CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: September 13, 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. France-US: US will not be permitted to use bases
in France during wartime unless Paris itself at
war. (Page 2)
3. Nationalist China: Chiang frustrated over inability
to exploit current turmoil on mainland. (Page 3)
4. Guatemala: Communist action group reiterates
aim to seize power through revolution. (Page 4)
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
13 September 1966
*Vietnam: (Information as of 4:30 AM EDT)
Political Developments in South Vietnam: Fol-
lowing up on Sunday's election of a constitutional
assembly, government leaders yesterday announced
the list of elected delegates and described the elec-
tion total as a solid government victory.
Preliminary data on the delegates indicate that
southerners and Buddhists will form pluralities in
terms of regional and religious backgrounds, with
Catholics also well represented. Nearly half the dele-
gates are business and nongovernment professional
men. Thirty- six government personnel--18 military
men and 18 civil servants--were also elected. The
assembly is scheduled to convene on 26 September.
Despite overwhelming evidence of a large voter
turnout;on Sunday, a Viet Cong radio commentary yes-
terday doggedly reiterated the claim that the Libera-
tion Front controls 10 million of the country's 14 million
people. It thus described the government's voter
registration total of over five million as fraudulent and
the assembly as meaningless.
The Military Situation in South Vietnam: There
are indications that the 610th North Vietnamese/Viet
Cong Division has once again begun offensive tactics in
Binh Dinh Province after avoiding contact with allied
forces for two months. On 8 September, four separate
enemy attacks were launched against government forces
and outposts in the eastern part of the province. Al-
though the enemy units were unidentified, US military
authorities in Saigon have reported that they were prob-
ably' elements of the 610th Division.
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France-US: Paris has told Washington that it will
not permit the US the wartime use of bases in France
unless Paris itself declares war.
Couve de Murville informed Ambassador Bohlen on
9 September that the wartime use of communications fa-
cilities and the petroleum pipeline now serving US forces
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tion of war.
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the French control and man, but refuses any commit-
ment for wartime use. This indicates that Paris en-
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visages a situation in which France might remain neu-
tral while its NATO allies were at war.
Couve also said that the US could leave no supplies
or materials, even in French custody, on the facilities.
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Nationalist China: President Chiang Kai- shek is
showing extreme frustration over the inability of his
regime to exploit the current turmoil in Communist
China.
Chiang has an exaggerated notion of the capabilities
of his government to take advantage of the unrest on the
mainland and probably feels that his subordinates are
willfully refusing to carry out his wishes. His frustra-
tion has been heightened by publicity given a rash of re-
cent corruption cases. The Control Yuan's failure to
get prior approval by the Standing Committee in its im-
peachment of government officials responsible for the
corruption was a flagrant breach of party discipline
which further irritated the President.
In response, Chiang has threatened to resign as
President if the Standing Committee fails to deal harshly
with the Control Yuan. This threat is probably a tactic
by Chiang to induce greater compliance from his sub-
ordinates. He has threatened to resign on several
occasions in recent years.
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Guatemala: The Communist
responded to a "final" 0
pesidential appeal for conciliation anon has
by reiterating its aim to seize power through revolution.
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In reply to President Mendez' call for "concord" j
in a speech on 7 September, the guerrilla organiza-
tion issued a bulletin denouncing plotting by rextreme j
rightists in the National Liberation Movement and in j
the military. The bulletin also accused the govern- j
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but o saFAR foresees a prolonged id that it will not fight the army unless provoked
by military action. It reserved the to
selectively those responsible for "crimes a against the
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Mendez' speech has been well received by the public
and by legal and armed his government. His warning that
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fall on any group rejecting his call to peace has been
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*Argentina: Argentine authorities anticipate
serious antigovernment outbreaks following the death
yesterday of student leader Santiago Pompillon, who
was shot last week by police in Cordoba. Federal
police reinforcements have been sent to Cordoba, where
several students were arrested during disturbances
provoked by the announcement of the death. Student
groups have been demonstrating for several weeks in
a number of cities in protest against the government's
intervention in Argentina's eight national universities.
For the first time some important labor groups have
begun to express open support for h onstrations.
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