CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 11, 2002
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 27, 1967
• Content Type: REPORT

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Centr~cl Intelligence Bulletin
CONTENTS
Vietnam: Current situation report. (Page 1)
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Communist China: Peking continues efforts to
counter effects of cultural revolution on economy,
especially agriculture. (Page 4)
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*Vietnam: (Information as of 4:30 AM EST)
Political Developments in South Vietnam: Politi-
cal activity is beginning to intensify as the constitu-
tional process nears completion.
Review of the constitution by the Congress of the
Armed Forces--the final step before promulgation--
may take place today. Although the Congress is ex-
pected to approve the document without change, its
discussions may surface some lingering military re-
sentment over the compromise worked out by Premier
Ky with the Constituent .Assembly.
Ky, meanwhile, is apparently trying to ensure
that. he, rather than Chief of State Thieu, will be the
militaryfs candidate for president. He publicly in-
dicated last week that the Armed Forces Congress
would not formally decide the issue since it "is not a
political party:'
At least three civilians are presently in the race--
Constituent Assembly chairman Phan Khac Suu, Revo-
lutionary Dai Viet Party leader Ha Thuc Ky, and south-
ern ex-premier Tran Van Huong who expects to announce
his candidacy in a few weeks, when the constitution has
been promulgated. Jockeying among them, and among
the military, for support is evident, with only Suuts
ticket apparently firm at this time.
A Buddhist funeral procession in Saigon yesterday,
staged by the militants and temporarily obstructed by
police, may represent an initial testing of strength to-
ward renewed political action, a tactic used by the Bud-
dhists in the past. Although one immediate spark may
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have been the recent arrest of a prominent layman for
draft dodging, there have been indications for some
time that the militants are moving cautiously to try to
regain influence, possibly by capitalizing on desires
for peace. The Buddhists, as such, show little inter-
est in the- opportunities to compete in the coming e1ec-
tions.
The Military Situation in South Vietnam: US and
Sauth Vietnamese forces fought a series of sharp en-
gagements with Viet Cong/North Vietnamese troops
over the weekend in widely scattered parts of South
Vietnam.. Preliminary casualty reports indicate that
more than 400 enemy soldiers were killed while
friendly forces lost over 60 killed and some .260
wounded. The heaviest fighting occurred in northern-
most Quang Tri Province where US Marine forces are
conducting Operations PRAIRIE III and BEACON HILL I
north of uan Tri Cit .
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Communist China: Peking is continuing its efforts
to counter the disruptive effect of the cultural revolu-
tion on the national economy,
Premier Chou En-tai told industrial and mining workers
in Peking on 22 March that industry is the "leading factor"
in the national economy and urged them to emulate and sur-
pass the efforts of the peasants.
There is no evidence so far of any significant losses
in industrial production, although Peking is clearly de-
termined to minimize any damage to this sector of the
economy. The resolution adopted by the- Peking workers
conference called upon the workers to maintain the eight-
hour day and to participate in the cultural revolution only
"during nonworking hours. "
The regime continues to be primarily concerned with
organizing spring cultivation. It has curbed attacks on
production cadre .and restricted the time spent on mass
activities. On 19 March, Chou En-lai repeated an earlier
injunction in People's Daily which ordered a cessation
of "power seizures" in the countryside, even where seiz-
ures were "justified. "
To guard food production, the regime has called on
the army to reimpose discipline an peasants and to re-
store or replace the authority of rural cadre whose
services have been belatedly recognized as vital. As
of mid-March, neither of these objectives appeared to
have been realized. The army is now forming leader-
ship committees to incorporate cadre who are still ef-
fective with military and peasant representatives.
It is unlikely that spring farm work this year will be
up to that of normal years. There are reports of food
shortages :in southeast and southwest China, Peking,
however, probably has sufficient grain and the capability
to, prevent widespread famine.
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