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• Publication Date: May 17, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL
INTELLIGENCE
BULLETIN
CURRENT INTELLIGENCE
RELATING TO NATIONAL SECURITY
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AND DECLASSIFICATION
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17 May 1965
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
CONTENTS
1. Dominican Republic: Rebels continue to seek
external political support as the morale of their
fighting units declines. (Page 1)
2. Vietnam: Current situation report. (Page 3)
3. Bolivia: The deportation of Juan Lechin to
Paraguay will intensify labor unrest. (Page 6)
4. Ecuador: The junta appears to be overcoming
the crisis in Guayaquil, (Page 7)
5. Notes:
Israel-Syria. (Page 8)
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*Dominican Republic: (Information as of 4:30 AM
EDT) The -rebels continue to seek external political
support as the morale of their fighting units in Santo
Domingo declines in the face of continued loyalist
military pressure.
The rebel Caamano government continues to make
the most of the political cards at its disposal. Gen-
eral Rikhye, head of the advance United Nations party
representing U Thant, received a rousing public wel-
come when he visited rebel-held areas yesterday.
Caamano's claim to represent the forces of "constitu-
tionalism" evidently has been one of his most effective
arguments abroad, particularly in Chile and Venezuela.
CExtremists are now talking of a last ditch defense
of their strongholds, although many have reportedly
already left the city, They are suffering from short-
ages of ammunition and gasoline, however, and re-
portedly from defections among their followers.]
jome of the political moderates on the rebel side
are showing disillusionment with the Caamano govern-
ment. These include several leaders of Juan Bosch's
Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) who helped
spark the original revolt but who evidently do not now
have significant influence in the Caamano group j
Meanwhile, Antonio Imbert--whose effort to
establish a viable anti-rebel government has met with
little success after nine days of trying--is under
mounting pressure from loyalist officers who want
to continue military action until the rebels are deci-
sively defeated.
The morale of loyalist military officers is re-
ported to be high in the wake of their first military
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 successes since the insurrection began. Their forces
made continued gains yesterday in the two-day old
drive to clear the rebels from the important indus-
trial zone in the northern part of the city.
Meanwhile, the Brazilian and Venezuelan govern-
ments are moving ahead with plans to participate in
the Inter-American Armed Force. Brazilian Presi-
dent Castello Branco, who plans today to seek congres-
sional authorization for an 800-man contingent, told
the US Army attache that he had made this decision
because it is morally right, because Brazilian inter-
ests demand that there not be another Cuba in this
hemisphere, and because "the United States should
not always carry the burden alone."
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*Vietnam: (information as of 4:30 AM EDT)
Fbevelopments in North Vietnam: Photography
7di-sclosed G- 5 7 j ighters at Phuc
13 May. The photography failed to disclose any Jet;
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Communist Political Developments: Hanoi radio
on 15 and 16 May claimed that Western reports that
Washington and Saigon had proposed discontinuing
bombing attacks against North Vietnam if the DRV
stopped supporting the Viet Cong were "a worn-out
trick of deceit and threat:' The Hanoi broadcasts re-
ferred to other Western reports in an attempt to prove
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that the current lull in attack8 Was ordered to permit
aerial reconnaissance and to '{pinpoint remaining tar-
gets worthy of American attacks:'
Peiping, Hanoi and the NFLSV have all strongly
criticized President Johnson's renewed call for uncon-
ditional negotiations. A Chinese broadcast called. the
appeal a "discredited hoax," while North Vietnam's
party daily claimed it repeated "shopworn allegations
full of contradictions and deceptions:' Hanoi called
the President's speech "only a maneuver" as the US
prepared for more "aggressive" acts. A Liberation
Front statement claimed that negotiations would be
meaningless unless the NFLSV participated and unless
all US troops were withdrawn.
Peiping claimed that the President had "slander-
ously charged" China with wanting to continue the war
"whatever the cost to its allies:' Hanoi called refer-
ences to China's ambitions in Asia a "divisive plot"
and "an obvious attempt to split the socialist countries."
The Liberation Front statement called the President's
speech an attempt to "sow division," claimed it was
"cowardly to slander Peiping by saying the latter ex-
erts pressure on Hanoi," and stated that the Vietnam-
ese did not need Peiping or anyone else "to incite them
to rise up to fight for salvation:'
North Vietnam has rejected Indian President Rad-
hakrishnan's proposal for negotiations, according to a
Hanoi broadcast on 15 May. Hanoi claims that the
proposal was "aimed at finding for the US a way out
which also helps it rule over South Vietnam." Hanoi
still is trying to avoid exacerbating relations with In-
dia, stating that even though the "Indian authorities
want to show their goodwill... their erroneous view-
point benefits only the US imperialists:'
Hanoi had broadcast a milder statement on the
proposals on 7 May which claimed that the offer ran
counter to India's proper role as chairman of the ICC
in Vietnam.
