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This is a compilation of Department of State Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) briefing notes to the Director of INR, mostly dated June 12, 1968, with some from June 6, 1968. The notes cover world events, including student riots in Paris, East German passport and visa rules for West Germans, a UN resolution on South West Africa, a change of Komsomol leadership, Sino-Nepalese relations, and the Colombian presidential resignation crisis. Unrest in Senegal and Somalia is also covered. None of the notes discuss UFOs.
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Prague has broadcast another statement by Czech Major General Cepicky, press spokesman for the upcoming command-staff exercise, on preparations completed or still underway. Time: Cepicky stated that the exercise will last several days and will be held in the second half of June. We have had reports of June, mid-June and late June; this statement helps only to bracket the period from 17 to 28 June. It does not raise the question, however, of why the Soviet troops that arrived in eastern Slovakia on 31 May were brought in so early. Normally they would have arrived within a week of the start of the exercise. Place: Cepicky said that the maneuvers would be held not only on Czech territory but also would be extended to the territory of "several other" socialist states. Previous Czech statements have referred only to the use of Czech and Polish territories. Since the Czechs have announced that the Hungarians will participate, the reference to "several other" countries may mean that Hungary will also see some activity. Cost: Cepicky said that the budget of the allied command of the Warsaw Pact will bear the entire cost of the exercise. We do not know how previous exercises have been paid for but we suspect there is little new in Cepicky's statement. It is doubtful that the Soviet Union has been carrying these costs. Soviet Troops—Those Who Have Arrived and Those Expected: Cepicky said that there are some Soviet "support" units in Czecho and that, in addition to communications units, "supply" units will also arrive soon for guarding, billeting, catering, and so forth. We doubt that support units refers to combat support units. It is more likely that he has used support and supply interchangeably and that he is referring to housekeeping units, cooks, bakers, MP's, etc. At this point we believe at least three Soviet signal battalions have arrived in Czechoslovakia. Each battalion numbers 250 men and 30 officers and is equipped with 60 vehicles, including 2 tanks and 5 APO's. There have been statements that
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 132 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.