CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1960/10/14

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Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 CO2977791 Nese I �11 "I� 111/"6 I ,orP. di/of:2 3.3(h)(2) 3.5(c) 14 October 1960 Copy No. C CENTRAL 74 IVIELLIGENCE BULLETIN DOCUMENT NO, Pt" NO �MANGE PLASS. X 0 DECLASSiFIE/3 CLASS. CHAM7110 TO: TS S C NEXT REVIEW DATE: JOAO AUTH: HR 104 DATE: 1 0 JUN 1980 REVIEWEIti Teta-SECRET- mmzzz.-zzmizzrn,z/v/ zz/ ZfApproved for Release: 2020/03/13 CO29777917 Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 CO2977791 -17012"StreRIEF-- Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 CO2977791 Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 CO2977791 14 OCTOBER 1960 I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC USSR--Central committee reportedly to meet today. new phase of violent guerrilla warfare in South Vietnam. Iranian "good-will mission" may go to Moscow, but Tehran officials claim no political agreement involved. UAR--Nasir goes to Syria to cope with cabinet crisis involving Sarraj. Libyan Parliament attacks corruption of Kubar government; no-confidence vote up for debate. Congo�Situation in Leopoldville continues uneasy; Lumumba's African allie wr,rkincr town rri h .s restoration. Laos--Government decides to move to Luang Prabang; may seek Soviet loan if US aid not forthcoming. �Japan- Ikeda government seeks to avoid isolation from neutral Afro-Asians; press calls for "independent" foreign policy. III. I"' F. WEST ()Tensions in France over Algeria encnur age rightist plotting against De Gaulle �Argentine crisis eased but not yet re- solved. Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 CO2977791 VA ' 4 'Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 CO2977791 kiNOTOP SECRET 'Noe CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN 14 October 1960 DAILY BRIEF I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC USSR: A Soviet party central committee meeting has been Tined for 14 October, according to the Polish Embassy counselor in Washington. Khrushchev is expected to arrive back in Moscow late that afternoon. In any event, some high- level party meeting is almost certain to take place following his return to Moscow, presumably to consider events at the UN and to discuss tactics toward China at the forthcoming bloc meeting in November. The dlsturb1n situation in agriculture might also be brought up. Page 1) North - South Vietnam: North Vietnam in late August or- dered Communist guerrilla units in South Vietnam into a new phase of "violent" warfare. --in- structs these units to "wreak havoc.. .annihilate .. wipe out ... and assassinate." Hanoi bases its instruction on an assessment that "the revolution has en- tered a critical stage... we have a greater capability than the enemy." During September, following the issuance of this or- der, several Communist attacks were conducted in a region previously quiescent. _Prior to its issuance, North Vietnamese spokesmen, convinced that the internal situation in South Vietnam was moving rapidly against President Diem, told In- dian and Canadian officials that Diem's regime would be top- pled by April 1961. (Page 2) IL ASIA-AFRICA *Iran.. USSR : Wan may send a good-will mission to the Soviet Union in the near future to discuss economic relations between the two countries. However, in discussions with US 7 TO ,y4 AApproved for Release: 2020/03/13 CO29/i7791' % / /;;- A Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 CO2977791 1.11 < Cand British officials, the Shah and other Iranian officials insist that no political agreements or statements will be made. The Shah has been anxious to make some gesture to placate the USSR without endangering his CENTO position or the Iranian-US bilateral treaty. Continued efforts by the Soviet Union to obtain political concessions from Iran will probably be largely unsuccessful as long as the Shah retains his confidence in Western support VAR: Nasir intended to go to Syria either that night or the following morning to attend to a "serious crisis in the *-14.4 Syrian cabinet revolving around Sarraj." The cabinet fric- t' ons which led to the shake-up of 20 September, in which literior Minister Sarraj seemed to gain strength by his ap- pointment as cabinet chairman, apparently have not ended. 