CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: February 12, 1968

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CONTENTS
Vietnam: Situation report. (Page 1)
South Korea: President Pak expected to press
for new US commitments. (Page 3)
India: Bengal State direct rule Page 4)
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*South Vietnam: The widely anticipated "second
phase" of the Communist offensive against urban areas
of South Vietnam has still not materialized.
The past weekend actually saw a general easing
of enemy pressure around cities and towns in some
areas of South Vietnam, although new attacks were
reported against two provincial capitals and two
allied airfields in the delta.
Except for a damaging rocket attack against Bien
Hoa Air Base on 10 February and continued enemy
resistance to allied clearing operations in Cholon,
the Saigon area remained relatively qiiiet over the
weekend, with life in the capital gradually returning
to normal.
In the northern provinces, the US Marine combat
base at Khe Sanh came under heavy artillery, rocket,
and mortar fire on 10 and 11 February, although no
accompanying North Vietnamese ground probes were
reported. While no major new fighting erupted else-
where in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) - northern
Quang Tri Province area,
the shipment of large quantities of heavy caliber
ammunition--up to 152 mm--to points just north of
the DMZ within the past week.
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18 truckloads of 130 mm. ammunition wprp
e ivered on 8 February.
the NVA 320th and 324 "B"
divisions tne 270th Independent Regiment, and the
27th Independent Battalion have revealed preparations
for attacks against allied positions in the north-central
DMZ area, in tne northeastern coastal quadrant of
Quang Tri Province, and in the Quang Tri city area.
In Hue, newly reinforced South Vietnamese troops
tnis weekend continued tneir efforts to dislodge stub-
bornly resisting enemy forces from the Citadel area.
Late press reports indicate that a 400-man US Marine
amphibious assault force has also joined the fray in
a flanking maneuver designed to trap Communist
elements holding out in tne nortnern part of the city.
Elsewhere in I Corps, allied ground and air
operations appear to nave broken up a major concentra-
tion of enemy units tnreatening Da Nang from tne
south. These forces, spearheaded by the NVA 2nd
Division, were last reported in a withdrawal to the
southwest.
The highland and coastal provinces of central
Vietnam reported no significant new enemy initiatives
over tne weekend, but sizable Communist forces
continued to maneuver in the vicinity of a number of
provincial and district capitals.
Liberation Front spokesmen continue to give tne
impression that they intend to establish unilaterally
a coalition government in opposition to Saigon. There
is still no indication, however, that they have plans
to do so immediately.
In discussions on 8 and 9 February, the Liberation
Front representative in Phnom Penh, Nguyen Van Hien,
said that the creation of a "provisional government" was
now a Front objective, but that the timing of its establish-
ment would be decided "in consulation with other revolu-
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South Korea: President Pak Chong-hui is expected
to press for new US commitments to Seoul in his meet-
ings with US presidential envoy Cyrus R. Vance.
Pak primarily seeks to have the Mutual Defense
Treaty amended to guarantee immediate US assistance
in the event of all-out North Korean attack and to as-
sure a similar response to such Communist intrusions
as last month's presidential assassination attempt.
Seoul believes the treaty's stipulation that "constitu-
tional processes" must precede US intervention might
delay or even bar timely US assistance.
Pak probably would also like to gain--but not nec-
essarily use--the power to withdraw South Korean troops
from UN command operational control, to recall his
troops from Vietnam, and to mount attacks on North
Korea. Some of these points, which are reported to
have been considered in a recent National Assembly
session, may come up in the course of Pak's negotia-
tions.
In the past two days the government has stressed
the "military aid is not enough" theme through the
press and has permitted several small protest rallies
and demonstrations to take place. \
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India: Prime Minister Indira Gandhi may move
to impose direct rule from New Delhi on volatile West
Bengal to avoid a scheduled confidence vote in the state
assembly. The Congress Party dominates the state
coalition government, but a growing dissident group,
with which Mrs. Gandhi shares dislike for West Bengal
party boss Atulya Ghosh, could undermine the coali-
tion's narrow majority. Although New Delhi has long
sought to avoid direct rule in West Bengal, Mrs. Gandhi
may prefer it to either a less satisfactory new non-
Communist coalition or a return to power of the Com-
munist-dominated United Front. /
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