CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Creation Date: April 26, 2019
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• Publication Date: November 14, 1967

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DIRECTORATE OF
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Central Intelligence Bulletin
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Director of Central Intelligence to meet his responsibilities for providing
current intelligence bearing on issues of national security to the President,
the National Security Council, and other senior government officials. It
is produced in consultation with the Departments of State and Defense,
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CONTENTS
Vietnam: Situation report. (Page 1)
USSR: Moscow schedules meeting to discuss pos-
sible "world Communist conference." (Page 2)
Iraq: Despite discontent, the overthrow of the
regime does not seem at hand. (Page 3)
Peru: Belaunde's political prestige suffers new set-
backs. (Page 4)
Rhodesia-UK: Stiffened terms (Page 5)
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*South Vietnam: Allied troops fought again with
North Vietnamese regulars around Dak To in the cen-
tral highlands on 12-13 November.
Communist forces in this sector appear to be op-
erating in battalion-size units. They have been trying
to ambush smaller US patrols from dug-in positions.
current disposition of an estimated five North Vietnamese
regiments in the vicinity of Dak To points to the possi-
bility of new, large-scale clashes there.
Com-
munists intend to broaden their offensive activity in the
highlands by launching attacks in Darlac Province. Cap-
tured notes based on a combat plan prepared by an ele-
ment of the North Vietnamese 33rd Regiment reveal that
the regiment will try to draw allied units into good ter-
rain for ambushes. This is to mark the opening of the
regiment's "winter-spring campaign."
In southern II Corps, Communist military activity
has increased, and it has been directed for the most
part against vital lines of communications in an effort
to erode government security in the area. On 12 No-
vember, a Communist force destroyed a bridge on stra-
tegic Route 20 some 25 miles east of Bao Lac and then
ambushed a South Vietnamese reaction force sent to the
scene. Simultaneously, another enemy force attacked
South Vietnamese military compounds at nearby Di Linh.
As a result, traffic between Bao Lac and Da Lat in
Tuyen Duc Province via Route 20 has been suspended.
This road has been secured by South Vietnamese forces
for several months, thus denying the Communists be-
tween $8,000 and $16,000 a day in estimated tax booty
collected at former roadblocks along the route. The
recent enemy military action has also served to draw
friendly forces out of southwestern Lam Dong Province
where most of the tax collection points were located.
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USSR: The Soviets have succeeded in scheduling
a meeting of Communist representatives to discuss a
"world Communist conference,"
To avoid any suggestion of an implicit anti-
Chinese aspect to the meeting, the Soviets apparently
have agreed that it will stay away from ideological
questions. It will take up only "practical political
problems" such as solidarity with North Vietnam,
European security, and the Middle East situation.
Although the Soviets will probably bill the meeting
as preliminary to an international Communist get-
together, they are still far from getting a full-dress
international conference.
the resistance of several parties, particularly the
North Vietnamese who want to remain neutral in the
Sino-Soviet quarrel, has shown little sign of waning.
The Soviets will use the session to strengthen the
appearance of unity among the majority of parties
while trying to keep the Chinese on the defensive. Any
subsequent meeting the Soviets may arrange is also
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Iraq: Despite underlying discontent with the re-
gime, its overthrow does not seem imminent.
There is no leader able to muster sufficient power to
take over and none eager to inherit responsibility dur-
ing the period of stalemate with Israel.
Without exception, Iraqis
would follow Nasir's lead on an Arab-Israeli settlement.
Nasir apparently is still viewed as "the only Arab
leader" by the man in the street. Iraqi moderates
urged the US to press for a
"reasonable" Arab-Israeli solution. Otherwise, they
claimed, Arab moderates would have no chance to
survive the militant radicalism that would come to
dominate the Arab world.
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Peru: Recent developments pose a new threat to
Peru's fragile political and economic stability.
President Belaunde's political prestige received
several sharp blows on 12 November. His party lost
an important congressional by-election in which the
extreme left made a very strong showing.
On the same day the Christian Democratic Party
withdrew from the Belaunde government. The decision
of the Christian Democrats to sever their four-year-
old ties with the administration stems in part from
disillusionment with the pace of economic and social
reforms and in part from the President's irresolution
in coping with the country's economic problems.
The split in the government alliance will increase
public demands that Belaunde either deal decisively
with the country's problems or step down.
Meanwhile, the economic outlook worsens. The
country's foreign exchange reserves are almost ex-
hausted, and the administration will soon have to
choose between further devaluation and strict economic
controls. Either course will provoke further demands
for wage adjustments to match the rising cost of
living.
In this charged atmosphere, military leaders are
making contingency plans to take over the government
if the situation deteriorates to the point where they be-
lieve such a step is necessary.
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Rhodesia-UK: The Rhodesians reportedly have
stiffened their terms for a settlement of the two-year-
old independence dispute with Britain. Last year they
claimed a willingness to provide constitutional guaran-
tees to Africans, but now are said to insist that
Rhodesian whites alone will determine the future
political progress of Africans. At the same time, the
government has tightened racial separation and se-
curity laws. Nevertheless, both Salisbury and London
have left the door open for further discussions.
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