CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: August 11, 1967
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DIRECTORATE OF
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Central Intelligence Bulletin
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11 August 1967
Central Intelligence Bulletin
CONTENTS
Vietnam: Situation Report. (Page 3)
Nigeria: Biafran forces extend control over Mid-
Western state. (Page 4)
Hong Kong - Communist China: New Communist tactic
(Page 5)
France: De Gaulle's radio-TV address (Page 5)
Cuba: Castro's LASO speech (Page 5)
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*Vietnam: (Information as of 4:30 AM EDT)
Political Developments: An "inner circle" of nine
senior generals- -apparently active for the past two
years--intends to exercise decision-making powers
over any elected government,
The generals believe that the current state of the
war and the state of political and social development
of the people preclude the establishment of a "full"
democracy at this time. In their view, the country
must now be "assisted and guided" through a transition
period toward democracy.
The "inner circle" reportedly consists of Chief of
State Thieu, Premier Ky, Chairman of the Joint
General Staff Vien, the four corps commanders, Se-
curity Minister Vien, and Revolutionary Development
Minister Thang. Directorate Secretary- General Chieu,
Police Director Loan, and Information Minister Tri,
who are normally identified with the military leadership,
evidently are not members of the group.
The Military Situation: There have been a number
of low-level reports in recent weeks that enemy forces
are preparing to launch 140-mm. and other rocket
attacks on targets in the vicinity of Saigon before the
national elections on 3 September. One agent report
states that attacks are planned on 19 August and
2 September against the air base and headquarters com-
plex at Tan Son Nhut. Aside from an evident intent to
destroy Allied facilities and equipment, the Communists
would also hope to achieve considerable psychological
shock value from such attacks against heavily populated
areas.
South Vietnamese Regional Forces in Quang Tin
Province suffered heavy casualties--40 killed, eight
wounded, and 28 missing--as the result of several
enemy attacks on 9 August in an area northwest of Chu
Lai. Enemy losses were 16 killed. Elsewhere in South
Vietnam, US forces conducting 13 large-scale operations
reported only light and sporadic contact on 9-10 August.
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Nigeria: Control of Nigeria's Mid-Western state
by the invading Biafrans and their local allies appears
practically complete.
The invasion force led by Lt. Col. Banjo--a
Western Yoruba serving with the Biafran Army--may
have crossed into the Western state, but it is unclear
how far the Biafran troops intend to go. Contact with
the federal battalion advancing from Lagos and the one
coming from Ibadan has not yet been reported.
In seizing the Mid-Western state, Biafra's Ojukwu
has gained control over the onshore oil fields and in-
stallations in that state, as well as the small ports
along the coast. Ojukwu probably hopes to gain support
from the Western Yorubas by bringing the civil war
closer to the Yoruba people, who in the past have
wanted to be free of rule by the Northern-dominated
federal government. Banjo has already informed the
Mid-Western people that his forces are only there to
free the state from Northern rule.
Gowon seems intent on maintaining military pres-
sure within Biafra along the northern border and on the
coast. Initially at least, he has moved only to contain
the Biafran invasion in the Mid-West. The federal
government recently has received additional military
equipment, including two jet trainers from Czecho-
slovakia and a shipment of antiaircraft guns from
London. In addition, there are reports that some
equipment, including other aircraft, may soon arrive
from Moscow.
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Hong Kong - Communist China: British authori-
ties are concerned over a new Communist tactic of
broadcasting inflammatory propaganda by loudspeaker
from Chinese Communist ships bringing food to the
colony. They are reluctant to take police action that
might jeopardize the food supply. Propaganda from
Peking continues to imply that the Hong Kong popula-
tion bears the primary responsibility for carrying out
the struggle against the British.
*France: De Gaulle's radio-TV address on 10 Au-
gust reaffirmed his determination not to be swayed by
"foreign influences" or domestic pressures from achiev-
ing independence of action for France. The French
President's recital of past accomplishments seemed
designed to rally discontented Gaullists and to draw at-
tention away from unpopular social and economic re-
forms in the face of widespread opposition to such re-
forms and criticism of his recent handling of foreign
affairs. Although a recent poll indicates the General's
popularity has dropped sharply, he still commands the
support of 55 percent of the French people.
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*Cuba: Fidel Castro's three-hour speech, closing the
first Latin American Solidarity Organization (LASO) con-
ference, contained the usual anti-US diatribes and called
for "armed struggle" in Latin America. Praising US
Black Power advocate Stokely Carmichael, Castro pre-
dicted that the US would soon face an internal revolution.
The Cuban Prime Minister then praised the ideological
victory of "armed struggle" advocates during the LASO
proceedings and restated the conference's theme: "the
duty of every revolutionary is to make revolution.
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