CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: January 21, 1965
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
CONTENTS
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3. Communist China: Decree extending conscrip-
tion period may result in significant increase in
size of China's armed forces, (Page 3)
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5, Burundi: Rwandan refugee employed by US
Embassy has confessed to assassination of prime
minister. (Page 5)
6. USSR - Cuba m Latin America. Latin American
Communist parties urge strengthening of "national
liberation movement" in the area. (Page 6)
7. Dominican Republic. Reid dismisses national
police chief o (Page 8)
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2, South Vietnam. Further concessions made to
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 *South Vietnam: Premier Huong has made further
concessions to the military to get them to fill their
four appointments in his cabinet.
/ ftefte four generals concerned failed initially
to appear for investiture ceremonies on the grounds
that the new cabinet was still not sufficiently "revolu-
tionarya' (Huong agreed to replace two additional civil-
ian ministers, in foreign affairs and health, early
next month
[!n addition, according to Interior Minister Vien
who reported the concessions, the two generals head-
ing the youth and psychological warfare ministries will
now have military deputies, and General Thieu, a new
deputy premier, will be given responsibility for super-
vising the above ministries, plus defense and other
offices involved in counterinsurgency]
[Ambassador Taylor comments that this will create
a virtual military enclave within the government]
[Thy last-minute military demands were raised
primarily by Air Force General Ky, the new youth
minister. try is apparently still implying that he may
soon return full-time to his air force commando
Huong's concessions were probably prompted by
his desire to retain military support against the Bud-
dhist challenge. The Buddhist hierarchy yesterday
announced that five top-ranking monks were embark-
ing on a hunger-strike "to the death," if necessary, to
force Huong's ouster. Although Buddhist leaders stated
that they were simultaneously calling for an end to
public agitation, they were unable to prevent,their
followers in Saigon from scuffling with police yesterday,
and their hun er-strike may further arouse public
emotions.
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Communist China. Peiping's decree extending
military tours of duty-may result in a significant in-
crease in the size of the Chinese armed forces.
The 19 January decree extended by one year the
terms of service for the army, air force, and the
navy. The former terms of service, in effect since
the military service law of 1955, were three years
for the army, four for the air force, and five for the
navy. The decree established a five-year tour for a
category of unspecified "special army units."
The Chinese previously had been encouraging
conscripts to extend their tours voluntarily, a policy
which apparently has had only limited success, The
new decree makes an extension mandatory. It is
probably partly a move to retain trained personnel.
It will also reduce the proportion of green recruits
that are in the army at any one time.
The strength of the Chinese armed forces has
been estimated at 2.5 million. It is not clear whether
the new decree affects personnel now in service, al-
though this is suggested by the wording of Peiping's
announcement which states that the decree affects
the duration of "current service" of enlisted men.
The net effect of retaining most of those who
would normally be demobilized at this time would be
to increase the size of the armed forces by a number
close to the annual conscription level of 500,000 to
700,000.
Taken with other recent developments, the new
decree indicates that Peiping is substantially increas-
ing its already high state of military preparedness.
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Burundi: A Rwandan refugee employed by the US
Embassy has confessed to the assassination of Burundi's
prime minister.
According to the Burundi King, who passed the in-
formation to Ambassador Dumont, the assassin says
he had accomplices but has not named them
No disorders have yet occurred in Burundi, but
reprisals against the refugees may occur once it be-
comes known that the assassin is a Rwandarjj Most
of the 150,000 Rwandan refugees in Burundi are Tutsis,
while the majority of the inhabitants are Hutus, some
of whose leaders hope to take control of the Burundi
government from Tutsi leadership as the Hutus in
Rwanda have already done. Hutu reprisals may also
fall on Congolese rebel elements, with whom a num-
ber of Rwandan refugee leaders have been involved.
