CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: February 8, 1968

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CONTENTS
Vietnam: Situation report. (Page 1)
Korea: South Koreans moderate opposition to US
handling of Pueblo case. (Page 3)
Communist China: Widespread factional clashes
continue despite efforts to stabilize provincial
governments. (Page 5)
West Germany - Poland: Bonn is seeking to main-
tain the momentum of its Eastern policy through
overtures to Warsaw. (Page 7)
Belgium: Consultations on a new government are
likely to be difficult and lengthy. (Page 8)
Denmark: Copenhagen wants to be reassured that
the US accepts Denmark's policy on nuclear weapons.
(Page 9)
USSR: Lunar probe (Page 10)
Nigeria: Peace proposals (Page 10)
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*Vietnam:
South Vietnam: The allied combat base at Khe
Sanh and its peripheral defensive positions were struck
again this morning with a heavy barrage of enemy
artillery, rocket, and mortar fire.
The three-hour bombardment, accompanied
by a small ground probe of a nearby hill, resulted
in little damage and only light American casualties.
Now that the Communists have forced the abandonment
of the Lang Vei Special Forces Camp, they will prob-
ably concentrate on the allied strongpoints surrounding
the Khe Sanh base with continued shellings throughout
the area.
No major new attacks have occurred elsewhere in
South Vietnam, but enemy pressure nevertheless remains
serious in several urban areas--notably in Hue, Da
La, and Saigon. Fierce street fighting in Hue con-
tinues against stubborn Communist resistance. A
large number of enemy believed remaining in the one-
time mountain resort city of Da Lat poses a serious
potential threat to the security of that provincial capital.
In Saigon last night three South Vietnamese police
stations came under Viet Cong fire in the predominantly
Chinese ChoIon section. The Communists have con-
structed barricades out of furniture and abandoned auto-
mobiles in some parts of Cholon, and sharp fighting
is expected before they are rooted out. Heavy fighting
erupted on the northern and southern outskirts of the
city yesterday when allied forces contacted battalion-
size Communist units. It was announced today that two
US Army infantry battalions are to conduct a sweep
across the southern half of Saigon. (Map)
North Vietnam: Continuing unprecedented air activity
by North Vietnamese bombers and transport aircraft
strongly suggests the Communists may soon employ their
limited air power in some way to support their current
offensive in South Vietnam.
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In addition to the three 1L-28 twin-jet bombers
which were recently deployed to Phuc Yen airfield
near Hanoi, further analysis of intercepted communi-
cations reveals that three additional IL-28s were
flown from Yunnan! to Nan- ning in southwestern China
at about the same time. Targets in northern South
Vietnam such as the Khe Sanh strongpoint, the city
of Hue, or the huge Da Nang base appear to be the
most likely objectives of 1L-28 operations. It is con-
ceivable, however, that they could be used in diver-
sionary attacks against targets in Laos or US naval
forces in the Gulf of Tonkin.
In a possibly related development, seven AN-2
transports flew from the Hanoi area late yesterday
to a point at least 50 miles south of Vinh. There is
unconfirmed evidence that these piston-engine trans-
ports flew farther south and attempted to land--pos-
sibly at an "inactive" airstrip at Tchepone, Laos,
some 35 miles west of Khe Sanh. Voice communica-
tions suggest that the AN-2s ran into bad weather,
however, and were forced to cancel their mission in
this region with at least five of the aircraft noted
returning to the Hanoi area. It is not yet clear whether
the AN-2s were involved in a transport or an attack
mission. (SECRET SAWN NO FOREIGN DISSEM) (Map)
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*Korea � Feeling is still running high in South
Korea, but the Pak government and public information
media seem to have modified their opposition to the
US handling of the Pueblo case.
Seoul's foreign minister told the National Assembly
yesterday the government still demands the US place
equal emphasis on the recent North Korean attempt to
kill President Pak and on the Pueblo incident. He con-
ceded that discussion of the crewmen's release might
be given priority "from a humanitarian point of view."
The government moderation is reflected in Seoul
newspapers which have dropped complaints of exclu-
sion from the Panmunjom talks and stress on unilateral
action against the North. They now admit the US is
sensitive to South Korea's problems and will clearly
honor American commitments to defend the South.
The South Koreans may feel that the lack of prog-
ress at Panmunjom reduces the possibility the US
might make compromises which would undercut them.
Minor student demonstrations have continued,
however. About 100 seminary students forced their
way past US Army guards at Freedom Bridge near
Panmunjom before being turned back. In addition,
some 300 high school students demonstrated near a
US air base about 30 miles south of Seoul, and two
small groups of youths with placards denouncing the
Panmunjom talks appeared in front of the US Embassy.
A group of six Soviet destroyers steamed into the
Sea of Japan on 5 February. Some of them may re-
lieve ships already there. The Soviets waited until
the Korean crisis subsided somewhat and some US
naval forces moved out of the Sea of Japan before sub-
stantially increasing their naval strength in the area.
Thirteen Soviet ships, including two missile cruisers
and three missile-equipped destroyers, two tankers,
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and two intelligence collectors, are now in the Sea of
Japan. Soviet naval aircraft continue air reconnais-
sance of the US task force. (TOP SECRET TRINE)
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Communist China: Despite efforts to stabilize
provincial governments, widespread factional dis-
order continues.
