CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: November 2, 1967

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DIRECTORATE OF
INTELLIGENCE
Central Intelligence Bulletin
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i.hrrent, intelligence bearing on issues of national security to the President,
the National Security Council, and other senior government officials. It
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interpretations of intelligence information in this publication represent
.iintiediate and preliminary views which are subject to modification in the
:Olt of further information and more complete analysis.
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WARNING
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Title 1.8, Sections 793, 794, and 798.
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CONTENTS
Vietnam: Situation report. (Page 1)
USSR: Second ABM radar has operational capability.
(FT�ge 4)
Panama: Four parties may bolt Robles coalition.
(Page 5)
Congo (Kinshasa): Congolese claim clash with mer-
cenaries on Angola border. (Page 6)
USSR: Security tightened (Page 7)
Afghanistan: New prime minister (Page 7)
Egypt: Attitude hardens (Page 8)
Ecuador: Continued student demonstrations (Page 8)
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*South Vietnam: The Communists kept up the pres-
sure on allied positions at Loc Ninh on 2 November for
the fifth consecutive day.
The assaults on Loc Ninh may be in part a diversion
to the Communist build-up around Song Be and Phuoc
Binh, some 30 miles to the east. Two regiments--the
North Vietnamese 88th and the Viet Cong's 275th--have
recently moved into the area. Ambushes and blocking
positions have been set up along routes allied reaction
forces would be likely to use to reinforce the Song Be -
Phuoc Binh area.
The Communists may be aiming to launch a new
series of regimental attacks in this area similar to those
in early 1965.
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USSR: Another segment of the Soviet ABM system
probably has achieved operational capability.
The Skrunda and Olenegorsk radars cover the north-
ern attack corridors to European USSR and can track
multiple targets for the Soviet ABM system. Some of
the defensive missile launchers at Moscow will be fin-
ished next year, and the system is expected to be fully
operational in 1971. Even then, its capability to defend
against a sophisticated ballistic missile attack will be
limited.
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Panama: Four of the eight parties in the govern-
ment coalition seem likely to break away and form an
electoral alliance with opposition leader Arnulfo Arias.
The four parties oppose President Robles' choice
of Finance Minister David Samudio as head of the gov-
ernment ticket in the presidential election in May 1968.
The hopes of the rebel parties that Minister of the
Presidency Ramirez might emerge as a compromise can-
didate have been dashed by his losses to Samudio in the
election of delegates to the Liberal Party's nominating
convention. The prospect of an Arias victory, however,
could yet force Robles to make a last-ditch attempt to
salvage his ramshackle coalition by settling on another
candidate.
The intense political maneuvering has forced the
canal treaty issue into the background. Unless Robles
can patch up his coalition, his administration will be
so weakened that it will be unlikely to expend any ma-
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*Congo (Kinshasa): (Kinshasa): Congolese Army units and "mer-
cenaries" engaged in battle last night at Kisenge on the
Angolan- Katangan border
This possibly
could be a first step of a mercenary "invasion" from
Angola which has been rumored for some time.
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ities, during which the Portuguese have chased the rebels
over the Congolese border. It is possible that another
such clash took place and, given the Congolese' present
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Afghanistan: The King yesterday appointed Nur
Ahmad Etemadi as prime minister to succeed Moham-
mad Maiwandwal who resigned because of poor health.
Etemadi is considered conservative and pro-West and
unlikely to initiate any major shifts in Afghan foreign
or domestic affairs.
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Egypt: Egypt's position on acceptable terms for
a settlement of the Middle East impasse has hardened
recently. An article in the newspaper Al-Ahram
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said the amended Indian UN draft resolution
was as far as Cairo would go toward finding a political
solution to the Middle East crisis. This may be in part
a tactical position, but the hardened stance probably re-
flects Cairo's pessimism on the chances of getting an 3.5(c)
acceptable Middle East resolution.
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*Ecuador: Student demonstrators in Guayaquil have
intensified their activities in an attempt to force the resig-
nation of Mayor Assad Bucaram. In the third day of vio-
lence there were several casualties and the headquarters
of Bucaram's political party was set afire. Army tanks
have been called into the city to protect the municipal
palace. The central government in Quito, seemingly in-
different to Bucaram's fate, has been reluctant to get in-
volved in the conflict but if the situation continues to de-
teriorate there could be serious repercussions for the 3.5(c)
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