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[Burundi's security force of 2,000 probably could
not prevent widespread attacks on the refugees, but
a strong appeal from the King might ~t them,
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The King meanwhile hasrlso told the ambassador
the Joseph Bamina, a Hutu, oias agree?to become the
new prime minister. Bamina's selection indicates
that the King is still intent on reversing or at least
moderating Burundi's policies favoring the Congolese
rebels and the Chinese Communists. The appointment
will also probably serve to reduce Hutu pressures.
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*USSR - Cuba - Latin America: A communique of
Latin American Communist parties, reported by TASS
on 18 January, strongly advocates a strengthening of
the "national liberation movement" in Latin America,
with special regard for Cuba's need to counter US pres-
sure.
The communique reports the conclusions reached
at a meeting of representatives of Latin American
Communist parties in late 1964
The communique singes out e
"freedom fig ers" in Venezuela, Colombia, Guatemala,
Honduras, Paraguay, and Haiti as those best qualified
to receive aid,
Lin late December, Che Guevara, on a tour of
Africa, and pro-Castro Chilean Senator Salvador
Allende, addressing a- leftist rally in Montevideo, were
already pushing this lined Each called for the forma-
tion of a Latin American "international" to coordinate
"national liberation movements" in the hemisphere)
The USSR has encouraged Latin American Com-
munist parties to widen their contacts with non-Com-
munist leftist groups in an effort to secure a broader
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popular base. Moscow?s primary short-term goals in
Latin America are to secure the economic and politi-
cal viability of the Cuban regime, as well as to weaken
the US position in the hemisphere. It has probably ad-
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vised Havana to exercise restraint in the manner in
which it supports and encourages various insurgent
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Dominican Republics Triumvirate President Reid
has successfully completed his maneuver to get rid of
National Police chief Peguero
Reid apparently has tried to handle the shake-up
in such a way as to avoid the appearance that Peguero's
ouster was engineered by Brigadier General Wessin
y Wessin, who commands the country's most powerful
military units. To maintain the balance of power be-
tween the armed services, Reid also ordered the re-
moval of the air force chief, Brigadier General Roman
Carbuccia, who is closely allied with Wessin y Wessin,
The National Police, which was placed under armed
forces command on 13 January, is now headed by Briga-
dier General German Despradel, an above average
police officer and a great improvement over Peguero.
The new air force chief of staff, Brigadier General
Juan de los Santos, is believed to be somewhat better
qualified for the job than Roman Carbuccia.
Reid has faced constant opposition in his efforts
to assert civilian control over the armed forces and
to remove incompetent military leaders. His diffi-
culties with the military are likely to continue.
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Laos - North Vietnam: communist truck traffic
into the Plaine des Jarres via Route 7 apparently is
continuing despite destruction of the Ban Ken bridge
by air attack on 13 January.
50 trucks loaded with supplies
fording the river near the destroyed bridge on the
night following the air strike. The Communists may
improve the natural ford with a submerged log bridge,
as recent aerial photography shows they have done
along other key routes where bridges_b,,ue been
damaged by air attacks or flooding.
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Yugoslavia: [president Tito will soon launch a
personal campaign to counter Communist China's
growing influence among the African countries. Tito
will begin the campaign in late January or early February with visits to Ethiopia, the UAR, and Al-
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trip is apparently intentionally p anne to take place
just prior to the second conference of Afro-Asian
countries, tentatively scheduled for spring in Algiers, IS
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opportunity to gain inf uence among these countries
at Belgrade's expei
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The Counselor and Chairman of the Policy Planning Council
The Director of Intelligence and Research
The Treasury Department
The Secretary of the Treasury
The Under Secretary of the Treasury
The Department of Defense
The Secretary of Defense
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The Secretary of the Army
The Secretary of the Navy
The Secretary of the Air Force
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The Assistant Secretary of Defense
The Chairman, The Joint Chiefs of Staff
Chief of Naval Operations, United States Navy
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U.S. Rep., Military Committee and Standing Group, NATO
Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
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