CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
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• Publication Date: August 15, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL
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BULLETIN
CURRENT INTELLIGENCE
RELATING TO NATIONAL SECURITY
JCS and State department
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CONTENTS
1. Vietnam: Current situation report. (Page 1)
2. Communist China: Central Committee's com-
munique merely reaffirms past policy lines.
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3. Note: Dominican Republic. (Page 4)
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*Vietnam: (Information as of 4:30 AM EDT)
The Military Situation in South Vietnam: Sig-
nificant allied actions were confined to three opera-
tions over the weekend.
In Quang Tri Province, four battalions of US
Marines continued the eleven-day search-and-de-
stroy Operation PRAIRIE near the DMZ. The opera-
tion, which has so far resulted in five US and 68
enemy killed, is a continuation of Operation HASTINGS.
L.kSee Map)
Thirty miles south of Da Nang, US Marine and
ARVN units in Operation COLORADO/LIEN KET 52
have reported light contact with an enemy force be-
lieved to include more than 3,000 men. Air strikes
on 13 August killed 33 Viet Cong soldiers, bringing to
397 the number o enemy de d since the operation be-
gan on 3 Augu st. fl (See Map
Press reports say that units of Operation PAUL
REVERE II are attempting to surround a Communist
battalion of perhaps 500 troops in Pleiku Province.
Initial allied losses are one (US) killed and five (US)
wounded. Enemy losses are not known. (See Map
Political Developments in South Vietnam: There
are continuing indications that a breakdown in negotia-
tions between the government and FULRO, the dissi-
dent tribal autonomy movement, may be nearing.]
the chief negoti-
ator for FULRO, Y-Dhe Adrong, has stated that he will
return to Cambodia if Premier Ky does not reply to
FULRO demands by 15 August. Adrong, who has been
in Darlac Province with a negotiating team since early
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General Vinh Loc, II Corps Commander, has
reportedly ordered the chief of Darlac Province to
seize six FULRO hostages in order to force other
dissidents in the province and in Cambodia to return
to government control. Although it is not clear, the
intended hostages may be members of Adrong's group.
Such an action by the government at this time would
almo t certainly end any hope for an early reconcilia-
tion.
Military Developments in North Vietnam: At
least 11 North Vietnamese POL barges and three PT
boats were destroyed this weekend by US Navy aircraft.
Seven of the barges were apparently carrying oil off-
loaded from a tanker, probably the Soviet ship Komsomol,
anchored near Cac Ba island when they were attacked.
Eight probable Swatow- class motor gun boats were ob-
served providing fire support for the tanker and barges.
An F-8E Crusader was shot down by gunfire during the
engagement, but the pilot was rescued. (See Map)
North Vietnam has now lost 11 naval vessels since
1 July 1966 when its combatant force was numbered at 40
ships. The commitment of as many as eight boats to
protect the tanker off-loading operation may indicate that
Hanoi attaches considerable importance to this method of
bringing POL into the Haiphong area.
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Communist China: The communique issued by
the central committee of the Chinese Communist
Party on 13 August, following a plenary meeting, does
little but reaffirm domestic and foreign policy lines
expounded at length over the past year.
It appears to be largely an attempt to give the
impression that the entire party leadership is united
under Mao and to counter recent indications of high-
level disarray.
The purposefully bland nature of the communique
can be seen in the failure to name the speakers and
participants in the 1-12 August plenum--the first held
in four years--and in its lack of allusion to. senior
party figures who have recently fallen in the cultural
purification drive. The communique made no refer-
ence to a demand last week in the authoritative party
journal Red Flag that the purification drive should
focus on bringing down more "powerful party figures."
On economic matters, the communique talked
of a new "leap forward," but did not specify what
measures were being adopted to achieve this. In
other statements, it suggested that the regime is
still taking a cautious attitude toward any basic
changes in economic policies.
In the foreign policy area, the communique
broke no new ground. On aid to Vietnam, it merely
endorsed all measures which had been or might be
taken "in consultation" with Hanoi. It also reaf-
firmed Peking's intention to press the all-out drive
against Soviet revisionism and once again insisted
that there can be "no middle road"--a clear-cut chal-
lenge to the North Korean and Japanese Communists
who have grown increasingly independent of the Chi-
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Dominican Republic: Unrest has mounted fol-
lowing
towing efforts a to week clamp of down on terrorist political incidents and activity. A government
fight between police and suspected former rebel ele-
ments erupted on 12 August after the mortal wound-
ing of Ramon Mejia del Castillo, a popular rebel
commando leader. President Balaguer's intention
to impose a two-year political truce appears to be
shaping up into the first major issue between his ad-
ministration and critics who charge that it would lay
the groundwork for a new dictatorship.
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The Vice President
Executive Offices of the White House
Special Assistants to the President
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
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The Director of Naval Intelligence, Department of Navy
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The Department of Justice
The Attorney General
The Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Director
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