CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1961/01/02

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• Publication Date: January 2, 1961

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INTELLIGENCE
2 January 1961
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CENTRAL
BULLETIN
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2 JANUARY 1961
I. SPECIAL ITEM
Situation in Laos.
U. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
Khrushchev states willingness to drop UN
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debate on U-2 incident.
III. ASIA-AFRICA
Chinese Nationalist commander on Chin-
men orders artillery to fire warning shots
at British ships entering Amoy, and at
ships themselves if they ignore warning 0
Indonesia may stage military incident in
Netherlands New Guinea area as means of
bringing New Guinea issue to UN. 0
Mali reportedly receiving Soviet bloc
small arms and ammunition by way of
Guinea. 0
Situation in the Congo. 0
IV. THE WEST
�West Germans reportedly won conces-
sions from East Germans in recently
concluded interzonal trade talks.
�Provisional government in El Salvador
apparently moving to reduce US economic
and military assistance.
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mechanical trouble, are in the USSR. Thus far, there is
no indication that they are to return to China, although it
Is probable that some if not all will return with additional
supplies. The one Soviet IL-14 which arrived in Peiping
on 31 December from Kazan with a cargo for Hanoi is
now returning, to Irkutsk. Whatever cargo may have been
aboard was probably offloaded at Peiping for air tranship-
ment to Hanoi.
The five Soviet MI-4 helicopters probably destined
for airlift operations in Laos continue their southward
flight through China and are probably now at Kueilin.
General Phoumi told an American official on 1 Janu-
ary that he had made an urgent request to Thailand for four
armed T-6 aircraft with Thai pilots for immediate combat
use. Phourni said he had also asked for two Thai parachute
battalions and felt confident both requests would be granted.
He also asserted that he had asked Thai Premier Sarit to
appeal to SEATO for military be. intervanfi
half of Laotian government forces. All i T1 T.Qnc
The bloc continues to deny strongly that North Viet-
namese troops have been introduced into Laos. Hanoi has
repeated its call for a new meeting of the countries which
took part in the 1954 Geneva conference and for the re-
activation of the International Control Commission. Hanoi
specified, however, that the revived commission would
have to deal with the government of Souvanna Phouma. Both
Peiping and Moscow have made the same point and Khrushchev
underlined it when he addressed New V43nr/c
Souvanna as the Premier of Laos.
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II. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
*USSR: Khrushchev used a New Year's eve reception at
the Kremlin to end any speculation that a US apology for the
U-2 incident remained a precondition to top-level negotia-
tions with the new US administration by stating his willing-
ness to drop UN debate on the matter. Although he avoided
any specific reference to the RE-47 incident, other Soviet
officials, who had indicated privately that the U-2 item would
be withdrawn, have also hinted that the two RB-47 crew mem-
bers might be released. The USSR's New Year's greetings to
Western leaders were cordial in tone and stressed the pros-
pects for settling international issues�disarmament and the 111
German question�during 1961. Among other recipients of
greetings from Khrushchev were Souvanna Phouma of Laos
and Lumumba of the Congo, both addressed as "premier."
I I I. ASIA-AFRICA
*lgationalist China: The commanding general on Chinmen
issued orders oThiNnYle-e�mber for Nationalist artillery to
fire warning shots across the bows of all British ships enter-
ing Amoy and to fire at the ships themselves if they fail to
heed the warning. The Nationalists reportedly decided on this
action because the British have not been giving prior notice of
recent ship sailings for Amoy--now averaging one per week.
Taipei has not attempted to enforce the port closure in the last
three years, except for one occasion--on 25 September. 1959,
when an artillery battery fired and hit the B itish hn TL
chungshan as it was entering Amoy harbor.
