CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: April 20, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL
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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE
RELATING TO NATIONAL SECURITY
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
CONTENTS
1. Vietnam: Current situation report. (Page 1)
2. Laos: US air operations against Communist sup-
ply activity increasingly effective. (Page 3)
3. India-Pakistan: Both increasingly critical of each
other's failure to cooperate in reducing tensions.
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5. Notes:
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'Vietnam: (Information as of 4:30 AM EST)
Political Developments in South Vietnam: The
situation remains generally quiet, but uneasy.
There have been further indications that Buddhist
elements in Hue are lining up behind Tri Quang's call
for an end to protest activity, but Da Nang circles con-
tinue to demand the government's replacement. Bar-
ricades put up to block the entry of any Saigon troops
into Da Nang are being removed, however, and local
"struggle" authorities have agreed to release several
political detainees, including the province chief.
Scattered acts of violence were reported yesterday
in various I Corps towns. The danger of a serious
clash between anti-government student "suicide troops"
and armed followers of the Vietnamese Nationalist
(VNQDD) Party, many of them pro-government rural
construction cadres, has not entirely vanished. In II
Corps, local authorities are still not coping success-
fully with unrest in Da Lat. he situation may have
been aggravated by the corps commander's reported
difficulties in asserting discipline in his chain of com-
mand-]
In Saigon, there are signs of growing concern over
the proposed August elections for a constituent assembly.
A group of Saigon University law professors has sug-
gested postponement of the assembly for fear that the
Communists will take advantage of the election. Similar
concern was indicated by Catholics in a weekend demon-
stration. Mai Tho Truyen, an influential southern Bud-
dhist layman who has long been estranged from the Bud-
dhist Institute, told an Embassy officer yesterday that
the only real pressure for elections came from Tri
Quang, whose objective is to control a government from
behind the scenes.
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The Military Situation in South Vietnam: The only
significant enemy contact reported during the past 24
hours from any of the 25 operations, battalion-sized or
larger, currently being conducted by South Vietnamese
and allied forces, was in Binh Dinh Province where
South Korean troops in operation SU BOK killed 32 Viet
Cong and captured five. Korean casualties were four
killed and 24 wounded.
In the third assault within a week on a US air strip,
the Viet Cong early today hit An Khe airfield, base of
the US 1st Air Cavalry Division, with six mortar rounds
and small arms fire. A sabotage team of 12 to 15 men
was infiltrated at the same time. Two C-130 Hercules
aircraft and a Quonset hut were damaged by explosive
charges, but no US casualties have been reported. The
Viet Cong were fired on as they withdrew, but enemy
losses are unknown.
During the night of 18-19 April, an estimated pla-
toon of Viet Cong tried to penetrate the defensive peri-
meter of a US Marine artillery battery five miles north-
west of Da Nang. A second Marine battery position 900
yards away was simultaneously shelled with 35 rounds
of 60-mm. mortar fire.. US casualties totaled six killed
and 29 wounded. One 105-mm. artillery piece and one
ammunition bunker were destroyed, and two 105-mm.
artillery pieces were damaged. Enemy losses have been
reported as 11 killed.
The US military command in South Vietnam feels
that the over-all pattern of enemy activity during the
present period of political unrest in the country is sug-
gestive of regrouping, retraining, and preparation for
future large-scale operations. There continue to be in-
dications of impending Viet Cong attacks in the general
area extending northwest from Saigon to the Cambodian
border, and in the northernmost part of the country. In
the northern region, certain recent Communist activities
and posture may presage major offensive operations in
the area around Da Nang.
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Laos: US air operations against Communist sup-
ply activity in southern Laos appear to be increasingly
effective.
During the past seven weeks US attack pilots
claim to have destroyed about 300 Communist trucks
in the Laos panhandle and damaged an additional 300.
This total, which exceeds the number of trucks de-
stroyed and damaged in the previous four-month
period, reflects the widespread and effective use of
low-altitude spotting and forward-air-control aircraft.
These losses--substantial even allowing for un-
avoidable pilot error--have coincided with at least a
temporary reduction in the flow of trucks through the
corridor area.
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southbound tra fic along Routes 23 and 911 has dropped
off considerably from the December-January daily
average of 25-30 trucks.
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India-Pakistan: India and Pakistan are increas-
ingly critical of each other's alleged failure to co-
operate in reducing tensions.
while, the Pakistanis complain that spokesmen in New
Delhi have become increasingly adamant in their re-
fusal even, to contemplate a change in the status of
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Among the provisions of the Tashkent Agreement
of last January was one providing for continuing high-
level meetings between the two governments. No
meeting has been held since an unproductive. joint nidn-
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Indian leaders[bave indicateA)concern at, state-
ments Chinese Communist leaders made during their
recent state visit to East Pakistan pledging continued
solidarity with Pakistan against any new "aggression.
The public display by'the Pakistanis of Chinese mili-
tary equipment and Pakistani press stories alleging
that Chinese warnings prevented an Indian attack on
East Pakistan last autumn are also causing an un-
favorable reactionin New Delhi.
There have been occasional conciliatory moves
such as Mrs. Gandhi's 19 April statement that she
would be willing to meet President, Ayub and the latter's
repeated emphasis in his speeches on the need for peace
between the two countries. However, these are sub-
ject to continuing and usually countervailing internal
political. pressures.
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the Tashkent Agreement was not a sellout of Pakistan
claims in Kashmir
TheIndian Government recently came under fire
in parliament from both Opposition and government
deputies for withdrawing troops from three small
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Kenya: President Kenyatta warned the Soviet and
Chinese Communist ambassadors last weekend that he
would sever diplomatic relations if they continue to pro-
vide assistance to former vice president Odinga, who
left the government to organize an opposition party.
According to a high Kenyan official, Kenyatta told the
Soviet ambassador that he would also hold him respon-
sible for such activity by Eastern European embassies.
The official believes that the Soviets,, who have cur-
tailed their clandestine contacts since the ouster of
several bloc personnel last month, will heed the warn-
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Guinea: President Tour6 has moderated the ex-
treme position he took following the February coup in
Ghana. The majority of TourO's advisers apparently
have convinced him that Guinea was becoming dan-
gerously isolated in Africa, that hopes of extensive
new Soviet support were unrealistic, and that US aid
should not be jeopardized. On 16 April the top leaders
of Guinea's single party unanimously endorsed a letter
from Tour6 to President Johnson affirming a desire to
strengthen relations with the US, and the political
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The Vice President
Executive Offices of the White House
Special Counsel to the President
The Special Assistant for National Security Affairs
The Scientific Adviser to the President
The Director of the Budget
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 Counselor and Chairman of the Policy Planning Council
The Director of Intelligence and Research
The Treasury Department
The Secretary of the Treasury
The Under Secretary of the Treasury
The Department of Defense
The Secretary of Defense
The Deputy Secretary of Defense
The Secretary of the Army
The Secretary of the Navy
The Secretary of the Air Force
The Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs)
The Chairman, The Joint Chiefs of Staff
Chief of Naval Operations, United States Navy
Chief of Staff, United States Air Force
Chief of Staff, United States Army
Commandant, United States Marine Corps
U.S. Rep., Military Committee and Standing Group, NATO
Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
Commander in Chief, Pacific
Commander in Chief, Atlantic
The Director, Defense Intelligence Agency
The Director, The Joint Staff
The Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Department of Army
The Director of Naval Intelligence, Department of Navy
The Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Department of the Air Force
The Department of Justice
The Attorney General
The Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Director
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The Administrator
The Atomic Energy Commission
The Chairman
The National Security Agency
The Director
The United States Information Agency
The Director
The National Indications Center
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