CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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CIA-RDP79T00975A007700050001-0
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December 21, 2016
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March 19, 2003
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Approved For Release 2008/03/03: CIA-RDP79T00975AO07700050001-0 TOP SECRET 18 May 1964 DEPT OF STATE review(s) completed. GROUP I EXCLUDED FRO DELL MATC DOWNGRADING CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN CE CINTELLIGENCE CURRENT NATIONAL SECURITY RELATING TO TO NATIONAL SECURITY RELATING zs / 25X1 TOP SECRET Approved For Release 2008/03/03: CIA-RDP79T00975A007700050001-0 25X1 Approved For Release 2008/03/03: CIA-RDP79T00975AO07700050001-0 Approved For Release 2008/03/03: CIA-RDP79T00975AO07700050001-0 ~~~~~~~ Amp o ovdFor Release 2008/03/03: C A R D P 7 9 0 0 9 7 A 0 0 7 0 0 5 0 0 0 /~j 18 May 1964 2. CONTENTS ME CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN USSR-UK: USSR has resumed negotiations for British industrial equipment. (Page 3) 3. Bolivia: Government expects opposition effort today to force postponement of 31 May national elections. (Page 4) 4. North Vietnam: Alternate supply route to south improved. (Page 5) 5. South Vietnam: Conflicts within Buddhist hierarchy suggest new problems for Khanh government. (Page 6) %0=7w" lease Release 2008/03/03: CIA-RDP79T00975AO07700050001-0 25X1 Approved For Release 2008/03/03: CIA-RDP79T00975AO07700050001-0 Next 2 Page(s) In Document Denied Approved For Release 2008/03/03: CIA-RDP79T00975AO07700050001-0 Approved For Release 2008/03/03: CIA-RDP79T00975A007700050001-0 25X1 F'' Ell ME USSR-UK: The USSR has resumed negotiations for British industrial equipment. An official of the UK's Imperial Chemical Industry (ICI) has announced that contracts worth $140 million for a synthetic fiber complex will be signed within the next two weeks. Discussions involving "very large sums" for equipment for fertilizer production also have been inaugurated. The negotiations had been dormant since February, probably because of the USSR's concern over its scar- city of foreign exchange and the demands imposed on hard-currency reserves by extraordinary purchases of Western grain. Resumption of negotiations follows an offer by a British financial institution to provide funds for about half the $280 million in 10- to 15-year credits for the USSR which the British Government had stated it would guarantee. In concluding contracts in the UK--the only country which has offered long-term credit--Moscow may hope to jar loose competitive credit offers elsewhere. Jap- anese officials reportedly have just rejected an offer presented by visiting First Deputy Premier Mikoyan to place orders for $350 million worth of Japanese plants if Tokyo would relax its present five-year credit terms. However, a Japanese chemical plant mission is scheduled to visit the USSR next month. Khrushchev's program to increase Soviet chemical output by 1970 calls for the import of large numbers of free-world plants and will require new long-term credits of from $500. million to $1 billion annually. 18 May 64 DAILY BRIEF P Approved For Release 2008/03/03: CIA-RDP79T00975AO07700050001-0 NO : OWN= ON/ Approved For Release 2008/03/03: CIA-RDP79T00975AO07700050001-0 25X1 % Bolivia: The Bolivian Government is girding for what may be an attempt today by opposition groups to force postponement of the 31 May national elections. he government reportedly has taken measures to count r the demonstrations and does not expect to have serious difficulties controlling the situation. Three thousand civilian militia have been armed and stationed throughout the cityy The US Embassy comments that 25X1 the reported plansTor disturbances may be a govern- ment plan to provoke some outburst which would ro- vide an o ortunit to crush the o osition. 18 May 64 DAILY BRIEF Approved For Release 2008/03/03: CIA RDP79T00975AO07700050001 0 - ------------------------------ - Approved For Release 2008/03/03: CIA-RDP79T00975AO07700050001-0 .Li Ch.. q Phong Saly "1DiePn.ien V(E T N HAND Sam Neua q?'" Cr ? Phu Luang Prabang Thanh Hoa Plaine des c--..-~J' ~aMUOng Sen~ Jones o Xieng Nhouang Yang Vieng 1 ` -- 1 L..` V nn O F T O N K I N APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF IMPROVED ROAD 50 MILES 18 May 64 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN Map Approved For Release 2008/03/03: CIA-RDP79T00975AO07700050001-0 Approved For Release 2008/03/03: CIA-RDP79T00975A007700050 01-0 25X1 E N *North Vietnam: ),,The North Vietnamese have im- proved an existing road to provide an alternate route over which they could supply forces in South Vietnam and southern Laos The road runs south from Route 12 to the area of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) where the borders of Laos, South Vietnam, and North Vietnam meet. Pre- liminary analysis of photointelligence suggests the road is passable for trucks to the DMZ area, but that probably only jeeps can use the east-west section along the DMZ. Near the Laos border the road de- teriorates into nonvehicular trails and does not con- nect with any road in Laos No traffic patterns on this road have yet been es- tablished.-I 18 May 64 DAILY BRIEF man E O Approved For Release 2008/03/03: CIA-RDP79T00975A007700050001-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Approved F~rRelease 2008/03/03 :CIA-RDP79T00975A00770005)001-U~~~~ 25X1 j South Vietnam: Conflicts within the Buddhist hier- archy seem to portend new politico-religious problems for the Khanh government. The threatened resignation late last week of Thich T am hau, moderate president of the Buddhist execu- j tive organization, appears to have been a tactical move j to demonstrate majority support for his current pro- government stand. Tri Quang, militant Buddhist leader 0 from central Vietnam has been tr ' t th i o s 0 ng wing e or : y ganization behind his public complaints that Buddhist grievances against the Diem regime have not yet been fully remedied. An associate of Chau claims that Quang is close to Deap y Premier General Do Mau and hopes to set the stage for Maus eventual take over b fomenting dis- turbances during religious celebrations this week, This claim is unconfirmed, but some cabinet members are evidently sympathetic to Quan Tri Quang told US Embassy officers on 14 May that there would be no incidents this week unless fomented by the Catholics or Communists. He also admitted that General Khanh had been making efforts to remedy complaints raised, but said if all of his demands were not fully satisfied within two months, he would resume his public criticisms and consider possible antigovern- ment demonstrations, Although Quang appears to have been currently outmaneuvered by the government and the moderate ment and that his resent course of action is otentiany 0 dangerous j 18 May 64 DAILY BRIEF 6 25X1 ~~~~~~~~~~~ Approved For Release 2008/03/03. CIA-RDP79T00975A007700050001-0 25X1 Approved For Release 2008/03/03: CIA-RDP79T00975AO07700050001-0 Approved For Release 2008/03/03: CIA-RDP79T00975AO07700050001-0 R Approved For Release 2008/03/03: CIA-RDP79T00975A007700050001-0 25X1 J THE PRESIDENT Executive Offices of the White House Special Counsel to the President The Special Assistant for National Security Affairs The Scientific Adviser to the President The Director of the Budget 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 Commander in Chief, Atlantic 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 National Aeronautics and Space Administration The Administrator 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 For Release 2008/03/03: CIA-RDP79T00975A007700050001-0 Approved For Release 2008/03/03: CIA-RDP79T00975A007700050001-0 Ax-ml TOP SECRET TOP SECRET Approved For Release 2008/03/03: CIA-RDP79T00975A007700050001-0