CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: February 8, 1968

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The CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN is produced by the
Director of Central Intelligence to meet his responsibilities for providing
current intelligence bearing on issues of national security to the President,
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CONTENTS
Vietnam: Situation report. (Page 1)
West Germany - Poland: Bonn is seeking to main-
tain the momentum of its Eastern policy through
overtures to Warsaw. (Page 7)
Belgium: Consultations on a new government are
likely to be difficult and lengthy. (Page 8)
Denmark: Copenhagen wants to be reassured that
the US accepts Denmark's policy on nuclear weapons.
(Page 9)
Nigeria: Peace proposals (Page 10)
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*Vietnam:
South Vietnam: The allied combat base at Khe
Sanh and its peripheral defensive positions were struck
again this morning with a heavy barrage of enemy
artillery, rocket, and mortar fire.
The three-hour bombardment, accompanied
by a small ground probe of a nearby hill, resulted
in little damage and only light American casualties.
Now that the Communists have forced the abandonment
of the Lang Vei Special Forces Camp, they will prob-
ably concentrate on the allied strongpoints surrounding
the Khe Sanh base with continued shellings throughout
the area.
No major new attacks have occurred elsewhere in
South Vietnam, but enemy pressure nevertheless remains
serious in several urban areas--notably in Hue, Da
La, and Saigon. Fierce street fighting in Hue con-
tinues against stubborn Communist resistance. A
large number of enemy believed remaining in the one-
time mountain resort city of Da Lat poses a serious
potential threat to the security of that provincial capital.
In Saigon last night three South Vietnamese police
stations came under Viet Cong fire in the predominantly
Chinese ChoIon section. The Communists have con-
structed barricades out of furniture and abandoned auto-
mobiles in some parts of Cholon, and sharp fighting
is expected before they are rooted out. Heavy fighting
erupted on the northern and southern outskirts of the
city yesterday when allied forces contacted battalion-
size Communist units. It was announced today that two
US Army infantry battalions are to conduct a sweep
across the southern half of Saigon. (Map)
North Vietnam: Continuing unprecedented air activity
by North Vietnamese bombers and transport aircraft
strongly suggests the Communists may soon employ their
limited air power in some way to support their current
offensive in South Vietnam.
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In addition to the three 1L-28 twin-jet bombers
which were recently deployed to Phuc Yen airfield
near Hanoi
three additional IL-28s were
flown from Yunnan! to Nan- ning in southwestern China
at about the same time. Targets in northern South
Vietnam such as the Khe Sanh strongpoint, the city
of Hue, or the huge Da Nang base appear to be the
most likely objectives of 1L-28 operations. It is con-
ceivable, however, that they could be used in diver-
sionary attacks against targets in Laos or US naval
forces in the Gulf of Tonkin.
In a possibly related development, seven AN-2
transports flew from the Hanoi area late yesterday
to a point at least 50 miles south of Vinh. There is
unconfirmed evidence that these piston-engine trans-
ports flew farther south and attempted to land--pos-
sibly at an "inactive" airstrip at Tchepone, Laos,
some 35 miles west of Khe Sanh,
suggest that the AN-2s ran into Pad weather,
however, and were forced to cancel their mission in
this region with at least five of the aircraft noted
returning to the Hanoi area. It is not yet clear whether
the AN-2s were involved in a transport or an attack
mission.
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West Germany - Poland: Bonn is seeking to open
a dialogue with Warsaw concerning the Oder-Neisse
line.
Chancellor Kiesinger intends to ask President de
Gaulle during their talks on 15-16 February to inform
the Poles that West Germany is prepared to discuss
the border issue. Foreign Minister Brandt intends to
ask Sweden to transmit the same message to Warsaw,
and other diplomatic channels may be used.
The initiative toward Poland is designed to main-
tain the momentum of West Germany's Eastern policy fol-
lowing the re- establishment of diplomatic relations
with Yugoslavia on 31 January.
According to a West German Foreign Ministry of-
ficial, Bonn might be prepared to make a declaration
committing itself on the border question at a future
peace conference, if this would clearly lead to a re-
sumption of diplomatic relations. Sentiment has been
growing in West Germany for acceptance of the Oder-
Neisse line, but Bonn's official position is that German
boundaries must be determined at a peace conference
officially terminating World War IL
West German officials see little chance of a break-
through with Warsaw at present but view this probe as
the first move in a campaign to soften the hard Polish
line toward West Germany. They also reason that the
probe will make it more difficult for the Poles to assert
that Bonn is intransigent on the border issue.
For their part, the Poles may be willing to hold
private exploratory talks. Immediate results should
not be expected.
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Belgium: A cabinet crisis has arisen after the
government of Prime Minister Vanden Boeynants
collapsed yesterday.
King Baudouin is consulting with political leaders
on forming a new government. In view of the tension
between the French and Dutch-speaking communities,
these consultations are likely to be difficult and
lengthy. If the King cannot obtain agreement among
the major parties on a successor, elections will be
necessary.
The major parties, however, are under pressure
to come up with some sort of a compromise since
elections would probably benefit only the small, mili-
tant parties.
Foreign policy is not an issue, and Bel
membership in NATO is not in question.
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Denmark: The new Danish Government wants to
be assured that the US accepts Denmark's policy of
banning nuclear weapons in Greenland.
Foreign Minister Hartling informed Ambassador
White on 7 February that Denmark does not anticipate
renegotiation of the 1951 Greenland base treaty. He
sees something less formal, such as an exchange of
notes, in which the US would accept Denmark's policy
of not allowing nuclear weapons to be stationed on its
territory and banning overflights of aircraft carrying
such weapons.
Hartling indicated that this formula would sat-
isfy what he and the government see as the insistent
public demand for positive assurances that Denmark
will rigidly stick to its stand against nuclear weapons.
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Nigeria: The secretary general of the London-
based Commonwealth Secretariat is going to Lagos
on .9 February to present his latest proposals for
halting Nigeria's civil war. Although his proposals
provide for the maintenance of a united Nigeria,
federal leaders will probably react negatively,
especially since their military campaign is going
well. Biaf ran leader Ojukwu recently has appeared
more flexible regarding Biaf ran sovereignty and al-
ready may have approved the Secretariat's initiative.
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