CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: October 21, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL
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BULLETIN
CURRENT INTELLIGENCE
RELATING TO NATIONAL SECURITY
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
CONTENTS
1. Vietnam: Current situation report. (Page 1)
2. Laos: General Ma makes bid to regain his air
force command. (Page 2)
3. Cambodia: New cabinet reflects gains by conserva-
tives. (Page 3)
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Korea; (Page 4)
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*Laos: General Ma is making a bid to regain his
post as tactical air force commander from which he
was recently removed.
Early on 21 October T-28 aircraft, possibly based
at Savannakhet and reportedly under the command of
General Ma, bombed Royal Lao Army headquarters
at Vientiane. Several hours prior to the bombing two
companies of infantry under Colonel Bounleut Saycocie
took over the Savannakhet airfield.
General Ma clashed with the General Staff last
spring over control of the T-28 air force, and recently
was removed tentatively from command.
General Ma has received no support from other
general officers and his next move is unclear.
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*Vietnam: (Information as of 4:30 AM EDT)
South Vietnamese Political Developments: Pre-
mier Ky is continuing his efforts to paper over the
cabinet crisis until he returns from the Manila Con-
ference.
Ky told a press conference yesterday that civilian
Deputy Premier Nguyen Luu Vien, one of the disaffected
ministers, will act as premier while he is in Manila.
This move is apparently intended to demonstrate that
the split is not as serious as reported in western press.
Meanwhile, Ky reportedly has accepted the
resignation of economy minister Thanh, while Deputy
Premier Vien's resignation will be accepted upon Ky's
return next week. The status of the other cabinet dis-
sidents will probably also be clarified at that time.
Press reports indicate that influential elements of
the populace outside the government are beginning to
react to the cabinet crisis. The Saigon University Stu-
dents Union has held a press conference to protest the
"police state regime. " Some members of the constitu-
ent assembly and the Peoples-Army Council are also
reported to be openly aligning with either the northern
or southern factions involved in the crisis.
The national congress of the Unified Buddhist
Association is scheduled to open today in Saigon. The
congress will probably provide a test of strength be-
tween the Tri Quang militants and the moderate Bud-
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dhist leader Tam Chau whose job as chairman of the
Institute is at stake.
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pliots Degan an acceleratecl, six-month aviation train-
ing program in the USSR last spring under a modest
military aid agreement signed in mid- 19 65. Under
this and a 1960 agreement, the USSR has previously
delivered small naval craft, armor, ground forces
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equipment, and noncombat aircraft.
South Korea - North Korea: Following an abnormal
period of inactivity, there has been an upsurge of vio-
lence by North Korean agents against South Korean
troops stationed along the Demilitarized Zone. The
character of recent Communist activity suggests that
the agents' missions have been changed from intelli-
gence collection and subversion to harassment, per-
haps designed to test the effectiveness of ROK troops
recently deployed along the zone. It does not seem in-
tended to embarrass the government before President
Johnson's visit.
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*Brazil: President Castello Branco's r,ec.essing, of
the defiant Brazilian Congress on 20 October is likely
to increase political turmoil. Castello Branco's action
came after the lower house president and some opposi-
tion party members defied his orders unseating six
congressmen and revoking their political rights for ten
years. Opposition congressmen were attempting yes-
terday to convene a rump session of Congress. The
President is expected to act soon against a number of
other.. federal deputies and possibly two to four senators.
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