*Indonesia: The government reportedly plans to create,
sometime after 3 January, a military incident in the Nether-
lands New Guinea area of sufficient gravity to bring the New
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Guinea issue before the United Nations. Although this report
lacks confirmation, there are other indications that Indonesia
will step up its paramic efforts toward ac-
quisition of the area. An air force direc-
tive of 30 December orders increased "fighting-endurance
training to meet New Guinea preparations"; a note is being
prepared for UN Secretary General Hammarskjold warning of
a possible clash between Netherlands and Indonesi 211 .errepQhi
the New Guinea area; and Indonesian
*Mali: Sizable quantities of small arms and ammunition,
presumed to be from supplies recently delivered to Conakry
by Soviet ships, are reliably reported to have been trans-
shipped by truck from Guinea to Mali at regular intervals
last month. Now stored at Bamako, Mali's capital, the arms
are believed intended for distribution to internal security forces--
especially the new paramilitary units now being formed�and for
stockpiling. Acquisition of bloc arms in this way, reportedly ar-
ranged during the early December meeting between top Guinean
and Malian leaders, reflects the growing influence of the pro-
Guinean extremist faction in Mali's single-party regime. It
also will heighten the concern of President Senghor's govern-
ment in neighboring Senegal, which Mali leaders are anxious
to see overthrown, and may lead to early
to the US and France for additional arms.
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*Congo: Colonel Mobutu's use, in. the face of UN opposition,
of the Belgian-administered trust territory of Ruanda-Urundi
in his move against dissidents in Kivu Province seems certain
to lead to new pressures by Lumumba's supporters abroad for
UN action against Belgium and the Mobutu regime. Mobutu's
forces were repulsed with casualties when they approached the
provincial capital of Bukavu under a white flag; he apparently
had expected the dissidents to come over, to his side once his
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troops were on the scene. Mobutu may now defer similar
moves reportedly about to be undertaken from. points in
Equateur Province into neighboring Orientale Province--
now controlled by Luxnumba's deputy Gizenga.
Reports that seven Czech IL-14 aircraft have been
cleared to land in Khartoum en route to Stanleyville sug-
gest an early attempt by Soviet and other nro-Lumumba
elements to buttress Gizenga's regime.
an IL-14- -presumably
Egyptian--carrying technicians would arrive on 31 Decem-
ber at an airnort not far from thp hordpr of nripntalp rov-
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IV. THE WEST
*East Germany - West Germany: West Berlin Mayor Brandt
has indicated that in the recently concluded interzonal trade
talks, the East Germans acceded to all of Bonn's demands and
agreed not to implement the restrictions on West German travel
to East Berlin which last September had led Bonn to cancel the
trade pact. West Germany has not yet informed its allies of
the detailed formulation of the new agreement, and
West
Germany accepted weaker wording than it originally desired on
several points in order to reach agreement. The East Germans
were successful in insisting that their concessions would remain
in effect only if the strictest secrecy were maintained.
*El Salvador: The provisional government appears moving
to reduce US economic and military assistance. The defense
minister told a group of US officials on 28 December that his
government intends to replace US advisers to the National Police
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with Chileans or Italians or both, terming all US assistance
programs "void of beneficial results for El Salvador." These
statements, which completely reverse expressions of support
for US assistance made by the defense minister within the past
three weeks, apparently reflect the influence of the pro-Com-
munists and Castro sympathizers in the government. One
US-supported project was abruptly closed by the government on
24 December, and th AmhssvunderstafldS that a second is
shortly to be closed,
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THE PRESIDENT
The Vice President
Executive Offices of the White House
Special Assistant for National Security Affairs
Scientific Adviser to the President
Director of the Budget
Director, Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
Director, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Special Assistant for Security Operations Coordination
Chairman, Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence Activities
Special Assistant for Foreign Economic Policy
Executive Secretary, National Security Council
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 Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration
The Counselor
Director, International Cooperation Administration
The Director of Intelligence and Research
The Treasury Department
The Secretary of the Treasury
The Department of Detense
The Secretary of Defense
The Deputy Secretary of Defense
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
The Secretary of the Army
The Secretary of the Navy
The Secretary of the Air Force
The Chairman, The Joint Chiefs of Staff
The Director, The Joint Staff
Chief of Staff, United States Army
Chief of Naval Operations, United States Navy
Chief of Staff, United States Air Force
Commandant, United States Marine Corps
Assistant to Secretary of Defense for Special Operations
Director for Intelligence, The Joint Staff
Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Department of Army
Director of Naval Intelligence, Department of Navy
Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Department of the Air Force
Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
Commander in Chief, Pacific
The Department of Commerce
The Secretary of Commerce
Atomic Energy Commission
The Chairman
Federal. Bureau of Investigation
The Director
National Security Agency
The Director
National Indications Center
The Director
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