CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1960/08/25

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• Publication Date: August 25, 1960

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25 AUGUST 1960
I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
II. ASIA-AFRICA
Turkish General Staff retires most field-
grade officers.
Cambodian deputy premier to head pur-
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The situation in the Congo.
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The situation in Laos.
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
25 August 1960
DAILY BRIEF
I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
II. ASIA-AFRICA
Turkey: The Turkish General Staff has notified more
than 3,400 field-grade officers in all services of their re-
tirement effective 20 August. This is a substantial propor-
tion, probably more than half, of the total. Nearly 90 per-
cent of general and flag officers were retired in early Au -
St.
" Cambodia - Communist (Anna: Weputy Premier Nnieic
Tioulong, who is heading a Cambodian mission to Peiping in
early September, will make "certain purchases,"
Prince Sihanouk
has recently threatened to turn to the Communist bloc for arms-14,4
aid if Western military assistance to his army is not substan-
tially increased. Tioulong's Peiping visit is ostensibly con-
nected with Cambodian technicians currently being trained in
China to run Cambodia's new Peiping-sponsored industrial
plants, but the question of additional Chinese aid will undoubt-
edly be discussed. Tioulong recently proposed that he visit the
United States to discuss American economic aid]
torigb: Sfre'nuous effoits bi Colfgo-Pre'rnier Lumumba to
airlift Congolese soldiers to Kasai Province appear designed
more to forestall the secessionist trend there than to curb tribal
warfare.
this troop build-up is for at-
tack on Katanga., Dispatch of an estimated 600 troops on 23
August brought a warning from the anti-Lumumba leader of low-
er Kasai Province that he would resist any "invasion" and would
appeal to Katanga or Belgium if necessary.
concern over the presence of an estimated
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III. WATCH COMMITTEE CONCLUSIONS
A. [No Sino-Soviet bloc country intends to initiate hostilities
against the United States or its possessionEi in the imme-
diate futur9
B. go Sino-Soviet bloc country intends deliberately to initiate
direct military action against US forces abroad, US allies,
or areas peripheral to the Orbit in the immediate futur.g
C. ate following developments are susceptible of direct exploi-
tation by Soviet/Communist hostile action which could jeopardize
the security of the US in the immediate future:
glthough Laotian Premier-designate Souvanna Phouma and
General Phoumi have agreed to broad guidelines for nego-
tiating a settlement of military and political problems, the
negotiations themselves could break down over any of a
number of points. The Pathet Lao has called for all Lao-
tians to support the Souvanna Phouma regime and has re-
portedly strengthened its military position in the Vien-
tiane area. There is still no evidence of Chinese Commu-
nist or North Vietnamese intentions to intervene overtly.
Communist prospects in Laos have been enhanced since the
Kong Le coup-.1
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