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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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DEPARTMENT OF STATE INR BRIEFING NOTE GIST: Romania Welcomes Congo Brazzaville President Massamba-Debat The Director, INR DATE: June 7 TIME: 11:43 COMMENTS CONTAINED IN INR BRIEFING NOTES ARE INITIAL AND TENTATIVE. Romanian party-state chief Ceausescu and Premier Maurer provided a red-carpet welcome for Congo Brazaville President Massamba-Debat on his arrival in Bucharest June 5. Following airport arrival ceremonies, Ceausescu hosted a luncheon for the Congolese visitors, which was attended by Maurer, Grand Natl. Assembly Pros. Voitec, Party Secretary Stoica, Acting Foreign Minister Macovescu and other Romanian party-state leaders. In a luncheon toast, Ceausescu stressed: Romania's "warm sympathy" for Brazaville's efforts toward economic and political independence; Romania's own high premium on equal rights principles in foreign affairs; and the "greatest significance" of uniting "all democratic and progressive forces" to check imperialism. Replying, Massamba-Debat added of his current visit as "a starting point for fruitful cooperation" and discussed the "strange likeness" of Romania's and the Congo's struggle for national survival and independence. Since taking over the Romanian Presidency last December, Ceausescu has granted him a number of world leaders in Bucharest but has not traveled outside communist East Europe. Recent Romanian moves to strengthen relations with African states and the present visit of Massamba-Debet may soon lead to a Ceausescu tour of Africa. Romania has shown considerable interest in developing ties with the Third World, where its manufactured goods find a more ready market than in the West. The Romanians have also begun to work more closely with the non-aligned states in the UN and other international bodies. All this has contributed to Bucharest's increasing independence from Moscow and the Romanian industrial boom. INR OFFICE RSB BRIEFER RHProvick EXTENSION 3803 CONFIDENTIAL (Classification) 6-NW 31097 DocId:33061196 Page 73
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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.