities. The OAS may be delaying action until the provisional executive E;in- stalled or until some other step is taken in connection with implementation of the accords, De Gaulle is seeking massive public approval for the agreements in the national refer- endum scheduled for 8 April, and his public statements fur- ther emphasize his desire to undercut claims by the OAS that it is resisting his "dictatorship." \ n I o 0 c o 0 0 0 0 u 0 0 u o o 0 0 I 0 0 O 0 I 8 The victories of the pro-Peronista slates in Argentina’ 18 March provincial and congressional elections prompted precipitate military pressure on President Frondizi. Coup- minded military elements have been temporarily restrained by various anti-Peronista measures, such as federal inter- vention in five provinces where Peronistas won, and by Frondizi's agreement to form a new cabinet partly selected by the mil- “=arY- o a u 0 0 u c ca 0 0 n 1 c 0 o a u e 0 n a u o a 0 0 9 The meetings between Adoula and Tshombé finally got under way on 18 March; their positions and attitudes still appear to be far apart. Tshombé meanwhile is trying to woo pro-Leopoldville Baluba leaders in northern Katanga and to weaken Adoula's parliamentary support. Adoula, under ;ecRs1/ i BRIEFS , . 1 (b)(3 Approved for Release: 202,6/03/06 C03176167
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 42 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.