CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1961/04/08

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
8 April 1961
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*Laos: Llements of the two airborne battalions north
of Muong Kassy are reported to have reached the town's
outskirts and to be planning an attack. To the south of
Muong Kassy, enemy artillery, and automatic weapons fire
has halted one column of government groups moving to-
ward the town, while another apparently is making some
progress (Backup, Page 1) (Map)
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Republic of the Congo
Gemena
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SUDAN
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TUNISIA
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NIGERIA
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INDONESIA
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800
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1600
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Tshombe
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Luputa
GIZENGA
7,000
MALAYA
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LIBERIA
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1,500
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350
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CONTENTS
1. Situation In Laos. (Page i)
2. Congo: Leopoldville lifts river blockade of Orientale
Province. (Page it)
3. West Germany: Defense Minister Strauss fears possi-
ble Soviet-US nuclear agreement would leave NATO no
nuclear capability to maintain own security. (Page it)
4. Communist China: Evidence of strained Sib-Soviet
relations revealed during Sino-Canadian grain nego-
tiations. (page tt)
5. India: New Delhi acts to secure its position along
Sino-Indian border. (Page tit)
6. Africa: All-African People's Conference omits denun-
ciation of Peace Corps in final resolutions. (Page tit)
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*Congo: Leopoldville Economic Affairs Minister Deri-
coyard announced on 7 April that the river blockade of
Orientale Province has been lifted. He stated IIIJhat
the Ileo government was willing to permit all supplies except
aviation fuel to be shipped to Stanleyville. The first upriver
shipment probably will leave'Leopoldville early next week.
The blockade, in addition to producing virtual economic col-
lapse in Orientale and Kivu, had weakened the Leopoldville
government financially through the loss of export duties on
cotton and other agricultural products. Its removal is a fur..
and Stanleyville. Resumption of river shipments to Orientale
will also weaken the position of bloc Red Cross groups which
� are seeking to send relief supplies to Gizenga through the
Sudan. The bloc and someAfrican states mav now attempt to
7 shin aid to Gizenea through Leopoldville. (M )
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fears that the United States wants
to reduce its European commitments and seek some kind of
understanding with the USSR on-nuclear-disarmament. Possi-
bly exaggerating his position on the assumption that his views
would be communicated to American officials, Strauss said
he had always felt that an American "retreat from Europe"
would occur "not too far in the future" and that he is concerned
NATO will be left without any nuclear, capability to maintain its
own security. Strauss said West Germany. would feel particu-
larly threatened if the United States negotiated with the USSR
over regional, disarmament or a reduced armaments zone. He
plans to urge Adenauer to make a strong case. in Washington
that NATO could break,apart over, the nuclear disarmament
question. While Adenauer's views are probably more moderate
than those 'of Strauss, the chancellor told General Norstad on
26 March he intends to discuss with the President the need for
NATO to have a voice in the use of nuclear weapons for the de-
fense of EuropeZ
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Communist China.- USSR: (Firsthand. information recently
made available provides evidence of the tense state of Sino-
Soviet*relations at the time the Chinese were negotiating the
shipment of Canadian grain early this year. In response to.re-
peated Chinese requests for earlier shipments of wheat, the
Canadian representatives explained that the USSR had suddenly
decided to take up its option to buy 200,000 tons of Canadian
wheat soon after the news broke that the Chinese were discuss-
ing purchases of Canadian grain. When the Canadians sug-
gested that China might ask the USSR to delay taking up the
option, the reaction of the Chinese was "icy," leaving little
doubt that such a reauest was unthinkable.1
India - Communist Chin* ar_New Delhi Plans to return trobps
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to a number of its important outposts on the Sino-Indian bor-
der early this spring before Chinese forces move forward from
their winter quarters,
Indian troops are already reported moving toward the
_lborder area northwest of Nepal to occupy Bara Hoti by for,ce _
if necessary. This remote upland pasture, inaccessible In win-
ter, is in an area which is claimed by India but which has been
occupied alternately since 1954 by Chinese and Indian troops.
The Indian Government, frustrated. in discussions with the Chi-
nese to resolve the border problem, is apparently more than
everdetermined.to secure its position along the border even at
the risk of possible small-scale clashes with the Chines
, Africa: First reports on the All-African People's Confer-
ence�iii�Caro indicated that one of the resolutions issued by the
conference had denounced the Peace Corps. This report was
based on advance releases made available to our embassy and
the press in Cairo. Final texts of the resolutions as actually 0 A:
passed by the conference make no mention of. the Peace Corps.
