CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: October 10, 1966
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CENTRAL
INTELLIGENCE
BULLETIN
CURRENT INTELLIGENCE
RELATING TO NATIONAL SECURITY
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CONTENTS
1. Vietnam: Current situation report. (Page 1)
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3. Guatemala: Communist terrorist organization
FAR reaffirms commitment to revolutionary
violence. (Page 4)
4. Note: South Korea. (Page 5)
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10 October 1966
*Vietnam: (Information as of 4:30 AM EDT)
Political Developments in South Vietnam: The
crisis between southerners in Premier Ky's cabinet
and northerners in his government continues unre-
solved.
The resignations of the six ministers have still
not been forced either by Premier Ky or by the 'min-
isters themselves. The ministers stated their case
to Chief of State Thieu on 7 October and he counseled
them to reconsider their decision in the greater in-
terest of the country.
In another attempt to mollify the dissident min-
isters, Premier Ky accepted the resignation of their
protagonist, Health Secretary Kha, in addition to
suspending the newspaper that led directly to their
resignation. It appears, however, that the ministers
are too piqued at the increasingly heavy-handed methods
of police director Loan to settle for those mild conces-
sions. They might require some sort of censure of
Loan before reconsidering their resignations.
Criticism of General Loan from southern quar-
ters in the cabinet, in the civilian-military council,
and in the constituent assembly is rising. The
southerners have also implicated Minister of Informa-
tion eGeneral Nguyen Bao Tri, :reportedly as the officer
in control of the newspaper that printed the offensive
article.
Military Situation in South Vietnam: In Binh Dinh
Province, US, Korean, and South Vietnamese forces
involved in Operation IRVING continued to close the
ring on the remaining elements of the 12th PAVN and
2nd Viet Cong regiments. The allied forces now have
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accounted for 1,228 enemy dead, 1,242 captured and
2,851 suspects detained. Ten US soldiers have been
killed and 75 wounded, out of total allied losses of
38 killed and 167 wounded.
In Quang Tri Province, US Marines and South
Vietnamese forces participating in operations PRAIRIE
and LAM SON 318 both reported the discovery of new
Communist graves containing the bodies of more than
100 enemy troops. (Map)
Air Encounters Over North Vietnam: Four air
engagements occurred in North Vietnam over the week-
end and at least two Communist planes were shot down.
There were no US losses to enemy fighters.
On 9 October four A- 1H aircraft, providing cover
for a helicopter rescue mission near Phu Ly, were
attacked by four Communist jets. In the ensuing air
battle the propeller-driven US Navy planes destroyed
one and damaged a second North Vietnamese interceptor
with cannon fire. Later on the same day two Navy
F-8s encountered a pair of MIG-21s about 20 miles
southwest of Hanoi. One of the advanced Communist
fighters was shot down with two air-to-air missiles.
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Guatemala: Cesar Montes, new chief of the
Communist guerrilla-terrorist organization FAR, has
publicly reaffirmed the FAR's commitment to revolu-
tionary violence following the accidental death of its
former leader.
Montes said that the FAR had evaded a major army
operation now in progress, but that his organization
would answer continued military provocations not only
with defensive action but also with a stepped-up fight
aimed at seizing power. He also warned of intensified
FAR activities against extreme rightists who, he said,
have begun counterterrorist activities against the FAR.
He charged the rightists with plotting against the
Mendez government.
Montes' public confirmation of the military offen-
sive against the guerrillas should help dispel charges
of the far right that the President has refused to "un-
leash" the army against the rebels. This should weaken
whatever appeal these rightist conspirators may have.
Nevertheless, increased FAR activity will stimulate
their plotting. F7 I
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South Korea: The ruling party is concerned that a
new round of student demonstrations might continue
through President Johnson's visit. The students are
protesting the government's handling of the recent
smuggling case, an issue which may command more
popular support than demonstrations last year against
the 1965 ROK-Japan normalization treaty. Security
forces are considered capable of maintaining control
unless the demonstrators succeed in arousing the
public
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