- - - • • · Approved For Release 2005 09 05 NLC-31-39-2-2-1 - - S1DET t« 'lm - H MAN RI mS RBVIEW S-11 May 1978 SlVIBT liP '11 SQpnae Soviet has extendecl the investigaticn af the case dislideat Aleksadr Ginzburg to 1 June according tO lfestem press ripO rts frcll Moscow -- B Qnst GindJuq tlibo WI arrested em 1llbat are bel ieved to be charges af 8Dti -Sav let Ktivi ty in February 1977 has alnady been detained laapr thtlb 'thia n lne lDlths petmi tted by Soviet law fOT the Jnvestigaticrn of a c ria illl1 case UDpublid zed meosicms lDMver can be and nwJtiJJely an Pb1 a IDed by the 1GB in politically saasitive cases wi tJIGlrt tile ·fomll mtarcessicm of the Supreme Soviet Tbe current JaM lMai fitltr 8QSUl'8l publicity in the West and could thus be a sipal Scwiet intctiCilS em the timina of Ginzburg's trial Ckt 15 last the SUpnme Soviet extendacl for six ID' ths the investiaaticm Of the case against Anatoliy Sbcha ranskiy who was ariwtal GICtl y Dine JDaDths before an probable C ha rges ·of espia1 8ge 8Dd possibly treasoD The exteDdecl investigatory plJas8 of ShchaTan sldy' s case t1m1 apites an 15 June Unless another extension is obtained wh1di is legally possible a fcmaal mdictmmt and trial in his case slnlld foll W thereafter RP-M-78·10217 12 May 1978 Approved For Release 2005 09 05 NLC-31-39-2-2-1 @ sx1 - Approved For Release 2005 09 05 NLC-31-39-2-2-1 SH REI' - ClRafi tbe Me•1Jhile ctissideQ ts in bcow say that Yuriy OrloV faubder of arcup may go qn trial witb ln a 111818k he will cfW ad with the MD8 ieDmll offeDse U Ginzijlrg Like OtlcW was arrested in Peti'l'Uil'Y of last year but DD exttasim tiptiaa af his c ase has betm publicly IDU1C8d tor lag a» ''IJBG 1AL ' l mi IBB But if a mWest Ge8auy A small group of inteUectuals bas cliscussecl t ca-mst ''opposition'' m exile ly It would be the first of its kind Its iqNu t em Bast devalop mts wauld probably be slight but it cauld the to haw seccm thoughts about its poUcy of rep d isaidcts to adpate cause allowing 'Ibe 'll'••i dsats·· who art in late March in West Berlin in response to a sugestiGft by CIXiled singer-poet Wolf Bie11ii l14 agreed that a eon t ft· iticm in axile would provide an inceptive to exiles to -reta iG tbei1' i deDtity u eo ists and East Germans Most Bast German tJaey thiuk simply assillilate into West Geman socioty ar ue expJ a Ltecl by West GeDIIIl gmJpS for propaganda and political purposes ·The JII'CIPQSed plans to recruit mre and to publicize its acti'ri ti81S ·tia Bast Gex11811f It is also· coosidering pub a b thly - sletter direCted at middle-level Bast Ge a•t 'raalllist party c adft inteUec tuals I and youth 1llho th8y believe JII St restive The ·ead les plan to caapi 111 for the release of paprtscmecl 4iuidmt Jq Qlf Bahro a party IIII IIMr 1IJbo wrote a book attacking the Bast Geaw stat a advocating radical party reform p of tbe a persans discuss IDg tlle fcmnatian of tbe group had bela m Bast Gemany for suppordDg B were • rel eued lai e laSt • - r SmDe had c aat Cts with dissident Cll'Cles m Jaaa aae of tt sst - Uve dissident areas The group will probably ga in · t W tile SO-odd Ued Bast Geman intell now in 'fest Gcmwy a f fna West Getan sympathizm The p ed group will probably have little illplct the East Ge people tbe avanage East G81'11811 bas Uttle for inte CXJDSiders a privileged ·elite · t i g t oup•s program - ay have • effect in scae party aud inte circles _he Approved For Release 2005 09 05 NLC-31-39-2-2-1 Approved For Release 2005 09 05 NLC-31-39-2-2-1 sa RBT I Km ml tba saaB U y-canscious regime can be expected ·to reac t nervously If the i1 CCUP is formed and is able to use West GeDI Il media to broadcast its idiJas to Bast Germany the Bast Gen l regiJDe could feel it necessary to threaten a cooliDg in the inter German political climate 1'be East Gelman intellectuals' group will