CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: June 28, 1967
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28 June 1967
Central Intelligence Bulletin
CONTENTS
Egypt - Israel: Factional maneuvering in Nasir re-
gime may have reached critical stage. (Page 1)
United Nations: Compromise resolution designed to
counter simple troop withdrawal motion. (Page 2)
Vietnam: Ky and Thieu choose southerners as run-
ning mates. (Page 3)
Britain-Aden: London's military restraint has en-
couraged the terrorists to press their advantage.
(Page 4)
Burma - Communist China: Relations likely to de-
teriorate following anti-Chinese incidents in Rangoon.
(Page 5)
Ivory Coast - Guinea: Guinean foreign minister's
detention Page 6
Sudan- USSR: Military aid (Page 7)
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*Egypt - Israel: Postwar factional maneuvering
within Nasir's regime may have reached a critical
stage.
Press reports from Cairo state that Egyptian
armed forces are on maximum alert and that the
tightest security measures since the war have been
instituted. While these measures are probably part
of an effort to reorganize Egypt's shattered defenses,
they may also be motivated by concern for the re-
gime's internal security.
there has been a re-
surgence of unrest within the army, partly as the re-
sult of frustration or opportunism, but in some cases
based on resentment toward Nasir.7
Whatever the truth of the situation, it seems likely
that a postwar struggle for "influence"- -possibly mean-
ing control--over Nasir and the government apparatus
is still in progress. Of related interest in this context
Ito the effect that one of Podgorny's
missions during his visit there was to get Nasir to
legalize Egypt's Communist Party.
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*United Nations: [A group composed mostly of West-
ern nations is working to devise a compromise resolu-
tion designed to head off the possible coalescence of a
two-thirds majority around the simple call for the with-
drawal of Israeli forces-,
[The group's resolution, being coordinated by the
Danish representative, Hans Tabor, would give promi-
nence to a call for the withdrawal of armed forces, but
would link it to the termination of belligerency and to
other elements of a constructive solution to Middle East
problems. It would also recommend that the Security
Council request U Thant to send an eminent world states-
man to the Middle East to consult with the disputants
with a view to establishing peace and security in the area
on the basis of these guidelines. .
,Tabor estimates that such a resolution could obtain
over 60 votes, or more than either the Soviet resolution
or a simple withdrawal resolution being prepared by non-
aligned nations led by India and Yugoslavia. This favor-
able outlook is the result of the improved attitude of Latin
American countries, which had originally been attracted by
simple withdrawal, and of successful Western lobbying
among the African states.
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viet resolutions. The Italian draft might attempt to deal
with Jerusalem without going as far as did the Vatican,
which has called for the internationalization of the Old
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line with free access to the holy places.
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*Vietnam: (Information as of 4:30 AM EDT)
Political Developments in South Vietnam: Both
Premier Ky and Chief of State Thieu have chosen
southern civilians as running mates as the 30 June
deadline for filing presidential nominations nears.
Ky has named Nguyen Van Loc, a prominent Con-
fucianist and current president of the Peoples Army
Council, a governmental advisory body. Thieu's choice
is Trinh Quoc Khanh, a member of the delta-based Hoa
Hao religious sect.
Both Ky and Thieu clearly expect to profit at the
polls by choosing southerners as running mates who
will balance their tickets. In Ky's case, a southerner
will be useful to offset the political liability of his north-
ern origin. Thieu, on the other hand, probably hopes
to draw off some votes in the delta where Ky has recently
gained influence among the Hoa Hao.
Meanwhile, retired General Duong Van Minh (Big
Minh) stated publicly in Bangkok yesterday his intention
to run for president. Minh claimed that he was being
thwarted from running by the refusal of the GVN ambas-
sador in Thailand to give him a visa to return home. He
reportedly also said that he had cabled Ky, Thieu, and
Provisional National Assembly chairman Phan Khac Suu
requesting permission to return to Saigon to file his can-
didacy. UIn a talk with a US official, Minh indicated that
if action is not taken on his request before 30 June he
will expose Ky's delaying actions.
