CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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July 14, 1962
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001, 0~ Approved For ReIc 20100: ET975A00 0110001-7 25X1 14 July 1962 Copy No, C C State Dept. review completed GROUP I Excluded from automatic downgrading and declassification Approved For Release 21 :5ECRET975A006500110001-7 25X1 Approved For Release 2003/04/17 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO06500110001-7 Approved For Release 2003/04/17 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO06500110001-7 N Z PON AAA/M IN Approved For Relebv6 110001-7 ZDA I 14 July 1962 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN CONTENTS 25X1 4. South Vietnam: Viet Cong plan to increase efforts to isolate Saigon and thereby disrupt national econ- omy. (Page tit) 5. South Vietnam - Cambodia: Moves against Sihanouk being considered by South Vietnamese leaders. (Page i v) 6. Belgium-Congo: French foreign minister believes Congo situation could be resolved without force by compelling Union Miniere to stop payments to Ka- tanga. (Page v) 7. Syria- Jordan -Is rae 1: Syria to make formal com- plaffit against Israel to UN Security Council. (Page vi) 0 (Continued) Approved For Relea ZUU3/U4/17: CIA-RDP791UU97 0001- 25X1 Approved For Rel 3/04/17 - - 00110001-7 25X1 14 July 1962 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN CONTENTS (Continued) 8. India-USSR: Moscow to permit India to manufac- ture Soviet jet engines. (Page vii) 9. Afghanistan-Pakistan: Shah's mediation offer seems to have softened positions of both governments in border dispute. (Page viii) 25X1 11. Britain: Cabinet reshuffle reflects Conservative party's concern over its continuing reverses in electoral and public opinion polls. (Page x) Approved For Rele 006500110001-7 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2003/04/17 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO06500110001-7 Next 1 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 2003/04/17 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO06500110001-7 _ 25X1 j Approved For Rel 2003/04/17 _ CIA-RDP79T00975 001 30110001-7 25X1 0 0 the Viet Cong plan t&Tncrease their efforts to isolate rice for Saigon itself to a dangerously low level Saigon with the aim of disrupting the national economy. The plans reportedly include a tight encirclement of the capital by means of "lightning attacks" against civil guard and military posts in the suburbs. In addition to the psychological effects of such action, the Viet Cong apparently hope to choke off the flow of goods and products to and from Saigon, which serves as the dis- tribution center both for internal needs and for export. Viet Cong insurgency forced suspension of rice exports during the past year and last fall reduced the few of 14 July 62 DAILY BRIEF i Approved For Relea - 006500110001-7 25X1 Approved For Rele 0019860110001-7 25X1 25X1 South Vietnam - Cambodia: (Ngo Dinh Nhu, in- fluential brother of President Diem, remains opposed to any rapprochement with Cambodia and believes South Vietnam should take covert action to overthrow Prince Sihanouk, Nhu reportedly stated in mid-May that he intended to send small po- litical action/guerrilla teams into Cambodia, having as one of their objectives the assassination of Sihanouk. This plan has apparently been shelved, however. II p [in addition to their personal animus against Siha- nouk, South Vietnamese leaders accuse him of tolerat- ing use of Cambodian territory by the Viet Cong. Nhu may feel that some drastic action is warranted because of Sihanouk's interest in an international conference on South Vietnam and his broader proposals for a neutral- 25X1 0 ist belt i Southeast Asia which would embrace South Vietnam j j j j j 14 62 July DAILY BRIE F j Approved For Releas CIA- RDP79T00975 2003/04/17 006500110001-7 25X1 25X1 0 Approved For. e, _r 20-0-3.90-4.917 . CIA RDP70T000751A 500110001-7 Belgium-Congo: French Foreign Minister Couve de Murville told Assi ant Secretary of State Williams on 10 July that the Congo situation could be resolved without resort to force merely by compelling the Union Miniere to stop payments to Katanga. He said that this remedy had never been tried because, as "is well known, the Societe Generale--the Union Miniere's holding company--is in control of the Belgian Govern- ment;' and British financial interests back the position of the Societe General 25X1 ources within the Societe Generale have informed collaps the J Embassy in Brussels that the company's board of directors is somewhat shaken by Foreign Minister Spaak's threats that the Belgian Government will back UN plans to use force if necessary to bring Tshombe to terms. The board reportedly believes, however, that the UN's financial problems and its fear of a pub- lic outcry against military action will prevent a re- course to force. The sources point out that Spaak has virtually no other means of bringing pressure on the board, which is convinced that the Leopoldville gov- 25X1 ernme is headed for bankruptcy and is likely soon to 14 July 62 DAILY BRIEF Approved For Relea a 2003/04/17 : CIA-RDP79T00975 006500110001-7 25X1 \ 1 10 Approved For Ruse 2003/04/17: CIA-RDP79T00975ASM500110001-7 X Site of recent incidents Demilitarized zone Tel Aviv Jaffa.) Gaza Strip/ Al Awia Location of WEST BANK Amman Jerusalem disputed potash( JORDAN drying pans UAR (EGYPT) 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2003/04/17 : CIA-RDP79T00975A006500110001-7 14 July 62 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN Map Page Approved For ReIeW O&WO110001-7 25X1 Syria-Jordan-Israel:1)8yria has decided to make a formal complaint to fh-e-DN Security Council over ??repeated Israeli provocations and violations" of the demilitarized zone along the Israeli-Syrian border. Israeli plowing and