CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Creation Date: April 26, 2019
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• Publication Date: November 13, 1967

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DIRECTORATE OF
INTELLIGENCE
Central Intelligence Bulletin
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The CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN is produced by the
Director of Central Intelligence to meet his responsibilities for providing
current intelligence bearing on issues of national security to the President,
the National Security Council, and other senior government officials. It
is produced in consultation with the Departments of State and Defense.
When, because of the time factor, adequate consultation with the depart-
inent of primary concern is not feasible, items or portions thereof are pro-
duced by CIA and marked with an asterisk.
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light of further information and more complete analysis.
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WARNING
This document contains classified information affecting the national security
of the United States within the meaning of the espionage laws, US Code
Title 18, Sections 793, 794, and 798.
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CONTENTS
Vietnam: Situation report. (Page 1)
Congo (Kinshasa): Further snags in repatriating
mercenaries. (Page 5)
Indonesia: Rice shortage (Page 6)
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Greece-Turkey: Greek Air Force alert (Page 7)
Panama: Presidential race still wide open (Page 7)
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*Vietnam:
The Viet Cong's release of three US prisoners in
Cambodia this weekend was apparently designed for
maximum propaganda impact.
The prisoners were "turned over" to a US "peace
committee representative" at a ceremony in Phnom
Penh on 11 November; then held incommunicado until
the following day, when they were put on a Czechoslo-
vakian Airlines plane bound for Prague. The prisoners
and the "peace committee representative" left the plane
at Beirut, however, and will return to the US on an
American commercial airliner departing Beirut this
morning.
Sharp engagements continue to be reported in the
Dak To area of the central highlands between US forces
participating in Operation MACARTHUR and elements
of the North Vietnamese B-3 Front. Cumulative casu-
alties for the heavy fighting in the first 12 days of No-
vember are: US--96 killed, 487 wounded and two missing;
enemy--619 killed, seven detained and 101 individual
and 25 crew-served weapons captured.
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Congo (Kinshasa): Schramme's mercenaries may
be allowed to return to their home countries, but they
apparently will not be leaving Rwanda soon.
The OAU commission which met over the weekend
in Kinshasa voted to permit the mercenaries repatria-
tion. Its resolution, however, demands indemnification
of the Congolese Government for the damage they have
caused, and insists on ironclad guarantees that they
will not be allowed to return to Africa. These condi-
tions will probably be rejected by the mercenaries'
home countries, and a period of extensive haggling
seems likely to ensue.
Schramme's Katangan troops were not mentioned
in the commission's resolution and presumably can be
sent to Zambia as soon as Kinshasa and Lusaka work
out the details.
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Indonesia: A seasonal rice shortage and a conse-
quent price spiral may create a major political problem
for the Suharto regime. Although imports will partially
relieve the shortage, the scarcity--aggravated by specu-
lation and poor distribution facilities--will persist until
the next harvest in late March. Acting President Suharto
effectively blunted last week's demonstrations by youth
groups which protested high prices and corrupt officials,
but continuing political pressures seem likely.
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Greece-Turkey: The Greek Air Force is on alert
as a result of a number of alleged violations of Greek
air space by Turkish aircraft since 4 November. An-
kara has rejected a Greek protest over the incidents,
and has lodged a counter-protest with Athens over an
alleged violation of Turkish airspace by Greek planes
on 10 November. The Turks maintain that their flights
are for "training" purposes over international waters,
that they will continue, and that the Greek reaction is
unwarranted. Ankara's motives in the affair are not
clear, but its hard-nosed attitude and the Greek re-
sponse are symptomatic of the continuing frustration
over the prolonged Cyprus problem.
Panama: The presidential race appears to be
wide open again. The Electoral Tribunal reportedly
has ruled, on the basis of an obscure point of law, that
National Guard Commandant Bolivar Vallarino--a pos-
sible compromise candidate�need not resign on 12 No-
vember to be eligible.
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