CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: December 30, 1965
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CENTRAL
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BULLETIN
CURRENT INTELLIGENCE
RELATING TO NATIONAL SECURITY
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CONTENTS
1. Vietnam,. Current situation report. (Page 1)
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Panama.-, Anti-US student demonstrations likely on
2 January. (Page 6)
Guatemala~, Communists to start terrorism against
US and Guatemalan military personnel. (Page 7)
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*Vietnam: (information as of 4:30 AM EST)
The Military Situation in South Vietnam: Viet
Cong activity yesterday centered in the coastal prov-
ince of Quang Ngai, where enemy forces overran the
district headquarters of Minh Long after apparently
staging a diversionary attack nearby and blocking a
potential route for relief forces.
A forward air controller reported the district
headquarters at Minh Long deserted at midday, but
directed tactical air strikes on Communist troops
observed in the vicinity. Fif ty Viet Cong were esti-
mated killed. Government and civilian casualties
sustained during the enemy attack are not available.
At last report, government troops were preparing
to move into the area,
Earlier, Viet Cong forces had directed light
mortar fire on the neaxby district town of Mo Duc
and inflicted at least moderate casualties on govern-
ment units guarding three bridges along Route 1 be-
tween Mo Duc and the provincial capital, Quang
Nghai city. There were no casualties reported in
the district town, but the bridges were destroyed.
In the delta area, Communist forces yesterday
overran a government outpost in Vinh Long Province,
inflicting heavy casualties on its defenders. Small
scale activity continued yesterday in Long An Prov-
ince, where seven government outposts reported
enemy harassing fire or light probing action. There
were no government casualties suffered during this
series of actions.
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Political Developments in South Vietnam: South
Vietnamese officials have reportedly hinted that they
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will observe a tacit cease-fire during the upcoming
lunar new year holidays, but are publicly asserting
their doubts in the good faith of the Communists,
Foreign Minister Tran Van Do yesterday described
his government as firmly opposed under present
conditions to any formal cease-fire or official peace
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negotiations, but did not rule out Saigon's willing-
ness to engage in "corridor discussions." In addition,
Premier Ky recently declared that his government
would never yield to the military or political presence
of the Viet Cong in South Vietnam
Communist Political Developments In a 28 De-
cember reply to a Christmas message from Pope
Paul, North Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh again
reiterated Hanoi's basic stand on a settlement in
Vietnam, Ho's reply, broadcast by Hanoi radio on
29 December, charged that US leaders "want war and
not peace" President Johnson's statements about un-
conditional negotiations. Ho asserted, "are merely a
maneuver to cover up his plan" for further intensifica-
tion and escalation of the war. To restore peace in
Vietnam,, he stated, the US must "completely and un-
conditionally end its bombings and all acts of war
against the DRV;" it also must stop the "aggression"
in South Vietnam, withdraw US troops., and let the
Vietnamese settle their own affairs.
Ho's call for complete cessation of US "war" acts
against the DRV echoes the continuing Hanoi charges
that American aircraft are still carrying out "provoca-
tive" flights over North Vietnam. Hanoi assailed
alleged US overflights of two of its southern provinces
on 28 December in a protest yesterday to the ICC,
Neither Hanoi nor Peking has yet mentioned the
upcoming Shelepin visit to the DRV., The Chinese,
however, appear to be growing increasingly nervous
over the possible expansion of Soviet influence with
the North Vietnamese. In a People's Daily article
yesterday, the Chinese leveled a strong new blast at
Moscow's calls for "united action" by the bloc on
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Vietnam, and charged that the Soviets are trying
with such tactics to sow dissension and undermine
the friendship between the Chinese and Vietnamese.
It is probable that Peking's ire has been raised in
part by the recent warm propaganda interchanges
between Moscow and Hanoi following the visit of
the DRV economic delegation to the USSR earlier
this month.,
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Panama. Student demonstrations against the
US presence in Panama are likely on the anniversary
of the anti-US riots of 9-11 January 1964.
Probably with an eye to the anniversary, Na-
tional Assembly deputy Carlos Ivan Zuniga has
attacked the canal issue once again. Zuniga is a pro-
Communist demagogue who is one of the most effec-
tive members of the assembly,
He is apparently seeking to indict the Robles
government for allowing the training of Latin Amer-
ican military officers at US installations in the
Canal Zone. In an interview on 25 December, he
charged that special schools in the Zone -are used
to educate military leaders who are "predisposed
to maintain unpopular and antidemocratic govern-
ments in the hemisphere, " Zuniga maintained that
the Hay - Bunau-Varilla Treaty of 1903, governing
US administration of the Zone, does not provide for
such training facilities or for what he called the
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Zuniga's anti-US strictures will find a recep-
tive audience among Panamanian student groups.
Widespread suspicion that the current US-Panamanian
negotiations will result in less than full recognition
of Panama's "sovereignty's' over the Canal Zone
provides a ready-mad issue for Panamanian leftists
and ultranationalists.
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*Guatemala.- The Guatemalan Communist Party
terrorist arm--the FAR--may begin terrorist acts
Reportedly the terrorists will also attempt to bomb
selected installations in Guatemala City, possibly in-
cluding the US Embassy. While these activities are not
fdefinitelygrelated to the current coup plots, renewed
terrorist acts, by causing a breakdown in public security,
could embarrass and further weaken the government
thereby hastening a rightist coup attempt.
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RUSSR., The Kremlin's choice of party secretary
Aleksandr Shelepin to head its forthcoming mission to
Hanoi is further evidence of his high standing in the
Soviet hierarchy. Statements by high Soviet officials
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following Shelepin's release from his governmental
duties early this month suggested that the move to
full-time party work may have been a step upward for
the ambitious young party leader. Reports at the time
that Shelepin had become Brezhnev's "deputy" or the
"number two man" on the secretariat are still not con-
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Hanoi mission indicates that he has the confidence
the Soviet leadership.
UK-Rhodesia.- The most recent Gallup poll shows
the strongest suppor f to date for Prime Minister Wil-
son's "get tough" policy toward the Rhodesian rebel
regime. The poll, taken after the government's im-
position of an oil embargo, shows 59 percent approving
Wilson's policy. In a supplemental poll, 39 percent
thought Wilson's policy was about right, 34 percent
not strong enough, and only 14 percent favored more
moderate action, These results will strengthen, Wil-
son's hand in instituting any additional punitive meas-
ures against the Smith regime and will blunt the force
of opposition criticism of his Rhodesian policy,
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announced any steps he may take in the aftermath of
the fighting in Santiago, despite having indicated to
Ambassador Bennett that he hoped to do so last night.
The President, who is conscious of the tense situation,
is thinking of moving against both the rebels and the
regular military. Such measures--which might in-
clude the replacement of air force chief De Los Santos
and the closure of the rebel military camp--would prob-
ably provoke dissatisfaction on both sides as the two
factions are intent on obtaining vindication of their own
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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
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