CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: August 22, 1963
• Content Type: REPORT

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CONTENTS
1. South Vietnam: The situation is outwardly calm
under tight military control. (Page 1)
2. UN-Yemen: The UN Observation Mission in Yem-
en is running into serious trouble. (Page 3)
3. Indonesia-Malaysia: Indonesia is apparently step-
ping up its activities against Malaysia. (Page 4)
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5. Finland: A senior Foreign Ministry official denies
categorically that Finland is negotiating for Soviet
missiles. (Page 6)
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lombia; Bolivia; Jordan. (Page
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*South Vietnam: The situation is outwardly calm
with the military maintaining tight security under the
martial law decree.
Army commander Major General Tran Van Don
has been made overall military commander. Generals
have been placed in control of Saigon and Hue. The
American Consul in Hue has reported growing anti-
American feeling in that city stemming from hostility
toward US-equipped troops
I officials have been told that the martial law de-
cree was prompted by concern over spreading disorders
and troop disaffection. The government also is seeking
to justify the crackdown on the Buddhists on grounds of
Viet Cong penetration of the Buddhist movement. De-
spite the reported seizure of Viet Cong weapons and
other "proof" in pagodas, there is no firm evidence of
a significant Communist role in the Buddhist campaigj
The well-coordinated moves by the military through-
out the country reflect prior planning. Some Vietnam-
ese officials have claimed that President Diem took ac-
tion at the request of a group of generals. Statements
being broadcast in the name of the military strongly re-
flect the previously expressed views of Diem's' brother
Nhu.
Current relationships between the military, Diem
and Nhu remain unclear. Nhu is known to have met re-
cently with the generals and harangued them on the need
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for firm action by the government. Nhu also has im-
plied that he would seize control from his brother if
conditions warranted. It is possible that some key
officers are now working with Nhu.
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UN-Yemen.a he ..UN Observation.. Mission in
Yemen is running into serious trouble owing to the. res-
ignation of General Von Horn, the difficulty of financ-
ing the mission, and grr4wing discouragement on the
part of U Thant himself
the lid off the whole operation.
[7on Horn, who has long been disturbed by the
limit-dd scope and size of the UN mission he commands,
has submitted his resignation, apparently as a direct
result of a rebuke which he received from U Thant
last weekend. The secretary general expects serious
trouble from Von Horn, whohreatening to "blow
A senior UN official reports U Thant is "rather
gloomy" about the present prospects for the UN opera-
tion. Saudi Arabia has indicated that it is willing .to
pay its share for an additional two months of the mis-
sion expenses, but the UAR has not expressed its posi-
tion.
The secretary general thinks that it may be neces-
sary to recommend to the Security Council that the mis-
sion be withdrawn unless the UAR is willing to pay its
share of expenses.
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Indonesia-Malaysia: ndonesia apparently is step-
ping up paramilitary and p litical action operations
against Malaysia.
Indonesia continues to insist that the Indonesian
and ilippine observers who are to accompany the
UN survey teams in Sarawak and North Borneo be given
a broader role than the UK and the UN envisage Dja-
karta is also trying to increase the number of such
observers
Although the survey is scheduled to begin today,
the Indonesian foreign minister has stated that the
observer problems must be solved first. The Philip-
pine stand on the observer issue is in line with that of
Indonesia)
Indonesian officials reportedly feel that ample
opportunities exist to bring about Malaysia's eventual
disintegration even if they are unable to block its
formation.
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Finland: )A senior Foreign Ministry official has
told Ambassador Rowan categorically that Finland is
not negotting with the Soviets to purchase missiles
of any type
negotiations last January for reinterpretation of the
1947 peace treaty to enable Finland to acquire de-
fensive missiles, the Finns assured Britain--as a
signatory--that they would purchase these weapons
,equally from East and West. He. added that the Brit-
ish wggld be informed of_.any negotiations with the
The official ref erred to the fact. that during the
Soviets
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Colombia: The Communist-dominated labor unions,
hoping to take advantage of widespread labor unrest,
plan to form a national labor confederation and hold a
nationwide strike during the week of 26 August. The
Communists are eager to take some action in reprisal
for the severe measures the government has taken
against the illegal strike of the petroleum workers'
union. They may encounter a reaction against the
move because of general public discontent with the
subversive influence of the Communists in the petro-
leum industry and popular support for the govern-
ment' anti-strike actions,
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*Bolivia: President Victor Paz Estenssoro requested
the resignation of the entire cabinet on 21 August, prob-
ably as a ploy to avoid impending congressional inter-
pellation of certain members of his cabinet. He may
also use this opportunity to replace those who have been
only lukewarm in supporting the government in the cur-
rent mine controversy. Reportedly only the ministers
of mines, labor, defense, and peasant affairs will be
replaced in the new cabinet which is likely to be an-
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*Jordan: Yesterday's Jordanian-Soviet agreement
to establish diplomatic relations reflects King Husayn's
dissatisfaction with US policy in the Middle East.
Husayn believes the US has become overly friendly
with Nasir. The King, who envies Nasir's success in
obtaining aid from both the US and USSR, undoubtedly
hopes to get Soviet economic assistance.
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