CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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1. Vietnam: Current situation report. (Page 1)
2. Dominican Republic: Communists plan to
disrupt the slowly progressing negotiations.
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3. Malaysia: Political strife between Singapore
and Kuala Lumpur continues. (Page 5)
4. Ecuador: Anti-government violence in
Guayaquil reaches critical proportions and
survival of the junta now appears uncertain.
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CONTENTS
5. Notes: NATO-France; Greece; Sudan; OAS.
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*Vietnam: (Information as of 4:30 AM EDT)
The Military Situation in South Vietnam: Clashes
continue in the Da Nang area between US Marines and
Viet Cong elements. In two separate actions on 12
July, US Marine forces killed an estimated 48 Viet Cong
while incurring losses of five killed and 17 wounded.
During the day, a Marine sweep operation conducted
three miles southwest of the field and supported by F-4
Phantom aircraft resulted in 22 Viet Cong killed, with
four Marines killed and 14 wounded. Shortly after dark,
a Marine company was sent to the aid of a Regional
Force outpost under attack 11 miles from Da Nang. An
estimated 26 Viet Cong were killed in the ensuing fire
fight, with one Marine killed and three wounded;'`no
casualties were reported among the Vietnamese troops
inside the post.
The Viet Cong have reportedly carried out a hit-
and-run mortar attack on the Bien Hoa air base. The
attack, which apparently caused no damage, was timed
to coincide with the scheduled arrival of the US 1st In-
fantry Division at 10:00 AM Saigon time on 14 July, The
division had been delayed in transit, however.
Guerillas also overwhelmed a government outpost
at An Hoa, some 25 miles southwest of Da Nang in Quang
Nam Province. The defending forces lost 26 killed and
one wounded. No further details are yet available.
US and South Vietnamese aircraft have reportedly
launched a major air attack on a suspect Viet Cong head-
quarters area in Quang Tin Province. The 1, 5 square
miles target area 40 miles south of Da Nang was hit with
500- and 750-pound bombs. The extent of the damage
has not yet been determined.
Communist Political Developments: Peiping has
reiterated its deep concern over the movement of US
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flights progressively closer to the Chinese border area.
The Peiping People's Daily asserted on 13 July that the
"invasion" of the Hokou area of China and the bombing
of the Lao Kay area by US aircraft on 11 July indicates
a shift in the main stress of US bombing from the Hanoi-
Dien Bien Phu highway northward to the Hanoi- Lao Kay
railway.
Peiple's Daily related the alleged overflight of Hokou
to Secretary Rusk's 11 July statement that the idea of a
"sanctuary" no longer existed in the Vietnam war, de-
claring that the Secretary apparently meant to intimidate
China. The paper asserted that the Chinese people would
not be frightened, and warned "We will not attack unless
we are attacked; if we are attacked, we will certainly
counterattack. "
The tone of this response is tougher than that which
followed the alleged US overflight of Hainan island on 9
April. The emphasis given the statement that China will
not attack first suggests that Peiping is increasingly con-
cerned that US planes might bomb targets in China. The
Chinese apparently hope to persuade the US to maintain
the present limits on the fighting in Vietnam by stressing
that, while it is prepared for a full-scale war, China will
not embark on one unless pushed by the US.
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British M. P. Harold Davies left Hanoi on 13 July
after an apparently fruitless six-day visit. His only public
comment thus far, made during a brief stopover in Laos,
was that his visit was "useful. " Hanoi has not commented
publicly on the Davies mission since 10 July, when it at-
tacked Prime Minister Wilson for persisting in his efforts
"to peddle his unsaleable peace initiative. " Peiping has
made no mention of the Davies visit.
will be critical, with very little prospect for a break in
the diplomatic impasse in the immediate future
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Yugoslav foreign policy adviser who accompanied Tito
on his recent trip to the USSR, seemed to reflect the
Kremlin's apparent conviction that the next few months
broader implications for East-West relations.
ness with which Moscow views the Vietnam crisis and its
C East European officials are emphasizing the serious-
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Against this background, the Soviets are persisting
in a orts to arouse international concern over US policy
and to deter further US moves in Vietnam. They have
repeatedly hinted in private that a cessation of US bomb-
ing would open the door to eventual negotiations. Popo-
vich maintained that if US bombing stopped, the USSR
and all socialist countries would be able to exert their
full weight in favor of negotiations. He asserted, how
ever, that neither Moscow nor Belgrade could speak
for North Vietnam or the Viet Cong .
EThe Yugoslav official also repeated the line--taken
by various Soviet bloc diplomats and intelligence officers
in conversations with US representatives- -that the USSR
and Yugoslavia took the realistic view that f'initally at
least" the US would remain in the south and there would
continue to be two separate countries
Reflecting Soviet concern over the additional risks
posed by Moscow's commitment to the DRV, Popovich
declared that a unilateral act by the US to stop bombing
was the only way to break the present dangerous stale-
mate. He "fervently hoped" that the US would take no
new step to extend the theater of war to Hanoi and
Haiphong.
US Air Strikes: Bad weather forced cancellation
of all but a few of the scheduled US air strikes over
North Vietnam on 13 July. US Air Force aircraft
struck the Yen Bay railroad yard, damaging a petroleum
storage tank, a segment of railroad track and a highway.
Other USAF aircraft inflicted considerable damage in
the Son La army barracks area. Armed reconnaissance
missions reported no significant damage.
