CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: September 16, 1965
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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE
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CONTENTS
1. Vietnam: Current situation report. (Page 1)
2. India-Pakistan: Current situation report. (Page 4)
6. Netherlands-.Indonesia: Dutch willing to expand
economic relations. (Page 10)
7. Dominican Republic: The provisional government
has survived almost two weeks but the outlook
is uncertain. (Page 11)
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*Vietnam: (Information as of 4:30 AM EDT)
The Political Situation in South Vietnam: In an
apparent effort to forestall renewed restiveness
among ethnic tribesmen in the central highlands,
Premier Ky yesterday received an oath of allegiance
from 400 former members of the tribal autonomy
movement FULRO in a ceremony held in Ban Me
Thuot. Although the ceremony was hailed as the end
of the rebellion, tribal dissatisfaction and Vietnamese
distrust of the tribesmen are likely to persist. An
estimated 1,200-1,500 FULRO members remain out-
side government control, at least one third of whom
are armed.
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Fights have been reported between Vietnamese
rangers, regular troops, and tribal paramilitary
forces garrisoned in the provincial capital of Pleiku,
a possible further reflection of ethnic tensions exist-
ing in the highlands area. The city has been declared
off limits to US military personnel since 11 Septem-
ber because of the internal Vietnamese military feuding.
The Military Situation in South Vietnam: The
major ground operation being conducted near the dis-
trict town of Ben Cat in Binh Duong Province by Viet-
namese government and allied troops has entered its
fourth day without significant opposition from large
Viet Cong forces believed to be in the area. No US or
Vietnamese combat casualties have been reported thus
far. Two New Zealanders, however, were killed on
14 September when their jeep ran over a Viet Cong
land mine.
Elsewhere, troops of the US 101st Airborne Bri-
gade reportedly completed an operation 15 miles north
of An Khe in central Binh Dinh Province, capturing 33
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Viet Cong and detaining an additional. 28 suspects.
j No US casualties were reported. The US First
Cavalry (Airmobile) Division has opened its com-
mand post in An Khe, while the main body of the
division continues to debark at Qui Nhono
Twelve B-52 Strato Fortresses struck a Viet
Cong training area located approximately 50 miles
south of Saigon last night. Two ARVN battalions
were landed from river assault craft to exploit the
air strike. No information on progress of the ground
followup operation has been reported.
Communist Political Developments: North Viet- W
namese spokesmen are expressing concern over re-
cent bomb damage to the dam and dike system in
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a few miles southwest ofHanoiLand has not been a
primary targets Hanoi claims it was hit on 9, 10,
and 12 September.
Although the North Vietnamese are exaggerating
the damage done to the water system, the protest
probably reflects concern over US intentions. Like
recent propaganda over alleged use of poison gas in
South Vietnam, these charges also appear designed to
arouse world opinion over the effects of US military
action on the civilian population of the DRV0
A delegation of Vietnamese Liberation Front
officials is touring Eastern European capitals in an
apparent effort to secure further Communist support
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for the Viet Cong position on the war in South Viet-
nam. The group arrived in Sofia on 3 September
and received a Bulgarian pledge of support which
included an offer of volunteers '.'when necessary:'
The group next stopped in Budapest on 14 Septem-
ber for a ten-day visit. Their itinerary in Hungary
includes meetings with officials and a tour of the
provinces.
Vietnamese residents in Cambodia have be-
come "confused and somewhat discouraged" about
The disillusionment repo edly
stems from recent Vietnamese Communist propa-
ganda which, while still expressing confidence in
the Viet Cong's ultimate victory, has also stressed
the long, arduous course the war must yet follow
before victory is achieved. This is the first
evidence that the conflict inherent in the two themes
has begun to have an adverse effect on those sympa-
thetic to the Vietnamese Communist cause. I-
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India-Pakistan: (Information as of 4:30 AM EDT)
The fighting is continuing, but at a slightly reduced
rate, with diplomatic initiatives coming more to the
fore,
An Indian defense spokesman asserted yesterday
artillery can now hit Lahore airport. The deepest Paki-
stani penetration, the spokesman said, was in the Chhamb
area, where Pakistani forces are 10 to 14 miles inside
Indian Kashmir. He added that the Pakistanis appear to
have placed too much reliance on tanks, which the Indians
have been able to knock out.
that Indian forces had penetrated seven miles into Paki-
stani territory in the Lahore sector and that Indian
India also claims to have seized control of a railroad
line running betwen Sialkot and Pasrur, 30 miles to the
southeast. This railroad is an important link in Paki-
stan's defense system. Pakistan9 however, maintains
that the fighting at both Sialkot and Lahore remains at a
stalemate.
U Thant yesterday sent a new appeal to both sides
calling for a cease-fire to take effect this morning.
Following the cease-fire Thant would have attempted to
work out further provisions acceptable to both India and
Pakistani India promptly accepted this proposal, con-
ditional on similar acceptance by the Pakistani side; how-
ever, Ayub rejected the offer in a letter to the Secretary
General last night, Indian reaction to this development
was a foreign ministry statement that the war would con-
tinue with "unabated vigor."
At a. press conference yesterday, Ayub publicly ap-
pealed to President Johnson to take a direct hand in set-
tling the dispute. Ayub referred to the achievement of
the de facto cease-fire in the Rann of Kutch crisis as a
model for the present situation and stated that Pakistan's
demand f or a plebiscite within three months could be
negotiated.
