CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: September 8, 1969
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DIRECTORATE OF
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Central Intelligence Bulletin
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8 September 1969
State Dept. review completed
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No. 0215/69
8 September 1969
Central Intelligence Bulletin
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Vietnam: Situation report. (Page 1)
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Libya: The military government is pursuing a return
to normalcy. (Page 5)
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VIETNAM
~IIII/
Demilitarized Zone
AVERAGESTRENGTH
OF ENEMY UNITS
Battalion:
VC
200- 400
Regiment:
VC
1,000 1,500
NVA
1,200-2,000
Division:
VC
5,000-7,000
NVA
5,000-8,000
*Da Nang
I CORPS
FA M
RANK
III CORPS
SOUTH VIETNAM
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Vietnam:
South Vietnam: Communist military activity
fell off during t. Fe opening hours of the unilater-
ally declared enemy standdown in military action
following three days of heavy attacks in certain
key areas of South Vietnam.
The second high point of the Communists' fall
campaign, which apparently was timed to coincide
roughly with the 24th anniversary of North Vietnam's
independence, was highlighted by a series of heavy
attacks in the Da Nang area as well as sharp ground
actions in northern III Corps. One of the most sig-
nificant enemy attacks took place in Phuoc Long
Province yesterday, where at least two battalions
struck a Special Forces camp and allied base camp
near the district town of Duc Phong. Preliminary
reports showed light allied casualties but gave no
estimate of enemy losses in this unusually large-
scale assault.
Although the current wave of enemy attacks was
predominantly aimed at US and South Vietnamese mil-
itary targets, some populated areas were hit.
Eleven civilians were killed and another 41
wounded during the attacks on Da Nang. Additionally,
a number of civilians were killed in enemy attacks
on hamlets in southern II Corps on 6 September.
Evidence of continued enemy attack planning was
noted over the weekend in widespread sectors of South
Vietnam, and another so-called high point could be
conducted with little warning any time within the
next several weeks.
North Vietnam: An editorial published by the
North Vietnamese Army newspaper Nhan Dan and by the
party's theoretical journal Hoc Tap has made the 3
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first official statement on the new leadership. Ac-
cording to the article, a "stable collective leader-
ship" built arid nurtured by President Ho and composed
of his "closest comrades in arms" will carry on in
his footsteps. This appears intended primarily to
reassure the North Vietnamese population as well as
Hanoi's allies that the current leadership is firmly
in control of the machinery of state and that con-
tinuity in policy will not be broken. The editorial,
however, does not provide indicators of the relative
standing of the leaders in Hanoi.
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Libya: The military government is pursuing a
return to normalcy and has declared an amnesty for
political prisoners of the Idris regime.
Government offices have been instructed to re-
open, some newspapers have begun publishing, and
restrictions on transportation and communications
facilities have been relaxed. No effective opposi-
tion is apparent, and the streets are quiet.
The general amnesty for political prisoners
includes some "Arab nationalists," many with Baath-
ist associations, who were imprisoned for civil dis-
turbances in 1967. On the other hand, many persons
with close associations with the King are being ar-
rested.
Idris may sign a statement of abdication and
seems prepared for retirement in Libya or abroad?
At any rate, he seems unlikely to engage in any at-
tempt to regain his throne.
The decision by major Western powers with im-
portant interests in Libya to continue diplomatic
relations with the new government will probably win
the approval of the man in the street for the coup
leaders F_ I Li-
byan newspapers have reported that the regime shortly
will announce the formation of a council of minis-
ters. In any case, the military junta will prob--
abl continue to rule the country behind the scenes.
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