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*Laos:@lements of _the two airborne battalions north

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CONTENTS
1, Situation in I308. (Page 1)

Congo: Leopoldville: river blockade of Orientale

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3. West Germany‘: Defense Minister Strauss fears possi-

ble Soviet- US nuclear agreement would leave NATO no
nuclear capabilityto maintain own security. (Pays '11)

. 4. Communist China; Evidence of str_ained_S_lno-vSov_iet

relations revealed during Sino'- Canadian grain. nego-
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5. India; New Delhi acts to secure its position along

Sino“-Indian border. (Page t_'t-t)

6. Africa: All-African People's Conference omits denun-

ciation of Peace» Corps in final resolutions. (Page ttt)

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*Congo: Leopoldv-ille Economic Affairs Minister Deri-=

coyard announced on 7 April-that the river blockade of
Oriéntale Province has been "lifted. He
the Ileo ‘government was willingtotpermit all supp ies except
aviation fuel to be shipped to Stanleyville. The first upriver
shipment probably willleave “Leopoldvillerearly next week.
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lapse in Orientale and Kivu, had weakened» the Leopoldville
government financially throughithe loss of export duties on 7}?
W” cot_ton.and other agricultural products. Its removal is a fur-=
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and Stanleyville. Resumption of "river shipments to Orientale

will also weaken the position of bloc Red Cross groups which
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he had always felt that an American "'ret'reat from Europe"
would occur "not too far in thefuture'-' andthat he is concerned
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own-security. Strauss, said West Germany, would -feel particu-
larly threatened if the United States negotiated with the USSR
over regional, disarmament or a reduced armaments zone. He
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26 March he intends_ to d_iscuss_w_i_th the _Pre_si'dent the need for
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Sovietrelations at the timegthe Chinese were negotiatingthe

shipment of Canadian grain early this year. In response -to.re=
peated Chinese‘ requests for earlier shipments of wheat, the
Canadian representatives explained that the USSR had suddenly
decided to take up its option to buy 200,000 tons of Canadian 7%?" .

wheatsoon after the news broke that the Chinese were discuss-=
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occupied alternately since 1954 by Chinese and Indian troops.

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,.Africa. First reports
ence .in Cairo indicated that one of the resolutions issued by the
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conference had denounced the Peace Corps. This report was

based on advance releases made available to our embassy and
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the press in Cairo. Final texts of the resolutions as actually .0 #-

passed by the conference make no mention of. the Peace Corps.
It is apparent that more moderate elements at the conference-
roved of the extremism in the first draft of the resolutions

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to give him time to strengthen his forces during negotiations."
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an discussing Laos with the UK ambassador on 6 April,
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Pushkin raised the problem‘
of Laotian representation at an international conference".
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the -belief that the USSR-"was merely trying to main in its

position of support for Souvanna Phouma rather than attempt--
ing to sabotage the prospect of a conference with new demands
regardin the Lao representation.
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arms supplies into Laos and, while expressing some doubt as

to the suitability of Phnom Penh as a site for the conference-,.
alluded to Prince Sihanouk's sensitivitv on this maueiiy

Ina press commentary on '7 April Peiping took pains to

depict Laotian developments as a demonstration of US weak-
ness, with the US pictured as having been forced by military
defeats to agree to a Laotian settlement. Commenting on US
reluctance to have an international conference convene in
Phnom Penh, Peiping quotes a Cambodian broadcast stating
that "the time in which the fate of Asian peoples was deter-
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A 7 April broadcast by the Xieng Khouang "government,"

summarized Peiping .radio, contained further reflections
by"
of aversion to alicease-fire before the convening of an inter-
national conference. The broadcast insisted that only an

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Soviet IL-14 is en route to Hanoi fromthe USSR, possibly .to
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replace the IL-14 shot down by Meo triibesmen on 17 February.

After leaving Moscow one 5 April it landed at Kazan, where a‘
large" aircraft engine plant is located, before continuing on to
Irkutsk. It may have "pickednp _a cargo of replacement parts
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Strauss Qresses European Need for Nuclear Weapons

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stated "again and again" that all West Germany must be
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This, he felt", "would enable the Europeans to have and to use
their own deterrents and to make threats with. them. " This .

ability would reduce" Europe's dependence on American re-

taliatory power--which Strauss fears is not likely to be used
except in a conflict directly involving the continental United
fiatesb
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ministration was not interested in giving the Europeans their
own separate deterrent but wanted to have "the last word"
regarding the scope of anyconflict. Strauss. warned that 0'-

failure to recognize European security requirements could

lead "the Europeans" to take the same course taken by France
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The Scientific Adviser to the President
The Director of the Budget
The Director, Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
The Director, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Chairman, Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence Activities
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The Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
The Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration
The Counselor and Chairman of the Policy Planning Council
The Director of Intelligence and Research
The Treasury Department
The Secretary of the Treasury
The Department of Defense
The Secretary of Defense
The Deputy Secretary of Defense
The Secretary of the Army
The Secretary of the Navy
The Secretary of the Air Force
The Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs)
The Assistant to Secretory of Defense (Special Operations)
The Chairman, The Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Chief of Staff, United States Air Force
Chief of Staff, United States Army
Commandant, United States Marine Corps
U.S. Rep. , Military Committee and Standing Group, NATO
Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
Commander in Chief, Pacific
The Director, T_he Joint Staff
The Director for Intelligence, The Joint Staff
The Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Department of Army
The Director of Naval Intelligence, Department of Navy
The Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Department of the Air Force
The Department of Justice
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