14asir now may be faced again with the problem of risking continued dissension by defending the unpopular Sarraj, on whom he depends for the strict control of internal security in Syria' Libya: Opposition pressures have built up further as a result of parliamentary assaults on corruption in Prime Minister Kubar's government. If, in the face of this oppo- sition, King Idris persists in retaining Kubar and other ministers, a situation threatening the monarchy itself may develop. The normally supine Libyan lower house has voted overwhelmingly to demand cancellation of the contract for construction of the Fezzan road�a major economic devel- opment project--and to have scandals investigated by a par- liamentary committee. A vote of no confidence, which has the backing of a majority of the lower house, is to be de- bated on 18 October. (Page 4) 14 Oct 60 DAILY BRIEF ii TOP SECRET %Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 CO2977791V/ 7//t, 'Approved for Release: 2028/03/13 CO2977791 4 / *AO .01 SLCRE,".1' 'Nkpoi � 11 Republic of the Congo: Colonel Mobutu's 13 October statement that he will not attempt to arrest Lumumba so long as he remains in his residence may preserve the uneasy political equilibrium in Leopoldville. There is speculation in Leopoldville that Mobutu may reconvene parliament with a view, to stripping Lumumba of his par- liamentary immunity. UN officials have stated that Lu- mumba cannot be legally arrested until such action is taken. , UAR Ambassador Glialeb in Leopoldville continues to urge on UN representative I7,val policies designed to re- store Lumumba as premier. he has characterized Dayal as favoring a reconciliation among Lumumba, Katanga President Tshombe, and other anti- Lumumba factions exclusive of President Kasavubu. Dayal reportedly advocates the reopening of parliament in the be- lief, that anti-Lumumba sentiment among the deputies might be neutralized by prior reconciliation between Lumumba and certain of his opponents. Dayal agreed that a cabinet reshuffle by Lumumba prior to the convening of parliament would "gather the deputies around Lumumba acrain pvean if Hip imnerialists attembt tt hrihn thcim ' tober to move the government to Luang Prabang, reportedly within the next ten days. The cabinet also reportedly deter- mined that Laos would seek a loan from the USSR if the United States did not give aid for the armed forces and the police. Soviet Ambassador-designate Abramov arrived in Vientialie on 13 October as scheduled. Page 5) e Japan: �The Ikeda government is re-examining its rela- tionship with the neutral Afro-Asian nations to avoid being isolated from them. The Japanese press is stressing the y growing prominence of the Asian-African bloc in the United -6,-A-cc., 69 (< 14 Oct 60 DAILY BRIEF iii TOP SECRET AApproved for Release: 2020/03/13 CO2977791 Z / 77, 'Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 CO2977791 klisefen-"5-E�HE4:- (_Nations as a third force which offers Japan a positive alter- native for independence from both the Soviet and the United tates power blocs. The press is urging that Japanese iplomacy be more independent and that it adopt what the ress terms a more "realistic" position on the admission f Communist China to the UN Page 6) III. THE WEST France: Rising tensions in France over the continuing stalemate on Algeria are encouraging extreme rightists to plan for early action against the Fifth Republic. Possibly the most serious of a number of recently reported plots links Jacques Soustelle with several military officers prom- inent in the May 1958 Algerian coup. The plotters envisage seizing be Gaulle and are preparing plans to take over key government ministries. The existence of such plotting is known to security officials, but even some of these are re- ported involved. rEx-Premier� Pinay, whom some of the plotters hope to make De Gaulle's successor, is playing down the likelihood of a military seizure of power, but has warned US officials that the political situation is deteriorating rapidly. (Page 7) *Argentine Situation: �President Frondizi has not yet fully resolved the crisis sparked on 11 October by an army demand that he change some of his advisers and policies. The crisis was eased on 12 October by his radio appeal for public support of constitutional government and by subsequent mil- itary communiques endorsing constitutional procedures, but some difficulties may arise from negotiations over the army demands and from probable shifts in some army commands. Army Commander in Chief General Carlos Toranzo Montero, probably the army's most influential general, retains his post, 14 Oct 60 DAILY BRIEF iv 'f-OP SECRET � /,,,// AApproved for Release: 2020/03/13 CO2977/791 � Cbut, Approved for Release: 2026/03/13 CO2977791 tiverVr�jiteRE+" Noof he was ex- cluded from a meeting of army chiefs on the evening of 12 October, and Toranzo considers this tantamount to being relieved of command. IV . SIL/IN IL:AIN LN'ILIiNSr REPORTS AND ESTIMATES (Available during the preceding week) Nato Country Reactions to Certain Forms of US Nuclear Assistance, viz, Aid to the French Nuclear Weapons Program Through Transfer of Information and Materials, or Outright Transfer to France of US Nuclear Weapons and Delivery Sys- tems, or US Support for Creation of a Multilateral NATO Nu- clear Capability. SNIE 20-2-60. 