road-building activities in areas where the ownership of fields and the locations of the armistice demarcation line are disputed have resulted in exchanges of fire in recent weeks, most recently on 9 and 10 July. In taking the dispute to the UN, the Syrians hope to frustrate what they believe is an Is- raeli "plot" to attract support by creating an impres- sion in UN circles that Israel is in dang`e-L"q. he Security Council may also soon receive a com- OEM plain-T-from Jordan against Israel's alleged extension of potash drying pans onto Jordanian territory south of the Dead Sea. Recent Israeli -Jordanian tension in Je- rusalem, on the other hand, appears to be diminish- ing. Jordan has decided to replace its battaliokwhich was involved in the recent incidents in jerusalend I I (Map) 25X1 14 July 62 DAILY BRIE F / 0 10 e UUJ/U4/11 : CTA7-MP791UUU1 AUMOUU110001-7 25X1 j Approved For Rele 0bW0110001-7 25X1 j 25X1 India-USSR: iAMbscow's reported agreement to permit New Delhi t'b produce Soviet jet engines will breathe new life into the Indian program for produc- ing supersonic fighters. The agreement presumably resolves the impasse which arose when basic incom- patibilities were discovered earlier this year between the Russian engines and the Indian airframe. Reports a month ago suggested that after failing to persuade the Indians to modify the airframe, Moscow undertook to consider modifications of the engine? he reported agreement would provide India with 25X1 a face-saving device to shelve the proposed purchase of MIG-21s. New Delhi may seek to balance out the agreement on Soviet jet engines by purchasing a small number of Western fighters as a stopgap until Indian fighters with Russian engines can be produced in quan- tity. 25X1 14 July 62 DAILY BRIEF vii Approved For Releas - 006500110001-7 25X1 Approved For Rel - 00110001-7 25X1 j 25X1 Afghanistan-Pakistan: he Shah's recent offer of good offices seems to hare moved Afghanistan and Pakistan to adopt new positions which indicate that both want a settlement and which would offer a basis for negotiations. The Afghans say that they are ready to stop their anti-Pakistani propaganda, according to the Iranian foreign minister, and to defer discussion of the basic dispute over Pushtoonist 25X1 Pakistan's President Ayub, for his part, is said to be willing to let the Afghans open their consulates "a month or two" after re-establishing diplomatic re- lations, and then to consider reopening trade offices. The Afghans, however, want to reopen both their con- sulates and trade offices after only about a wee. e Shah has accepted an invitation from King Zahir Shah and intends to go to Kabul before the Kin leaves for Moscow on 6 Augi s 14 July 62 DAILY BRIE F Approved For Releas 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2003/04/17 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO06500110001-7 Approved For Release 2003/04/17 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO06500110001-7 i.YZ AAA. Ifl A IA -1 _ n. A P911P'.-1f1TAAf1-ten AAAA A AAAA -1 25X1 j A j 25X1 25X1 *Britain: I /rhe cabinet reshuffle announced by Prime Minist Macmillan yesterday--like the re- shuffle last October--primarily reflects the Con- servative Party's concern over its continuing re- verses in electoral and public opinion polls. The downward trend was evident again in yesterday's by- election where, in a safe Labor district, the Tory candidate dropped from second to third place behind the resurgent Liberals. The reshuffle either retains or brings into more influential positions the compara- tively youthful men who have generally been consid- ered to be rising in the party. Another result of the reshuffle is to place R. A. Butler in a generally strengthened political position. Chancellor of the Exchequer Selwyn Lloyd, who was the major fatality in the reshuffle, has been a liability because of the unpopularity and comparative ineffectiveness of his wage-restraint policie~. Mere are as yet no clear implications for the Britain - Common Market negotiations now at the criti- cal stage in Brussels. R. A. Butler--at one time cool toward the EEC but since more sympathetic-- will retain in his newly created post as first secre- tary of state his previous responsibilities as chair- man of the cabinet committee on the EEC negotiations. The chief EEC negotiator, Lord Heath, is apparently unaffected by the cabinet shifts. The new Chancellor of Exchequer Maudling was a leading figure in Britain's abortive effort in 1958 to establish free trade area ties with the EEC, and new Defense Minister Thorney- croft authored and successfully negotiated this year the project for joint European development of a space .--~~..~ launcher vehicle based on Britain's Blue Streak missile; 25X1 14 July 62 DAILY BRIE F /m/ Approved For Release.QOM,G{,',I~DP,~~~Qg9~5A006500110001-7 1/1 Approved For Rel THE PRESIDENT The Vice President Executive Offices of the White House Special Counsel to the President Military Representative of the President The Special Assistant for National Security Affairs The Scientific Adviser to the President The Director of the Budget The Director, Office of Emergency Planning 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 The Director, Defense Intelligence Agency The Director, The Joint Staff The Director for Intelligence, The Joint Staff The Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Department of Army 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 The Federal Bureau of Investigation The Director The Atomic Energy Commission The Chairman The National Security Agency The Director The United States Information Agency The Director The National Indications Center The Director Approved Tor Release 2003/04/17 : CIA-RDP79T00975A006500P 10001-7 25X1 25X1 Approved For Ruse 2010P: C.5EGRET975A$ 500110001-7 Approved For Release 20P : SECRET975AO06500110001-7