WEEKLY SUMMARY

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WEEKLY SUMMARY
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
OFFICE OF CURRENT INTELLIGENCE
State Dept. review completed
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(Information as of noon EST, 3 November 1966)
VIETNAM
Major engagements between North Vietnamese and US forces
i.n the western highlands and coastal lowlands of II Corps,
a.nd intensified Viet Cong terrorism and sabotage in the
Saigon area, highlighted this week's military activity in
South Vietnam. Premier Ky's cabinet crisis has eased tem-
porarily, and the officers recently elected by the constit-
uent assembly will probably be able to work harmoniously
with the government.
INDONESIA ENCOUNTERS HARD LINE IN INITIAL DEBT TALKS WITH
USSR
To avoid jeopardizing their heavy stake in Indonesia the
Soviets are expected eventually to ease their repayment
terms to something close to the formulation tentatively
agreed to by Western creditors.
CHINESE DEMONSTRATE NUCLEAR WEAPONS DELIVERY CAPABILITY 5
Peking has claimed that its fourth nuclear test, conducted
on 26 October, was of a wea on delivered b
missile.
in icates t at the Chinese are making
substantial progress toward a missile strike capability.
POLITICAL TENSION MOUNTS IN PEKING
During the past week there were indications suggesting
that a new crisis point was near, but the huge rally and
parade in Tienanmen Square on 3 November revealed no sig-
nificant changes in the hierarchy.
PEKING LOSES FURTHER GROUND ABROAD
Ghana will soon become the third African country to sever
relations with Peking this year, and the New China News
Agency office in Mexico City--China's only toehold in
Middle America--has been closed.
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USSR'S LUNA 12 LOOKS AT LUNAR LANDSCAPE
This was the first Soviet lunar orbiiter to transmit pho-
tographs of the moon successfully.
10, the first Soviet
orbiter, did not carry p o ographic equipment.
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SOVIET MILITARY AID TO SYRIA AND CUBA
Recent deliveries of Soviet aircraft and other military
equipment may reflect new but unpublicized agreements
reached earlier this year.
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EURATOM STUDYING POLISH-CZECH NUCLEAR SAFEGUARDS OFFER
The West European countries continue to seek consensus
for a response to the offer by Poland and Czechoslovakia
to submit their atomic energy programs to International
Atomic Energy Agency safeguards on condition that West
Germany follow suit.
ITALY'S SOCIALIST PARTIES REUNITED
The reunification of the Socialist and Social Democratic
parties--which split in 1947--has been formally approved.
However, the new party faces a long, uphill struggle to
achieve its ultimate objectives of displacing the Commu-
nists as Italy's second largest party and the Christian
Democrats as the dominant force in the government.
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GUINEA-GHANA DISPUTE GENERATES INTERNATIONAL TENSIONS
Ghana arrested Guinean delegates transiting Accra en route
to the Organization of African Unity (OAU) meeting in Addis
Ababa and is holding them as hostages for the return of
Ghanaians allegedly kept in Guinea against their will.
Guinea, powerless to retaliate, blamed the US on grounds
that the Guineans were arrested aboard an American plane.
The OAU has dispatched a mediation team.
MOBUTU PLANS CONGOLESE GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION
The Congolese President intends to become head of govern-
ment as well as chief of state and to form a new presi-
dential cabinet to supervise the present Council of Min-
isters formerly under ousted Premier Mulamba.
IRAN AND WESTERN OIL CONSORTIUM AT ODDS OVER PRODUCTION
INCREASE
Iran is demanding greater increases in production than
the consortium is willing to promise, and has threatened
legislation to take away some consortium concession areas.
Western Hemisphere
LEFTIST MILITANTS TAKE CONTROL OF DOMINICAN OPPOSITION
Juan Bosch, off to Europe, has at least temporarily turned
control of his party over to a leftist militant element.
This will confront the Balaguer government with a more
vociferous opposition than it has yet encountered.
COSTA RICA'S PRESIDENT THREATENS TO RESIGN
The frustrations which led Trejos to threaten to resign
last week have apparently been smoothed over for the pres-
ent, but his ability to cope with the presidency for an-
other three and a half years remains questionable.
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LABOR AGITATION UNSETTLES URUGUAYAN ELECTION SCENE
The government is reluctant to take emergency measures,
which might prove unpopular, but its security officials
believe such moves are needed to cope with Communist-
inspired labor agitation.
ATTEMPTED VENEZUELAN REVOLT FIZZLES
Last Sunday's attempted revolt fell apart when its leader
was killed while trying to round up support.
COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT REACTS STRONGLY TO STUDENT VIOLENCE
President Lleras has issued new antisubversive decrees
and is determined to use them if necessary to end Commu-
nist-led student violence.
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Far East
VIETNAM
Major engagements between North
Vietnamese Army (NVA) and US forces
in the western highlands and coastal
lowlands of II Corps, and intensi-
fied Viet Cong terrorism and sabo-
tage in the Saigon area, highlighted
this week's military activity in
South Vietnam.
Heavy fighting erupted early in
the week between NVA regulars and
elements of the US 4th and 25th In-
fantry Divisions during the conduct
of Operation PAUL REVERE IV along
the Cambodian border in northwest-
ern Pleiku and southwestern Kontum
provinces. In a 15-hour period
spanning 28 and 29 October, Commu-
nist forces launched five company-
sized or larger attacks against the
defense perimeters of several US
companies deployed in an area six
to 15 miles west-northwest of Plei
Djereng Special Forces Camp. Ten
Americans were killed and 43 wounded,
as against known enemy losses of 58
killed. Five US helicopters flying
medical evacuation and resupply mis-
sions in support of the engaged US
units were downed by ground fire.
Communist offensive activity
has been anticipated in this area
since at least mid-September, when
major elements of the lst NVA Divi-
sion (formerly the 630th) were first
detected in a major deployment from
-their normal base of operations in
the Chu Pong Mountain/Ia Drang Val-
ley area of southwestern Pleiku
Province northward to the region of
the recent fighting. In addition,
recent agent reports and troop
sightings have indicated impending
enemy operations in the vicinity of
Plei Djereng. To counter the se-
rious threat posed by Communist
units in this area of the western
highlands, three battalions of the
US 1st Air Cavalry Division have
reinforced the seven US infantry
battalions initially committed to
Operation PAUL REVERE IV.
In the northeastern coastal
lowlands of Binh Dinh Province, a
six-battalion 1st Air Cavalry task
force engaged possible elements of
the 3rd NVA Division (formerly the
610th) near Bong Son. By week's end
this operation--THAYER II--had re
sulted in 159 Communists killed, 11
captured, and more than 600 sus-
pects detained, in contrast to US
casualties of 21 killed and 103
wounded. Major subordinates of the
3rd NVA Division are believed to
have deployed to this area of Binh
Dinh in an effort to elude Opera-
tion IRVING, the highly successful
allied ground offensive conducted
from 1 to 24 October in the south-
central coastal portion of the
province.
Viet Cong units attempted to
disrupt Vietnamese National Day
celebrations with a series of ter-
rorist and sabotage actions in the
Saigon area on 1 November. Thirteen
persons (1 US) were killed and 37
(5 US) wounded when the National
Day parade assembly area in down-
town Saigon was bombarded by 24
rounds of 75-mm. recoilless rifle
fire. At the same time, 13 miles
southeast of the capital, enemy
saboteurs, hoping to block the main
shipping channel to Saigon, mined
and sank a US Navy minesweeper in
the Long Tau River. Earlier, on 28
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