CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 22, 2004
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: October 19, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

19 October 1955
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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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CONTENTS
2. DIEM MAY PROCLAIM AUTHORITY OVER FRENCH
MILITARY IN VIETNAM (page 4).
3. BRITAIN MAY CHANGE ARMS POLICY TOWARD LIBYA
(page 5).
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2. DIEM MAY PROCLAIM AUTHORITY OVER FRENCH
MILITARY IN VIETNAM
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Premier Diem is planning to ap-
point a "territorial commander in
chief" responsible for all military
action and personnel in South Viet-
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in derogation of Vietnamese sovereignty.
nam, following the referendum on removin ao Dai,
Diem
sai that unless the French accommodate themselves
to this situation by working out a military convention
or by having their presence in Vietnam sanctioned un-
der the Manila pact, the maintenance of French troops
in Vietnam could be construed as either a hostile act or
Comment Planned talks with the French on
the future of the French military
in South Vietnam were canceled last week when Diem
recalled his delegation from Paris after failure to es-
tablish a basis for formal discussions. Diem's procla-
mation of authority over French forces would be unac-
ceptable to the French. They are apparently resigned
to complete withdrawal, but would prefer to retain a
token force to maintain their position as a Manila pact
member.
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3. BRITAIN MAY CHANGE ARMS POLICY TOWARD LIBYA
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Arms assistance to Libya has become
a political issue, according to the Brit-
ish ambassador in Tripoli, and Britain
may be prepared to give Libya certain
amounts and types of military equipment which in the opin-
ion of the British military mission in Libya are beyond
the army's needs and capability to absorb.
Preliminary to any action, the British
ambassador plans to obtain from the Libyan prime minis-
ter an estimate of the country's present arms needs not sup-
plied under the Anglo-Libyan treaty as- well as an estimate
of its future needs.
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