CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 28, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: September 28, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
CONTENTS
1. Vietnam: Current situation report. (Page 1)
2. France: Paris unwilling to participate in North
Atlantic Council formulation of common political
line on east-west relationships. (Page 2)
3. Nigeria: Security situation gradually deteriorating.
(Page 3)
5. Notes: Venezuela; Mexico. (Page 5)
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*Vietnam: (Information as of 4:30 AM EDT)
Military Developments in South Vietnam: The
focus of military activity during the past 48 hours
has shifted from northernmost Quang Tri Province
to the central coastal provinces that form the bor-
der between the I and II Corps areas.
Fighting between the Viet Cong and South Koreans
near the capital of Binh Dinh Province has been fairly
heavy. In the five days since Operation MAENG H.O 6
began, the Koreans have reportedly killed some 300
Communists.
Twenty- seven more Viet Cong were killed yester-
day by US Marines in Operation GOLDEN FLEECE 7-1,
bringing the total since 16 September to 244. The
Marines spotted a 300-man enemy force in an open-
ing 11 miles from the Quang Ngai Province capital
and called in artillery fire. They found the bodies
later during a ground sweep of the area.
Noteworthy enemy-initiated activity yesterday
was limited to a small mortar attack on the airstrip
a few miles south of the. Binh Thuan Province capital.
Although the Viet Cong fired only five rounds, they
wounded eight Americans and inflicted moderate
damage on one of the five helicopters that were hit.
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France: France has indicated that its willingness
to continue a role in the North Atlantic Council does
not imply any intention to participate in the formula-
tion of a "common political line" on east-west relation-
ship s.
The French representative to the Political Advisory
Committee of the North Atlantic Council declined to par-
ticipate in the drafting of a report on east-west relations
covering the general objectives of the Alliance andNATO's
role therein. He presented a written opinion that "a com-
mon political line" for east-west contact could create the
impression that "two ideologically opposed blocs existed"
and would destroy the climate of detente.
with his allies and former antagonists.
While De Gaulle stressed, when he withdrew French
forces from NATO, that France remained firmly at-
tached to the North Atlantic Council, it is clear that he
will not allow the commitment to hamper his political
maneuvers. He prefers a series of bilateral accords,
which will permit him to reach separate understandings
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Nigeria. The security situation throughout the
country is gradually deteriorating as the constitutional
crisis drags on.
The tension which has prevailed since the bloody
29 July mutiny has encouraged a general atmosphere of
lawlessness in which antagonistic elements are seizing
the opportunity to settle old personal, political, and
tribal scores. In the North, increasing violence is be-
ing focused against Ibo tribesmen from the Eastern
region. In one recent incident gangs of Northern soldiers,
civilians, and police are reported to have participated.
In Enugu last weekend Easterners for the first time
attacked residents from the North. The presence in the
East of tens of thousands of Ibo refugees from the North
makes the security situation there particularly explosive.
Senior police officials now are pessimistic about
their ability to maintain law and order. They claim
that they cannot crack down on lawless elements while
the army is undisciplined. Minor clashes have already
occurred between army and police elements.
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ican security officials are aware of these intentions
and can be expected to. maintain control. Secretary
Rusk will attend inauguration ceremonies for the new
Venezuela: The attempted assassination of the
director of the National Police on 15 September and
the murder of the police representative to the joint
operations center on 23 September are probably the
work of the extreme left. On 24 September a tele-
phone caller threatened all officers of the center with
death. The center, which is made up of representa-
tives of all branches of the Venezuelan armed forces,
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Mexico: Communist students are attempting to
organize anti-US demonstrations during Secretary
Rusk's visit to Mexico on Friday and Saturday. Mex-
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