CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Release Date: February 28, 2003
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• Publication Date: April 15, 1967
• Content Type: REPORT

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DIRECTORATE OF
INTELLIGENCE
Central Intelligence Bulletin
DEPT OF STATE review(s) completed.
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15 April 1967
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15 April 1967
Central Intelligence Bulletin
CONTENTS
Vietnam: Current: situation report. (Page 1)
Britain - South Arabia: British delay decision on
South Arabia until after UN mission visits London.
(Page 4)
Jordan: Parliamentary elections
(Page 5)
Syria-Israel: Tension on frontier (Page 5)
Greece: Parliament dissolved (Page 6)
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*Vietnam: (Information as of 4:30 AM EST)
Military Developments in South Vietnam: Although
no major action occurred in the northern provinces of
South Vietnam on 14- 15 April, American reconnais-
sance patrols engaged in widely scattered. small- unit
skirmishes in the area south of the DMZ.
Additional evidence of the Viet Cong's intent to
soften up the population of the northern area both for
major military actions and for countermeasures against
the US/GVN pacification program was contained in a
report of local Viet Cong meetings held in Thua Thien
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Viet ong
cadre are telling e people that the Communists plan
to enlarge their area of control, "besiege Hue," and
"take Quang Tri and Thua Thien provinces at any cost."
The people were reportedly told of specific plans
to counter pacification efforts through "sabotage" of
model pacification hamlets, and the Communists pro-
fessed to be establishing a special village for families
who desert government areas. They urged the people
attending the meeting to steal copies of the guidelines
for Revolutionary Development teams to help the Viet
Cong in preparing leaflets designed to misrepresent
the pacification effort to the people.
Communist prisoners
geted in part against the pacification program in these
two provinces. (Map)
have also alluded to a major "summer campaign" tar-
strongest civilian contenders, might step aside in view
of the assembly's key role in drafting the electoral laws.
Political Developments in South Vietnam: The re-
election of Phan Khac Suu by the Constituent Assembly
as its chairman during its interim tenure as a limited
legislative body may enhance Suu's stature as a candi-
date for South Vietnam's future presidency. There had
been some speculation that Suu, already one of the
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Britain - South Arabia: London is awaiting the
results of Lord Shackleton's visit to Aden and of the
United Nations mission's visit to London before decid-
ing what to do next about South Arabia.
The British would like to salvage some role for the
UN despite the failure of the mission's visit to Aden
last week. Mission members- -possibly prodded by
UN Secretary General U Thant--have said they want to
continue their work. They are claiming that a dif-
ference exists between the cooperative treatment
they received in London and the obstructive attitude of
British officials in Aden.
London expects Lord Shackleton, who is minister
without portfolio, to stay in Aden about two weeks.
He will take up the continuing problem of finding a
constitutional formula which will reconcile the Adeni
nationalists to inclusion in a federation. He will fol-
low up London's mid-March proposal to give the fed-
eral government independence on 1 November 1967 and
to station a British naval force in the Gulf of Aden for
six months afterward to resist external aggression.
British officials believe the federal government may ac-
cept the 1 November date if London will keep ground
forces in Aden for three to six months and provide a
naval force for a somewhat longer period. These terms,
if accepted, would allow London to meet its commit-
ment to remove all its forces from Aden by the end
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Jordan: The government appears prepared to
deal with any disturbances which might arise during
today's parliamentary elections. Police in Nablus,
scene of serious disturbances last winter, moved
early this month to confiscate leaflets- -apparently
originating with the Egyptians-- calling for a boycott
of the elections and threatening participants with death.
The public generally is reported to be indifferent to
the elections, but government moves to control the
outcome may add to the frustrations of the Palestin-
iansQ
Syria-Israel: Both countries have added to ten-
sions along the frontier. Israel has positioned troops
in two of the three demilitarized zones, and the Syrians,
who fired twice this week on Israelis cultivating dis-
puted territory within the zones, are claiming that
even more plots should be added to those already in
dispute. UN observers trying to damp down the ten-
sions are getting little cooperation from either side
and fear that new incidents will occur.
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Greece: Elections have been set for 28 May
under the National Radical Union government of
premier Kanellopoulos, following his dissolution of
Parliament yesterday. Opposition leader Papandreou,
who condemned the action in advance, has made it
clear that the monarchy is now a prime issue. The
prospect of a Papandreou victory in elections could
cause the _government to take extraconstitutional
action,
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