have no official West support is •ml lbly even ma the political parties Activity such as the diSsidents envision would be inamistent with the foreign policies of the gavemiDg parties in Bonn and the opposition 'WOUld find espousal of Ccallllsm in any form tmacceptable Ge aaa bacJr Utl · and Bie has fourld adllirers Cllly in radical tm icm and intellectlal in West GeiiiiDf· 'Ibe activities of such an exile group would · attract factual aMir8P in the West German lledia but there is no influ mtial twli a el -mt except the news 'W8eltly Spiegel that ad ght fcma an all lftDCZI with exiled East German Ccmmmist intellectuals SBCRm' t«KKIN RDO - - · tougher Czechoslavakia Another sign that Prague EY be getting With a tisidiits is reflected in the reported deciSion of a Czechoslovak appeals court to increase the prison sentence fran eight to eighteaa amths baz1ded down in April to a dissident musician for allepd nllltistate raaarks In C wrmi st legal systems as in JII St ·others that are not based an Anglo-S xal C Mnnn at an increased Hllteoce is ems possible DU'tcaiB of any appeals proceclute 'lbe young DJSic ian Ivan Jirous leader of the undergrauud ''Pla$tic People of the llnivarse rock group has been in trouble With the authorities before 'Ihe trial of Jirous and several of his friends in the autum 1976 reportedly for perfoxming their satirical scmgs at a wedding supposedly was an evant tbat helped trigger the drafting of the Chatter 17 dissident 111111ifesto CONPIDFNI'IAL -- i The authorities rt y have refused entry to a British· j 1i08 1st becmwe of his alJ eged incorrect reporting an Ream an cisvel qamts 'Ibe reporter--from ''l'ba ·nmes of Landai--has writteal on •1181dBI1 dibidmts labor unrest aiit grievances mma tbe country's lblprian llliDority · 1be Rrmi au acticm c auld cast an embarrassing shadoW avrrr President ptamed visit to Britain in June Buc harest has at times · willlnl to deal brusquely with Westem reporters ite the Cem'S81CU1 s - 3 SBCRBT M Pam Kmn'RACf ORC Il Approved For Release 2005 09 05 NLC-31-39-2-2-1 Approved For Release 2005 09 05 NLC 31-39-2-2-1 SJDJ l'' eRn riat of p iJlic relatiolls damage Barly last December the police eaafilcaterl aterials··iDclud ing same dissident literature--fml sevwral W tem jaumalists who were about to leave RCJNmj a In April 1977 11uc11uest l'efused entry to a US correspondent until representations by th8 tm Jilbassy praiptecl a quic k reversal cmPIDBNT t§l'JJ IIIIH -- Intemational Labor International Labor Qrganizatian Director General Bl iidiiia egii an Official visit to the ussR an 9 May He had in fcmMd Soviet officials in Geneva that he would raise in bcow the reccmt Mllesty Intematicmal report entitled Psyc hiatric Abuses Dact tecl bY Workers in ·the ·USSR In respcllSe tlli SOV eti biVi p ecJlctibiy a iiiC a Fi'each citizen of being pre- judiced against· the USSR Blanchard in tum is unhappy that the Amnesty Intematianal report attacked tbe IID for having failed either to grant recopition to the Soviet cliss ldents' self-proaaiJied Independent trade un an or fomal ly to inqui Te ·as to its status He maintains that fotmal action by the ILD can Cllly be taken after a caaplaint has been fUed A IDIIber of West Buropwn labor organizatioos are becming increasingly ccncemed over the plqht of worbrs in the USSR and Eastern Europe however and anpla lntf are likely to be filed soon with the ILO CONPIDENl'IAL MllJDLB BAST -Israel Authorities have dismissed the militBIY govemor o£ the occi4riid West Bank and have decidecl to court-martial two other officers foll owJng revelation of a recen t inc ident in which troops under their ctMMued used excessive force in suppressing an Arab d•nurtraticm· Defease Minister WeiZ11181l and Chief-of-Staff Rafael Bytan probably seek tb raugh these actiaas to restore discipline 8IIKmg IsTaeli l 1'c