CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: March 9, 1962
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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CONTENTS
USSR-Berlin- Soviet Union moves to pre-empt use of an
air corridor to Berlin. (Page t)
2. South Vietnam- Marked increase in aggressiveness of
Viet Cong operations. (page tt)
4. Congo- Adoula still doubts that Tshombe' intends to nego-
tiate a settlement at their mid-March meeting. (Page M)
5. Communist China: Peiping's purchases of Western grain.
(Page i i i)
6. Somali Republic - USSR: Somalis accept Soviet gift of 50-
kilowatt radio station. (Page tv)
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*USSR-Berlin: Moscow has in effect moved to preempt
a block of airspace in the northern corridor to Berlin. The
timing of this new form of pressure suggests that in the com-
ing informal talks on Berlin between Secretary Rusk and For-
eign Minister Gromyko at Geneva the USSR will point to the
present situation in the corridors as a demonstration of the
necessity to renegotiate the air access agreements. The
Soviet representative to the Berlin Air Safety Center has an-
nounced plans for 24 Soviet flights in the northern corridor
for 9 March extending over a six-hour period-the greatest
number of such flights to date. There will be 12 outbound
and 12 inbound flights, varying in altitude from 2,500 to 6,500
feet from 0352 to 0951 EST. For the first time, inbound and
outbound flights will overlap for a period of about two hours.
These moves follow 10 flights on 7 March and suggest
that the Soviets are gradually moving toward flooding one
corridor with their aircraft. In addition, there has been a
gradual advance in the timing of the Soviet announcements.
Whereas the Soviets had usually given notice of their flight
plan closer to flight time, they have now filed a flight plan
almost 20 hours in advance in an effort to force the West to
begin giving at least 24 hours' advance notice, as consistently
proposed by the Soviets since 15 February. Extending the
notification period closer to 24 hours and gradually increas-
ing the number of Soviet flights are aimed at creating a sit-
uation in which the Western powers will appear to be seeking
prior Soviet permission to use the corridors or endangering
air safety.
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Communist Guerrilla Activity
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Quang Tri
Kontum
SELECTED VIET CONG ATTACKS
Military region boundary
(South Vietnamese)
Major areas of Viet Cong concentration
Railroad
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South Vietnam: During the past two weeks the Viet Cong
hav6--become m"HY aggressive, especially in the southern mil-
itary zone. While the number of attacks has increased only
slightly, larger Communist forces, numbering between , ~
200 and 300, have reappeared and the government has suffered
heavy casualties. The main Communist targets continue to be
Civil Guard and Self Defense troops manning remote outposts
where the Viet Cong may be trying to consolidate or link up
base areas. Government counte rope rations are in process in
several provinces, including areas where units havexecently
been wiped out or posts overrun, but appear to have achieved
little significant effect with the exception of some successful
air strikes.
Over the past few weeks Hanoi, Peiping, and Moscow have
sought to stir international apprehension by charging that the
situation in South Vietnam imperils peace. The recent Viet Cong
combat operations may be intended to underscore this point while
at the same time attempting to counter the impact of expanded
-US military aid. I
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Congo-. / trshombe left E lisabethville for Jadotville and
Kolwezi on l March, reportedly "to prepare the population"
for his meeting with Adoula. Ambassador Gullion reports
that Adoula expects that Tshombe will come to Leopoldville,
but he still doubts whether Tshombe intends to negotiate a
settlement. The US Consulate reports the situation in Elis-
abethville is "increasingly unnerving" as extremist elements
in Katanga seek to block Tshombe's meeting with Adoula
Adoula, meanwhile, reportedly has become increasingly
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annoyed by the unwillingness of Gbenye, a Gizenga supporter,
to accept a proffered vice-premiership, and now plans to ap-
point another member of Gbenye's National Congo Movement
(MNC) party to the vacant post. Such a move would probably
be supported by moderate elements within the MNC, but might
force Gbenye and other radica s into formal opposition to
Adoula's coalition governmen .
purchases for 1962 to more than 3,000,000 tons-about half the
amount purchased last year. The Chinese have also recently
bought some 50,000 tons of West German wheat flour and are
seeking much larger amounts in France. Peiping also request
Communist China: Communist China has recently bought
50,000 tons o maize an at least 100,000 tons of wheat from
Argentina, financed through credits from a Hong Kong bank
and a Soviet-controlled bank in Paris. According to specula-
tions in London trade circles the wheat sales may rise to as
much as 600,000 tons, which would bring total Chinese grain
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r50,000 tons of Burmese rice, which would have been in addi-
ion to the 200,000 tons already contracted for 1962; however,
all of Burma?s rice had already been sold. The bulk of the
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year and Peiping will probably attempt to negotiate large ad-
ditional orders for the second half, although the reduction of
exportable surpluses in Canada and Western Europe may ham-
per these
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Somali Republic - U oma i President en on 7 aMairch
told the American ambassado that the Soviet gift, offered last
October, of a 50-kilowatt radio station had been accepted. He
emphasized that Somali government leaders would have pre-
ferred to accept a comparable Western offer, but felt they could
no longer wait in view of growing Somali political pressure to
accept the Soviet grant aid worth some $1,000,000. However,
Italian diplomatic sources believe that the Somalis acted largely
out of concern that the USSR's total promised economic aid of
about $51,000,000 was dependent on acceptance of the proffered
radio installation. The Sino-Soviet bloc, particularly the USSR9
appears to have selected communications, education, and m Va
exploration as key fields for penetration of the Somali Republi
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Somalis Accept Soviet Radio Offer
die USSR will provide the technicians necessary to con-
struLt and maintain a 50-kilowatt transmitter capable of broad-
casting to eastern Africa and the Mediterranean littoral. Somalis
will also be trained in the USSR. Both sides agreed that the
survey and desi ; work was to be completed in 1962 and the con-
struction by 196
S Embassy officials in Mogadiscio believe that as long as
the Resent moderate government is in power, Moscow will
have to play its hand carefully and slowly and not attempt to in-
terfere directly with the broadcast programming. The embassy
considers, however, that Somali Minister of Information Ali
y
1 would be susceptible to briber
( t the time Somalia became independent in mid-1960, it
acc`e`i ed bloc offers of economic aid--the USSR $51,000,000
and Czechoslovakia $4,000,000, There has since been some
annoyance with the blot's delay in implementing assistance un-
der these earlier credits, but Mogadiscio's main disappoint-
ment has been witping, which reportedly has not made an
attractive offer of ai
viet penetration efforts have been concentrated in the po-
liti y vulnerable northern region (the former British Somali-
land)which is a stronghold of tribal and political opposition to
the government in Mogadiscio
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Executive Offices of the White House
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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
The Department of State
The Secretary of State
The Under Secretary of State
The Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
The Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
The Counselor and Chairman of the Policy Planning Council
The Director of Intelligence and Research
The Treasury Department
The Secretary of the Treasury
The Under 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 Secretary of Defense
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
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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
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