11 October 1960. 14 Oct 60 DAILY BRIEF TOP SECRET ///- /Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 CO2977791 Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 CO2977791 'NOW' *NO Soviet Central Committee Reported Ready to Convene A Soviet party central committee meeting has been called for 14 October, according to the counselor of the Polish Em- bassy in Washington. A meeting of the Russian Republic Su- preme Soviet, originally scheduled for 18 October, was post- poned until the 25th, possibly to permit scheduling of a party gathering. Khrushchev is expected to arrive home late in the afternoon of 14 October, leaving him very little time for con- sultations if a meeting convenes on that date. In any case, a high-level party conclave is almost certain to take place following his return to Moscow. The urgent problem presented by the further deterioration in Sino-Soviet relations over the past month while Khrushchev was in New York would appear to be a necessary subject for re- view soon after his return. There are reliable reports that a preparatory committee for the forthcoming world Communist meeting to be held during the November anniversary celebration will convene this month. Hungarian party chief Kadar is appar- ently returning to Moscow with Khrushchev, suggesting that he will participate in preparing a position on intra-bloc problems. A great deal of other unfinished business awaits Khru- shchev's return. He has been outside the USSR since 9 Sep- tember and away from Moscow for almost two thirds of 1960. The disturbing situation in agriculture, for instance, is another likely subject for discussion. There is no indication how Khrushchev's New York venture is being interpreted among his presidium colleagues; his per- sonal conduct of foreign policy might be subject to some criticism. Soviet press coverage of his trip, however, has portrayed him as the single most outstanding world leader today and an "indefat- igable fighter for peace." 14 Oct 60 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN Page 1 Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 CO2977791 �Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 CO2977791 ur Jti-C/TET- North Vietnam Orders Violent Guerrilla Warfare In South Vietnam Communist guerrillas in South Vietnam have been or- dered by Hanoi into a new phase of "violent" warfare. North Vietnamese instructions to "wreak havoc, annihilate, wipe nut_ and assassinate" anoi '5 assessment of the internal political and security situation in the South --an assessment that "we have a greater capability than the enemy. . . . We will jolt him until he is destroyed." Local South Vietnamese administrative officials are specifi- cally marked for assassination. The campaign of terror outlined is part of a two-pronged military-political offensive and is intended to culminate in revolution. At the North Vietnamese party congress in early September, Le Duan, sec- ond only to Ho Chi Minh in party rank and a former guerrilla leader in the south, detailed the political aspects calling for a broad united front against South Vietnam's President Diem. As envisioned by Hanoi, this front would combine Communist and non-Communist opposition elements in the South to overthrow Diem and establish a coalition government:Communists re- cently have been reported making overtures to South Vietnamese dissatisfied with Diem, I and, as part of its political effort, Hanoi has tried to set South Vietnamese business interests against Diem by offering a trade agreement sure to be rejected by Saigon. North Vietnam's top political general, writing at the same time as the party congress, gave an ideological justification for guerrilla violence.CIn early August, North Vietnamese spokes- men told Indian and Canadian officials that Diem would be top- pled from within by April 1961, when elections are scheduled to be held in South Vietnami The Communist guerrillas in South Vietnam, who have been estimated to number about 5,000 but who may be adding to their TOP SECRET 14 Oct 60 CCMTD AI IMTPI I inpkirp RI 11 i FTINI Page 2 Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 CO2977791 .Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 CO2977791 Neva kir ort...nra 1 numbers. have sharnlv intensified activity since late 1959. During the same period, the number of clandestine Communist radio stations in South Vietnam with direct links to Hanoi has tripled. The expan- sion, chiefly in the southernmost part of the country, con- tinued during September, and communications have in- creased significantly in recent weeks. President Diem plans to step up military countermeas- ures; a worsening of the security situation would further abet the political discontent he faces in urban as well as rural areas. Recently he failed to take advantage of an opening ad- dress to the National Assembly to propose any administrative or social reforms callm_f_n_r_hu-r-nrciP�aovernment as well as opposition elements. 14 Oct 60 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN Page 3 Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 CO2977791 Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 CO2977791 %Of %IMO Further Pressure in Libyan Parliament for Removal Of Kubar Government Public and parliamentary opposition to the Kubar govern- ment in Libya has sharply increased following the exposure of flagrant corruption among high-level officials. Indignation has focused on a new facet of the scandal connected with government financing of the Fezzan road project--a scandal in which Prime Minister Kubar is implicated, along with Abdullah Abid, a mem- ber of the ruling Senussi family. This affair caused sharp crit- icism in the press last month, and a majority of the members of Parliament signed a petition requesting King Idris to call an ex- traordinary session. The King, who in July had sent a letter to government offi- cials calling for action to stamp out corruption, ordered Par-. liament to reconvene on 3 October. Shortly, before the session began he replaced four cabinet ministers but retained Kubar and others involved in the scandals. After two preliminary meetings, the House of Deputies on 10 October voted overwhelmingly in fa- vor of a resolution demanding cancellation of the road contract and calling for a full investigation by a parliamentary committee. A majority of house members also backed a resolution for a vote of no confidence in the Kubar government. In line with constitu- tional provisions, this is to be debated in a subsequent session scheduled for 18 October. If the King ignores Parliament or orders it dissolved and continues support of Kubar, he will risk a further build-up of antigovernment pressures endangering the monarchy itself. While Libyan security forces appear capable of controlling any imme- diate antigovernment moves or demonstrations, an issue has been created in which a number of diverse groups may be able to find common around for an eventual attempt to overthrow the regime. CONFIDENTIAL 14 Oct 60 CFNITRAI INTFI LIC;FNCE RULLETIN Page 4 Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 CO2977791 Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 CO2977791 1- NI1101 The Situation in Laos Premier Souvanna Phouma and his ministers, at a cabinet meeting on 12 October, decided to move the government from Vientiane to the royal capital at Luang Prabang. Minister of Finance Inpeng was instructed to make the necessary arrange- ments for the move, expected to be completed within ten days. He was also instructed to arrange for the transfer of funds in the National Bank to Luang Prabang. Various Lao leaders in Vientiane have been considering such a move for some time as a means of getting out from under the immediate influence of Captain Kong Le, of drawing the King into more active partici- pation in government deliberations, and of providing General Phoumi with a face-saving alternative to Vientiane should he de- cide to drop his opposition to the government.- 1.4t the same meeting, the cabinet reportedly also determined that it would seek a loan from the USSR if the United States failed to give aid for the armed forces and the police. Soviet Ambas- sador-designate Abramov arrived in Vientiane -on 13 October as scheduled. According to the press, his arrival was the occasion for an airdrop demonstration by Kong Le's 2nd Paratroop Battalion. The Thai acting foreign minister's announcement in Bangkok that the Thai Embassy has been instructed to evacuate all Thai nationals from Laos as soon as possible is likely to lead to addi- tional tension with the Souvanna government. Premised on the assertions that the situation was worsening and that civil war was inevitable, Bangkok's action will probably be construed by Sou- vanna as another effort to discredit his regime. Implementation of the evacuation order will probably be limited largely to Thai nationals in Vientiane; neither government is believed to have ac- curate information on the location of Thais in other parts of Laos. reports the existence of scattered opposition by district chiefs to the Pathet Lao there. Resistance to the Pathet Lao is prob- ably still largely