CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: June 3, 1968
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Central Intelligence Bulletin
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No. 0172/68
3 June 1968
Central Intelligence Bulletin
CONTENTS
Vietnam: Situation report. (Page 1)
France: Students still demonstrate, but union
lea ers say strikes will end this week. (Page 3)
Italy: Spreading student violence inspired by the
French crisis adds to Italy's political problems.
(Page 5)
Czechoslovakia: Party Leader Dubcek has further
stamped the regime with his own image. (Page 6)
Communist China: A new provincial revolutionary
dommittee in Szechwan may reduce, but not end,
fighting. (Page 9)
Indonesia: Central Java's Communist Party favors
party reconstruction before armed struggle. (Page 10)
Sierra Leone: A hard anti-Western line is pressed
by radicals around Prime Minister Stevens. (Page 11)
Senegal: General strike collapses (Page 13)
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C Vietnam:
South Vietnam: Sharp clashes continued in and
aroun Saigon over the weekend while enemy activity
slackened in the northern part of the country.
Although larger units trying to enter Saigon
are still being engaged and driven back by allied
forces operating on the capital's outskirts, the
Communist tactic of infiltrating small bands which
surface at dawn has resulted in several heavy day-
time battles inside the city limits, especially in
Cholon. The severe losses suffered by the national
and local police hierarchy and elements of the city's
military defense, as a result of a misdirected heli-
copter strike on 2 June against one of these enemy
enclaves, could seriously disrupt police effective-
ness for a time.
Some Viet Cong prisoners captured in the recent
fighting claim to be from three battalions moved to
the Saigon area from the delta. The prisoners state
that their companies have been ordered to rotate
combat with periods of withdrawal and rest so that
the military and psychological pressure on the cap-
ital can be sustained over a period of two or three
months.
Despite the respite in Communist ground action
farther north, the enemy continues to conduct har-
assing mortar and rocket attacks against allied po-
sitions south of the Demilitarized Zone and in the
western highlands.
North Vietnam: Hanoi, while still demanding
an early cessation of all US bombing and other acts
of war against the North, is indicating more explic-
itly that this need not be fully implemented before
other issues can be discussed.
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C The more precise formula, spelled out in an
authoritative article from the party daily broad-
cast by Hanoi radio on 1 June, states that the US
"must first of all clearly acknowledge its respon-
sibility to put a definitive and unconditional end
to the bombing and all other acts of war...."
Although clearly designed to increase pressure on
the US to agree to a bombing halt, the new formula
is actually consistent with other statements by
North Vietnamese spokesmen in Paris and Hanoi that
the talks must "determine" an end to the bombin
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France: Militant students continue to demon-
strate against the government, but non-Communist
union leaders foresee an end to the strike movement
within the week.
According to Eugene Descamps, head of the Con-
federation of Democratic Workers, most agreements
now under negotiation will be submitted to the
workers for approval on Tuesday, and a general
"back to work" movement is expected by Wednesday.
Descamps did not anticipate that these agreements
would be rejected by the rank and file because they
contain improvements not in the "protocole d'accord"
of 27 May. In the past two days all of the unions,
including the Communist-led General Confederation
of Labor, have been participating in or urging ne-
gotiations and a return to work. The government
could still face serious problems if workers in some
industries refused to end the strike, thus neces-
sitating forcible eviction which could spark renewed
militancy in labor circles.
A spirit of militancy continues to reign among
many of the students, whose slogan is "the battle
continues." "New left" student leader Daniel Cohn-
Bendit, expelled from France but now illegally in
the country, called for the formation of "action
committees" to keep the mass protest alive. He also
disparaged the forthcoming parliamentary elections.
Despite his uncompromising stand, Cohn-Bendit termed
premature the efforts of some militants, including
expelled Communist Jean Pierre Vigier, to form a
"revolutionary movement" linking students and work-
ers. Although the students at this point apparently
have no plan other than to continue demonstrating,
they obviously feel isolated by the gradual return
to normal and are intent on reviving flagging in-
terest in their protest.
Already attention is turning away from students
and strikers and toward the electoral campaign,
which opens on 10 June. National Assembly President
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[Jacques Chaban-Delmas reportedly-has indicated that
the Gaullist tactic in the election will be to ex-
ploit the fear of Communism rather than to appeal
to the public to rally to De Gaulle personally.
