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May 17, 1965
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/20: CIA-RDP79T00975AO08300140001-4 -rn ? c E'-`'~ ~ 17 May 1965 } copy No, C 25X1 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN CURRENT INTELLIGENCE RELATING TO NATIONAL SECURITY 25X1 GROUP 1 EXCLUDED FROM AUTOMATIC DOWNGRADING AND DECLASSIFICATION TOR SE6RE'T Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/20: CIA-RDP79T00975AO08300140001-4 ~~ Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/20: CIA-RDP79T00975AO08300140001-4 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/20: CIA-RDP79T00975AO08300140001-4 S~~pyA~~ro~~ for Release 2011/07/20: CIA-RDP79TOO975AO8300~~~~~~j~xi P 17 May 1965 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN CONTENTS 1. Dominican Republic: Rebels continue to seek external political support as the morale of their fighting units declines. (Page 1) 2. Vietnam: Current situation report. (Page 3) 3. Bolivia: The deportation of Juan Lechin to Paraguay will intensify labor unrest. (Page 6) 4. Ecuador: The junta appears to be overcoming the crisis in Guayaquil, (Page 7) 5. Notes: Israel-Syria. (Page 8) 25X1 ......................... ...................................... ~~~~/ Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/20: CIA-RDP79T00975A008300140001:4f ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/20: CIA-RDP79T00975AO08300140001-4 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/20: CIA-RDP79T00975AO08300140001-4 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/20: CIA-RDP79T00975AO08300140001-4 //////////,,,~~~/// j I?ryl j CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN 17 May 1965 *Dominican Republic: (Information as of 4:30 AM EDT) The -rebels continue to seek external political support as the morale of their fighting units in Santo Domingo declines in the face of continued loyalist military pressure. The rebel Caamano government continues to make the most of the political cards at its disposal. Gen- eral Rikhye, head of the advance United Nations party representing U Thant, received a rousing public wel- come when he visited rebel-held areas yesterday. Caamano's claim to represent the forces of "constitu- tionalism" evidently has been one of his most effective arguments abroad, particularly in Chile and Venezuela. CExtremists are now talking of a last ditch defense of their strongholds, although many have reportedly already left the city, They are suffering from short- ages of ammunition and gasoline, however, and re- portedly from defections among their followers.] jome of the political moderates on the rebel side are showing disillusionment with the Caamano govern- ment. These include several leaders of Juan Bosch's Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) who helped spark the original revolt but who evidently do not now have significant influence in the Caamano group j Meanwhile, Antonio Imbert--whose effort to establish a viable anti-rebel government has met with little success after nine days of trying--is under mounting pressure from loyalist officers who want to continue military action until the rebels are deci- sively defeated. The morale of loyalist military officers is re- ported to be high in the wake of their first military A 11 11 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/20: CIA-RDP79T00975A008300140001-4 successes since the insurrection began. Their forces made continued gains yesterday in the two-day old drive to clear the rebels from the important indus- trial zone in the northern part of the city. Meanwhile, the Brazilian and Venezuelan govern- ments are moving ahead with plans to participate in the Inter-American Armed Force. Brazilian Presi- dent Castello Branco, who plans today to seek congres- sional authorization for an 800-man contingent, told the US Army attache that he had made this decision because it is morally right, because Brazilian inter- ests demand that there not be another Cuba in this hemisphere, and because "the United States should not always carry the burden alone." I 17 May 65 NNE. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/20: CIA-RDP79T00975A008300140001-4 I ield, four more than were noted there on *Vietnam: (information as of 4:30 AM EDT) Fbevelopments in North Vietnam: Photography 7di-sclosed G- 5 7 j ighters at Phuc 13 May. The photography failed to disclose any Jet; 25X1 25X1 25X1 fiLyhters at Hanoi's Gia Lam airfield, How erp about 20 transport aircr Lamy 0/01 CA photoreconnaissance mission over major rail yards near the Sino-DRV border area did not detect any evidence of military rail shipments..) 25X1 25X1 11 E Communist Political Developments: Hanoi radio on 15 and 16 May claimed that Western reports that Washington and Saigon had proposed discontinuing bombing attacks against North Vietnam if the DRV stopped supporting the Viet Cong were "a worn-out trick of deceit and threat:' The Hanoi broadcasts re- ferred to other Western reports in an attempt to prove 17 May 65 3 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/20: CIA-RDP79TOO975AO08300 I_UUU 1-1+ am --- - - - - - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/20: CIA-RDP79T00975A008300140001-4 25X1 that the current lull in attack8 Was ordered to permit aerial reconnaissance and to '{pinpoint remaining tar- gets worthy of American attacks:' Peiping, Hanoi and the NFLSV have all strongly criticized President Johnson's renewed call for uncon- ditional negotiations. A Chinese broadcast called. the appeal a "discredited hoax," while North Vietnam's party daily claimed it repeated "shopworn allegations full of contradictions and deceptions:' Hanoi called the President's speech "only a maneuver" as the US prepared for more "aggressive" acts. A Liberation Front statement claimed that negotiations would be meaningless unless the NFLSV participated and unless all US troops were withdrawn. Peiping claimed that the President had "slander- ously charged" China with wanting to continue the war "whatever the cost to its allies:' Hanoi called refer- ences to China's ambitions in Asia a "divisive plot" and "an obvious attempt to split the socialist countries." The Liberation Front statement called the President's speech an attempt to "sow division," claimed it was "cowardly to slander Peiping by saying the latter ex- erts pressure on Hanoi," and stated that the Vietnam- ese did not need Peiping or anyone else "to incite them to rise up to fight for salvation:' North Vietnam has rejected Indian President Rad- hakrishnan's proposal for negotiations, according to a Hanoi broadcast on 15 May. Hanoi claims that the proposal was "aimed at finding for the US a way out which also helps it rule over South Vietnam." Hanoi still is trying to avoid exacerbating relations with In- dia, stating that even though the "Indian authorities want to show their goodwill... their erroneous view- point benefits only the US imperialists:' Hanoi had broadcast a milder statement on the proposals on 7 May which claimed that the offer ran counter to India's proper role as chairman of the ICC in Vietnam. 