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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.
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bX3) Approved for Release: 2026/03/06 C03176167 CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY SUMMARY 23 March 1962 the end of this year, but they differ on the exact terms to be offered the Africans. This issue is expected to come to a head in the next few weeks. Present prospects are that the EEC will offer closer institutional ties, an expanded aid program, and some arrangement on a free trade area. Continued preferential access for African ex- ports to the European market will hurt com eting under- developed areas. \ W >) UK‘: ‘U Z1-‘.3 Q H AL ARTICLES BRAZIL'S SIX MONTHS UNDER GOULART . . . . . . e - . . . . Page 1 President Joao Goulart, who is scheduled to visit Wash- inton on 3 April, has retained most of the authority the- oretically transferred tc the prime minister by the con- stitutional amendment passed last September, when he suc- ceeded to the presidency after Quadros' resignation. Goulart's position now is challenged, however, by the return of Quadros, who is expected to seek the prime ministry unless Goulart succeeds in his current move to restore chief executive authority to the president through a national referendum. Gou- lart, like Quadros, has tried to appeal to Brazilian nation- alism by pursuing a foreign policy clearly independent of that of the United States, He has thus far taken little action on Brazil's economic and social problems--such as the politi- cally explosive land reform issue, the risin cost of living, and the serious foreign exchange shortage. [E \ (bX3 TURKEY'S ECONOMIC PROSPECTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 6 The Turkish Government has adopted a record budget for the 1962 fiscal year in order to establish a base for continued economic growth during a Five-Year Plan (1963-68). To accomplish their objectives in the preparatory phase and during the plan period, Turkish planners must count heavily on continued foreign aid. Efforts to make the country self- sufficient will depend largely on Turkey's success in in- creasing exports of minerals and agricultural products. Long-term prospects for doing this appear generally good, but serious economic and soci l problems must first be solved. \ T gelfliv BRIEFS Approved for Release: 202\6/03/06 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.