CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1960/10/13

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 03179288
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• Document Release Date: March 26, 2020
• Publication Date: October 13, 1960

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I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
Strong possibility that five new Northern
Fleet submarines are nuclear powered.
Two of Khrushchev's favorite agrlcultural,,,
programs lagging.
North Vietnamese general emphasizes
importance of violence in overthrowing
Diem.
Peiping accuses Japanese prime minis-
ter of subservience to US; assassination
of Japanese Socialist leader may stim-
ulate reassessment of party's anti-US
position.
II. ASIA-AFRICA
Laos--First Military District (headquar-
ters Luang Prabang) may shift allegiance
to Phoumi.
Congo--Tension increases in Leopold-
ville.
III. THE WEST
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13 October 1960
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I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
USSR: Five unidentified but apparently new submarines
have appeared in Soviet Northern Fleet communications since
July 1959; there is a strong possibility that these units, are
nuclear powered. Two of the new units are still undergoing
trials in the White Sea; the other three have been assigned to
a newly created special operational command directly sub-
ordinate to the Commander Submarine Force, Northern Fleet.
This assignment closely parallels the pattern of subordination
observed when probable new Northern Fleet missile-launching
submarines became operationalcyandAth,eyotoo Were, asagntd-to
a special command. It is very likely that several classes of
nuclear-powered submarines have been under construction for
some time at Severodvinsk in the Northern Fleet area.
USSR Agriculture: Two or Krirusticnev s iavorite agricul-
tural programs face a setback this year. Sizable grain losses
such as occurred last year are expected in the New Lands,
where snow has begun to fall before the harvest has been com-
pleted. The Soviet press recently acknowledged, furthermore,
that the major campaign for meat and milk production is lag-
ging well behind overambitious planned goals. Khrushchev
was closely associated with the establishment of the New Lands
program. Last year's poor record in the area resulted in a
severe shake-up of the Kazakh party organization. Another
low harvest there would probably have further political reper-
cussions. (Page 1)
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North - South Vietnam: Rounding out Hanoi's recent
policy guidelines on "reunification" of North and South
Vietnam, the top political general in the North Vietnamese
Army has emphasized the importance of violence in over-
throwing South Vietnam's President Diem. In an article
which appeared in a recent issue of the North Vietnamese
party journal, he pointed out that "peaceful" efforts to top-
ple Diem may have a "certain efficacy" but that, along with
the broad united-front strategy outlined at the recent North
Vietnamese party congress, guerrilla warfare in the South
will play an important role. Intensified guerrilla action over
the past year has posed a serious security problem in prov-
inces south and southwest of Saigon and has recently shown
signs of spreading to the previously quiescent northern re-
gion of South Vietnam. (Page 2)
Communist China - Japan: Peiping has abandoned its
"wait-and-see" attitude toward Japanese Prime Minister
Ikeda and has apparently decided to support leftist agitation ('
for his ouster. Describing Ikeda as "no differantein: es-
sence" from Kishi, Peiping now charges that the present
government in Tokyo is as subservient to the US as was the
preceding administration and that it is bent on reviving Jap-
anese militarism. This apparent effort to influence the
Japanese elections next ninnth mnv hneldirta as did a sim-
ilar effort in May 1958. Page 3)
The assassination of Japanese Socialist party chairman
Inejiro Asanuma will provide impetus for Socialist attacks
on the Ikeda government in the coming Diet session and gen-
erate support for leftist demonstrations in the November,
election campaign. The struggle over a successor to Asanuma
may stimulate the party to reassess its anti-American posi=
lion. Page 4)
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Laos: asserts that pro-Phoumi
sentiment among officers of the First Military Region,
with headquarters at Luang Prabang, has increased as a
result of the apparent realignment recently of Xieng Khouang
Province toward Phoumits Savannakhet Revolutionary Com-
ittee. Col. Houmpanh, the First Military Region command-
r, has maintained a precarious neutrality between Vien-
iane and Savannakhet but now may be leaning toward Phoumi.
Continuing Pathet Lao attacks in Phong Saly Province, which
is under Houmpanh's jurisdiction, may persuade him to cut
off all ties with Vientiane and possibly to come out openly for
Phoumi. Pathet Lao guerrilla elements have taken two posts
in southeastern Phong Saly, in violation of the cease-fire that
was supposed to have been arranged in the area.
*Republic of the Congo: Ambassador Timberlake reports
that tension has significantly increased in Leopoldville. Spokes-
men for Mobutu have charged UN representative Dayal with a
"false interpretation" of Congolese law in his refusal to permit
the arrest of deposed Premier Lumumba. An attempt to seize
Lumumba by force, however, does not appear imminent. In
conversation with Ambassador Timberlake, Dayal defended
his action and said that the move to arrest Lumumba was a
"trier and not a proper solution to the present political
impasse.
five IL-18 air-
craft, on loan to Ghana from the USSR, have scheduled a flight
from Accra to Leopoldville between 16 and 18 October. The
purpose of the flight is not known, but it may be related to the
supply and maintenance of the Ghanaian UN contingent Recent
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