CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: June 9, 1969
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No. 0137/69
9 June 1969
Central Intelligence Bulletin
CONTENTS
South Vietnam: Situation report. (Page 1)
International Communism: Moscow's raising of the
China issue increases chances that the world con-
ference will end in disunity. (Page 3)
West Germany - Poland: West Berlin mayor's visit
to Poland lends support to Foreign Minister Brandt's
election year efforts. (Page 4)
Communist China - USSR: Border talks (Page 5)
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C South Vietnam: Communist shelling attacks con-
tinued at a high level over the weekend, and heavy
ground battles were fought near the Cambodian bor-
der northwest of Saigon.
The heaviest fighting was in Tay Ninh Province
where a regiment of the Communist 9th Division lost
more than 300 troops killed in an abortive attempt
to overrun a US artillery base. Enemy units probed
the northern and southern outskirts of Tay Ninh city,
touching off battles that nearly demolished one ham-
let and caused dozens of civilian casualties. Nearby
in Binh Long Province a series of engagements involv-
ing the North Vietnamese lst and 7th divisions has
resulted in several hundred enemy dead in three days
of fighting. Communist forces in Binh Long are ap-
parently trying to get into position to attack the
provincial capital, An Loc.
In the I and II corps regions, enemy-initiated
attacks continued to lag behind the rest of the coun-
try but a number of sharp ground fights were reported
south of Da Nang near An Hoa, and near Dak To in Kon-
tum Province. Terrorism stepped up sharply in Da
Nang city, and a provincial capital in southern I
Corps was probed by a small enemy force. Military
activity in the Mekong Delta returned to a moderate
level over the weekend, following the widespread
flare-up early on 6 June.
The enemy's June "action phase" so far is less
intense than the upsurge of Communist attacks in mid-
May, but it has followed a similar pattern. There
were nearly 250 shellings and ground attacks during
the first two days of the current phase, 6-7 June,
compared to more that. 400 enemy attacks on 12-13 May.
The Communists this time appear to have placed more
emphasis on striking South Vietnamese military units.
Casualty figures for the first two days of the cur-
rent flare-up show that some 200 South Vietnamese
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C and 100 US troops were killed. Enemy losses for the
period total more than 2,000 dead.
in a number of areas.
Tporrs - enemy orces are meeting to con-
sider committing more troops in the Tay Ninh city
area and also against Saigo=n. Two prisoners taken
in the recent fighting near An Loc say that the North
Vietnamese 7th Division will attack that provincial
capital before 10 June.
Strong North Vietnamese units are holding posi-
tions near both Tay Ninh city and An Loc. No signif-
icant troop movements toward Saigon have been noted,
however, so any action against the capital in the im-
mediate future of shelling and
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International Communism: Moscow's decision
to bring the China issue to the floor has increased
chances that the World Communist Conference will
end in a display of disunity.
In his major speech to the conference, Brezhnev
bitterly attacked Peking's domestic and foreign be-
havior. He accused the Chinese leaders of preparing
their people for war against the Soviet Union, of
supporting splinter groups in foreign Communist
parties, and of thwarting "anti-imperialist" unity.
Other parties that follow Moscow's line will
undoubtedly endorse Brezhnev's remarks, and the So-
viets will have a condemnation of China in the con-
ference record even if it is not in the formal con-
ference documents. By raising the China issue in
stark terms in this forum, however, Brezhnev has
challenged those parties that had sought to avoid
condemnation of China at the conference. Some--
particularly the Rumanian and Italian parties--will
feel called upon to assert their independence of
Moscow, despite Pravda's warning over the weekend
against delegations making speeches to curry favor
in their home countries.
How far the opposing parties will go in reg-
istering their independence is an open question.
Some may actually walk out, although they would
probably wait until after they have had a chance
to speak. They might also withhold their signa-
tures from the conference documents, which report-
edly are still not fully agreed upon. Others may
take the offensive, as the Australian party dele-
gation did even before Brezhnev's speech when its
chief spoke out against the invasion of Czechoslo-
vakia.
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West Germany - Poland: A forthcoming visit
to Poland by West: Berlin's Mayor Schuetz will lend
support to the continuing efforts of Foreign Min-
ister Brandt to score gains in his Eastern policy
during this election year.
Despite criticism from conservatives that the
trip to Poznan, Krakow, and Warsaw on 14-16 June
would strengthen Communist claims that West Berlin
is a completely separate political entity, Brandt
warmly supports the visit.
Brandt believes the visit will promote economic
and cultural contacts between West Berlin and Po-
land and will be a useful test of prospects for ad-
vancing German-Polish detente as well. Brandt also
considers that even small progress toward improved
relations with Warsaw will benefit his Social Demo-
cratic Party in the Bundestag elections next Sep-
tember.
Other West German officials view Polish Pre-
mier Gomulka's speech on 17 May, which proposed a
treaty with Bonn recognizing the Oder-Neisse as a
final border, as an indication of Poland's willing-
ness to break the ice in its relations with West
Germany. These officials believe that a probe by
Schuetz o Warsaw-Is licy intentions would
be useful
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Communist China - USSR: Peking has agreed to
send a e egation to meet with Soviet representa-
tives in Khabarovsk on 18 June to discuss naviga-
tion on the Sino-Soviet boundary rivers. The Chi-
nese will probably use this forum to raise larger
territorial issues. This tactic caused the break-
down of the last such meeting in 1967, and there is
little prospect that the new talks will reach sub-
stantive agreement. F_ 1
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