CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00975A000200050001-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 2, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 24, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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SUMMARY
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3. De Lattre fears teamwork of Chinese and Vietnamese
Commdnists (page 4).
4. De Lattre outlines Tonkin delta operations (page 4).
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5. Government plans to curb Soviet activity in Pakistan
(page 5).
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3. De Lattre fears teamwork of Chinese and Vietnamese Communists:
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General de Lattre has stated his conviction
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that the entry into northwest Tonkin of a Chinese
Communist battalion was the result of a request
from, or perhaps a bargain with, Ho Chi Minh
to support Viet Minh pressure on the French post at Laichau and thus
divert French troops from the delta or, failing that objective, to assist
the Viet Minh in establishing themselves in the Laichau region. In de
Lattre' s opinion, his quick airlift to Laichau forced both the Viet Minh
and Chinese forces back and he expressed the belief that the latter have ILLEGIB
now retired across the border. De Lattre sees no indication of an early
invasion in force from China, but he is concerned over the fact that Ho
was able to obtain the support of Chinese Communist troops.
4. De Lattre outlines Tonkin delta operations:
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General de Lattre states that 10, 000 Franco-
Vietnamese troops have just successfully
completed extensive clearing operations in the
guerrilla-infested lowlands southwest of Haiphong
within the French defense perimeter. This "viper's nest" was the base
for launching attacks within the perimeter coinciding with attacks from
outside.
omme : De Lattre's use of. a full mobile
division in this operation, following shortly upon an easing of enemy
pressure to the north, illustrates his determination to move to the offen-
sive whenever and wherever possible. It is unlikely that Ho Chi Minh's
forces, which have established numerous "fortified villages" within the
French perimeter, have been completely cleared out.
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Government plans to curb Soviet activity in Pakistan:
Soviet activity in Pakistan, especially propaganda. Upon completion of
the investigation, Ikramullah expects to have the permission of the
cabinet to tell the Soviet Ambassador that Pakistan will permit only such
Soviet activity in Pakistan as is allowed Pakistanis in the USSR. The
government then plans to close bookstalls and propaganda distributing
agencies employed by the Soviets and to cancel all their mailing lists.
On 22 March, Mohammad Ikramullah, Secre-
tary of the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
informed the US Ambassador in Karachi that his
government was investigating all aspects of
Comment: The Government of Pakistan, which
has been slow to recognize the dangers of Communism in an Islamic
country, now appears to be fully aware of them. It may be that Communist
implication in the recent military plot to overthrow the government has
sharpened the government's interest in the subject. It is believed, how-
ever, that any anti-Soviet moves made by the Pakistanis in the near future
will be more cautious and less sweeping than Ikramullah suggests.
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