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*Dominican Republic: (Information as of 4:30 AM
EDT) Communists plan to disrupt the slowly progress-
ing negotiations.
fTwo Communist-dominated rebel groups, the
Four eenth of June Political Group and the Dominican
Popular Movement signed a pact on 11 Jul to con-
tinue f i&htinEF_
Both groups Have
strongly oppose a negotiated settlement and have taken
part in recent armed attacks against loyalist forces in
the interior of the country. They reportedly plan soon
to attack Inter-American Peace Force troops in Santo
Domingo and vow they will even fight against rebel
president Francisco Caamano, if necessary'
According to committee member Ellsworth Bunker,
the OAS committee is not sanguine about reaching a
solution to the Dominican crisis before early next
month. Although the committee feels that progress is
continuing, many difficult problems remain before the
impasse will be resolved and a provisional government
is installed.
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Prospective provisional president Hector Garcia
Godoy indicated yesterday that he is pessimistic about
Garcia Godoy believes
that junta leader Antonio Irnbert still hopes to frustrate
an OAS solution and thereby open the way to power for
himself.
continues its unfounded attacks against him.
his chances to form a government if the loyalist radio
Eduardo Read Barrer4s, who earlier this week
declined to join a provisional government, is now
planning to return to Santo Domingo to reconsider his
candidacy as vice president under Garcia Godov. 1
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Malaysia: lolitical strife between Singapore and
the central government in Kuala Lumpur continues un-
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[In a meeting with Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister
Razak on 29 June, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Kuan
Yew, a champion of equal political rights for the Chinese,
repeated his demands for a noncommunal "Malaysian
Malaysia." Razak, for his part, ,expressed inability
or unwillingness to suppress chauvinistic Malay propa-
ganda aimed at Singapore. He reportedly told Lee, that
a constitutional change in Singapore's status is not pos-
sible while Indonesian confrontation continues. Lee
favors an arrangement which would give Singapore ad-
ditional autonomy and provide a political "cooling-off"
period
Public altercation between the two parties has in-
creased, following a month of relative quiet. Last week
the central government expelled an alien journalist who
was sharply critical of Malaysian policy and close to
Lee. Razak, in denying a charge that the central gov-
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would be "held responsible" if he used communal issues
which threaten the nation's unit ,
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Guayaquil reached critical proportions late yesterday,
and survival of the junta now appears uncertain.
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Although demonstrations of the past weekend
appeared to have ended throughout the country with
another victory for the government, Communist-
dominated students joined by hoodlums and street
gangs have placed Guayaquil in turmoil. The armed
mobs finally obtained a martyr by shooting a second-
ary school girl. The police, not permitted use of
firearms, have been joined by the army and firing into
the crowds has occurred. The consulates. of Paraguay
and Peru have been attacked, and there have been
attempts against US property.
Support for the government in Guayaquil has
virtually ceased, with even sensible citizens blaming
the junta for the deterioration of public order and
demanding that it step down. The city council presi-
dent, a junta appointee, reportedly plans to lead a
demand by all labor organizations that the junta turn
over power to ex-president Galo Plaza who would
preside over the transition to constitutional rule.
Plaza, who gained prestige as UN mediator on Cyprus,
offered his services to the junta earlier in the day.
Guayaquil authorities were ordered to impose a
curfew last evening, but the situation appears to have
reached a stage where only complete martial law and
full military force will be able to contain violence.
The crisis is gathering momentum and the junta
is now faced with the choice of a complete dictator-
ship, major alterations in its plans for a return to
constitutional government, or falling from power.
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NATO-France: Crance is apparently trying to pre-
vent the proposed NATO committee on nuclear matters
from achieving any standing as an official NATO body.
Foreign Minister Couve de Murville has told US Am-
bassador Finletter that France would object to having
NATO Secretary General Brosio participate even as
an observer in the proposed committee. Brosio, when
informed by Finletter of Couve's stand, registered much
concern. He said such a hard line by the French "could
not fail" to produce a showdown in the council next week,
if as expected; a vote is taken on formation of the com-
mittee under his chairmanship
Greece: The dismissal of Defense Minister Garou-
falias from the governing Center Union party prepares
the way for his removal from office and an easing of
the government crisis. Premier Papandreou reportedly
has made a concession to the King by allowing Army
Chief of Staff Gennimatas to remain in office for the
present. In addition, Papandreou, while assuming
the title of. minister of defense, reportedly will ap-
point an alternate minister acceptable to the Kin
actually to control the ministry.
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Sudan: following a probe by dissident southern
Sudanese against Juba, a provincial capital, govern-
ment troops apparently defied their commanders by
killing a considerable number of civilians and burning
a large portion of the native quarter of the town. South-
ern leaders are reportedly deeply concerned over the
incident, which will make any rapprochement with the
Khartoum government even more difficult. The govern-
ment is attempting to blame the arson on the dissidents,
who have become increasingly aggressive since they
acquired modern weapons from Congolese exiles now
in southern Sudan
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ference scheduled for 4 August has been recommended
by Ambassador Bunker, chairman of the OAS Committee
in the Dominican Republic. The Latin American mem-
bers of the committee agree that considerable time
will be needed to solve the many difficult problems in
the Dominican situation and that it would be highly un-
desirable to convoke the Rio meeti before the major
problems had been settled.
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