CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 27, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: February 16, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL
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BULLETIN
CURRENT INTELLIGENCE
RELATING TO NATIONAL SECURITY
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CONTENTS
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2. Communist China: Mao Tse-tung's prolonged
absence from public view revives questions about
his health. (Page 3)
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8. Notes: Syria; Belgium. (Page 10)
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The most recently published available photograph of Mao Tse-tung, from the 21 January
People's Daily. Like all formal portraits of Mao, it is either retouched or not a recent
photograph.
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this were one of 15 weeks in 1956-57 and one of 12
Communist China: Party chairman Mao Tse-tung's
prolonged absence from public view, now nearly 12
weeks, revives questions about his health.
This is his longest absence in six years. The only
two recorded gaps in his appearances which exceeded
weeks in 1959-60.
The current absence of the 72-year-old leader has
been accompanied by an unprecedented and growing out-
pouring of emotional, idolatrous propaganda, suggesting
concern in the party's top ranks. Extreme claims for
Mao's wisdom have now become common. Mao's
thoughts are acclaimed as "the highest expression of
contemporary Marxism-Leninism," and each of Mao's
words is said to be worth 10, 000 words of other men.
The "epoch of Marx and Engels" and the "epoch of Lenin
and Stalin" are proclaimed to have been succeeded by
the "epoch of Mao Tse-tung" during which Communism
will attain world-wide victory.
Passages in this new wave of propaganda contain
occasional reminders thatLiu Shao-chi, Mao's chief lieu-
tenant in, the party, is still the designated heir to Mao's
power and authority. For example, the latest in a long
succession of eulogized folk heroes, a party official who
died of cancer, reportedly spent his last days studying
not only Mao's works but also Liu Shao-chi's major
work, "How To Be a Good Communist. " This is the
first time the name of Liu as well as Mao has been
linked to one of these eulogized heroes. T_ 7
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Syria: Tension remains high among rival fac-
tions of the ruling Baathist Party. Yesterday the
dominant moderate group reconstituted the party's
legislative body, probably in order to eliminate most
supporters of its rival faction, which is dominated by
army officers. This is the second setback the radicals
have suffered at the hands of the moderates since De-
cember. The radicals eportedly ha een p nning
confront the civilians at a party onference but now
ma tr to seize power instead
Belgium: The naming of Socialist leader Achille
van Acker to advise the King on formation of a new
cabinet is a first step toward resolving the cabinet
crisis. In view of continued tension between the
former Catholic and Socialist coalition partners and
the refusal on 14 February of the Liberal Party to
help solve the problem, the crisis is likely to be
protracted. Eventually new elections may prove nec-
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THE PRESIDENT
Executive Offices of the White House
Special Counsel to the President
The Special Assistant for National Security Affairs
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
The Director, The Joint Staff
The Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Department of Army
The Director of Naval Intelligence, Department of Navy
The Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Department of the Air Force
The Department of Justice
The Attorney General
The Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Director
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The Administrator
The Atomic Energy Commission
The Chairman
The National Security Agency
The Director
The United States Information Agency
The Director
The National Indications Center
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