Japs in tbe area 8Dd to minimize the possibility that ­ reactian by security fcm es could spark violeat anti-Israeli demcostratians by West Balik Arabs Por the past two years tbe Israelis generally haw a Durred to a · policy of resb'aint--using nm-lethal 81111Ulitian selective intervention and press CGll01'$hip--in hm11ing West Bank disturbances In late March of this yea z however Isr•li troops resorted Cll occasion to physical Approved For Release 2005 09 05 NLC-31-39-2-2-1 Approved For Release 2005 09 05 NLC-31-39-2-2-1 SBCRBT IJJIIW intildcla 8D psycbololical hams-- t to discourep West Bank a aa tratia a against the Israeli invasim of Lebanot In pci P5 ·m mat d l tic such mcidant ISl'Uli tlaops lved in suppt• itq a ·Arab daDmtratim near Bethlehaa threw tear gas into a mwhich they bad c cm£med a group of Arab el alaltary school studalts Several studmts suffered injuries Palesti dn FQll iDtmaaticaal press acc auntl of tbe inc ident that con· tradictet1 1M uital'y gow nun-' s versi011 Wei2' 1Bl ordencl his own mv tigatia He cmc 1R3ed that an a 1% had been made to c owr up the affair J to - - a scapeaoat of the deputy mi Utary aovernor of the Bethl eb 111'88 - Chief-of-Staff Bytan has now decided to prosecute both the llilitary governor of Bethlebela and his deputy for having ordered the schao1 attack in violatial of standing military orders The West Beak Arab reacticcl to these ewnts has been mixed Many Pal•tbd•s ly are deliahted aud beUeve the disgpl inal'y measu ns will help pravct future abuses by oa upatian forces A rab sbptics ao tJw other hand see tbe actiCXIS by Weizman and Bytan as pmlic nl tiaaa exercises desi Plf 'Cl to stnmgth111 offic l al 'Israeli 1 •ius of • gn occupaticll regiJB Sale Palest1td ms ban mm sugasted that WeiZBUD and Bytan were l ay 1Dg the groundwork for the in of Prime Minister Belin's plan for limited Arab selfnile em tbe 1fest Bank CCIIPIIBn IAL 1 in a •• sene t senative Recent COUDtrywide d istu dHmces in Iran tlMt latest bepn in early January indicate that the Shah's cxaoppcmmts are detem ined to uainta l n pr e$51 1l e apinst - t ser f aus rec mt violence occurred in the shrine relr tbe city of Qca libare clashes first erupted this T _ d i$turbaDcls began in Pebrua ry c •w xated a c ordiDI to Mlslim custaR the the cieaths of M Jslia mll itaQts killed earlier year ex1 9 January and On 18 Pebl'uary de JDISttators 40th day observance of at Qom · Studeat ·strU es aad protests at Tehran University and the university of Alerbaijaa bl Tabriz' are c aaplicating the task of the police already tlldar · straia bec• e they ave been en amtinuous alert since the first c1 1scmlers ill J811U11 1Y The Sblh is frus'tratecl with his failure to cantain the tmrest and to haw to dsal with the 'lDierly lng C8f 1 05 of Mlllill fundaentaJ ist diuidrace He believes that the are sa s baffled as s - Approved For Release 2005 09 05 NLC-31-39-2-2-1 • I Approved For Release 2005 09 05 NLC-31-39-2-2-1 SECRBT CB m ' here IIP 8Z'I to be little 1 DtXX for CQ411C1111ise between the Shah liiDd ·his • atij tz atiw b U oppaaents • 1d1o believe that refvtas institutecl tlla Sba1i Sid his fath8t threaten the future of Isla in Iran 1be is piiJ Uq that his proar- of -mtzatiCil has ennuah popwl £ support to al 1c him to tab stem 1DII8SUl'eS agaUl st the c caservatiw MusliJa·-a caaami ty tbat in his view wants to tum the clock back to the Midclle Aaes SBCRET t«PPRNl LATIN A IJ IGA ·-- - no lqer 'l1le govel'IJIISlt has apparently decided that CCilditians ii'rinl the security forces free rein Jn a speech at a rec ellt naticnal pollee c mference Interior Mhlister General dec1arec1 that emergency measures had almst o pletely era41caterl QversiCI1 8Dd tbat it was therefore no necessary or le fi Jr the police to remain UDder the direct timal CCD1 1'01 of tbe va riaus mil itaty callllflnd5 