CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
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• Publication Date: January 17, 1967
• Content Type: REPORT

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DIRECTORATE OF
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Central Intelligence Bulletin
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17 January 1967
Central Intelligence Bulletin
CONTENTS
Vietnam: Current situation report. (Page 1)
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Communist China - Macao: Peking increases pres-
sure on Portugal to force compliance with demands.
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Israel-Syria: Situation along frontier nears flash point.
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Chile- USSR: Trade and technical assistance pact
signed. (Page 7)
USSR-US: Americans released
Congo (Kinshasa) - Belgium: Union Miniere
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*Vietnam: (Information as of 4:30 AM EST)
Political Developments in South Vietnam: A dele-
gation from the ruling Directorate is meeting with key
members of the Constituent Assembly to iron out dif--
ferences over the draft constitution.
A joint session held yesterday was reportedly cor-
dial and resolved at least two relatively minor issues.
The Directorate is reported to be particularly dissatis-
fied with articles concerning the election of province
chiefs and the powers of the legislature in relation to
the executive branch, as well as with the final chapter
which grants additional powers to the Constituent As-
sembly pending election of a permanent legislature.
The assembly, meanwhile, has rescheduled the
opening of its plenary debate on the draft in the hope
that the joint meetings will lead to further compromises.
According to the US Embassy, the assembly deputies
are aware that the wording of several articles in the
draft is unacceptable to the government and they appear
willing to be flexible.
The deputies are also optimistic that some differ-
ences with the Directorate can be resolved during the
plenary debates, thereby diminishing the prospect of
eventual revision of the constitution by the Directorate.
The Military Situation in South Vietnam: In the nine
days since the initiation of Operation CEDAR FALLS,
389 Communists have been killed and over 2,000 tons of
rice have been captured. The ultimate aim of this al-
lied sweep, the largest of the war, is to deny the Com-
munists the use of a base area known as the Iron Tri-
angle through the systematic destruction of tunnel
structures as well as facilities above the ground which
are hidden by dense foilage.
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Meanwhile, in the delta province of Chuong
Thien, elements of the 21st ARVN Division re-
portedly killed nearly 100 Viet Cong during the
opening phase of Operation DAN CHI 275. Troops
taking part in the operation reportedly came across
41 prisoners massacred by the retreating enemy.
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Communist China - Macao: The Chinese Commu-
nists are renewing pressure on Macao to force Portu-
guese compliance with their demands.
Peking is incensed over what it considers Lisbon's
balking at the use of the word "crimes" to describe the
Portuguese actions in suppressing riots last month.
The negotiations over the wording of a Portuguese
apology have come to a standstill. The commandant
of the Macao maritime police believes that evacuation
of Portuguese dependents of the military garrison to
Hong Kong is imminent.
Communist newspapers in Hong Kong and Macao
have started a new campaign to incite public unrest
and to intimidate Portuguese authorities. According
to a report in the Hong Kong Ta Kung Pao on 16 Jan-
uary, the Macao Federation of Trade Unions declared
that if the governor continued to procrastinate Macao
Chinese should not sell goods to Portuguese officials,
water and electricity to their offices and quarters
should be cut off, public transportation should be de-
nied them, and the governor should be asked to get
out. Another Communist newspaper reports that main-
land authorities have decided to cut by half the water
supply to Macao, but this is unconfirmed. The Macao
Daily has printed similar threats.
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Israel-Syria: The situation along the Israeli-
Syrian frontier has become explosive.
Israel, which had strengthened its forces near
the border last week, is moving additional armor into
the area, according to local UN observers. UN offi-
cials also have reported that Syria has moved "much
new armor" into forward areas.
The UN reports were the basis for U Thant's ap-
peal on 15 January for restraint on both sides. Syria's
response to U Thant only reiterated Syrian charges
that Israel is the aggressor.
*According to press reports, both Israel and Syria
have now accepted U Thant's proposal for an emergency
meeting of the Israel-Syria Mixed Armistice Commis-
sion to discuss the border violence. Israeli Foreign
Minister Eban had earlier specified, however, that be-
fore such a meeting could be held Syrian "shooting and
bombing" must cease.
Eban said Syria was obviously the source of the
mines recently planted in Israel near its Lebanese
frontier, although he did not absolve Lebanon of re-
sponsibility "for aggression coming from its border. "
Israel suffered its first fatality during the current
series of almost daily incidents when one of the mines
killed a civilian on 14 January.
Eban also stated that Israel would not call for a
meeting of the UN Security Council. Israel's reasons,
he said, would be clear to all who examined the fate
of Israeli complaints against Syria in the past decade.
His statements are meant to imply that, from the
Israeli point of view, recourse to the UN has been
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. Chile- USSR: After months of negotiation, Chile
and the USSR signed a $57-million trade and technical
assistance package on 13 January.
The package consists of three agreements: one on
trade, a second providing for technical assistance and
credits for special projects, and the third dealing with
the supply of machinery and equipment. Payments
are to be made over periods from eight to 12 years,
at interest rates of three to three and one-half percent.
All repayments are reportedly to be in convertible cur-
rency. Copper, Chile's primary export, is not in-
cluded at present, but the Chilean ambassador in Mos-
cow stated that some sales might be made in the future.
Neither country has given the negotiation much
publicity. President Frei decided against sending a
high-level delegation to Moscow to sign the agree-
ments, although the timing has some domestic po-
litical value as a balance to his trip to the US next
month. Moscow went ahead despite Castro's criticism
of Soviet aid to Frei's administration, which is Castro's
chief rival in appeal to reform-minded Latin Americans.
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NOTES
USSR-US: The release on bail of American tourist
Buel Wortham probably is related to Moscow's interest
in passage of US legislation dealing with East-West re-
lations. Influential US congressmen had made clear
that the carrying out of Wortham's sentence would
jeopardize consideration of the East-West trade bill.
The Soviets recently allowed an American professor
to leave the USSR without publicity or prosecution for
black marketeering and other flagrant indiscretions,
which suggests that Moscow wants to avoid further
damage to Soviet- US relations.
Government's mediation efforts and announced that
they had presented counterproposals. Although the
two sides apparently remain far apart, the dialogue
Congo (Kinshasa)- Belgium: The Mobutu govern-
ment apparently has rejected Union Miniere's most
recent proposals, but nevertheless is attempting to
reduce tensions. On 15 January it took new, largely
pro forma actions against Union Miniere but announced
that the Congolese assets of the related Societe Gen-
erale holding company would not be seized as Mobutu
had threatened. The Congolese praised the Belgian
has still been kept open.
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