The US Embassy in Karachi comments that the Paki-
stanis would now probably accept a cease-fire that fell
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short of its standard demand for a withdrawal of all
forces from Kashmir and a subsequent- plebiscite since
the primary Pakistani objective, which was to create
a situation which could force international considera-
tion of the Kashmir question,, has long since been ac-
complished. EAmbassador Mcconaughy believes that
the exact terms of an armistice could be quickly ar-~
ranged so far as Pakistan was concerned if the Paki-
stanis felt a reasonable assurance that their basic aims
regardiDg a Kashmir settlement and long-term security
vis-a-vis India would be advanced. Such assurances
have not been spelled out but probably would prove un-
acceptable to India at this time
[The ambassador believes that the Pakistani re-
lationship with Communist China does not inhibit Paki-
stani flexibility on Kashmir, but notes that Pakistani
terms regarding a settlement of the dispute will appear
quite reasonableif the Pakistanis do we 11 militarily,
but will seem far less, reasonable if the Indians appear
to be winning in the field,,
In a conversation with Ambassador McConaughy,
the Vir"anian foreign minister reported that Ayub, in his
discussions with the Turks and Iranians on 146-15 Sep-
tember, appeared flexible, forthcorning,, and highly
desirous of reaching a, fuller understanding with the US;
Ayub reportedly very largely agreed with Turkish and
Iranian representations that the fighting must be stopped
before Pakistan's military potential was -wholly dis-
sipated. J, )
(The Pakistani president also reportedly proposed
an Iranian mission, to Moscow, London and Washington
to make clear the Pakistani position in the dispute. This
mission,, which has yet to receive the approval of the
Shah, would attempt to set the stage for direct US-Paki-
stani talks "ranging across the entire board:' Ayub re-
portedly would like full f ace-to-f ace discussions and
complete restoration of traditional US-Pakistani rela-
tions~
Poth Ayub and Foreign Minister Bhutto reportedly
were highly gratified by Secretary Rusk's statement on
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Kashmir yesterday and by the US role in keeping the con-
flict from spreading to East Pakistan.
Ayub said that Pakistan was
prepare z necessary to be a satellite of the US" as
long as this did not involve becoming a satellite of India
in collaboration with the US.
One aspect of what appears to be the present Paki-
stani concern is the POL situation. Representatives of
Esso in Karachi told the embassy on 14 September that
Pakistani refinery stocks were low and that a crippling
shortage was in prospect if a tanker did not arrive in
two or three days. Indian and Norwegian tanker crews
have been reluctant to come into Karachi during the
present hostilities. Pakistani refinery consumption has
evidently been cut from a normal 7,000 tons a day to
5,500 tons. The embassy estimates that Pakistani POL
stocks are only adequate for four to five days starting
14 September, although several tankers are due in
Karachi between 18 and 21 September.
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A Turkish foreign ministry official present at the
talks between Turkish Premier Urguplu and Pakistani
Air Marshal Asghar Khan told the US Embassy in Ankara
that Urguplu categorically stated that Turkey could not
provide Pakistan with planes, pilots, and spare parts,
but did assure Asghur Khan that as much assistance as
possible from purely Turkish resources would be given.
However, an official of the Indian foreign ministry has
indicated that India believes that Turkey is willing to
provide Pakistan with spare parts for F-86s, radar de-
vices, bazookas, mortars, and shellsm The Indians also
claim that small arms have already been flown into Paki-
stan from. Turkey, and that a considerable quantity of
small arms and ammunition, including bazookas, antiair-
craft guns and anti-tank ammunition is on the way by ship.
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Netherlands- Indonesia-. The Dutch have demon-
strate i their willingness to expand economic re-
lations with Indonesia.
The communique issued after recent talks in
Djakarta indicated that some agreement will be
reached to bypass the question of compensation for
nationalized Dutch property valued at about $800
million,
In the meantime the Netherlands Government is
likely to continue providing Indonesia with export
credit guarantees. It will also permit Dutch firms
to contract economic agreements with the Indonesians,
such.. as the recent $166-million deal for construction,
of Fokker aircraft.
On a related issue affecting relations with
Indonesia, the Dutch probably will not insist on
raising at the coming; UN General Assembly session
the implementation of the 1962 West Irian accord
which provides for a plebiscite in the Indonesian-
administered territory by 1969,
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*Dominican Republic: The provisional govern-
ment installed on 3 September has now survived al-
most two weeks but the outlook is one of instability
and uncertainty.
As a first step to reduce tension President
Garcia Godoy managed, with the support of the Inter-
American Peace Force (IAPF), to bring about Gen-
eral Wessin's departure from the country. However,
the problem of peacefully reincorporating the rebel
zone into the normal structure of the country re-
mains pre-eminent. A start has been, made by the
dismantling of some rebel defenses and the return
of as many as 1,000 unarmed rebel militants to their
homes in the provinces. This return has been ac-
complished under the terms of the general amnesty
with only a few incidents.
The returning rebels have chosen the guise of
conquering heroes--a tactic which could easily pro-
voke clashes with wary army and police units. With
an unknown number of cached arms at their disposal,
some of the more extremist elements may seek to
carry out their intention to begin terrorism and guer-
rilla warfare campaigns once the IAPF leaves.
Arms collection, reintegration of rebel military
personnel, and reinstitution of law and order in the
downtown sector of Santo Domingo remain to be
accomplished.
Although the provisional government appears to
have been accepted by the general public, it lacks a
broad political base and ultimately must depend on
the Dominican military. Garcia Godoy will be under
pressure to bring about the departure of the IAPF--
which would leave him dependent upon the military.
Many of the military are deeply suspicious and fearful
of the president's intentions.
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is upset over Hector Garcia Godoyts actions. Rivera
has reportedly stated that unless what he feels is the
growing influence of the Left is curbed, he will be
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