CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 10, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: October 31, 1960
• Content Type: REPORT

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II. ASIA-AFRICA
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DAILY BRIEF
USSR: The Soviet party central committee is scheduled to
meet on T3 December to consider agricultural matters, accord-
ing to a TASS announcement. Soviet agricultural production has
for the second straight year been well below the annual levels re-
quired to meet the Seven-Year Plan goals. The December meet- (0
ing will undoubtedly review proposals for improving the organiza-
tion of agricultural management, and may signal a shakeup in
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particularly the results of the meetings of Communist bloc lead-
ers scheduled for November.
Laos: 'The Pathet Lao is demanding participation in a coali-
tion government as one of its major conditions in the peace talks
with the Vientiane government, according to one of the govern-
ment negotiators. Souvanna Phouma, in a recent conversation co
with the American ambassador, gave the impression that he had
not ruled out Pathet participation in an expanded government of
national union. Soviet Ambassador Abramov, meanwhile, has left
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[Vientiane for his resident post in Phnom Penh, and has
stated he does not intend to return to Vientiane for several
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III, THE WEST
El Salvador: Military elements opposed to the six-
man junta which assumed power following the 26 October oust-
er:?of President Lemus are planning to stage a countercoup
within the next few days, according to sources of the US Em-
bassy in San Salvador. The US Army attache there reported on
28 October that the junta continued to appear in complete con-
trol, but added that even an abortive new coup attempt could
result in considerable bloodshed. The embassy, in comment-
ing on the junta's appointments to government positions and the
return to El Salvador since 26 October of many Communist and
pro-Communist student and labor leaders, notes that these 'fur-
ther strengthen the far-left, pro-Castro tinge of the new gov-
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Situation in Laos
[Minister of Finance Inpeng, a member of the Laotian Gov-
ernment negotiating team in the peace talks with the Pathet Lao
now in progress in Vientiane, states that the Pathets now are
specifying participation in a coalition government as one of their
major conditions for a settlement. In previous sessions of the
talks, the Pathets had seemed to soft-pedal demands for partici-
pation in a coalition government while concentrating on appeals
for joint military action against Phoumi. It is possible that they
have taken Vientiane's lack of aggressiveness toward Savannakhet
to indicate an eventual reconciliation between the two, and are
therefore entering their bid for a place in any government of na-
tional unity which might result. J
L Premier Souvanna Phouma, in a recent conversation with
Ambassador Brown in Vientiane, indicated willingness to reor-
ganize his government to include Phoumi partisans, but not Phou-
mi himself, if the Savannakhet Revolutionary Committee was dis-
solved--a move which Phoumi has thus far shown little disposition
to make. Souvanna added that this might be followed by inclusion
of one or two members of the Neo Lao Hak Sat (NLHS), the Pathet
Lao's legal political front, to make the resulting government one
of national union. Souvanna later qualified his remarks by saying
that NLHS inclusion in the government was merely one "concep-
tion" which might lead to a comprehensive solution of the crisis
in Laos.:I
L Soviet Ambassador Abramov and his party left Vientiane on
28 October to return to Abramov's resident post in Phnom Penh as
ambassador to Cambodia. Prior to departure, members of the
party told Brown that Abramov would return in a few weeks but
that there were no plans for the establishment of a resident staff
in Vientiane at least until next yearn"
[The possibility of renewed attacks by Vientiane forces, possi-
bly in collaboration with the Pathet Lao, on Phoumi's forces between
Pak Sane and Thakhek continues to be the subject of conflicting re-
ports. The principal indicator of any build-up for attacks on Phoumi
has been reports of the movement of a sizable number of trucks f
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southward from Vientiane. The American Army attache in
Vientiane does not believe there is yet sufficient evidence to
support the thesis of a heavy buildup of the forces of Captain
Kong Le and the Pathet Lao for an attack southward toward
Thakheka
I . recent reconnaissance by a company o oum s froupts
revealed nothing of significance. The Vientiane forces were
reported to be digging defensive positions north of the Ca Dinh
River. The vulnerability of Phoumi's force to an attack is sug
gested, however,
that Phoumi's commanders at Th a are defensive minded.
lacking the stomach to fight
LA four-day Buddhist festival-That Luang--beginning on
1 November and during which all government offices will be
closed may provide a much-needed lull in which the various
figures in the present conflict can reassess their positions. On
the other hand, any of the parties involved might use the lull to
take surprise action--for example, a renewed offensive by Kong
Le against Phoumi or even a coup d'etat against the Souvanna
government
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Countercoup in El Salvador May Be Attempted
An attempt may be made within a few days to unseat the
six-man junta which assumed power in El Salvador following
the ouster of President Jose Maria Lemus on 26 October, ac-
cording to US Embassy sources. Military elements believed
to be involved in the plot are reportedly led by General Manuel
Cordova, army. chief of staff under the Lemus regime and a re-
puted intriguer. While General Cordova is not believed to have
a strong personal following, it is likely that he would be sup-
ported in a coup attempt by some military units outside the cap-
ital.
The US Army attache in San Salvador reported on 28 October
that the junta's control of the government continued to appear firm
and he noted a widespread feeling among both civilians and the military
that no countercoup would be attempted. He added, however, that
a force of 200 men, 25 staff officers, and sufficient arms and am-
munition were available in the capital for use by the dissidents,
and even an abortive attempt to oust the present government could
result in. considerable bloodshed.
The alleged countercoup plans of the military group possibly
are connected with recent indications that the new Salvadoran Gov-
ernment may be more tolerant of leftist activities than its pred-
ecessor was. On 27 October a number of exiled Communists and
pro-Communists--including such figures as Jorge Shafik Handall,
a well-known Communist in. the national university in 1957, and
Juan Jose Vides, a Salvadoran Communist party official in 1956--
were permitted to return.to El Salvador. In commenting on 28 Oc-
tober about a series of new appointments by the junta of leftists
to high positions in the government, the US Embassy described the.
move as further strengthening "the far-left, pro-Castro tinge of
the new government."
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The Treasury Department
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The Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration
The Counselor
Director, International Cooperation Administration
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The Secretary of the Army
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The Chairman, The Joint Chiefs of Staff
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