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Current Intelligence Weekly Summary

Central Intelligence Agency · 1962-03-23 · 42 pages · text from the file's own layer

This is the Central Intelligence Agency's Current Intelligence Weekly Summary of 23 March 1962, a secret digest from the Office of Current Intelligence covering world events. It reviews Soviet foreign policy on Berlin, the Berlin air corridors, disarmament and a nuclear test ban. It also covers Algeria, Argentina's elections, the Congo, Laos, South Vietnam, Guatemala, food rationing in Cuba and Middle East tensions. Special articles assess Brazil under Goulart and Turkey's economic prospects. It contains no UFO material.

  • p. 12 …2026/03/06 C03176167 gem’? CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY SUMMARY FRANCE-ALGERIA French officials still expect serious…
  • p. 13 …In France, complete calm prevailed following announcement of the cease-fire. Public opinion from extreme left…
  • p. 27 …for an EEC—African free trade area. France, sup- ported by the Africans, has taken the…
  • p. 28 …In meetings since early March, France has agreed to a reduction in the level of pref…
Approved for Release: 2026/03/06 C03176167
THIS MATERIAL CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECT-
ING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES
WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE LAWS,
TITLE 18, USC, SECTIONS 793 AND 794, THE TRANSMIS-
SION OR REVELATION OF WHICH IN ANY MANNER TO
AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW.
The Current Intelligence Weekly Summary has been prepared
primarily for the internal use of the Central Intelligence
Agency. It does not represent a complete coverage of all
current situations. Comments and conclusions represent the
immediate appraisal of the Office of Current Intelligence.
Approved for Release: 2026/03/06 C03176167

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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. 42 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.