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INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

TO: All Strategic Intelligence Forum members

DATE: 12 January 2007

The Strategic Intelligence Forum is part of the Intelligence Research group, and as a member of the Strategic Intelligence Forum I am very pleased to send you from time to time a selection of reports published recently by Intelligence Research Ltd that I consider to be of particular STRATEGIC significance. Please find below my latest selection of Intelligence Research articles:

1. CHINA'S ECONOMY: LOOKING AHEAD TO 2007 - China Watch Monthly Review, January 2007

SUMMARY: It's prediction time again...

Link to full article: http://www.asiaint.com/arl/arl12570.asp

2. VENEZUELA: 21ST CENTURY SOCIALISM - Latin American Regional Report: Andean Group, January 2007

SUMMARY: With an oath adapted from Simon Bolivar himself, President Hugo Chavez's 27 cabinet ministers were sworn in on 8 January promising “not to rest arms or soul in the construction of a Venezuelan path towards socialism”. Socialism was the key word during the ceremony, which preceded by two days Chavez's own inauguration and finally set out, in a clearer fashion, some of the president's plans for his next period in office. In the end, Chavez's definition of "21st Century Socialism" was far more radical than most analysts expected...

Link to full article: http://www.latinnews.com/lra/LRA12573.asp?instance=4

NOTE: Links to these - and other - reports can also be found in the Strategic Intelligence Monitoring Centre, which you may access on a 24/7 basis by going to www.stratintforum.com, logging in as a member, and selecting the Strategic Intelligence Monitoring Centre option.

With best regards

JKC de Courcy
Chairman
Strategic Intelligence Forum

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