CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1968/01/05

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Central Intelligence Bulletin
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Central Intelligence Bulletin
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Vietnam: Situation report. (Page 1)
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*Vietnam:
North Vietnam: The North Vietnamese are doubtless
pleased by the worldwide attention being given to
Foreign Minister Trinh's recent remarks about talks.
Hanoi probably feels that its indicated willingness
to talk is being widely interpreted as having put the ball
in the US court. The Vietnamese seem bent, however,
on not having Trinh's statements distorted or embel-
lished by others.
Hanoi's sensitivity on the issue was underscored
by an announcement from the North Vietnamese mission
in Paris on 4 January which sought to clarify a Western
correspondent's account of an interview with their
spokesman the day before. 'The mission confirmed the
Trinh statement but went on to add that the remainder
of the correspondent's story was "pure invention."
The Soviets are also handling the issue gingerly.
Crucial portions of the Trinh speech were reported
without comment on 2 January,
--Hanoi cleared
the text of a dispatch on the speech with the Vietnamese
before sending it to Moscow.
US military authorities in Saigon now estimate
that some 53, 600 North Vietnamese troops infiltrated
into South Vietnam in 1967. The final figure for 1967
will probably be considerably higher as there is a lag
between the time an infiltration group arrives in South
Vietnam and when it is noted in these statistics.
In any case, it appears that infiltration in 1967
will not exceed the 88,500 counted in 1966.
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