CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 7, 2002
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• Publication Date: July 20, 1967
• Content Type: REPORT

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20 July 1967
Central Intelligence Bulletin
CONTENTS
Vietnam: Thieu and Ky establish joint campaign
organization. (Page 1)
Israel- Egypt: Israelis insisting on Suez Canal
transit rights. (Page 2)
Nigeria: Fluid military situation (Page 4)
USSR: Improved airborne troop capabilities
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*Vietnam: (Information as of 4:30 AM EDT)
Political Developments in South Vietnam: Chief of
State Thieu and Premier Ky are reported to have agreed
on a joint campaign organization to support their ticket
in the September presidential elections.
The agreement apparently was reached on 13 July
during a meeting between Thieu and Ky's former cam-
paign manager, Social Welfare Minister Nguyen Xuan
Phong. It reportedly calls for establishment of a central
committee which will meet two or three times a week in
the headquarters of an air force officer who is a Ky ap-
pointee. The meetings will be presided over by both
Thieu and Ky, but are intended to convey the impression
of Thieu's primacy on the ticket. According to Phong,
Ky's men will head several of the central committee ele-
ments and will be the actual organizers of the campaign.
Thieu is reported I o believe that
his ascendancy to the number-one position on the ticket
has improved chances for the present leadership to re-
main in power. He is said to have told a prominent pol-
itician on 14 July that the public had come to identify Ky
as a tool of the Americans and that a ticket headed by
Thieu--who believes himself free of that label--would
therefore have greater appeal to the electorate.
Military Situation in South Vietnam: No significant
military action was reported to have taken place in South
Vietnam on 19 July. I
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Israel-Egypt: The Israelis are insisting on access
to the Suez Canal because they believe that taking a firm
position now will affect their peacetime transit rights.
Israel maintains that the cease-fire line runs down
the middle of the canal, giving Tel Aviv freedom of
movement along the east bank. The Egyptians contend
that the east bank of the canal is the cease-fire line
and have told the UN that they will have "no choice" but
to open fire if the Israelis again attempt to put their
small boats in the water.
On the broader transit issue, Prime Minister Eshkol
stated in a press interview on 18 July that Israel is
anxious to have the principle of its ships' presence in
the canal recognized now in order to "establish our
freedom of navigation for future reference. " It thus
will be difficult for Israel to agree to a plan devised by
UN headquarters in which both sides would refrain from
any naval or military activity on the canal.
The Egyptians also are sensitive to the long-range
implications of the present dispute. Al Ahram, the
semiofficial Cairo newspaper, stated yesterday that
Egypt will not allow Israel in the canal "either at present
or in the future. "
In New York the General Assembly is reconvening
today in a final effort to wind up the special session on
the Arab-Israeli problem. No agreement is in sight
on a compromise resolution regarding the main issues.
The Latin Americans in general appear to be holding
fast against Soviet efforts to water down their draft
resolution, which would mention the withdrawal of
Israeli forces and the termination of Arab belligerency
as "expected" elements of a settlement. Given the
Arabs' rigid resistance to the belligerency concept, it
is doubtful that they will accept even the watered-down
version of the :Latin American proposal.
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While a possible last-minute compromise cannot
be ruled out, most delegations seem resigned to a
simple procedural resolution referring the whole issue
back to the Security Council. If agreement can be
reached on the wording of such a resolution, the emer-
gency session should soon end. Several delegates have
interpreted Gromyko's letter on 18 July to the Security
Council president as a further indication that the Soviets
themselves are reconciled to having the Assembly end
on an indecisive note.
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Frog and Ganef missiles unloading from the An-22 at the Moscow air show
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Biafran attacks behind their line of advance.
pied Nsukka on 14 July, but withdrew in the face of
Nigeria: The military situation in Biafra's north-
ern border area is fluid. Both the Biafrans and the
federal government claim to hold the key provincial
town of Nsukka. It is likely that federal troops occu-
USSR: The Soviets may intend to equip their air-
borne troops with tactical and air-defense missiles
transported in the new An-22 aircraft. Frog tactical
surface-to-surface missiles and Ganef :mobile air-
defense missiles with airborne forces markings were
unloaded from An-22s during a demonstration at the
recent Moscow air show. Heretofore, the airborne
troops have not had such weapons.
the An-22, the
world's largest operational transport, will be used to
carry airborne troops.
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