PreNEbly a c t UDder the direction -Of Presidmt Videla or the military junta HargU IDdeguy has also issued iDstructiclls to the police to stop bullying tbD public and to restore $lnMl police procedures These IIOVes suaest that a rgu indeguy one of Alpntma •s to Ji lest 8Dil mst caasarvatiw A rltt generals bas adopted a mre maderate posture at 1 -t with reprd to counterterrorist tactics In the past these operatioas 'WIIl'e Ott cl1rec ted apinst political leaders ai1d other civil lans not m1 aected with subver iw orgmizatians or activities CXHriDitltiAL --· b of the country's leading dailies has reported tJult hes l ' - approved a measure reestablishing the tight of hatieu for those accused of violations of the naticmal s - Restoraticm of this legal JU r8Dtee bas a persistclt and fmdaJn tal d ' of c ri tic s of the regime which until recently had DOt ly CtGS idered re instatmg it If the -raport is correct the move is clearly significant sud 'WOUld Ge is •s IDMUilCecl intentim to ln'l roQuce a 11lliJer' of fit in with - 6 Approved For Release 2005 09 05 NLC-31-39-2-2-1 Approved For Release 2005 09 05 NLC-31-39-2-2-1 SlDBl' ' tGUW ami DfmaUiiug before the and of his tm'll At tbe Salllt dE Itowewr tbe wUl •lldoubterlly protect itself by retaining other practices or iM'tit tadDg uures that allow it to deal easUy with subversives tDCLASSIPIBD ·- til' PreaidaJ t St roessner's decisicm to 1i£t the state a outside the ital is a syd olic cmceuian to of - iaa • M'tioaal critics but does no1 1d Dg to restore basic ccilstitutialal tbst have bee IUSpll1ded for am- than zo years ' 'Ihe actiaJ does DOt restrict the power of security forcei tO make arrests _ re in the CCUltry • The Ollly change is that those arrested s lb'N1sive activities oatside of Aslmcicm ·aus t DQW be blGUiht to tlw itaJ --- re liDSt of tbe pr i sc b5 are located in any case-before - - 7 JeQII'ity proc ac1m'es can be used against thai cmPIDENTIAL auarmtee• PAR EAST ·-- J dc te ia After Vice Presidant M mdale's visit Presidant e up to S 000 pr i saners vUl be released ' IndciJeaia' s decisian to accelerate the release of priscmers ay be attributablB to US representatioas c aubiDed with the fact that last year's TeleaM of lO OQO detainees lMlt SlrlOthly Miliistar of State Strltl87'1'Dte has said tlJat the decision to proceed with a pba s$d release is 'lzlot absolutely firlt' but that he sees ''no obstacles to such a mve 'Ibis sugges ts that it is DOW a matter of working out the aJnrinj strative det Us Prelddeot SUharto appara1t1y believes that it is too early to uake ·a fonlal aanouncemt Dt of the specfic dates and Jllllbers pf prisoners to be releaed lD Ier the new timeuble a IDENTIAL -- • at two of 'lOr 1s Several hundred students clashed with police this week About ten S'tUdants nportedly was badly beatm after students bad •lor l lliwrsities wre an-estecl sad 008 Approved For Release 2005 09 05 NLC-31-39-2-2-1 Approved For Release 2005 09 05 NLC-31-39-2-2-1 · ' l t - i ol l ' f' · C Y'DBit • mauled 111 iudividual in their midst wbCII they called a pi81DDEilt agent ' 'be atudalts protested the authoritarian Yushin Coo stitution canp sur veil lalce by security agents and 'What they regard as a sbam election an 18 May the Natiaoal Conference for Unificatian·-the body that v1ll elect South rorea' s president later this year I gov8lDIIeDt tepzes siOD priOr lthe students be bcpiDg to provoke visit to Seoul of Dr to the 24-25 May Bnezi u skl 'Die authorl ties ly bcpe to awid making 111 tters lt Ol'Se I _ _the Ministty of BdiiC8ticm has issued cli r eCtiws tbit g ii sys em--whereby ewery faculty r her is rtspcmihle for about 20 students--is to be strengtbened sad that tba 11li rsities IIU t be lcept open despite student activism r-M stu4mts did mt appear as aaitated g 1n • Approved For Release 2005 09 05 NLC-31-39-2-2-1