Peking has announced that a revolutionary com-
mittee was set up in Hupeh Province on 5 February.
This is the 14th revolutionary government to be
established in the Cultural RevolutiOn and the second
during the past week. The new provincial leaders are
Wuhan military region officials who were brought in
to govern this area following the kidnaping incident
last July, and a rehabilitated former provincial party
first secretary.
The establishment of revolutionary governments
in China's 29 provinces and major municipalities ap-
parently is behind schedule. Last fall Mao demanded
that "revolutionization" of provinces be completed by
the Chinese New Years--31 January--presumably in
preparation for a party congress being planned for
mid-1968. In January, however, a Chinese foreign
affairs official told a leftist Japanese delegation that
it was now considered impossible to make "realistic"
preparations for a national congress this year.
Meanwhile, factional clashes are continuing in
many areas. According to intercepted messages, a
heavily armed Red Guard group in the Kun-ming area,
supposedly suppressed by the army on 28 January, was
reported on 4 February to be "burying corpses" and
planning to "annihilate" troops in the area.
In Shen-yang, where a Red Guard newspaper in
early January reported factions split between sup-
porters and attackers of the military region com-
mander, messages on 3 and 5 February reported that
armed groups were roaming the city and "firing" on
troops. A Red Guard message from Lhasa-- scene of
violent Red Guard fighting for more than a year--on
3 February denounced the senior military officer in
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Tibet for allowing the "large scale armed struggle"
to expand. On 5 February a radio operator said the
sound of artillery could be heard daily. (TOP SE-
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West Germany - Poland: Bonn is seeking to open
a dialogue with Warsaw concerning the Oder-Neisse
line.
Chancellor Kiesinger intends to ask President de
Gaulle during their talks on 15-16 February to inform
the Poles that West Germany is prepared to discuss
the border issue. Foreign Minister Brandt intends to
ask Sweden to transmit the same message to Warsaw,
and other diplomatic channels may be used.
The initiative toward Poland is designed to main-
tain the momentum of West Germany's Eastern policy fol-
lowing the re- establishment of diplomatic relations
with Yugoslavia on 31 January.
According to a West German Foreign Ministry of-
ficial, Bonn might be prepared to make a declaration
committing itself on the border question at a future
peace conference, if this would clearly lead to a re-
sumption of diplomatic relations. Sentiment has been
growing in West Germany for acceptance of the Oder-
Neisse line, but Bonn's official position is that German
boundaries must be determined at a peace conference
officially terminating World War IL
West German officials see little chance of a break-
through with Warsaw at present but view this probe as
the first move in a campaign to soften the hard Polish
line toward West Germany. They also reason that the
probe will make it more difficult for the Poles to assert
that Bonn is intransigent on the border issue.
For their part, the Poles may be willing to hold
private exploratory talks. Immediate results should
not be expected. (SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM/
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Belgium: A cabinet crisis has arisen after the
government of Prime Minister Vanden Boeynants
collapsed yesterday.
King Baudouin is consulting with political leaders
on forming a new government. In view of the tension
between the French and Dutch-speaking communities,
these consultations are likely to be difficult and
lengthy. If the King cannot obtain agreement among
the major parties on a successor, elections will be
necessary.
The major parties, however, are under pressure
to come up with some sort of a compromise since
elections would probably benefit only the small, mili-
tant parties.
Foreign policy is not an issue, and Belgium's
membership in NATO is not in question. (CONFI-
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Denmark: The new Danish Government wants to
be assured that the US accepts Denmark's policy of
banning nuclear weapons in Greenland.
Foreign Minister Hartling informed Ambassador
White on 7 February that Denmark does not anticipate
renegotiation of the 1951 Greenland base treaty. He
sees something less formal, such as an exchange of
notes, in which the US would accept Denmark's policy
of not allowing nuclear weapons to be stationed on its
territory and banning overflights of aircraft carrying
such weapons.
Hartling indicated that this formula would sat-
isfy what he and the government see as the insistent
public demand for positive assurances that Denmark
will rigidly stick to its stand against nuclear weapons.
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NOTES
USSR: A lunar probe launched from Tyuratam
yesterday failed early in flight. It was the first
Soviet attempt to orbit the moon or to land on its
surface since December 1966. The 13-month hiatus
probably has been used to improve existing instru-
mentation or to develop equipment needed for new
experiments. The two Soviet payloads that were
successfully landed on the moon returned valuable
pictures and scientific data, but the three that
orbited provided only marginally useful photography
of the lunar surface. (TOP SECRET TRINE)
Nigeria: The secretary general of the London-
based Commonwealth Secretariat is going to Lagos
on .9 February to present his latest proposals for
halting Nigeria's civil war. Although his proposals
provide for the maintenance of a united Nigeria,
federal leaders will probably react negatively,
especially since their military campaign is going
well. Biaf ran leader Ojukwu recently has appeared
more flexible regarding Biaf ran sovereignty and al-
ready may have approved the Secretariat's initiative.
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