Chaban-Delmas also indicated that the new cabinet
is merely a caretaker government and another major
cabinet reorganization will take place after the
elections. Minister of Information Guena publicly
stated, however, that the cabinet would not be
transitional provided the government wins a cohesive
majority in the election.
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Italy: Spreading student violence inspired by
the French crisis adds to Italy's political problems.
Left-wing students continue to demonstrate
against De Gaulle at the University of Rome, which
has an enrollment of 65,000. Student disturbances
had been reported earlier from Milan and Bari, and
outbreaks now have taken place in Turin, Naples,
and Florence. Extremist leaders in both Milan and
Turin have recently returned from France. The ma-
jor disturbances so far have not been directed
against the Italian Government and have received
little worker support.
Several political leaders have pointed to the
threatened spread of instability from France as a
reason to maintain a government coalition of Chris-
tian Democrats and the Unified Socialist Party
(PSU). The PSU central committee nevertheless on
1 June confirmed a decision to withdraw the party
from the government coalition. The decision takes
effect when parliament convenes on 5 June.
The Christian Democratic Party is expected to
form a one-party government, possibly replacing
Premier Moro. The PSU probably would give parlia-
mentary support to such a government while pressing
for a firm commitment to move ahead on social re-
forms.
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Czechoslovakia: Party leader Dubcek further
stamped the Czechoslovak regime with his own image
at the four-day central commi'=tee plenum which ended
on 1 June.
in a resolution which reflected many of the
moderate Dubcek's views, the yolenum reaffirmed that
the party will implement its action program, but
once more cautioned that time is required to solve
the problems facing Czechoslovakia. The resolution
stressed the leading role of the party and vowed to
repel all attempts to discredit the party as a
whole. It criticized those who are attempting to
misuse the "democratization process," and set 9
September as the date for the extraordinary party
congress which will elect a new central committee.
Delegates to the congress will be elected in July
by regional and municipal conferences.
Again reflecting the views of Dubcek, the ple-
num stressed the values of socialism for Czechoslo-
vakia, but reported that "democracy is just as in-
separable from socialism as socialism is from de-
mocracy." The central commitee also repeated
Dubcek's admonition that Czechoslovakia will not
return to its old position.
The party reported that Prague is introducing
"more initiative into Czechoslovak foreign policy,"
but avowed that Czechoslovakia's "independence,
sovereignty, and security" depend on the firmness
of its ties with the "friendly socialist countries,
primarily with the Soviet Union." The ambiguity
introduced by the use of "friendly" again points out
that Prague's relations with some of the Warsaw Pact
countries, notably East Germany, remain strained.
The plenum completed the process of removing
several supporters of ex-party chief Novotny from
their positions on central committee commissions-.
It also accepted the resignations of several other
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conservatives from the central committee itself,
and that of Martin Vaculik from his alternate pre-
sidium post. The liberal-minded Zdenek Mlynar, wno
has recently advocated several far-reaching consti-
tutional and legal changes, was elevated to party
secretary and made chairman of the party's legal
commission. Former premier Lenart was named to
hea6 the important ideological commission.
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Status of Provincial Governments, 3 June 1968
Revolutionary Committee
CJ Preparatory Group for Revolutionary
^ Military Control Committee
(M) Committee with Military Chairman
(C) Committee with Civilian Chairman
COMMITTEE
FORMATION
COMMITTEE
FORMATION
Heilungkiang (C)
31 Jan. 1967
Honan (C)
27 Jan. 1968
Shanghai (C)
5 Feb. 1967
Hopeh (C)
3 Feb. 1968
Kweichow (M)
14 Feb. 1967
Hopeh (M)
5 Feb. 1968
Shantung (C)
23 Feb. 1967
Kwangtung (M)
21 Feb. 1968
Shansi (C)
18 March 1967
Kirin (M)
6 March 1968
Peking (C)
20 April 1967
Kiangsu (M)
23 March 1968
Tsinghai (M)
12 Aug. 1967
Chekiang (M)
24 March 1968
Inner Mongolia (M)
1 Nov. 1967
Hunan (M)
9 April 1968
Tientsin (C)
6 Dec. 1967
Ningsia (M)
10 April 1968
Kiangsi (M)
5 Jan. 1968
Anhwei (M)
I8 April 1968
Kansu (M)
24 Jan. 1968
Shensi (C)
1 May '468
Liaoning(M)
10 May 1968
Szechwan (M)
31 May 1968
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Communist China: The establishment of a pro-
vincial revolutionary committee on 31 May in Szech-
wan--the most troubled area in China--may reduce,
but probably will not end, fighting in the province.