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Ban Me Thuot ) K HANK 23d Divisioh HOA - i v Nha Trang II CORPS SOUTH VIETNAM MILITARY BOUNDARIES As of 8 March 1965 `Corps boundary Special zone boundary Division boundary Hop Tac area 46993 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/20: CIA-RDP79T00975A008300140001-4 25X1 The Sit uation in South Vietnam: There is still no evidence of iet Cong s otage in yesterday's chain reaction explosion which killed at least 21-24 Ameri- cans, wounded 95 and destroyed some 12 aircraft at Bien Hoa air base north of Saigon. The initial explo- sions so far appear to have resulted from a defective bomb fuse. No Vietnamese are known to have parti- cipated in loading ordnance on the planes. The heavy losses at Bien Hoa followed the almost total destruction of a 16-vehicle government convoy which was ambushed by the Viet Cong in Long Khanh Province about 50 miles northeast of Saigon on 15 May. Government losses were reported as 41 killed, 20 wounded, 39 missing, 13 vehicles destroyed, and one armored car missing. An official press announcement of 15 May indi- cates that South Vietnam's National Security Council the previous day approved Premier Quat's proposed military command reorganization; no ersonnel ap- pointments have yet been announced. ~Meanwhile, re- cent remarks by Buddhist leader Tri Quang to embassy officers suggest that a new period of Buddhist political restiveness, with anti-Catholic, anti- government, and anti-US overtones. may be in the offing. In addition ME to charging that the Catholics were raising private 25X1 armies, Quang claimed that the boost to popular mo- rale from the air strikes now appeared to be waning, 25X1 and that anti-American sentiment and interest in peace would probably begin to reappear] ~ -1 17 May 65 5 25X1 MEN Sa n itiz ed -'C'- o p y"-A-pproved for Release 2011/07/20: CIA-RDP79TOO975AO0830-0-140-OuOull/~-/-/~4/~////, ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/20: CIA-RDP79T00975A008300140001-4 0 I M ''////% . 0 Bolivia: Deportation of Juan Lechin to Paraguay will intensify labor unrest. The minister of labor is expected to resign over the deportation of the powerful head of the Bolivian Workers' Confederation and the National Leftist Revo- lutionary Party) The Federation of Mine Workers 25X1 and some other unions have called a general strike to start tonight in protest against government labor policy and Lechin's arrest. The minister of government has announced that Lechin's exile is due to his involvement in subversive plotting and his possession of dual citizenship. (Lechin was accused of having ac uired Chilean nationality under an assumed name2 17 May 65 WMEMMIZIMMENZEN/I Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/20: CIA-RDP79T00975AO08300140001-4 ////////////----MA Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/20: CIA-RDP79T00975A008300140001-4 Ecuador: The junta appears to be overcoming the crisis in Guayaquil. After giving striking Guayaquil businessmen and their regionalist followers an impressive demonstra- tion of martial law, the military junta has issued a decree which paves the way for settlement. The de- cree establishes a special commission, chaired by the minister of finance, which will have ten days to work out any necessary modifications in the new tariff rates which touched off the strike. In practice the procedure does little more than give the chamber of commerce an opportunity to be heard. Goods will meanwhile clear customs at the old rates, but new schedules will eventually apply retro- actively. The merchants have conditioned their ac- ceptance of the decree upon release of those arrested during the past week. Freedom of expression and assembly have been restored and military patrolling has been reduced. of strength followed by a somewhat magnanimous concession, and was accompanied by seizure of the arms cache of the terrorist Detachments of Secret Organization. It may also have restored armed The affair could have a salutary effect on sta- bility, in that it led to a determined government show forces unity, which has recently been in doubt. 17 May 65 , Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/20: CIA-RDP79T00975A0 //// 08300140001-4~~~~~~ ZZi: i i . ............ . . Sanitize'd Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/20: CIA-RDP79TOO975AO08300140001-4 orzy, 25X1 NOTES Israel-Syria: The 13 May firing incident on the Israeli-Syrian border was provoked by the Israelis to create a pretext for shelling Arab Jordan River diversion equipment in the vicinity, according to evidence accumulated since the attack. This is the second such attempt to deter the Arabs from proceed- ing with their diversion project. After the Israelis attacked a work site close to the border on 17 March Syrian construction activity, which is in a very early stage, at first ceased and then was resumed at the present less exposed site. I 17 May 65 8 0 25X1 I Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/20: CIA-RDP79TOO975AO0830014001,S,/,///r!z/~-Z-rmmd - -- - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/20: CIA-RDP79T00975A008300140001-4 25X1 THE PRESIDENT The Vice 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 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 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/20: CIA-RDP79T00975A008300140001-4 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/20: CIA-RDP79T00975A008300140001-4 TOP SECRET TOP SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/20: CIA-RDP79T00975A008300140001-4