CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Creation Date: April 27, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 30, 2019
• Publication Date: March 4, 1968

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CONTENTS
Vietnam: Situation report. (Page 1)
Panama: Assembly session may spark violence
today. (Page 2)
Poland: Writers' confrontation (Page 3)
West Germany - West Berlin: Bundestag committee
meetings Page 3
Japan: Demonstrations against US (Page 3)
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*South Vietnam: Renewed allied offensives in several
sections of South Vietnam have resulted in sharp clashes
with the enemy.
Small-scale engagements fought during the past two
days near Dong Ha, Qui Nhon and Tan Son Nhut caused
moderate to heavy casualties on both sides. Major actions
by enemy forces were confined to a rocket attack on several
sections of the Da Nang military complex. Reports from
Khe Sanh indicate that the Communists are continuing to
tunnel and test perimeter defenses under cover of periodic
artillery fire.
Since the Tet attack on Saigon, there have been grow-
ing accusations by the Vietnamese press and by police
against the local Chinese community for aiding the Viet
Cong or remaining passive and for not contributing suf-
ficient funds to the recovery effort. There may be some
basis in fact for such charges, but the Chinese believe
that they are being made scapegoats and that long-term
Vietnamese prejudice and police corruption in their
sector were partly responsible for the enemy's entrench-
ment there.
These mutual recriminations, although not presently
of major proportions, almost certainly play into COm-
niunist hands, as did the suspicions created when the
government detained its political critics. Reports of
continuing intimidation of government officials and
supporters in rural areas provide telling evidence that,
in addition to military pressure, the Communists are
actively seeking to weaken the government by alienating
or neutralizing as much of its popular base as possible.
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*Panama: Government and opposition forces may
be heading for violent showdown today if a last-minute
compromise in the electoral dispute is not reached.
A special session of the National Assembly is
scheduled to convene late this afternoon to hear charges
against President Robles for alleged interference in
the electoral process and unconstitutional support of
presidential candidate Samudio.
President Robles and several of his ministers
visited National Guard headquarters yesterday after-
noon to insist that Commandant Vallarino prohibit
demonstrations by Arias followers and "create con-
ditions for preventing the convening of the National
Assembly." The attempt was apparently unsuccess-
ful.
Although efforts to reach a compromise have thus
far been unsuccessful, General Vallarino may try to
force both sides to arrange a peaceful settlement.
Opposition and pro- Samudio media are making an
all-out propaganda effort urging their followers to mass
outside the assembly building before the legislature
meets. If serious clashes do occur, the Guard might
intervene and take over the government.
Large numbers of Arias supporters converging on
Panama City from the interior will greatly increase the
chances for disorder. Moreover, in the event of a
breakdown of public order, the proximity of the assembly
building to the Canal Zone border could resu t it sue
anti-US incidents.
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NOTES
Poland: The Warsaw party organization at a ses-
sion on 2 March attacked a resolution adopted by the
Polish Writers' Union (ZLP) two days earlier con-
demning regime censorship. The session, attended by
other "leading (Polish) Communists," marks the begin-
ning of a major confrontation between the party and in-
tellectuals. Following the ZLP meeting, a smoke bomb
was thrown into the staff wash room of the Polish state
censor's office. The present unrest was triggered by
the regime's closing of a classical anti-Russian play
last January that resulted in a student demonstration in
downtown Warsaw.
West Germany - West Berlin: The Bundestag be-
gins its periodic round of committee meetings in We st
Berlin today, despite Soviet objections to such sessions.
Soviet Ambassador Tsarapkin in a meeting with Chancel-
lor Kiesinger on 1 March expressed concern that the
meetings could create "a serious situation." However,
both Soviet and East German media have been relatively
restrained in commenting on the sessions, and thus far
there have been no reports of harassment of Bundestag
deputies, who began arriving in West Berlin over the
weekend.
Japan: Leftist groups protesting the Vietnamese
war are stepping up demonstrations to prevent the
opening of a US Army field hospital in Tokyo this month.
Some 800 students armed with sticks and stones dem-
onstrated on 20 February and 3 March, and plans
call for a major demonstration on 8 March by about
5,000 leftists, including the violence-prone students.
The Japanese police have had considerable experience
in recent months handling larger demonstrations, how-
ever, and should be able to contain this one. I
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