CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: December 5, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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DIRECTORATE OF
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Central Intelligence Bulletin
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5 December 1966
Central Intelligence Bulletin
CONTENTS
1. Vietnam: Current situation report. (Page 1)
2. Panama: A new anti-American campaign is
mounting. (Page 3)
3. Dominican Republic: A power struggle involving
Balaguer's military aide is developing. (Page 4)
4. Ecuador: Military leaders seem to have accepted
assembly's censure action. (Page 5)
5. Jordan- Egypt- Syria: Further recriminations ex-
pected at Arab Defense Council meeting. (Page 6)
6. Macao - Communist China: Pro-Communists in
Macao gain concessions from Portuguese governor.
(Page 7)
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8. Notes: Lebanon;
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*Vietnam: (Information as of 4:30 AM EST)
Military Developments in South Vietnam: The
Viet Cong terrorist attacks on military installations
in Saigon this weekend killed three US soldiers,
damaged several aircraft, and gutted a building used
by a US Army Psychological Operations Group.
At the army group's facility in downtown Saigon,
nine US servicemen were wounded when a bomb was
exploded under the building's metal roof. A mortar
attack on Tan Son Nhut air base damaged 11 US air-
craft and, in addition to causing the three deaths,
wounded 29 military personnel. The Viet Cong lost
18 killed and six captured of an estimated 30-man in-
filtration team. (Map)
North Vietnamese Political Developments: DRV
propaganda throughout the weekend continued its pro-
test of the 2 December air raid in the Hanoi area.
The usual ICC and Foreign Ministry protests
were accompanied this time by mass rallies, press
conferences, and a tour of some of the bombed-out
areas by foreign newsmen within three hours of the
raids. At one news conference, the North Vietnamese
displayed one of the US pilots who had just been
downed north of the capital, and they claimed that
the raids had killed a total of 26 persons- -presumably
civilians.
The AFP correspondent's on-the-scene dispatches
portrayed the North Vietnamese reaction to the bomb-
ings as "valiant, quick, and efficient." He claimed that
manpower crews and bulldozers had already started
to fill in craters and restore rail and telephone service
when the correspondents began their tour. The news-
men apparently were not shown any of the militarily
significant targets.
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Political Developments in South Vietnam: The
Constituent Assembly has heard proposals from its
subcommittees that the future government consist of
four equal branches--an executive, a bicameral
legislature, a judiciary, and an inspectorate.
The recommendations, however, represent the
preliminary views of the committees and there will
be further discussions on the floor of the assembly
before final action is taken on the form of the govern-
ment. The deputies who presented the suggestions
were generally critical of past and present methods
of administering the country. One of them came
down particularly hard on the current system in
which corps commanders have an excess of power
and provincial officials have little control over local
affairs. As a result, he stated, the government is
not responsive to local and regional needs.
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Panama: A new anti-US campaign is in the
works.
Panama's sensationalist news media have been
giving heavy coverage to a Panamanian pilot's alle-
gations that on 1 December US Army personnel
threatened and detained him and searched his trans-
port aircraft after he made an emergency landing at
Rio Hato, a US training area in the republic.
News stories also falsely claim that Foreign
Minister Eleta has made a verbal protest to the
US ambassador over the violation of "Panamanian
sovereignty. " Ultranationalists in the National As-
sembly have seized on the incident to demand that
the government submit a full report to the legis-
lative assembly.
Much of the news commentary comes from media
owned or controlled by the oligarchy, which has fre-
quently used this means to stir nationalistic sentiment
against the US presence in Panama. The sensitive
base rights and status of forces issue has been a key
point in the long drawn out negotiations to conclude a
new US-Panama treaty to replace the 1903 convention.
The Panamanian foreign minister is scheduled to
appear before the assembly tomorrow to report on the
airplane incident and sometime before 20 September
on the canal treaty talks.
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Dominican Republic: A power struggle in-
volving Balaguer's military aide is developing
in the Dominican Republic.
The aide, Col. Nivar, has been attempting
to gain control over the military, police, and
the internal security service for several months.
He is presently spreading thus far unsubstanti-
ated reports of antigovernment plotting by Antonio
Imbert and disgruntled military officers in what
appears to be an effort to increase his influence
over the military. The President, who fears an
assassination attempt, has ordered that evidence
be obtained in order to take action against the
plotters.
The US country team warns that the Presi-
dent's concern could lead to his making a dra-
matic move against the alleged plotters or abrupt
personnel shifts in the government. If the Presi-
dent should take such actions, they would strengthen
Nivar's position and might bring a defensive reaction
from Imbert or those military figures whom Nivar
is attempting to discredit. President Balaguer
also might lose the support of military officers
who have been loyal to him heretofore.
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Ecuador: Military leaders seem to have accepted
the constituent assembly's action censuring members
of the former junta.
On 2 December the assembly approved a motion
by former president Carlos Arosemena--who was de-
posed by the junta in July 1963--which suspended the
junta members' citizenship rights for three years.
Arosemena's original motion had called for "loss"
rather than "suspension" of these rights, and the re-
vised wording has made the action more palatable to
the military.
Promotions, pay, and other issues vital to the
military's self-respect have not been threatened.
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Jordan-Egypt-Syria: An upcoming meeting of the
Arab Defense Council promises to be a forum for fur-
ther recriminatory exchanges between Jordan and
Egypt over defense policies against Israel.
The meeting is scheduled for 7 December in Cairo,
but Jordan has asked for a postponement pending the
return of Jordanian Army Chief of Staff Khammash from
his current military aid mission to the US.
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Macao - Communist China: Local pro- Commu-
nist elements in Macao have exploited an incident
arising from a long- standing issue to extract con-
cessions from the new Portuguese governor of the
colony.
The Communist effort was sparked by clashes
on 15 November between police and workers who
were demolishing buildings without a government
permit. The demolition was being undertaken in
order to construct a Communist-run school for
which a permit had been pending for more than a
year.
Apparently intimidated by violent demonstra-
tions and riots during the past week, the governor
has suspended the deputy chief of police and the
district officer of Taipa Island, where the original
incident occurred. The unofficial Chinese Commu-
nist.representative.inMacao had demanded that both
officials be dismissed, and that the governor apol-
ogize for using force.
Peking supported these and other demands made
on the Macao Government with a broadcast on 1 De-
cember charging that the incident had been 'Yieliber-
ately planned" by the authorities. It is not clear
whether the Communists will be satisfied with the
governor's capitulation. The success already achieved
by their pressure tactics may encourage them to make
new demands.
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NOTES
Lebanon: Prime Minister Yafi's resignation on
2 December resulted from growing personal conflicts
within the cabinet and Parliament. Former prime
minister Karami, one of Yafi's leading critics who
has a substantial following in Parliament, is the log-
ical politician to be asked to form a new cabinet.
Karami, a somewhat less moderate Arab nationalist
than Yafi, reportedly is being encouraged by former
president Shihab and the army to assume leadershi
of the government again.
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