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 The Sit uation in South Vietnam: There is still
no evidence of iet Cong s otage in yesterday's chain
reaction explosion which killed at least 21-24 Ameri-
cans, wounded 95 and destroyed some 12 aircraft at
Bien Hoa air base north of Saigon. The initial explo-
sions so far appear to have resulted from a defective
bomb fuse. No Vietnamese are known to have parti-
cipated in loading ordnance on the planes.
The heavy losses at Bien Hoa followed the almost
total destruction of a 16-vehicle government convoy
which was ambushed by the Viet Cong in Long Khanh
Province about 50 miles northeast of Saigon on 15 May.
Government losses were reported as 41 killed, 20
wounded, 39 missing, 13 vehicles destroyed, and one
armored car missing.
An official press announcement of 15 May indi-
cates that South Vietnam's National Security Council
the previous day approved Premier Quat's proposed
military command reorganization; no ersonnel ap-
pointments have yet been announced. ~Meanwhile, re-
cent remarks by Buddhist leader Tri Quang to embassy
officers suggest that a new period of Buddhist political
restiveness, with anti-Catholic, anti- government, and
anti-US overtones. may be in the offing. In addition
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Bolivia: Deportation of Juan Lechin to Paraguay
will intensify labor unrest.
The minister of labor is expected to resign over
the deportation of the powerful head of the Bolivian
Workers' Confederation and the National Leftist Revo-
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and some other unions have called a general strike to
start tonight in protest against government labor
policy and Lechin's arrest.
The minister of government has announced that
Lechin's exile is due to his involvement in subversive
plotting and his possession of dual citizenship. (Lechin
was accused of having ac uired Chilean nationality
under an assumed name2
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Ecuador: The junta appears to be overcoming
the crisis in Guayaquil.
After giving striking Guayaquil businessmen and
their regionalist followers an impressive demonstra-
tion of martial law, the military junta has issued a
decree which paves the way for settlement. The de-
cree establishes a special commission, chaired by
the minister of finance, which will have ten days to
work out any necessary modifications in the new
tariff rates which touched off the strike. In practice
the procedure does little more than give the chamber
of commerce an opportunity to be heard.
Goods will meanwhile clear customs at the old
rates, but new schedules will eventually apply retro-
actively. The merchants have conditioned their ac-
ceptance of the decree upon release of those arrested
during the past week. Freedom of expression and
assembly have been restored and military patrolling
has been reduced.
of strength followed by a somewhat magnanimous
concession, and was accompanied by seizure of the
arms cache of the terrorist Detachments of Secret
Organization. It may also have restored armed
The affair could have a salutary effect on sta-
bility, in that it led to a determined government show
forces unity, which has recently been in doubt.
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NOTES
Israel-Syria: The 13 May firing incident on the
Israeli-Syrian border was provoked by the Israelis
to create a pretext for shelling Arab Jordan River
diversion equipment in the vicinity, according to
evidence accumulated since the attack. This is the
second such attempt to deter the Arabs from proceed-
ing with their diversion project. After the Israelis
attacked a work site close to the border on 17 March
Syrian construction activity, which is in a very early
stage, at first ceased and then was resumed at the
present less exposed site. I
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THE PRESIDENT
The Vice President
Executive Offices of the White House
Special Counsel to the President
The Special Assistant for National Security Affairs
The Scientific Adviser to the President
The Director of the Budget
The Department of State
The Secretary of State
The Under Secretary of State
The Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
The Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
The Counselor and Chairman of the Policy Planning Council
The Director of Intelligence and Research
The Treasury Department
The Secretary of the Treasury
The Under Secretary of the Treasury
The Department of Defense
The Secretary of Defense
The Deputy Secretary of Defense
The Secretary of the Army
The Secretary of the Navy
The Secretary of the Air Force
The Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs)
The Assistant Secretary of Defense
The Chairman, The Joint Chiefs of Staff
Chief of Naval Operations, United States Navy
Chief of Staff, United States Air Force
Chief of Staff, United States Army
Commandant, United States Marine Corps
U.S. Rep., Military Committee and Standing Group, NATO
Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
Commander in Chief, Pacific
Commander in Chief, Atlantic
The Director, Defense Intelligence Agency
The Director, The Joint Staff
The Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Department of Army
The Director of Naval Intelligence, Department of Navy
The Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Department of the Air Force
The Department of Justice
The Attorney General
The Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Director
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The Administrator
The Atomic Energy Commission
The Chairman
The National Security Agency
The Director
The United States Information Agency
The Director
The National Indications Center
The Director
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