CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: December 20, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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DIRECTORATE OF
INTELLIGENCE
Central Intelligence Bulletin
State Dept., JCS reviews completed
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20 December 1966
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20 December 1966
Central Intelligence Bulletin
CONTENTS
VIETNAM: Current situation report. (Page 1)
FRANCE-USSR: Economic cooperation may undercut
EEC policies. (Page 2)
EGYPT-USSR: Soviets have agreed to meet Cairo's
wheat requirements. (Page 3)
IRAQ: Kurdish rebels seeking new sources of sup-
port in struggle against government. (Page 4)
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NIGERIA: Political negotiations.
CHILE: Labor problems.
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*Vietnam: (Information as of 4:30 AM EST)
The Military Situation in South Vietnam: US
units participating in Operation THAYER II, report
only light contact with the enemy as they continue
to sweep the area of operations in Binh Dinh Prov-
ince, 37 miles northwest of Qui Nhon.
Enemy casualties as the result of the weekend's
fighting stand at 131 killed and three captured. The
enemy unit--a battalion of the 18th NVA Regiment--
appears to have largely disengaged from the fight.
Friendly losses in this operation stand at 34 killed,
81 wounded, and one missing.
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France-USSR: French Foreign Ministry sources
say the major accomplishment of the Kosygin visit was
the establishment of a framework for economic cooper-
ation.
During the visit, the two countries established a
high-level commission to coordinate economic, scien-
tific and technical cooperation and to organize groups
to study specific problems. De Gaulle hopes that this
multiplicity of contacts will forward his goal of detente
in Europe.
France's willingness to press for bilateral eco-
nomic ties could lead to more problems with its allies.
Foreign Ministry officials have indicated that the govern-
ment is considering whether to remain in COCOM, the
Western committee for coordinating policy on the sale
of strategic items to Communist countries.
There has been some criticism in the French
press of the government's policy toward the USSR.
The government has been accused of acting as if the
European Economic Community did not exist. This
presumably is a reference to the fact that bilateral
arrangements might undercut Common Market treaty
provisions for the eventual development of a common
commercial policy.
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Egypt-USSR: President Nasir claims that Egypt
will be able to meet its current wheat requirements
with the help of the USSR.
He told the Canadian ambassador on 11 December
that Moscow had agreed to ship some of the 850, 000r
tons Egypt needs through mid-1967, and to lend Egypt
the foreign exchange to purchase the balance through
commercial channels, I
A Soviet commitment of this nature would be a
significant departure for Moscow, which has not been
open-handed in helping to relieve Egypt's food short-
age. The Soviets had encouraged Nasir to seek as-
sistance elsewhere, and some Soviet officials have
even encouraged the US to continue PL-480 aid to
Cairo. The excellent Soviet harvest this year en-
ables the USSR to export wheat.
Soviet assistance to Egypt in this field could
bring more pressure on Moscow from India and
other countries that are also seeking grain.
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Iraq: The Kurdish rebels are seeking new sources
of support in their long struggle against the Iraqi Govern-
ment.
Iran, which had long supported them, cut off most
of its help last summer when the Kurds agreed to an
armistice with Baghdad. Last week,
an emissary of Kurdish rebel chief-
tain Mulla us a a Barzani arrived in Amman with a
plea for funds. Barzani claims that the situation in
Kurdistan is so desperate that he is considering decamp-
ing for Europe.
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The Shah is eager to establish .:
friendly relations with the Iraqi Government, and wants
to avoid giving Barzani any real encouragement,
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The Iraqi regime, meanwhile, is moving,very
slowly in its promised rehabilitation of the Kurdish
areas. Should the crisis involving the Iraqi' Petro-
leum Company seriously deplete Iraqi finances, funds
earmarked for Kurdish development would probably
be the first to suffer.
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Nigeria: British troubleshooter Malcolm.
MacDonald's talks with Supreme Commander Gowon
and Eastern military governor Ojukwu have not
brought the two appreciably closer to agreement.
Ojukwu continues to make demands unacceptable to
Gowon, but MacDonald is trying to draft a compromise
statement which would make a meeting of the two
possible. Both Ojukwu and Gowon agreed that if a
compromise is not reached in the next few weeks, it
might be too late to preserve any form of Nigerian
unity.
Chile: The strike of public health workers is
continuing into its third week, with the government
apparently determined not to exceed its offer of a 20-
percent wage increase. Soldiers are stationed at all
major oints.
Mediation efforts have so
far been fruitless.
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