CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 27, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 31, 1967
• Content Type: REPORT

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DIRECTORATE OF
INTELLIGENCE
Central Intelligence Bulletin
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31 July 1967
Central Intelligence Bulletin
CONTENTS
Vietnam: Situation report. (Page 1)
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Laos: Sharp Communist attacks made against
government positions in south. (Page 5)
Jerusalem - West Bank: Arab resistance to Is-
raeli occupation is increasing. (Page 6)
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*Vietnam: (Information as of 4:30 AM EDT)
Political Developments in South Vietnam: There
are continuing reports of friction between supporters
of Chief of State Thieu and Premier Ky.
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campaign committee is not functioning effectively as a
result of the growing antipathy between the two camps.
there have been a number of instances
when the uncooperative attitude of Ky and his support-
ers had undermined the work of the committee. I
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Thieu's personal relations
with Ky have also grown strained in recent weeks. II
hieu has become increasingly suspicious
of Ky's motives and bitterly resents the fact that Ky is
continuing to support a covert political organization
loyal to himself rather than the joint ticket. Thieu's
apprehensions have been increased further by a num-
ber of Ky's recent statements which Thieu has inter-
preted as an attempt to turn the military leadership
against him, and to portray Ky as the real leader of the
ticket.
Military Developments in South Vietnam: Elements
of a US Marine battalion, returning from Operation
KINGFISHER in the southern part of the Demilitarized
Zone, were ambushed on 29 July by an estimated bat-
talion- size North Vietnamese force. Marine casualties
for the 10-hour battle now stand at 23 killed and 119
wounded. Enemy losses thus far reported are 40 dead
and many others wounded.
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No other major fighting occurred elsewhere in
the DMZ area or the rest of South Vietnam over the
weekend, although a large number of small-unit con-
tacts were reported. These resulted in at least 115
enemy soldiers killed and more than 50 others de-
tained. Friendly casualties were 17 killed and 97
wounded.
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Laos: The Communists have made several sharp
attacks against government positions in southern Laos.
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North Vietnamese troops in estimated battalion
strength destroyed a Royal Laotian Army (FAR) com-
mand post at Thateng on 27 July and inflicted hea cas-
ualties on the defenders before withdrawin
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FAR's tactical position at Thateng was further weakened
by the loss of a key heavy weapons position a few miles
northeast on 28 July.
These attacks are the most intense the enemy has
made in the Bolovens Plateau area since friendly troops
were driven out of Ban Phone on 19 July. They may
presage a concerted effort to push government forces
from the eastern rim of the plateau.
The government has moved reinforcements into
Thateng and another key position at Lao Ngam, but its
defensive capability has been hampered in recent weeks
by poor weather which has limited tactical air support.
The enemy, moreover, has increased pressure against
government positions farther south near Attopeu, in what
appears to be an effort to draw off government rein-
forcements from other contested areas.
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The renewed Communist military effort is prob-
ably designed to regain rice-growing territory which
has come under government control in the past six
months. It is probably also intended to counter in-
creased government intelligence and harassment op-
erations into the vital infiltration corridor. The gov-
ernment's operations have been staged from advanced
bases on the eastern fringe of the Bolovens Plateau.
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Jerusalem - West Bank: Arab resistance to the
Israeli occupation of Arab Jerusalem and the West
Bank of the Jordan is increasing.
It is partly reflected in the dissatisfaction spread-
ing among residents in these areas over the actions of
the occupying Israeli authorities. Muslim religious
leaders have protested infringements on Muslim reli-
gious rights. The US Consulate General in Jerusalem
has unconfirmed reports that a protest regarding Chris-
tian canon law is also being circulated.
Friction is beginning to appear in connection with
tourist activities. Israeli guides are reportedly urg-
ing tourists not to buy from Arabs in Hebron, while
Nablus merchants declared a general strike on 28 July.
Former Old City guides in Arab Jerusalem are barred
from working until they pass an Israeli guide course.
At least four different leaflets warning Arab resi-
dents of Jerusalem and the West Bank against coopera-
tion with Israeli authorities have been reported in the
press. lone of
these was originated by the Israeli Communist Party.
A boycott of Israelis is reportedly planned by the Old
City Chamber of Commerce and Muslim leaders as
part of a general campaign of civil disobedience.
The Israeli Government, continuing its pressure
on the US Consulate General in Jerusalem, has now
forbidden any contact between the consulate and Is-
raeli officials on the West Bank. The government in-
sists that all matters be taken up with the foreign of-
fice which recognized the consulate general only on a
de facto basis.
Considerable time was spent at yesterday's reg-
ular Israeli cabinet meeting discussing the situation on
the West Bank, Afterward, one official stated that a
"liberal policy" would be followed, but an organized
resistance would be crushed.
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