The rally of 500,000 in Chengtu was addressed
by the chairman of the new revolutionary committee
Chang Kuo-hua. Others who participated were vice
chairmen Liang Hsing-chu, Li Ta-chang, Liu Chieh-
ting, Chang Hsi-ting, Tien Pao, and Hsu Chih. Li
Ta-chang, formerly governor and ?a party secretary
of Szechwan Province, was paraded through the streets
of Chengtu by Red Guards in January 1967. Although
Red Guard material in March 1968 indicated he was
being rehabilitated, it did not suggest he would end
up ahead of radicals Liu Chieh-ting and his wife on
the revolutionary committee. Liu and his wife were
listed as three and four on the 7 May 1967 prepara-
tory group.
Only five of China's 29 province-level units
now remain without formal governing bodies. In
some areas, the formation of a revolutionary com-
mittee has led to a significant reduction of vio-
lence; in others, such as Kwangtung, considerable
fighting persists. Since political divisions in
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Indonesia: The Indonesian Communist Party's
provincial organization in Central Java, in contrast
to party militants in East Java, supports the cen-
tral committee in emphasizing party reconstruction
rather than armed struggle.
The provincial committee has also stated that
the situation in Central Java, once the area of the
party's greatest numerical strength, differs con-
siderably from that in East Java. More Communists
were killed in East than in Central Java after the
1965 abortive coup, and therefore support for party
militancy is greater in the eastern province.
East Java is the only area in which the Indo-
nesian Communist Party has conducted a sustained
paramilitary campaign. It has even established a
haven in an isolated 20-square-mile region on the
south coast of the province. Elsewhere in Java,
political and geographic factors have permitted more
effective army surveillance of party activities and
have prevented the ascendancy of effective militant
party elements.
A politburo meeting with provincial leaders,
reportedly scheduled for July, may approve the use
of armed action where there is some chance of suc-
cess, but party rebuilding will probably continue
to be the primary focus. I I
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Sierra Leone: A hard anti-Western and espe-
cially anti-US alit ne is being pressed by radicals
around Prime Minister Stevens.
Elements in Stevens' government and party,
which is dominated by Temne tribesmen, are pushing
a story that the US, UK, and expatriate business
firms are involved in a "plot" against the newly
constituted regime. Army troops broke up a Peace
Corps conference in Freetown on 1 June, and the
conference notes, containing candid views of the
volunteers on the host country, were confiscated.
In addition, a youth leader in Stevens' party claims
that demonstrations are planned against the US and
UK embassies this week.
Stevens is under pressure from militants of
his northern-based party to continue efforts to
crush the power of the former ruling party which
was dominated by southerners of the important Mende
tribe. Although this party remains in his coalition
"national" government, Stevens in a radiobroadcast
on 31 May accused unspecified groups of "fomenting
unrest" and asserted that "certain elements" were
furnishing financial backing to these groups. The
speech was followed by the arrest of approximately
20 leaders of the Mende-based party and Mende civil
servants.
The regime reportedly has also exiled to London
deputy army commander Genda, a Mende who along with
several other Mende soldiers had been placed under
detention by Temne troops on 29 May. In light of
the undisciplined state of the army, the lack of
an officer corps, and the increasing tribal tensions,
a retaliatory move by Mende troops is a possibility.
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Meanwhile, a large number of unidentified men
have arrived in Freetown to see Stevens. They could
be Stevens' followers who reportedly received train-
ing in guerrilla warfare in nearby Guinea during the
prime minister's recent period of exile there.
Stevens may be contemplating using these elements
as an adjunct to loyal Temne troops in case of a
move by Mende troops.
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Senegal: Calm has returned to Dakar, and the
general strike called last week by the national
labor union appears to have collapsed following
the arrest of most of the union's top leaders.
The position of the government was strengthened.
at a critical time by the importing of proregime
militants from outside the capital and possibly
also by the easing of the crisis in France which
had sparked the agitation in Senegal. According
to a radio announcement, the cabinet is to consider
on 5 June the wide-ranging depands nted by
the union early last month.
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