CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: October 12, 1966
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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE
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CONTENTS
1. Vietnam: Current situation report.. (Page 1)
3. Nigeria: Country relatively quiet as tribal mi-
norities continue to move to home regions.
(Page 4)
4. Laos: Dissolution of National Assembly a victory
for Premier Souvanna. (Page 5)
5. Notes: Mexico; Barbados. (Page 6)
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*Vietnam: (Information as of 4:30 AM EDT)
Political Situation in South Vietnam: Premier
Ky apparently has moved to placate disaffected south-
erners in his cabinet.
Ky appointed a southern Catholic yesterday to
replace Nguyen Ba Kha as Secretary of State for Health.
Kha, a northerner, had been under fire for alleged
heavy-handed treatment of southern political elements.
In appointing a southerner to fill Kha's post, Ky prob-
ably hopes to persuade six southern ministers to with-
draw resignations which they submitted last week.
Military Situation in South Vietnam: The Viet
Cong launched several attacks against small South
Vietnamese outposts in the Mekong delta area yester-
day.
The largest action was against a government
post defended by a platoon of irregular troops some
20 miles south of Saigon. Pre-dawn mortar and
grenade attacks were also made against six other delta
outposts. In two instances air strikes were called in
to support the friendly positions. Casualties were re-
ported light on both sides in the fighting. (Map)
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Nigeria: An uneasy quiet has settled over most
of the country as the return of tribal minorities to their
home regions continues.
The massive population shift, involving the exodus
of more than 100,000 Easterners from the North alone,
is gradually reshaping Nigeria into a group of de facto
tribal states. In the previously untroubled Mid-West
region, fearful Ibo tribesmen are fleeing to the East.
Eastern Military Governor Ojukwu's decree ordering
all non-Easterners out of his region is apparently caus-
ing resettlement problems in other parts of the country.
Communal frictions are especially acute along the bor-
der between the Northern and Eastern regions.
The restoration of army discipline over unruly
Northern troops remains the government's most imme-
diate problem. In Kano, where troops not only joined
civilians in slaughtering Ibos but also mutinied against
their officers, the government has taken steps to restore
discipline. It is unlikely, however, that the Kano bat-
talion--one of the five at the government's disposal--
can be made into a trustworthy unit again.
In a further effort to stabilize the situation, Su-
preme Commander Gowon has scheduled a meeting on
14 October of the Supreme Military Council, which in-
cludes all the military governors. Earlier efforts by
Gowon to convene the body, which was established by
the Ironsi regime, foundered on Ojukwu's refusal to
travel to Lagos. At present there is no indication that
Ojukwu, who has been acting with increasing independ-
ence, and yesterday refused to acknowledge Gowon's
authority, plans to attend.
Lagos on 24 October.
Meanwhile, consultations on a new constitutional
formula are in progress in each of the four regions.
The constitutional talks are scheduled to reconvene in
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Laos: The dissolution of the National Assembly
by King Savang marks a victory for Premier Souvanna
in his conflict with the legislature.
The immediate reason for the King's decree was
the assembly's rejection of the government's proposed
budget on 16 September. Souvanna, however, had long
been scornful of the deputies' "ineptness" and had op-
posed demands by some rightist deputies for vacant
cabinet posts.
favor the rightists.
will be influenced by the election laws, which currently
An intensive period of political maneuvering is
likely before the elections, which are tentatively sched-
uled for 1 January. The character of the next assembly
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Mexico,
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involvement in the Morelia disorders, including the
identification of agitators trained in the USSR, Cuba,
and Communist China, points up the central direction
of the agitation as well as its national significance.
The Morelia incident was the most recent in a chain
of disturbances at various Mexican universities and
of other tests of local authority. F_
Barbados: The Barbados Government has called
a general election for 3 November, 27 days before
the island receives its independence from Britain.
Premier Barrow's moderate Democratic Labor Party
(DLP) is heavily favored to increase its present ma-
jority in the legislature. DLP back-benchers have
been pressuring Barrow to hold the election prior to
independence so that he will be prime minister-
designate rather than a lame-duck Premier, and to
protect their own seats. F
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