CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: July 7, 1967
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DIRECTORATE ~OF
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Central Intelligence Bulletin
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7 July 1967
Central Intelligence Bulletin
CONTEN~"S
Vietnam: Ky claims to have written agreement with
Thieu and other top generals outlining his authority
in new government. (Page 1)
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Egypt: Nasir may be trying to balance leftist and
antileftist elements. (Page 4)
Aden-Eritain: First step toward a transitional gov-
ernment. image 5)
Indonesia_Singapore: Resumption of trade (Page 6)
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*Vietnamo (information as of 4x30 AM EDT)
Political I)evelo ments in South Vietnamo Premier
Ky has informed that, in a meet- 25X1
ing on 6 July attended by himself, Chief of State Thieu,
and several other generals of the Directorate, a secret
agreement outllining his authority in the new government
was put into writing.
According to Ky, the agreement specifies that he
must approve any important decisions on any aspect of
government affairs, particularly those respecting ma-
jor military matters and efforts to end the war, Ky also
claimed- he was given the right to name the prime minis-
ter and the cabinet members.
Thieu's cam is still silent on any agreement with
Ky. who attended the senior generals'
6 July mee mg wi y and Thieu made no mention of an
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the only order of business was to draft a letter to the Pro-
visional National Assembly Election Committee re-em-
phasizing the fact that the Armed Forces Council, for
reasons of nata~onal security, had refused to allow Gen-
eral Duong Van ("Big") Minh to return to South Vietnam
to campaign for the presidency.
At a convention of pro-Ky m,embers of the Provisional
National Assembly on 4 July, Ky frankly expressed his
views on Thieu and on the forthcornin senatorial elections.
y s a e a in a new governmen a ivision
of responsibilities between himself and Thieu would be
the same as at present--that he would continue to be the
real power and Thieu a figurehead.
Concerning the upper house elections, Ky reportedly
asserted that Yie has no intention of allowing them to be-
come "a game of chance." He said he would select six
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candidate lists and support them in such a way as to
ensure their victory. He then asked the delegates
rhetorically what the president (Thieu) could do "if
we hold a majority in both houses of the National As-
sembly."
Military Situation in South Vietnam: North Viet-
namese Army NVA troops continue to maneuver and
prepare for future offensive activities while maintain-
ing pressure on allied forces south of the Demilitarized
Zone with artillery, mortar, and rocket attacks as well
as small- unit probing actions.
The triangular area formed by US installations at
Con Thien, Dong Ha, and Gio Linh appears to be the
present focal point of Communist military activity in
northernmost l~uang Tri Province. Several sharp en-
counters early yesterday between US Marines and NVA
soldiers were followed by another barra eon the US air-
field and radar facility at Dong Ha.
Map
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*Egypt: Nasir may be attempting to strike a balance
between leftist and antileftist elements in Egypt.
He has reversed several actions taken against sus-
pected opponents of the left,
About 50 recently pensioned army officers have been re-
instated on Nasi.r's orders Some of
these officers were among 20 majors and colonels who
had reported to have been pensioned on
29 June because of their expressed opposition to the pres-
ence of Soviet advisers among Egyptian brigades. ?thess
had been pensioned off after Nasir's short-lived resigna-
tion on 9 June.
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his reversal as the first indication that Nasir's
thinking may have become "more objective" than it has
been during the past three weeks.
the decision "will obviously" strengthen anti-
leftist elements in the army,
Nasir reportedly has also reversed a previous de-
cision to sequester the properties of about 50 Egyptian
families who had come under political attack by leftists
in mid-June. Nasir within
the past few days had ordered the release of a number of
persons arrested in mid-June, on the initiative of the
minister of interior, because of their connection with the
prerevolutionary political parties.
In foreign affairs, Nasir evidently is ready to try to
reassume his leadership of Arab policies toward Israel.
In an editorial published today in Cairo's semiofficial
newspaper Al-Ahram, Mohammed Hassanein Haykal, a
confidant of Nasir, stated that an Arab summit conference
to plan unified Arab action was now needed following the
failure of the UN to find a solution to the Middle East
crisis. The UN discussions, the editorial said, had
"proved beyond doubt US-Israeli collusion" in the crisis.
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Aden-Britain: London has taken the first step toward
forming a transitional government for the Federation of
South Arabia.
The new prime minister -designate, Husayn Ali
Bayyumi, is the secretary general of a moderate Adeni
political party. He is also known to have contacts with
the National Liberation Front (NLF), the nationalist
group which apparently is becoming predominant in Aden.
The British hope that they can induce representatives of
the NLF and possibly other nationalist groups, members
of the dissident .army faction which precipitated the
mutiny of 20 June, and a few members of the present
federal government to join Bayyumi's cabinet.
Britain still, faces the particularly difficult problem
of dealing with t:he Egyptian-backed Front for the Libera-
tion of Occupied South Yemen (FLOSY), the NLF's
principal rival. British officials are now in contact with
FLOSY representatives, but the outcome of the discus-
sions still is uncertain. Until now, FLOSY leaders have
refused to share power with other political groups in any
kind of government.
If FLOSY is not included in the transitional govern-
ment, it probably will continue its terrorist operations.
In any case, the situation will remain inherently un-
stable, and a new coalition government, if an mi ht
not last long after the British withdrawal.
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NOTE
Indonesia- Singapore: Indonesia's economic posi-
tion should be improved by its decision on 23 June to
resume normal trade with Singapore, a major market
prior to the MaYaysian confrontation. The new trade
ties, which had 'been preceded by limited barter trade,
should curtail smuggling and ease Indonesia's revenue
and balance-of-payments problems. Trade with Ma-
laysia, formerly a less important commercial partner
than Singapore, is being regulated under the terms of
an agreement signed in May.
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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE
The United States Intelligence Board on 6 July 1967
approved the fol:Lowing national intelligence estimate:
SNIE 4-1- 6'~, ?'Implications of a Mutual Reduction
of and oviet Forces in Europe"
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