CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00975A009600190001-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 31, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: February 8, 1967
• Content Type: REPORT

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DIRECTORATE OF
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Central Intelligence Bulletin
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8 February 1967
Central Intelligence Bulletin
CONTENTS
Vietnam: Current situation report. (Page 1)
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Malta- UK: Negotiations
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*Vietnam: (Information as of 4:30 AM EST)
The Military Situation in South Vietnam: The
first ten hours of the Lunar New Year Tet truce
which began on 7 February at 6:00 PM EST (7:00 AM,
8 February, Saigon time), have produced only scat-
tered Communist-initiated incidents.
Heavy contact between US forces and Communist
elements in the Communists' War Zone "C" occurred
on 5-6 February during Operation GADSDEN. Since
this operation began on 1 February, 96 Viet Cong have
been reported killed, compared with US losses of 17
killed and 78 wounded. (Map)
North Vietnamese Developments: Soviet shipping
to North Vietnam during January 1967 was slightly
higher than the monthly average in 1966. The number
of Soviet ships arriving or en route thus far in Feb-
ruary indicates that the higher volume will continue
into March.
North Vietnamese imports by sea in 1966 in-
creased by about 34 percent, mainly as a result of
stepped-up Soviet economic aid deliveries. Available
data shows that 122 Soviet ships called at North Viet-
namese ports last year, a rise of 54 percent over 1965.
East European and Chinese Communist ship arrivals
remained at about the 1965 level,
Free World shipping to North Vietnam declined in
1966. This decrease is attributed to self-imposed re-
strictions in response to US demarches and to North
Vietnam's difficulties in getting its principal export com-
modities to ports.
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NOTE
Malta-UK: London has proposed a resumption
of bilateral talks with Malta in an effort to resolve
the dispute over the reduction of British forces on
the island. The British suggest that the talks cover
ways of helping the Maltese economy over the diffi-,
culties caused by the cutback, but London also is
willing to talk about re-phasing the reductions planned
over a four-year period. The new British offer may
be acceptable to the Maltese, who have threatened
further harassment of British forces if London does
not agree to ne otiate.
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