CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
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• Publication Date: July 27, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE
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CONTENTS
1. Vietnam: Current situation report. (Page 1)
2. Cuba: Castro's 26 July speech followed familiar
themes. (Page 3)
3. Congo (Kinshasa): Situation in Kisangani tense
but calm following suspension of negotiations.
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*Vietnam: (Information as of 4:30 AM EDT)
The Military Situation in South Vietnam: Viet
Cong guerrilla activity may be intensifying in the
Saigon area in a move to relieve pressure against
Communist forces in Quang Tri Province where units
are suffering heavy losses from Operation HASTINGS/
LAM SON 289.
The headquarters of the US'.25th Infantry Division at
Cu Chi was attacked on the evening of 26 July and again
early this morning. Approximately 175 rounds of mor-
tar and recoilless rifle fire landed throughout the base
area. Preliminary reports indicate no fatalities, but
29 Americans were wounded. Little damage was done
to the base which is located about 18 miles northwest
of Saigon. (see map)
Allied forces have stepped up "harassing and in-
terdiction" artillery barrages against Viet Cong po-
sitions in the area surrounding Saigon in an effort to
counter recently increased Communist activity.
MACV has accepted another North Vietnamese
Army (NVA) regiment--the 3rd Regiment--in South
Vietnam.
The 3rd Regiment is subordinate to the 620th Di-
vision and has a strength of 1,500 men. It is located
in Quang Tin Province and is the nineteenth confirmed
NVA regiment in South Vietnam. (see map)
The 31st NVA Regiment has been dropped by
MACV frdm its order of battle. With this change the
total confirmed North Vietnamese strength in South
Vietnam stands at 0,360 men. In addition, there are
another 1,100 men carried in the order of battle in the
probable or possible categories.
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Cambodian Developments: Cambodia's Prince
Sihanouk in a 20 July speech--only recently available--
has indicated that he is willing to sign a border agree-
ment with the Viet Cong representative presently in
Phnom Penh. He also stated that he would recognize
the Viet Cong (National Front for the Liberation of
South Vietnam) as "representatives of the South Viet-
namese people and nation" and exchange ambassadors
with North Vietnam.
The Cambodian leader, on the other hand, has
insisted that these moves are contingent upon the Com-
munists signing the agreements he is offering which
call for their recognition of his claims to certain
islands in the Gulf of Siam and of the Cambodian ver-
sion of the South Vietnamese - Cambodian border.
There has been no hint by Hanoi or the Liberation
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negotiations.
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*Cuba: Fidel Castro's annual 26 July speech fol-
lowed familiar themes and contained no major surprises.
Most of Castro's speech was devoted to interna-
tional affairs, with the usual predictably bitter anti-US
diatribes. He again exhorted Latin American extrem-
ists to follow the "Cuban example" and bring revolution
to their countries.
However, Castro's remarks reveal his renewed
disenchantment with "pseudorevolutionaries" who
"preach the path of electioneering" in Latin America
rather than launching armed struggle. These barbs
were clearly aimed at the regular Latin American Com-
munist parties and suggest that relations between them
and the Castro regime have once again become strained
over revolutionary tactics to be employed in the hemi-
sphere.
Castro again attacked Chilean President Frei as
an imperialist lackey, and pointedly "warned" other
11socialist countries" that Cuba would be "injured" if
they traded with Chile. A Soviet trade mission is cur-
rently in Santiago.
Castro reiterated earlier pledges to send military
personnel to Vietnam if Hanoi requests such aid.
The Cuban leader devoted little time to discussing
the domestic situation on the island and did not rebut
the sensationalist rumors which have been circulating
regarding his health and power position.E--
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*Congo (Kinshasa): The situation in Kisangani
remains calm but tense following the suspension of
negotiations yesterday.
President Mobutu last Monday assured the leader
of the mutineers that they would not be court-martialed
for their earlier actions. However, the paradrop of
ammunition and supplies to Congolese army units in
Kisangani yesterday has led the mutineers to put off
further negotiations with Premier Mulamba until tomor-
row. Mulamba reportedly has been forced to seek the
protection of those mercenary forces which have not
yet become involved in the mutiny.
A semi-official Congolese newspaper continues
its campaign to put the blame for the mutiny on the
Belgian mercenaries despite Mobutu's assurances to
the contrary and Mulamba's broadcast to Kisangani
listeners that the mercenaries "have taken no part in
the conflict existing between our soldiers."
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