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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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SOURCE(S) CLASS./CONTROL(S) TDCS-314/09304-68 June 6, 1968 Secret/NFD A reliable Bolivian official reported that the Government is becoming increasingly jittery about coup plotting and is beginning to distrust certain portions of the military itself. On June 4, President Barrientos learned from a military officer who had penetrated the conspiratorial group that military and civilian plotters were prepared to attempt a coup on the night of June 4. The President called a number of his most trusted supporters to assemble, put the Army on full alert and went to the house were the alleged plotters were to meet but discovered no one. TDCS-314/09254-68 June 6, 1968 Secret/NFD On June 6, President Barrientos ordered the Minister of Government to arrange for the arrest or exile of 70-80 opposition politicians and military officers made up mostly of Bolivian Socialist Falange and National Revolutionary Members. The list included members of Congress and retired and active military officers engaged in coup plotting. La Paz 4828 June 6, 1968 Confidential Foreign Minister Elio told the Ambassador on June 6 that the GOB plans a declaration of a state of siege and the round-up and exile of approximately 100 "troublemakers." He spoke as though both events were imminent. La Paz 4625 June 6, 1968 Unclassified On the night of June 5, the LaPaz university students held an assembly to protest the police attacks on the Santa Cruz students. Protests were also made against the "racist, plutocratic" attempt against the life of Senator Kennedy. After the assembly, about 500 students poured into the streets and headed for the central plaza where they were confronted by about 200 national guardsmen with shields, dogs and tear gas. After a tear gas attack the students returned to the university. They are now calling for a "grand march" next week to include workers, teachers, secondary students and professors. LaPaz 4805/1&2 June 6, 1968 Confidential Confronted by growing national political and economic frustrations, the LaPaz press and political commentators are becoming increasingly critical of the US and its "policies." This is apparent in the bitterness of comment on the Martin Luther King and Kennedy
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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.