Documents / FOIA release
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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DEPARTMENT OF STATE GIST: PAKISTAN: New Foreign Minister states Rawalpindi is "progressively disengaging itself" from CENTO and SEATO TO: The Director, INR DATE: June 6, 1963 TIME: 2 p.m. COMMENTS CONTAINED IN INR BRIEFING NOTES ARE INITIAL AND TENTATIVE. SOURCE(S) CLASS./CONTROL(S) Reuters from Rawalpindi June 6 Unclassified Foreign Minister Arshad Husain stated in reply to a question in the National Assembly that Pakistan is progressively disengaging itself from the CENTO and SEATO pacts because they have lost much of their validity. Pakistan is "no longer taking part in military activities of the pacts and is playing the role of virtual observer in ministerial council meetings." Pakistan still finds the economic and cultural activities of the pacts of some benefit. INR/RWA Comment: Limited Official Use Husain replaced Pirzada as Foreign Minister May 1. Though Pakistanis officials have from time to time indicated their unhappiness with CENTO and SEATO, and they have refrained from participating fully in several meetings, this is the first flat public statement by a high official claiming 1) progressive disengagement, 2) non-participation in military activities, and 3) observer at ministerial council meetings. It is still doubtful that Pakistan will withdraw from CENTO or SEATO while some benefits remain, but this very low posture will please the Soviets, from whom the Pakistanis may attempt to obtain some military assistance. INRICE RHA BRIEFER Langhaug EXTENSION 3892 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE MW 31097 6·66 DocId:33061196 Page 111 (Classification)
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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.