The Military Situation in South Vietnam: A lull in
Communist- initiated major military activity continues.
Only isolated and relatively minor attacks have been
mounted against allied positions throughout the country.
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Britain-Aden: ;London's policy of military re-
straint in Aden evidently has encouraged the terrorists
to press their advantage.
the Brit-
ish have not used the military force needed to reoc-
cupy the Crater district because they believe the re-
sulting loss of civilian life would further alienate the
local population and might cost Britain the remaining
loyalty of the already- split South Arabian Army.
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of weakness and are becoming more brazen. They
reportedly are attempting to establish an autonomous
Arab commune in Crater. Two rival nationalist groups--
the Egyptian-backed Front for the Liberation of Oc-
cupied South Yemen (FLOSY) and the National Libera-
tion Front (NLF)--are fighting for control of the dis-
trict. On 26 June the FLOSY mayor of Aden was kid-
naped by gunmen who presumably belong to the NLF.1
The reported recent concentration in Aden of Brit-
ish troops from most upcountry stations was part of a
long-standing plan, but will be seen by the terrorists
as a further sign of weakness. British troops in Aden
are bitter over not being allowed to move against the
terrorists, who have inflicted heavy losses on them.
Because of the restraints placed upon them, the troops
are increasingly unwilling to make sacrifices for a
federal government which no one expects to survive
Britain's departure next January. There are even re-
ports of a breakdown in British military discipline. -
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ain, eager to be rid of the problem, may not go rough
with the postindependence defense assistance announced
last week. London will not want to
spend an additional $28 million to strengthen an army
which it f ears will come under control of pro-Egyptian ele-
ments.
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Burma - Communist China: Anti- Chinese inci-
dents in Rangoon are likely to lead to a deterioration
of Sino-Burmese relations.
Some 17 persons, including six local Chinese,
were hospitalized and several buildings and cars de-
stroyed yesterday in the wake of clashes between Bur-
mese and Chinese students. In subsequent rioting,
many Chinese shops reportedly were ransacked and
burned. Burmese demonstrators inflicted minor dam-
age on the Chinese Embassy and attempted unsuccess-
fully to enter the Rangoon office of the New China
News Agency.
The clashes stemmed from a demonstration last
week by some 200 Chinese students at two state-run
schools in Rangoon. The students were protesting pro-
hibitions on the wearing of Mao Tse-tung lapel buttons
which the Chinese Embassy had distributed despite
Burmese Government efforts to curb such activities.
Although the Ne Win government probably wishes
to avoid a serious crisis in relations with Peking, it
may have at least tacitly encouraged some of the vio-
lence. It permitted the controlled press to publicize
last week's demonstration in contrast to the normal
press restraint on such matters. A reliable observer
noted police standing by as anti- Chinese violence
spread yesterday.-.
{A curfew was proclaimed last night, and some Bur-
mese officials believe that martial law may have to be
imposed to keep control of the situation.
Peking will almost certainly protest the attacks
on its embassy and on the Overseas Chinese. In
view of the importance the Chinese have long placed.
on maintaining good relations with Burma, however,
they may wish to avoid making a major issue of the in-
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NOTES
Ivory Coast - Guinea: Guinea's Foreign Minister
Beavogui and other members of its UN delegation are
being detained by the Ivory Coast Government after
their KLM flight to Conakry was diverted to Abidjan on
26 June because of bad weather. Relations between the
two countries have long been strained and the incident
may provide the Ivory Coast an opportunity to attempt
to force the release of an Ivorian fishing boat and crew
seized near Conakry early this year. Beavogui was the
center of a similar incident last year when he was re-
moved from a Pan American aircraft in Ghana. This
detention touched off violent Guinean charges of US in-
volvement. F77 I
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Sudan-USSR: [The Arab-Israeli crisis has prompted
the government of the Sudan to consider an arms agree-
ment with the USSR. 25
the USSR and Czechoslovakia
had offered a long-term credit for arms, and a Sudanese
delegation is said to be on its way to Moscow to negotiate. 25X1
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fear the influx of Soviet advisers and the difficulties of in- 25X1
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already on hand.]
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