CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: January 6, 1969
• Content Type: REPORT

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Central Intelligence Bulletin
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6 January 1969
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No. 0005/69
6 January 1969
Central Intelligence Bulletin
CONTENTS
South Vietnam: Situation report. (Page 1)
Guyana: The government is slowly re-establishing
control in the southwest where a rebellion broke
out. (Page 3)
USSR: A space probe has been launched toward
Venus. (Page 4)
India: Militant insurgents are expected to try to
di urs pt the Nagaland legislative assembly election
in February. (Page 5)
Czechoslovakia: Smrkovsky (Page 6)
Arab States - Israel: Comparative calm (Page 6)
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I South Vietnam: Ground action was generally light
on 4-5 January but a Communist bomb set off in the mess
hall of a US Army unit 18 miles northwest of Saigon on
3 January killed 15 and wounded 26 US soldiers.
Allied forces have uncovered a number of additional
Communist weapons caches over the last several days,
many of them in the provinces near Saigon. The recent
jump in the number of caches being discovered suggests
that the enemy is moving large amounts of arms into for-
ward areas in preparation for renewed lar e-scale
action.
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Insurrection Quelled in Disputed Guyana Region
VENEZUELA
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Guyana: The Guyanese Defense Force is slowly re-
establishing government control in the southwestern
portion of the country where a Venezuelan-.directed in-
surrection broke out on 2 January.
The rebel force of ranchers and Amerindians is
breaking up into small groups and retreating, some
across the border into Brazil. Brazilian authorities
have arrested many, including at least seven they be-
lieve are ringleaders in the revolt. Those rebels
still in Guyana may cause further trouble for the se-
curity force.
Guyana's Prime Minister Burnham has denounced
the revolt as a Venezuelan plot and will probably
bring the subject up at this week's meeting of Com-
monwealth prime ministers in London. The Venezuelans,
for their part, are maintaining their innocence. They
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ave not publicly responded to rebel calls for help.
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USSR: The Soviets launched a space probe toward
Venus yesterday.
Moscow announced the probe as Venus 5, an auto-
matic interplanetary station designed to descend gently
through the planet's atmosphere. TASS also announced
that the probe, which will reach Venus in mid-May,
carries slightly more and improved instrumentation
than the last probe, Venus 4.
Venus 5 apparently will repeat the mission of
Venus 4, which landed on the planet in October 1967,
scoring the USSR's first and only successful planetary
operation. Venus 4, however, ceased transmitting prior
to landing. Some of the improved instrumentation on.
Venus 5 probably is designed to ensure continuous
transmission during descent to the surface.
The Soviets may well launch at least one more
Venus probe within the next two weeks. Since their
planetary program began in 1960 the Soviets have
launched two or three Venus probes durin the optimum
period that occurs every 18 months.
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India: Renewed strife may erupt in Nagaland
as the eastern Indian state prepares for the legis-
lative assembly election in February.
The Naga underground organization has been split
during the last 18 months, but the militant Naga
group that favors aid from China and the reopening
of hostilities commands support from more than half
the estimated 9,000 insurgents now under arms.
The Indians believe that some 2,500 Nagas may
now have gone across northern Burma to China for
training. About 600 are thought to be back in Naga-
land, andi
another 800 nave returned to e n ia- urma or er
area, where they are attempting to cross in small
groups into India. Indian security forces have in-
creased their border patrols but army leaders con-
cede that it is virtually impossible to block the
movement of small groups through the heavy jungle
along the frontier.
Militant insurgents are expected to try to dis-
rupt the election, and may use violence to prevent
another election victory by the Naga National Organ-
ization, which negotiated Nagaland statehood in 1962
and cooperates with New Delhi in its efforts to main-
tain order in the state. Such violence would probably
provoke new clashes with Indian security forces be-
cause New Delhi is determined to try to maintain
peace during the election. Moreover, the Indian Army
has been ordered to attack Naga groups suspected of
returning with arms supplies from China.
Serious clashes could end the official cease-
fire which has been repeatedly extended by both New
Delhi and the Nagas since 1964. Although most Nagas
probably prefer peace and may have profited from the
government's large-scale economic development pro-
grams, there is little popular support for New Delhi.
The guerrillas could probably sustain another long
rebellion in Nagaland's difficult terrain.
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Czechoslovakia: National Assembly President
Smrkovsky yesterday hinted that he may be downgraded
when a new federal parliament is formed later this
month. In a nationwide speech, Smrkovsky said that
his status will be clarified shortly, but urged his
supporters to refrain from demonstrations on his be-
half. Smrkovsky dissociated himself from the pro-
Smrkovsky movement, undoubtedly to discourage public
outbursts if he is dropped from his parliamentary
post,
Arab States - Israel: Conflict along Israel's
borders has remained at a comparatively low level
over the past few days, but the danger of another
major confrontation is high. Lebanese authorities are
increasingly discouraged. The commander-in-chief of
the Lebanese Army remarked on 3 January that the ter-
rorists can no longer be "ignored or escaped." The
governments of the "moderate" Arab states directly
involved in the current border incidents, Lebanon
and Jordan, are facing an increasing groundswell of
popular support for the terrorists despite their ob-
vious desire to avoid escalation of hostilities.
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