CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1960/08/06

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'Approved for Release. 2020/03/13 C03185147 WMICC I �I 6 August 1960 3.3(h)(2) Copy No. C 72 CENTRAL IYTELLIGENCE BULLETIN IMOMEIVT Pl. .9 EtfA:digE IN GLASSJT iED , 0AJUN 1980 itEVIEWEiti: 4 0 9 ZApproved for Release: 2020/03/13 C03185147r ./Ae --T-OP-SECRET- Approved for Release: 2020iO3/13 .E03185147 Noire' TAP gre.RFT Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 C03185147 Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 C03185147 , 6 AUGUST 1960 I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC USSR negotiating building of gift hospitals in Libya; proposal involves Soviet train- ing of Libyan medical personnel. 0 USSR fires unusual missile from Kapustin Yar rangehead, 0 Khrushchev's latest letter to Macmillan reflects tougher, more militant, So- viet policy line. IL ASIA-AFRICA Republic of Congo-- Hammar skjold's re- qiiest for immediate meeting of UN Se- curity Council is effort to bring all pos- sible international pressure on Tshombe to permit peaceable entry of UN troops into Katanga. , 0 African nationalists plan new disorders on 8 August in Salisbury area of Southern Rhodesia; may spread to other Rhodesian cities. South Vietnamese Communist guerrillas continue widespread attacks. �Moroccan Government rejects Spain's offer to withdraw troops by December 1961. III. THE WEST ()Dominican Republic--Trujillo may stages fake coup on 7 August. TOP SECRET Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 C03185147 Lir 3GLISM-1 I v., Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 C03185147 CENTYAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN 6 August 1960 , \\ II , k�\ $4\1 \ \:\ \ � \'� T-OP-SEeREur :\,\\ � t.!� \, Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 C03185147kQ,M, \\ DAILY BRIEF I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC USSR-Libya: A Soviet delegation arrived in Tripoli and began formal discussion on 31 July of a revised offer by Moscow to construct and equip two gift hospitals in Libya. Earlier negotiations dating back to early 1958 were stymied by the USSR's insistence that it furnish staff personnel; ac- cording to a Libyan health official, however, the new proposal involves Soviet training of Libyan medical personnel. Such an arrg.ngemerit would apparently provide a way of side-stepping the Issue of a permanent Soviet staff, but presumably would re- quire the presence in Libya of Soviet medical personnel during 941 extended trainiu period. e u e s- tics TraTiTired on 3 August from Kapustin Yar possibly to an extended range. Preliminary analysis of available data indi- cates that the missile was apparently launched on an azimuth about 30 degrees north of the normal line of flight and traveled between 1,000 and 2,500 nautical miles. The area of impact is currently unknown. The pattern of associated practices at Kapus- tin Yar during July and the fact that the missile was not destroyed in flight suggest that the deviation from the normal azimuth of Kapustin Yar launch was intentional. The missile was consider- ably more heavily instrumented with telemetry equipment tha has been customary in Kapustin Yar firings. (See map on reverse of nave.) *USSR-Britain: In his letter of 4 August to Prime Minister Macmillan, Khrushchev dropped the deferential treatment he previously has accorded the prime minister and sharply attacked British foreign and colonial policies. Khrushchev's letter, which reflects the tougher, more militant line that has come to dominate the conduct of Soviet policy since the collapse of the summit meet- ing, is intended to embarrass Macmillan and to advance broader C) Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 C03185147 Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 C03185147 ' N Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 C0315147 *me , objectives of weakening Allied confidence in US leadership and generating opposition to American overseas bases. Khrushchev reaffirmed his early postsummit commitment that unilateral action on Germany and Berlin would be deferred until these questions could be discussed at another summit meet- ing. He recognized that such a meeting could not be convened before the American election but warned that if the West should subsequently refuse a meeting and prevent agreement, the USSR would slam a senarate treaty with East Germany I IL ASIA-AFRICA *Congo-UN: UN Secretary General Hammarskjoldis request for an immediate meeting of the Security Council--now scheduled for 7 August--is an effort to bring all possible international pres- sure on Katanga Premier Tshoibe to permit peaceable entry. of UN forces into that province. ID addition to Tshombe's threats to resist by force the UN entry, Hammarskjold was also probably in- fluenced by reported Britiall and Belgian advice not to push the Katanga situation "so hart:3 His postponement of UN troop entry pending council action will, however, subject him to increased at- tacks by the USSR and Congolese Prime Minister Lumumba. Mean- while, the Belgian Government, apparently under strong pressure from both public opinion and Belgian financial interests, is harden in its sunnort for Tshomb4 1 Southern Rhodesia: Wrican nationalists plan renewed dior� - ders in tfie galls/bury area on 8 August as a protest against the trial I , of National Democratic party president Mawema, Although the the P" aemonstrations are to ne cenTerea in me Aincan townships adja- cent to Salisbury, disorders may spre0 to other Rhodesian cities as happened in the rioting late in July. (Page 1) 6 Aug 60 DAILY BRIEF ii TO/3-SECRET \ \ Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 C03185147, \ , South Vietnam: ommunist guerrilla bands continue their widespread attacks. In the past few weeks bands of 400 or more Ihave engaged regular Vietnamese army units, and on 30 July over- ran a village east of Saigon defended by Civil Guard and Self- Defense forces. The Vietnamese Government recently warned of the insecurity of certain key routes and has been studying the recommendations of a Malayan mission for strengthening anti- terrorist operations. (Page 2) Morocco-Spain: The Moroccan Government has rejected Spain's offer to withdraw. its 3,000 troops remaining in Moroccan territory by December. 