unorganized, however, and the Pathet Lao ap- pear to exercise firm control over Sam Neua town and Muong Peun to the Southwest. Meanwhile, the Laotian Army has report- edly launched a counter-offensive to regain territriry Inca- th the Pathet Lao in southeastern Phong Saly Province. � SECRET 14 Oct 60 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN Page 5 Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 CO2977791 Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 CO2977791 1-111NtillJLINI 1 II-1L Nee Neutralist Sentiment Gaining Strength in Japan LThe Ikeda government is re-examining its relationships with the Afro-Asian nations. The Japanese press is stress- ing that Tokyo has unrealistically supported the US in the cur- rent session of the UN General Assembly and risks being iso- lated from the growing third-force movement as represented by the Afro-Asian bloc. Publications are asserting that a sub- stantial third force is emerging, citing as evidence the increase of the Afro-Asian bloc from 29 to 46 members in the UN and the resolution sponsored by five neutral nations calling for di- rect negotiations between President Eisenhower and Premier Khrushchev. Newspapers state that on the issue of war and peace, nations whic do not belong to the Western or Communist camps need no longer accept "the fate forced on them by the big two." Editori- als are urging that Japan's future diplomacy, inside and outside the UN, be more independent and that particularly on the ques- tion of Communist China's admission to the UN, Japan adopt a "realistic" position. At the same time, the Japanese Socialists have hailed the British Labor party conference's call for a renunciation of nu- clear weapons and its criticism of NATO as strengthening their own neutralist policy. These developments have given new re- spectability to the Socialists' neutralist doctrine as they prepare for elections to the lower house of the Diet next month. Japanese neutralist sentiment already is believed to have gained considerable ground as a result of the crisis surround- ing ratification of the new US-Japanese security treaty earlier this year. Undoubtedly, a large measure of Japanese "neutral- ist" sentiment stems from a noticeable revival of national pride, which is chafing from alleged "subservience" to the US. 14 Oct 60 CCkITD AI IkITCI I inckirc QIIIITIkI Page 6 Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 CO2977791 Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 CO2977791 %OW 1,..A..+1%I..0 I Rightist Plotting Against De Gaulle 1,flising apprehensions in France over the continuing stale- mate on Algeria are..encouraging extreme rightists to plan for early action against the Fifth Republic. French public opinion on Algeria is becoming increasingly polarized between leftists, who are pressing De Gaulle to negotiate with the Algerian rebels, and rightists, who are determined to keep Algeria French. Both the elements are angered by De Gaulle's refusal to abandon his policy of self-determination for Algeria, and general opposition to some of his major economic and foreign policies is mounting. \ The most serious recently reported plot links Jacques Sous- telle to a number of military officers�including Generals Salan and Jouhaud and Colonels Godard and Trinquier--who were prom- inent in the May. 1958 coup in Algiers. Until his break with De Gaulle at the time of the January insurrection, Soustelle was re- garded with suspicion by such officers. The Soustelle-military group claims to have a 40-man ex-paratrooper commando force ready to rush the Elysee Palace, official residence of the French President, and seize De Gaulle. The plotters also have a com- mittee, including officers with extensive security experience, working out plans to seize key government ministries. The tim- ing of any such moves would depend on when liaison between metro- politan France and Algeria has sufficiently organized army and rightist groups. police and administrative centers in Paris are so located and staffed that a take-over would be pos- sible with relatively small effort, if skillfully timed and coordi- nated. The existence of current plotting against the regime is known to French security officials, but even some of these have been re- ported involved. / Ox-Premier Antoine Pinay, ousted as finance minister by De Gaulle in January and regarded by some plotters as the pos- sible head of a successor regime, is playing down the likelihood of a military seizure of power. However, he has warned US of- ficials that France has reached an impasse over Algeria and that the Political situation in France has "deteriorated rapidly." SEC 14 Oct 60 CENTRAL INTELLIC4ENCE RL1I1ETIN Page 7 Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 CO2977791 Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 CO2977791 *me Rightist - Rightist Plotting Against De Gaulle Rising apprehensions in France over the continuing stale- mate on Algeria are.encouraging extreme rightists to plan for early action against the Fifth Republic. French public opinion on Algeria is becoming increasingly polarized between leftists, who are pressing De Gaulle to negotiate with the Algerian rebels, and rightists, who are determined to keep Algeria French. Both � the elements are angered by De Gaulle's refusal to abandon his policy of self-determination for Algeria, and general opposition to some of his major economic and foreign policies is mounting. The most serious recently reported plot links Jacques Sous- telle to a number of military officers�including Generals Salan and Jouhaud and Colonels Godard and Trinquier�who were prom- inent in the May 1958 coup in Algiers. Until his break with De Gaulle at the time of the January insurrection, Soustelle was re- garded with suspicion by such officers. The Soustelle-military � group claims to have a 40-man ex-paratrooper commando force ready to rush the Elysee Palace, official residence of the French President, and seize De Gaulle. The plotters also have a com- mittee, including officers with extensive security experience, working out plans to seize key government ministries. The tim- ing of any such moves would depend on when liaison between metro- politan France and Algeria has sufficiently organized army and rightist groups. police and administrative centers in Paris are so located and staffed that a take-over would be pos- sible with relatively small effort, if skillfully timed and coordi- nated. The existence of current plotting against the regime is known to French security officials, but even some of these have been re- ported involved. Ex-Premier Antoine Pinay, ousted as finance minister by De Gaulle in January and regarded by some plotters as the pos- sible head of a successor regime, is playing down the likelihood of a military seizure of power. However, he has warned US of- ficials that France has reached an impasse over Algeria and that the nolitical situation in France has "deteriorated rapidly." 14 Oct Oct 60 CCkITD A I IkITCI I irtmorr RI II I PTIM Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 CO2977791 Page 7 Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 CO2977791 NV 11-1L41 `f I It7.L.NV, THE PRESIDENT The Vice President Executive Offices of the White House Special Assistant for National Security Affairs Scientific Adviser to the President Director of the Budget Director, Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization Director, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Special Assistant for Security Operations Coordination Chairman, Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence Activities Special Assistant for Foreign Economic Policy Executive Secretary, National Security Council The Treasury Department The Secretary of the Treasury The Department of State The Secretary of State The Under Secretary of State The Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs The Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs The Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration The Counselor Director, International Cooperation Administration The Director of Intelligence and Research The Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense The Deputy Secretary of Defense Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs The Secretary of the Army The Secretary of the Navy The Secretary of the Air Force The Chairman, The Joint Chiefs of Staff The Director, The Joint Staff Chief of Staff, United States Army Chief of Naval Operations, United States Navy Chief of Staff, United States Air Force Commandant, United States Marine Corps Assistant to Secretary of Defense for Special Operations Director for Intelligence, The Joint Staff Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Department of Army Director of Naval Intelligence, Department of Navy Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Department of the Air Force Supreme Allied Commander, Europe Commander in Chief, Pacific The Department of Commerce The Secretary of Commerce Federal Bureau of Investigation The Director Atomic Energy Commission The Chairman National Security Agency The Director National Indications Center The Director CCAIFIDFNITI I Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 CO2977791 - / / vz vz /Y 0 // 7 , / i/V ' 0 / // / ,4 , 0 / , ,4 // /7/ , 0 : To 0 , /4 1 0 A // 1 7/ / / TOP SECRET 0, 4 0 7", 0 # 7 /4/77/7/1APOroved for Release: 2020/03/13 CO2977791M/M;ZA/Z/MY9