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BRIEFING NOTICE 15 December 1966
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Balance to S/Pres/OCI
1. The scope of the annual Congressional Briefing
Package (260 pages and 96 graphics last year) requires a
substantial head start before the Congress returns to
town. The general aim is to have the completed book in
DCI's hands on or about 3 January to allow time for his
review, revisions, and updating/corrections before the
probable opening of the briefing season about 9 January.
2. Attached are suggested outlines for the 1967
Briefing Package. These are not to be construed as
exclusive, but merely provide a possible framework
around which you are asked to build the briefing you
consider necessary. Countries and topics can be added
or omitted.
3. Last year's (and a fairly comprehensive
6 Oct 66 Briefing for the Senate Preparedness Inves-
tigating Subcommittee) are available for inspection
o' copying in Presentation Staff, but are not attached
because a review of January '64,'65,and '6STriefings
showed a great deal of textual similarity, with only
the numbers changed; it appears desirable to start from
scratch with the wording to avoid a similar discovery
by the intended briefees.
4. Deadlines: Contributions to Presentation
Staff on orTiefore27 December
5. Graphics: Will be laid on as required
between the submission of drafts and deadline 6 January.
Present intention is to have them in Vu-Graph and
Page-size
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used. But mark passages using anything above SECRET
on drafts, -s`6`71-alt the i asic Congressional rr efing
Book can also be used as a source
SECRET=lcvel briefings (i.e., slug material s eci-
cca~~l__llyy (Soviet F~famaterial
_hicom Mil y itar nee not do so--it will be easier to
take the completed section and edit it down into
ecret versions)
Format: Standard "flanging, indent" NSC Briefing
Format with complete sentences--not ee&egrap ihc stye.
Verbal English in straightforward declarative sentences,
please.
Contents: As attached outline indicates, there
will be:
Book I: Soviet Union and China
Book II: "Front Burner" Situations:
Vietnam
Southeast Asia--taos,Cambodia,Thailand, Indonesia
NATO
FRance 25X1
Congo
Middle-East--Ar/Isr,Jordan,Syria, Yemen
Cyprus
India
Instability in Latin America(Roundup)
Book III:
22 suggestend "country papers"--two to three
pages--plus any additional starters which
may have been overlooked by
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S U C C E S T E D 0 U T L I N E
BOOK ONE: THE SOVIET UNION AND CHINA
SOVIET UNION: MILITARY (The Estimates Package)
I. General Statement on trends in Soviet Military 25X1
Posture.
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SUGGESTED Oll l;NES -2-
SOVIET UNION: THE ECONOMY
As ORR sees it. In addition to general discussion,
should include trends in defense budget, Soviet
foreign aid, Soviet military aid programs.
SOVIET UNION: DOMESTIC
The leadership, difficulties, rivalries, modus
operandi, outlook.
SOVIET UNION: FOREIGN POLICY
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SUGGESTED OUTLINES -3-
SOVIET UNION: FOREIGN POLICY
A. (With FE:) Sino-Soviet Dispute
Present status, intensity, outlook.
B. ovre s_wit satellites.., world Communism, with
particular ref S1no-Soviet dispute.
C. Sov rels with United States
.
D. Sov rels in UN and around world by areas,briefly.
EASTERN EUROPE
In terms of trends--nationalist stances or aspirations
views on Sino-Soviet and Vietnam to extent not
covered under Sov Forn Pol above;
economies--general status, coop with USSR,
efforts to trade West;
internal stability
(include Yugoslavia and Albania)
COMMUNIST CHINA
I. The "Cultural Revolution" and general domestic sit25X1
ChiCom Military
ChiCom Foreign Policy, fszaignxtxa9ex
IV. ChiCom Economy including foreign trade
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BOOK TWO: VIETNAM AND THE FRONT BURNER
VIETNAM
I. The War in South Vietnam.
1. Change in Communist Strategy?
B. Trends of past year:
1. Attacks/Incidents
Non-attack incidents going up, attacks,
esp. in company strength or larger,
going down.
2. Friendly and enemy casualties.
3. Friendly and mannX enemy strength.
(incl. SVN desertions, Chieu Iloi.
4. Infiltration. DMZ and Laos.
C. Present status: 1)Enemy OB, capabilities.
2)Effectiveness ARVN
3)Pacification role--still means
combat
II. Political Situation in S
VN.
1. Constituent Assembly/Government
2. Buddhists, students, montagnards.
3. Pacification,
4. Economy
III. The War in the North
A. Effects of bombing.
B. Aircraft losses
1. Per 1,000 sorties
2. To AAA, air=to-air, SAMS
3. Sam firings and kills, aircraft & drones.
C. Shipping -- trends in Free World and Soviet
arrivals.
1. Sov POL shipments.
2. Nature of Free World shipping--mubh is
Commie-chartered; most "UK-flag" are 11K-
registered, Commie-chartered or even operated
by Chicom-directed firms.
3. Import and export volume; what comes in by
rail.
4. General summary, Soviet and Chinese help.
D. DRV posture: DRV runs the war in SVN. CC members
run NFLSV. DRV attitude toward third party overtures,
negotiation feeders, etc. Possibly ref to hawk/dove
or other factionalism in Politburo.
IV. Brief Vietnam Summary: Status of Fighting in South and
outlook; outlook for SVN Political stability; DRV
attitude toward war and negotiations.
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SUGCESTELNOUTLINES -5-
1300K TWO CONTINUED: ELSEWHERE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
LAOS ------ The fighting;
the infighting.
CAMBODIA--Silianouk's objectives
Rels with ChiComs, DRV, VC
Extent or (and evidence on) NVA/VC use of
Cambodia
Thai/SVN Khmer Serei efforts
THAILAND--dissidence
rels with US
political stability
INDONESIA--Sukarno/Suharto; Indonesian economy; debts;
Confrontation
West Irwian--the plebiscite
BOOK TWO CONTINUED: OTHER FRONTBIJRNERS
WHITHER NATO
FRANCE
fie Gaulle's Objectives
After De Gaulle
THE CONGO
MIDDLE-EAST ROUNDUP: Arab-Israeli
Jordan
Syria
Yemen
CYPRUS
INDIA -- Food
Politics
INSTABILITY IN LATIN AMERICA
BOOK THREE: INDIVIDUAL COUNTRY PAPERS
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