CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: February 20, 1967
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DIRECTORATE OF
INTELLIGENCE
Central Intelligence Bulletin
DEPT OF STATE review(s) completed.
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20 February 1967
Central Intelligence Bulletin
CONTENTS
Vietnam: Current situation report. (Page 1)
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Guatemala: Increased urban terrorism results
from Communist split. (Page 6)
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*Vietnam: (Information as of 4:30 AM EST)
Political Developments in South Vietnam: ,There
are increasing indications that Premier Ky expects to
be the military's candidate for president under the new
constitution
Ky recently designated Nguyen Huu Chi, a former
civilian province chief in central Vietnam, as special
assistant to the premier's office and as his personal
campaign mana er,
Chi s duties reportedly will include
lining up suitable running mates for Ky and potential
province chiefs who might be appointed to help Ky get
elected.
LKy also desires to accept an invitation to address
a press.group in the United States in April, apparently
in the belief that such a visit would boost his presiden-
tial chances.]
,Despite Ky's apparently growing confidence, there
is no indication that Chief of State Thieu, the other lead-
ing military presidential hopeful, has decided not to run.
Thieu is believed to have considerable high-level mili-
tary support, but he is alleged to have told a Constituent
Assembly member recently that he would withdraw in
Ky's favor rather than split the military over the issue
Backers of civilian presidential aspirants, in an ef-
fort to assess civilian prospects, are eyeing the possi-
ble outcome of the Ky-Thieu contest and its effect on
military unity. The campaign manager for one leading
civilian prospect recently told a US Embassy officer that
it was increasingly evident that no civilian regime could
govern without military support, and that military unity
was essential for future stability.
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[The Constituent Assembly, meanwhile, has ensured
Premier Ky's eligibility for the future presidency by set-
ting the minimum age qualification at 35 rather than 40
as demanded by some southern deputies. The assembly,
on 17 February, began to debate the chapter of the draft
constitution dealing with the executive branch, after com-
pleting the section on the legislative branch.]
The Military Situation in South Vietnam: A large-
scale Allied campaign to drive elements of two North
Vietnamese/Viet Cong divisions out of the heavily popu-
lated coastal lowlands of Quang Ngai Province resulted
in some heavy action over the weekend.
A South Vietnamese airborne battalion, one of seven
participating in Operation LIEN KET 81, was attacked by
an estimated enemy battalion at dawn on 19 February in
an area about ten miles northwest of Quang Ngai City.
Both sides sustained casualties in the ensuing 12-hour
bloody battle. Cumulative casualties since the inception
of the operation show 44 South Vietnamese soldiers killed
and 186 wounded as against 281 enemy killed. A large
number of Communist weapons were also captured.
LIEN KET 81, a search and destroy operation, is
being coordinated with South Korean Marine Operation
GIANT DRAGON and US Marine Operation RIO GRANDE.
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Guatemala: The continuing split between the Com-
munist Party (PGT) and its action group, the Rebel
Armed Forces (FAR), has resulted in stepped-up
terrorism in Guatemala City?
The recent killings have been carried out by a
special FAR guerrilla team which entered the capital
from the northeast to take retaliatory measures against
armed forces officers who have allegedly participated
in counterguerrilla actiono
jThe new FAR group is operating in the capital be-
cause the PGT and its urban terrorist units have not
been willing to take the measures believed necessary
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to popular air force officer was killed on 16 Feb-
ruary and an unsuccessful -attempt was made on another
one later that day. The following day a policeman was
killed and a resulting exchange of fire in a residential
district caused at least one more death. In addition
several persons have been wounded and at least two in-
nocent bystanders killed. Guerrilla casualties are not
definitely known, but two may have been captured.
_'A great deal of anger has been generated among the
military, and although tempers seem to have returned
to more normal levels, it is possible that the government
may be pressured to take stronger steps against the
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as a haven. The ineffectual chiefs of the judicial and
national police have been replaced in an effort to placate
the 'military .
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