CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: September 16, 1966
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CENTRAL
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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE
RELATING TO NATIONAL SECURITY
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
CONTENTS
122 transmitted to
2. the US for the first Photographs
tifrom Cosmos me. (Page 3)
1. Vietnam: Current situation report. (Page 1)
4. Congo (Kinshasa): Mobutu moves to strengthen his
position in two troublesome provinces. (Page 5)
6. Communist China: Peking leaders to continue using
Red Guards against party opponents at local level.
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7. Notes: US-USSR; Chinese Representation; France.
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*Vietnam: (Information as of 4:30 AM EDT)
Political Developments in South Vietnam: With
the constituent assembly election now over, the long-
rumored replacement of Deputy Premier Co and IV
Corps commander Quang may take place in the near
future.
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mier Ky recently confronted General o with e ac
cusation that Co was planning a coup supported by two
currently unassigned generals. Coup rumors were
circulating in the capital just prior to the 11 Septem-
ber elections, but it is not clear whether these rumors
had any validity or whether they were spread by Ky's
supporters to lay the groundwork for a future move
against General Co.
Earlier this month, Premier Ky reportedly stated
that he had proof of plotting against the government by
IV Corps commander General Quang.
In another development, press reports this morn-
ing state that militant Buddhist monk Tri Quang has an-
nounced an end to his 100-day-old hunger strike. He
said he was ordered to do so by Buddhist patriarch
Tinh Khiet and that he needed to stay alive to carry on
the struggle against the Ky government. Quang had at
one time indicated that he would obey any such order
from Tinh Khiet.. The US Embassy notes, however, that
these press reports remain unconfirmed, and one Bud-
dhist source has denied that Quang has ended his fast.
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The Military Situation in South Vietnam: There
have been no reports of significant contact with enemy
forces during the past 24 hours.
One reinforced battalion of US Marines yesterday
initiated Operation DECK HOUSE IV about three miles
south of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in Quang Tri
Province. The operation is designed to assist other
US troops already in place along the DMZ in prevent-
ing a Communist buildup in the country's northernmost
province. There were no immediate reports of any
enemy contact.
Elsewhere yesterday, a battalion of the US 25th
Infantry Division initiated Operation LANIKAI in Long
An Province about 20 miles southwest of Saigon. The
Viet Cong 2nd Battalion, with an estimated strength
of 400 men, is reported to be in the area. (Map)
Military Developments in North Vietnam: Prelim-
inary analysis of photography taken on 1 September in-
dicates the presence of a new North Vietnamese SAM
site--No. 136--about 55 miles from the DMZ. If con-
firmed, this site will represent the furthest southward
extension of DRV surface-to-air missile defenses.
The North Vietnamese may have decided to move
SA-2 missile equipment into this area to counter the
heavy US tactical air activity near the DMZ or to at-
tempt to shoot down a B-52. Photography of a vehicle
park located less than a mile from the suspected site
reveals the pr sence of several SA-2s loaded on trans-
porters.
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USSR: Cloud pictures hoto ra hed by Cosmos
122, the Soviet meteorological satellite, were trans-
mitted to the United States for the first time this week.
On 17 August the Soviets began sending
cloud analysis charts based on to the US
television and infrared
photography from Cosmos 122, claiming that these charts
fulfilled the 1962 US-USSR agreement to exchange satel-
lite
weather data. The agreement, however, stipulates that the actual photographs as well as analyses are to be
exchanged.
Although the photographs were degraded in electrical
transmission to the US, their resolution is adequate to
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lution was comparable to that of the US weather satellites.
The usefulness of the photographs for forecasting pur-
poses was reduced because they were not transmitted to
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The Soviets have an-
nounce that a system composed o
two or three satellites
will be required to establish an operational USSR-wide
weather system. Such a system.is not expected to be o -
erational for at least a year.
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Congo (Kinshasa): President Mobutu has moved to
strengthen his position in two perennially troublesome
provinces.
The Congolese radio announced yesterday that the
governors and vice-governors of Sud-Katanga and Sud-
Kivu would be detained in Kinshasa (Leopoldville) until
two investigative commissions have reported on their
suspected subversive activity. Military commanders
were ordered to assume administrative control in the
two provinces.
By this means Mobutu seems to be seeking a po-
litical hold in two remote provinces which Congolese
governments have rarely been able to control, and
where there is considerable sentiment favorable to
former premier Tshombe. Any popular resistance or
opposition from the Sud-Katanga police force--which
is loyal to Governor Munongo--woul the
capabilities of the Congolese Army.
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*Communist China: The ruling leadership in Peking
evidently intends to continue using the Red Guards
against opponents in local party committees through-
out the country.
Speaking to a mammoth rally in Peking yester-
day, Defense Minister Lin Piao told Red Guards from
all over the country that their activities had already
created "utter consternation" among powerful party
leaders who are "taking the capitalist road. " Re-
peating what he had said at similar rallies on 18 and
31 August, Lin Piao declared that striking down such
people was the main object of the cultural revolution.
Lin Piao urged the revolutionary youth to go home
and "bombard the headquarters. " There have been
many reports in the past two weeks that Red Guard
shock units were engaging in violent demonstrations
against party committee headquarters in cities, prov-
inces, and regions. Some local leaders have been
goaded into fighting back, an action which could make
them vulnerable to a charge made by Lin Piao that
some people are opposing Mao by "instigating" at-
tacks on Red Guards.
Lin's remarks were balanced by a relatively
moderate speech by Premier Chou En-lai, who said
that "to facilitate production" Red Guards should
stay away from factories and farms. Chou was
clearly concerned over the disruptive effect ram-
paging Red Guards could have on economic produc-
tion.
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specialist who has just been elevated into the elite
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The 15 September rally was again used to display
the new lineup of party leaders unveiled last month.
It was attended by Mao Tse-tung, his "close comrade-
in-arms" Lin Piao--the only leader now receiving
this accolade--and Chou En-lai and 19 other "leading
comrades" of the central committee. The meeting
was opened by Kang Sheng, a longtime intelligence
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NOTES
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US-USSR: Moscow has again shown its willingness
to cooperate with the US in limited areas unrelated to
Vietnam. Foreign Minister Gromyko told Ambassador
Kohler on 14 September that he might be ready to sign
a US-Soviet civil air transport agreement during his
forthcoming visit to New York. Gromyko's statement
was in response to a recent US initiative on the agree-
ment, which has been under consideration since 1961.
Chinese Representation: Foreign Minister Valdes
told Ambassador Dungan on 14 September that he be-
lieved that Chile would have to abstain again this year
on an "Albanian-type resolution" that would admit Com-
munist China to the UN and expel Nationalist China.
He said he had not yet checked this position with Presi-
dent Frei, however. Chile's surprise abstention on the
"Albanian" resolution last year broke the solid Latin
American opposition to Communist Chinese member-
ship.
France: The French have come out against US-
supported proposals for giving the World Bank a co-
ordinating role in African development aid. French
economic officials have told Ambassador Merchant,
US director on the bank's board, that they see no
merit in an increased role for the bank in this field.
The negative French attitude may inhibit support by
the EEC countries, a number of which had expressed
interest in the proposals, and could prevent participa-
tion by the communit as such in any World Bank con-
sultative group.
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