CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: February 9, 1961
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
CONTENTS
Laos: Vientiane troops east of Phou Khoun are meet-
ing strong resistance from Pathet Lao forces. (Page i)
Burma: Most of the Chinese Nationalist irregulars
still in Burma may be forced into Thailand. (Page t)
3. Congo: Mobutu moves troops in preparation fqr of-
fensive against Gizenga. (Page t)
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5. Nepal: Exiled Nepalese politicians in India are com-.
pleting plans for resistance movement in Nepal. (Page it)
6. 'Watch Committee conclusions. (Page it n)
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Laos: government troops probing several miles east-
ward along Route 7 from recently occupied Phou. Khoun junc-
tion are reported meeting strong resistance from Kong Le -
Pathet Lao forces. Airdrop operations have been noted re-
cently at various points east of Phou Khoun. J
[Soviet transports have been landing daily at the Plains
des Jarres airfield regardless of heavy cloud cover, sug
gesting the possibility that these landings are being aided by
a radio homing beacon located at the airfield.
Burma:L3he only significant force of Chinese National-
ist irregulars still in Burma--possibly 3,000 to 4,000 troops--
was reportedly under attack from Burmese troops as of early
1 February. The irregulars will probably have to retreat.into C)
Thailand. This group is 50 miles south of the fortified area
from which LOW) to 3-000 JrrPgu1nrq werp reet-nilly driven
*Congo: Mobutu is apparently moving troops toward the
northwestern and southwestern borders of Orientals Prov-
ince in the first stage of a long=planned offensive against the
Gizenga regime. There is insufficient evidence available to
permit an accurate assessment of the outcome of this opera-
tion. The military moves, which seem designed to coincide
with new efforts by Kasavubu and his followers to form a
provisional government in Leopoldville, will be hampered
by the general unreliability of the Congolese troops and by
logistical difficulties. However, Gizenga?s ability to meet
an invasion has been weakened by Mobutu's blockade of Congo
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Nepal-India: Ousted leaders of the Nepali Congress
party, who have Ousted
conferring in India since King Ma-
hendra's take-over of the government on 15 December, are
completing plans for a "peaceful" resistance movement in
Nepal. Their campaign will take the form of mass agitation
and strikes to be staged in the near future. Nepali Commu-
nists are also planning resistance activities, but their at-
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Katmandu, increasing
signs of opposition have led the King
to make further arrests and shut down two newspapers; gov-
ernment operations remain largely at a standstill owing to
uncertainty and to the ineffectiveness of the King's new Coun-
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A. COMMITTEE CONCLUSIONS
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A. o Sino=Soviet bloc country intends to initiate hostil-
ities against the United States or its possessions in the
immediate future
B. CNo Sino-Soviet bloc country intends deliberately to ini-
tiate direct military action ainst US forces abroad US
allies, or areas peripheral to the bloc in the immediate
mEMEMEMEM"', future.
C. &he capabilities of Communist forces in Laos for sus-
tained military operations continue to be increased by. the
bloc airlift and by road improvements which permit truck 0
support of the Plaine des Jarres area from North Vietnam
during the dry season. There are no indications that the
Communists intend to launch a major offensive in
Laos at
this time, but they possess the capability for such action
and hence could exploit any favorable opportunity with sur-
prise. The bloc is seeking both to legitimize its opera-
I tion and to play for time by promoting the establishment
\ of the Souvanna Phouma "cabinet" in Xieng Khouang and by
opposing a reactivation of the International Control Com-
mission without a prior international conferences
D. CGizenga's Stanleyville regime appears to have lost momen-
tum, partly as the result of his failure tq receive supplies
and because of withdrawals. of pro-Stanleyville UAR troops
from Equateur Province. Gizenga's African and bloc sup-
porters are likely to increase their efforts to furnish ma-
terial. aid through. the Sudan, which continues to deny trans-
it rights, particularly if the proposed military movements
of the Mobutu forces against Stanleyville meet with success
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Situation in Laos
assessing the capabil-
itivo KIM n o e Kong e - Pathet Lao forces in
the Plaine des Jarres area, conclude, on the basis of
present indications, that the enemy will fight a delaying
action along Route 7 preparatory to making a major stand
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F_ I ther at Muong Soui or on the Plaine des Jarres itself.
the force now in contact with govern-
ment troops just east of the Phou Khoun junction of Routes
13 and 7 consists of about two battalions, supported by a
battery of 105-mm. howitzers, a few 120-mm. mortars,
and two to four armored cars. This force could be rein-
forced by an estimated four battalions (1,200 to 1,500 men)
for a sudden counterattack on the government forces; how-
ever, it is considered more likely that the bulk of this re-
serve will be used in the defense of Muong Soui or the Plaine
des Jarres. A potent factor in any delaying action would be
the use of antitank mines, which the enemy has recently in-
troduced into the fighting.'?
The assessment notes reports of intensive recruitment
activity on the part of the Kong Le - Pathet Lao combine,
both for new troops and work gangs to be used in road im-
provement and construction of defensive positions. The
Pathet Lao are considered poorly trained, with North Viet-
namese advisers in most cases providing tactical guidance
down to the company level. With regard to logistics, it is
estimated that a minimum of 40 tons of supplies are being
landed daily by Soviet aircraft at the Plaine des Jarres air-
field complex. This tonnage is apparently being augmented
by an undetermined amount of supplies being moved in by
truck via Route 7 from North Vietnam.
Despite the defensive tactics being pursued by the en-
emy in Xieng Khouang Province at the present time, the
Kong Le - Pathet Lao forces retain the over-all initiative
in Laos through. their ability to mount guerrilla attacks on
widely scattered government posts
Liouth Vietnam reportedly plans shortly to send a s ecial
army team to Laos, to be attached to Phoumi's staff.
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