It is apparent that more moderate elements at the conference�
disapproved of the extremism in the first draft of the resolutions.
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Laos
all units not to be fooled by "Phoumi
propaganda about a cease-fire, as this is probably a trick
to give him time to strengthen his forces during negotiations."
Phoumi's forces are "demoralized
and useless," and orders all front-line units to continue at-
tacks on government troops in their respective areas.
fighting in progress about 10
miles northwest of Ban Ta Viang, where recently reinforced
Kong Le - Pathet -Lao forces are trying to reduce a stubborn
-pocket of mixed Lao and Meo troopfl
an discussing Laos with the UK ambassador on 6 April,
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Pushkin raised the problem'
of Laotian representation at an international conference.
However, expressed
the belief that the USSR was merely trying to maintain its
position of support for Souvanna Phouma rather than attempt-
ing to sabotage the prospect of a conference with new demands
regarding the Lao representation.
Pushkin did not raise the question of a cessation of
arms supplies into Laos and, while expressing some doubt as
to the suitability of Phnom Penh as a site for the conference,
alluded to Prince Sihanouk's sensitivity on this mattei:3
In a press commentary on 7 April Peiping took pains to
depict Laotian developments as a demonstration of US weak-
ness, with the US pictured as having been forced by military
defeats to agree to a Laotian settlement. Commenting on US
reluctance to have an international conference convene in
Phnom Penh, Peiping quotes a Cambodian broadcast stating
that "the time in which the fate of Asian peoples was deter-
mined in the_capitals,,of....Western..p,owers_has.gone..41 .
A 7 April broadcast by the Xieng Xhouang "government,"
summarized by Peiping radio, contained further reflections
of aversion to a cease-fire before the convening of an inter-
national conference. The broadcast insisted that only an
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for a cease-fire. In addition, the broadcast suggested that
the US immediately-halt military aid to Phoumi.
Soviet airlift flights into Laos continue without change, One
Soviet IL-14 is en route to Hanoi from the USSR, possibly to
replace the IL-14 shot down by Meo tribesmen on 17 February.
After leaving Moscow on 5 April it landed at Kazan, where a
large aircraft engine plant is located, before continuing on to
Irkutsk. It may have picked up a cargo of replacement parts
for the planes involved in airlift operations.
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Striuss Stresses European Need for Nuclear Weapons
[Strauss' statements repeat in stronger terms remarks
made to American officials in Bonn on 6 March in which he
stated "again and again" that all West Germany must be
covered by a nuclear deterrent. Strauss has repeatedly in-
sisted that West German armed forces should possess weap-
ons comparable to those of the USSR-3
EStrauss had welcomed the Eisen-
hower proposals last December to make NATO a fourth
_ atomicItower,by providing;American nuclear and retaliatory
weapons in substantial quantities to the European. powers.
This, he felt, "would enable the Europeans to have and to use
their own deterrents and to make threats with them." This
ability would reduce Europe's dependence on American re-
taliatory power--which Strauss fears is not likely to be used
except in a conflict directly involving the, continental United
Statei-.3
EStrauss asserted that he believed the new American ad-
ministration was not interested in giving the Europeans Their
own separate deterrent but wanted to have "the last word"
regarding the scope of any conflict. Strauss warned that
failure to recognize European security requirements could
lead "the Europeans" to take the same course taken by France
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THE PRESIDENT
The Vice President
Executive Offices of the White House
The Special Assistant for National Security Affairs
The Scientific Adviser to the President
The Director of the Budget
The Director, Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
The Director, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Chairman, Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence Activities
The Department of State
The Secretary of State
The Under Secretary of State
The Director, International Cooperation Administration
The Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
The Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration
The Counselor and Chairman of the Policy Planning Council
The Director of Intelligence and Research
The Treasury Department
The 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 Assistant to Secretary of Defense (Special Operations)
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
The Director, The Joint Staff
The Director for Intelligence, 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 Invesqation
The Director
The Atomic Energy Commission
The Chairman
The National Security Agency
The Director
The United States Information Agency
The Director
The National Indications Center
The Director
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