CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1961/01/18

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• Publication Date: January 18, 1961

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18 JANUARY 1961
ASIA-AFRICA
Laos--Kong Le - Pathet Lao forces con-
tinue to exert strong pressure in Xieng
Khouang Province.
Congo--Foreign 'aid to Gizenga dissidents
apparently to be coordinated in Cairo. 0
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
18 January 1961
DAILY BRIEF
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ASIA. AFRICA
Laos: L_Kong Le - Pathet Lao forces in Xieng Khouang
Province are apparently exerting strong pressure on Tha Thom,
the government's most important remaining position in the prov-
ince. Meanwhile, government forces holding the junction be-
tween the Vientiane - Luang Pra,bang road and Route 7, which C
leads eastward toward the Plaine des Jarres. have renortpriiv Lz_11)-1A-2
come under enemy artillery fire.
ane of the four T-6 a.rcraft which have been flying 41
missions against the Kong Le - Pathet Lao forces was shot down 11
or crashed on 17 January 3 2 1
CThe airlift into Laos continued through 16 January, with
flights scheduled for 17 January, Five Soviet LI-2s arrived
in Hanoi on 16 January. Five others probably arrived on 17
January. The remaining,' .,rht LI-2s are en route to North Vi-
etnam:3 Page 1) (Map)
ten light aircraft, a shipload of rations, and "more
than twenty trucks"--allegedly provided by the UAR--will rive "shortly" "shortly" at Port Simian
logistical problems may delay a projected advance of dissident
forces southward through Katanga to Elisabethville,
a consolidation at Manono to defend against "the
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eventual attack" y cshombd's foi ee8 "For the
moment do not enter Elisabethville." The dissidents appear
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prepared to go On the defensive along the border of Orientale
and Equateur provinces as well.
preparations "for the defensive
against the troops of Mobutu who are making preparations to
attack." According to one report, an anti-
Lumumba politician, Jean Bolikango--who recently solicited
Portuguese support for an independent Equateur state--is
rallying Bangala tribesmen to resist any dissident invasion of
Ransrala areas within the province.
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CONCLUSIONS OF SPECIAL USIB SUBCOM
ON BERLIN SITUATION
The USIB has taken note of the following conclusions
reached by its special committee on the Berlin situation for
the period 20 December 1960 through 16 January 1961,
1. We are currently in an interim period during which
the USSR is intent on reaching an assessment of the new US
administration and the possibilities of negotiating with the West
on major issues. Therefore, at least for the next few months
--through April and possibly until midsummer�the USSR is
unlikely to increase tensions over Berlin. However, should
the Soviet leaders at any time during this period estimate that
the West is uninterested in high-level negotiations with the
USSR; they may increase the threat of unilateral action in an
effort to expedite t lks.
2. While long-range Soviet policy on the broad problems
of East-West relations was the overriding factor in reaching
a solution of the recent trade impasse between Bonn and Mos-
cow and Bonn and Pankow, the vulnerability of the East Ger-
man economy contributed significantly and gave nn impor-
tant leverage in negotiating onthe IIZT issue.
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The Situation in Laos
6he Kong Le - Pathet Lao forces appear to be exerting
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strong pressure on Tha Thom, the most important post in
Xieng Khouang Province still retained by the government.
Tha Thom and Ban Ta Viang, which was recently occupied
by the enemy, figured prominently in General Phourni's plans
as assembly areas from which to mount offensive action
against the Plaine des Jarres area to the northwest. Meo
tribesmen have reportedly been ordered to harass the Kong
Le - Pathet Lao forces advancing on Tha Thom from Ban Ta
Viang, but it is doubtful they will prove much of an impedi-
ment to the seemingly well-organized enemy force--.]
[-Meanwhile, the government force holding the junction
between the Vientiane - Luang Prabang road and Route 7,
which leads eastward toward Xieng Khouang, has reportedly
come under enemy 105-mm. howitzer fire. The fire may
have come from artillery pieces withdrawn from yang Vieng
prior to its fall to the government on 16 January, or from
enemy elements which may have moved westward from the
Plaine des Jarres to deny the government access to Route..'?.
The government column which took yang Vieng will presum-
ably move northward to link up with the force holding the road
junction, but it must first move through what has traditionally
been an area of Pathet Lao strength
FThe airlift into Laos continues, with flights terminating
in the Plaines des Jarres area and at Sam Neua. Eleven IL-
14 sorties were scheduled for 17 January. Since 13 Decem-
ber 1960, when airdrops of military supplies to the Kong
Le Pathet Lao forces began the Soviet IL-14s have flown
at least 214 sorties into Laosil
Ciive of the 18 Soviet LI-2s landed at Hanoi on 16 Jan-
uary, and five others probably arrived at Hanoi on 17 January.
The remaining eight LI-2s are en route from Irkutsk and
Peiping to North Vietnam.
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the LI-2s
are being delivered by Soviet crewai
[In a discussion with Ambassador Thompson following
the presentation on 16 January of an official Soviet protest
over the use of American T-6 aircraft in Laos, Soviet First
Deputy Foreign Minister Kuznetsov emphasized the mild tone
of the statement and again assured the US ambassador that
the Soviet Union did not desire to expand the conflict in Laos.
The Soviet official voiced skepticism that Laotian pilots could
be flying the T-6s and implied that the question of volunteers,
which Pravda on 16 January alleged the US was recruiting,
would make the situation in Laos even more difficult. Kuz-
netsov said that while the Soviet Union was not opposed to the
Intern tional Control Commission, it preferred an internation-
al conference:)
Con 5 January a pro-Communist editor in Hong Kong re-
portedly told a left-wing group meeting there th t Peiping's
policy toward Laos was to give moral and material support
but to avoid direct involvement. The editor stated that this
position had been outlined by a party official during a recep-
tion in late December for united front delegates in Canton. An-
other Communist editor in Hong Kong commented on 2 January
that Peipi would not intervene in Laos unless US troops did
so first:i
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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 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 Treasury Department
The Secretary of the Treasury
The Department of Detense
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
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Director of Naval Intelligence, Department of Navy
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Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
Commander in Chief, Pacific
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National Security Agency
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National Indications Center
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