1961 and insists they be Dulled out by 7 April 1961, Moroccans argue that the Republic of the Congo is demanding JLe and obtaining immediate complete evacuation of foreign military ,26, forces. Rabat can be expected to press even more strongly than heretofore for the evacuation of French forces and demand an ac- zarz- celerated evacuation of the American air bases in Morocco, now scheduled to be completed in December 1963. (Page 3) III. THE WEST Dominican Republic: a simulated coup may occur on 7 August, a date when all Dominicans have already been told to remain home to await census takers. Such a maneuver, would be consist- ent with his past tactics. It would be designed to convince other Latin American governments that the regime had fallen, but the "revolutionaries" would be expected later to restore full powers to "The Benefactor?' The maneuver might backfire, however, since anti-Trujillo sentiment is at an unprecedented high in the countr and is believed even to be shared by key military figures. (Page 4) 6 Aug 60 DAILY BRIEF lApproved for Release: 2020/03/13 C03185147 iii Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 C03185147 �70/2.�SteffE4- '*huire \\ 43,X II Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 C03185147- claw% Nationalist Demonstrations Threatened in Southern Rhodesia Lifrican nationalist disorders are planned for 8 August in the African townships adjacent to Salisbury, On that date the presiaent ot boutnern tiliodeSia's leading native organization, the National Democratic party, is being brought to trial on a charge of violating the Unlawful Organizations Act. It was the arrest of this leader, Michael Mawema, and several others that triggered the disturbances in July in Salisbury and Bulawayo. The rioting at that time resulted in widespread property damage in the Afri- can townships and led to about a dozen African deaths the first caused by racial violence in Southern Rhodesia since 1896. cNationalists are organizing a city-wide strike of African em- ployees, and they plan that school children will play an impor- tant role in inciting disorders within the townships. Agitators are collecting riot funds by canvassing homes and stores) e government's Native Education Department, which discov- ered the plans, advised the teachers on 2 August that they would be fired if the African children did not attend school on 8 August. They were also warned that the schools would be closed indefi- nitely. However, the teachers responded that the fear of nation- alist reprisals and pressure from nationalist-minded parents made them cooperate LAfrican opponents of the planned disorders say that it is too late to stop the disorders; moreover, the government's ban on public meetings makes it impossible for them to address African crowds and urge moderation. The police are preparing for trou- ble on 8 August and intend to provide maximum security for all African townships. However, if violence breaks out in Salisbury, it is likely to spread to othtr areas where the National Democratic party (NDP) has branches.. , _ 1pn 5 August, the NDP asked London to send Br'tish troops to SnuthPrn RhnriAgia fn POQA Itort ceartAnciTria ai+11n+4",-. II -SECRET- 6 Aug 60 CENTRAL INTFI I inFmrF RID I FTIN Page 1 Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 C03185147 Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 C03185147 Security Situation Situation in South Vietnam LThe size of Communist guerrilla bands operating in South Vietnam seems to be increasing after some tapering off of large-scale assaults with the advent of the rainy season in late March. Engagements with regular army units by guerrilla bands of up to 400 men have been reported in the past few weeks. Most recently, on 30 July, three guerrilla companies totaling 300 to 400 men, together with about 100 armed mountaineers, seized a government district office in Binh Tuy Province 70 miles east of Saigon, killing a small number of the defending Civil Guard and Self-Defense Corps forces and kidnaping 34 Defense Corps mem- bers and all civilians in the village. An attack on army units in an area about 40 miles north of Saigon by an estimated 100-200 guerrillas occurred on 27 July. This activity north and east of Saigon may reflect a Communist design to relieve pressure by the Vietnamese Army on the principal areas of guerrilla activity in the southwes0 CTravel on main roads near Saigon continues to be uncertain. Prior to the anniversary of the Geneva accords on 20 July, Viet- namese security officials warned American motorists against travel on a major route north of Saigon, as well as in certain southwestern provinces.:_i [President Diem is reported recently to have held meetings with his top civilian and military advisers to study recommenda- tions for strengthening antiterrorist operations submitted by the Malayan defense mission which visited South Vietnam in April. Diem has indicated particular interest in proposals to improve the army's communications network and to centralize intelligence collection. The mission also recommended that military opera- tions be coordinated with nsycholoeical warfare and rural develop- ment programtj 6 Aug 60 Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 C037E147 Page 2 Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 C03185147 SkCHL1. vow Morocco Presses for Spanish Troop Withdrawal by April The Moroccan Government has rejected Spain's offer to withdraw its 3,000 troops from Moroccan territory by the end of 1961 and is demanding that these forces be pulled out by 7 April, fifth anniversary of Spain's agreement to Moroccan independence, The Spanish foreign minister had claimed on 2 Au- , gust that Madrid had Morocco's consent to the offer, which would not have included the13,0003Spanish troops now stationed in the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla. The Moroccans argue, that because the Republic of the Congo is demanding and obtaining immediate complete evacuation of foreign military forces, Morocco can accept no less than total evacuation at a very early date. the Moroccan Government has in effect embargoed trade with Spain by refusing in recent weeks to grant any import permits. Although Spain has re- sponded in kind, it will be more difficult for Madrid to restore normal trade when the embargo is lifted because Spain imports only phosphates and iron ore from Morocco, whereas the latter imports a wide variety of Spanish commodities. Under. a 1957 commercial agreement, Morocco is obligated to import an- nually for four years $13,500,000 more in Spanish goods than the value of Moroccan products sold to Spain in order to pro- vide capital for Spanish investment in Morocco. Morocco has not lived up to this agreement, however, in fact maintaining a credit with Spain in both 1958 and 1959. In view of Morocco's adamant stand with regard to Spanish evacuation, Rabat can be expected to intensify its efforts to seek /the early withdrawal of the a5,000 to 20,000French troops now in Morocco. It will probably also seek to accelerate the withdrawal of American troops, now slated to be completed in December 1963. -SECREF-- 6 Aug 60 Approved for Release: 2020/03/13C03185147 Page 3 Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 C03185147 New' Simulated Coup Against Trujillo Reportedly Planned For 7 August Dominican dictator Trujillo may be planning a simulated coup on 7 August to convince other Latin American governments that his regime has fallen. Dominicans have been told to remain home on that date to await census takers. Such a plan, would be consistent with Trujillo's past tactics. A group of army officers would oust newly installed President Balaguer and seize power, perhaps prevailing upon a member of the clergy to participate in the resulting junta. The "revolutionary" government would send delegates to the OAS foreign ministers' meeting claiming that the Trujillo regime had been overthrown. In reality, however, Trujillo would hope to maintain control of the government from behind the scenes, resuming full powers openly at a time of his choosing. imminent. suggested a coup was Preparations for such a maneuver are warning commanders to intensify patrolling of coastal sectors and to maintain a state of alert day and night from 4 to 9 August. chiefs of all radio stations to maintain permanent service until further orders. A "controlled coup" might backfire, since anti-Trujillo senti- ment is at an unprecedented high in the country and is believed even to have reached key military figures. Trujillo's appointment on 4 August to head the Dominican delegation to the United Nations' session beginning 20 September does not necessarily mean his loss of control. Trujillo has gone abroad before and on one occasion his departure was fol- lowed by a particularly bloody period of repression. The date of his departure has not been nnounced. 6 Aug 60 SECRET Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 C03185147 Page 4 � Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 C03185147 a ALL/ 'VOW THE PRESIDENT The Vice President Executive Offices of the White House Special Assistant for National Security Affairs Scientific Adviser to the President Director of the Budget Director, Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization Director, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Special Assistant for Security Operations Coordination Chairman, Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence Activities Special Assistant for Foreign Economic Policy Executive Secretary, National Security Council The Treasury Department The Secretary of the Treasury 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 Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration The Counselor Director, International Cooperation Administration The Director of Intelligence and Research The Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense The Deputy Secretary of Defense Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs The Secretary of the Army The Secretary of the Navy The Secretary of the Air Force The Chairman, The Joint Chiefs of Staff The Director, The Joint Staff Chief of Staff, United States Army Chief of Naval Operations, United States Navy Chief of Staff, United States Air Force Commandant, United States Marine Corps Assistant to Secretary of Defense far Special Operations Director for Intelligence, The Joint Staff Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Department of Army Director of Naval Intelligence, Department of Navy Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Department of the Air Force Supreme Allied Commander, Europe Commander in Chief, Pacific The Department of Commerce The Secretary of Commerce Federal Bureau of Investigation The Director Atomic Energy Commission The Chairman National Security Agency The Director National Indications Center The Director CONFJDENTIAL Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 C03185147 .4