CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: January 18, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
CONTENTS
1, Vietnam: Current situation report. (Page 1)
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4. Nigeria: Situation remains fluid in the wake of
Ironsi's assumption of supreme authority. (Page 6)
5. Notes: Indonesia;
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*Vietnam (Information as of 4:30 AM EST)
The Military Situation in South Vietnam: Com-
munist guerrilla activity has intensified over wide areas
of the country on the eve of the Tet cease-fire. A
series of incidents near Saigon during the past two days
has resulted in heavy civilian casualties.
Early yesterday, an estimated company of Viet
Cong utilized intense mortar fire during an attack on
a government infantry school in Gia Dinh Province,
about seven miles northeast of Saigon. Government cas-
ualties totaled one killed and 28 wounded; in addition,
eight civilians were killed and nine others were wounded.
Enemy losses were estimated to be 30 killed.
Four miles south of Saigon, South Vietnamese
troops guarding an oil storage depot reportedly sustained
light casualties while successfully defending against an
enemy attack during the night of 16-17 January. How-
ever, at least 11 civilians were killed during the action.
On the same night in Long An Province, an enemy mor-
tar bombardment of a district headquarters reportedly
killed five civilians and wounded four others.
In Kien Tuong Province, 26 civilians were killed
yesterday when the bus in which they were riding struck
a Viet Cong mine.
Last night, the command post of the South Viet-
namese Army 2nd Division in Quang Ngai city received
20-25 rounds of 81-mm mortar fire, while a nearby
district town simultaneously underwent a light ground
probing attack. Preliminary casualties from the ac-
tions are reported as four government troops killed
and 14 wounded.
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Earlier, attacks were mounted against another
government outpost in Quang Ngai Province and against
two regional force companies in Quang Nam Province.
Government losses in the two engagements totaled 17
killed and 24 wounded. Four Viet Cong were reported
killed in the attack on the outpost, but enemy losses in
Quang Nam were unknown.
Yesterday, a South Vietnamese Army battalion on
a road-clearing mission in Binh Dinh Province was at-
tacked by a battalion of either Viet Cong or North Viet-
namese regulars. Government troops suffered four
killed and 20 wounded and the Communists lost seven
killed and one captured before air support forced the
enem to break contact.
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*Nigeria. The situation remains extremely fluid
in the wake of General Ironsi's assumption of supreme
authority, with the short-term outcome dependent
largely on developments within the army itself.
.Despite the attempt made to maintain a semblance
of legality, it now appears that Ironsi's sweeping sus-
pension of institutions and offices and his promise of a
new constitution may add up to an attempt by him to
take over rather than to reverse the 15 January coup
move by middle-grade officers. His efforts appear
motivated in part by a similar desire to break the
stranglehold that conservative northerners have had on
the federal power structure.
Ironsi seems to have been accepted with some
enthusiasm by several top civil servants and politicians,
including at least one northern member of the now-
suspended federal cabinet. However, it is still not
clear how much of the 10,000-man army is responsive
to his command.
In any event, Ironsi has a poor reputation as a
military officer or administrator, and therUS Embassy
in Lagos has]strong doubts about his ability to maintain
effective leadership of the new regime for very long.
His evident continuing fear of the group of lower ranking
officers who spearheaded the coup appears justified in
view of a reported attempt on his life by a subordinate
yesterday.
Ironsi claimed yesterday that Major Nzeogwu, who
emerged on 15 January in Kaduna, the northern regional
capital, as spokesman for a "''revolutionary council, "'
has "surrendered his sword" to Ironsi's new regime.
However, there has been no public acknowledgement of
this yet from Kaduna, which yesterday reportedly an-
nounced formation of a "revolutionary government" of
civil servants for the Northern Region. There are some
indications that behind-the-scenes bargaining is in prog-
ress with Ironsi offering to name Nzeogwu as military
governor of the north.
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[British officials in Lagos and London are seriously
concerned over the possibility of widespread tribal vio-
lence and a disintegration of the army under the pressure
of recent events. The army has built into it the same
tribal and regional divisions that have plagued the federa-
tion as a whole since its inception. There is no evidence
as yet of any major breakdown of military discipline, but
should that happen a general crumbling of law and order
would be likely. There are already some signs that the
turmoil in parts of the Western Re gion since last October
has intensified in recent days. 71
* Because of the shortage of time for preparation of this item, the analytic
interpretation presented here has been produced by the Central Intelligence
Agency without the participation of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research,
Department of State or of the Defense Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense.
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NOTES
Indonesia: In an immediate follow-up to week-
end speeches by Sukarno and Subandrio calling for
the populace to support the President, the palace
appears to be organizing a "Sukarno Front"' of workers,
peasants, youth, and women. Yesterday Djakarta
was plastered with pro-Sukarno signs. The Djakarta
military commander, who apparently has become
alarmed over the increasing unruliness of recent
student rallies, has banned all demonstrations in
the capital on the grounds that they have been "ex-
ploited by imperialists and Communists. "
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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE
The United States Intelligence Board on 13
January 1966 approved the following national intel-
ligence estimate:
NIE 13-5-66, "Communist China's Economic
Prospects"
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THE PRESIDENT
The Vice President
Executive Offices of the White House
Special Counsel to the President
The Special Assistant for National Security Affairs
The Scientific Adviser to the President
The Director of the Budget
The Department of State
The Secretary of State
The Under Secretary of State
The Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
The Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
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
The Deputy Secretary of Defense
The Secretary of the Army
The Secretary of the Navy
The Secretary of the Air Force
The Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs)
The Assistant Secretary of Defense
The Chairman, The Joint Chiefs of Staff
Chief of Naval Operations, United States Navy
Chief of Staff, United States Air Force
Chief of Staff, United States Army
Commandant, United States Marine Corps
U.S. Rep., Military Committee and Standing Group, NATO
Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
Commander in Chief, Pacific
Commander in Chief, Atlantic
The Director, Defense Intelligence Agency
The Director, The Joint Staff
The Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Department of Army
The Director of Naval Intelligence, Department of Navy
The Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Department of the Air Force
The Department of Justice
The Attorney General
The Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Director
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The Administrator
The Atomic Energy Commission
The Chairman
The National Security Agency
The Director
The United States Information Agency
The Director
The National Indications Center
The Director
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