NORTH VIET NAM HEAVY DAMAGE DONE TO THE PAUL DOUMER AND THE CANAL DES RAPIDES BRIDGES DURING RAIDS
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December 21, 1967
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NORTH VIETNAM: HEAVY DAMAGE WAS DONE TO BOTH
THE PAUL DOUMER AND THE CANAL DES RAPIDES BRIDGES DOING RAIDS
THIS WEEK.
3.3(h)(2)
ON IS DECEMBER INDICATES THAT THREE
SPANS OF THE DOUMER BRIDGE, TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 840
FEET, WERE DROPPED AND THAT SERIOUS DAMAGE WAS DONE TO
ANOTHER 350-FOOT SPAN.
THE CANAL DES 3.3(h)(2)
RAPIDES BRIDGE ON 16 DECEMBER SHOWS TWO DROPPED SPANS,
TOTALING ABOUT 214 FEET, AND A DAMAGED THIRD SPAN. Ri-
PLACEMENT.OF THE DROPPED SPANS WILL PROBABLY TAKE SEV-
ERAL WEEKS. IN THE MEANTIME, TRAFFIC CROSSING THE RED
RIVER AND CANAL DES RAPIDES WILL HAVE TO USE FERRIES
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OR PONTOON BIRDGES.
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3.3(h)(2)
THE CHINES MAY HAVE BEEN MOVING EQUIPMENT TO
BOTH CHINESE AND NORTH VIETNAMESE UNITS. A CHINESE
ANTIAIRCRAFT .DIVISION IS BELIEVED LOCATED NEAR THAI NGUYEN.
INDICATE
THAT CHINESE LOGISTIC, CONSTRUCTION, AND ANTIAIRCRAFT UNITS
ARE I N NORTH VIETNAM. DO NOT SUG-
GEST THAT ANY ORGANIZED CHINESE GROUND COMBAT FORCES ARE
THERE.
LAOS: TRUCK TRACFIC IN THE LAOS PANHANDLE DURING
THE PST SIX WEEKS IS ABOut THE SAME AS IN TEH CORRESPOND-
ING PERIOD LAST YEAR, BUT OTHER INDICATINS POINT TO hos.
SIBLE OVER-ALL INCREASE DURING THE WINTER.
TRUCKS MOVING SOUTH NEAR THE Mu GIA PASS AND
ALONG ROUTES 23 AND 911 AVERAGED 13, 11, AND SIX A
DAY, RESPECTIVELY, BETWEEN 1 NOVEMBER AND 14 DECEM-
BER. ROUTE 914 IN THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE,HAD A DAILY
AVERAGE OF FOUR, BUT LITTLE OR NO SOUTHWARD-BOUND TRAF-
FIC WAS REPORTED ON OTHER ROUTES IN THIS AREA.
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THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE, HOWEVER, SHOWS THAT
THE COMMUNISTS ARE PRESSING AHEAD WITH ROAD REPAIRS
. AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS, SUGGESTING THAT THEY EXPECT
TO MOVE MORE SUPPLIES THROUGH THE AREA DURING THIS DRY
SEASON THAN THEY DID DURING THE LAST ONE.-
DAHOMEY: THE FLEDGLING REGIME FACES A STRIKE BY,
LEFTIST LABOR ELEMENTS THAT COULD LEAD TO FURTHER DIS-
RUPTIONS.
A NDEWLY CREATED "INTERSYNDICAL COMMITTEE," EVI-
DENTLY DOMINATED BY LEFTIST UNION LEADERS, HAS CIRCLATED
STRIDENT TREACTS CALLING ON THE REGIME TO RESCIND ALL AU-
STERITY MEASURES AFFECTING WORKERS OR FACE A NEW STRIKE
TODAY. THE TRACTS ALSO CALL FOR AN END OTO FOREIGN "EX-
PLOITATION" AND FOR A LESSENING OF FRENCH AND US INFLU-
ENCE. THE LABOR ELEMENTS RESPONSIBLE, ENCOURAGED BY
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LAST WEEK'S GENERAL STRIKE, EVIDENTLY'
,
HOPE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF CURRENT UNREST AND DISCORD
WITHIN THE MILITARY.
IF THERE IS A NEW STRIKE, THE INEXURIENCED YOUNG
OFFICERS WHO DOMINATE THE REGIME MAY ATTEMPT TO SUP-
PRESS IT WITH� FORCE. THIS COULD LEAD TO BLOODSHED AND
PERHAPS GENERAL CHAOS. ON THE OTHER HAND, IF THEY GIVE IN TO
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LABOR'S� DAMANDS, THE COUNTRY'S ALREADY BLEAK FINANCIAL
STATUS WOULD WORSEN. THE FRENCH HAVE NOT YET ADVANCED
THE FUNDS PROMISED TO SOGLO LAST MONTH. PARIS MAY NOW
BE WILLING, HOWEVER, TO DEAL WITH THE KOUANDETE REGIME
NOW THAT SOGLO HAS ESCAPED TO THE FRENCH EMBASSY IN
COTONOU.
NIGERIA: FEDERAL FORCES HAVE KEPT THE UPPER HAND,
BUT AN END TO THECIVIL WAR IS NOT IN SIGHT.
FEDERAL TROOPS AT ENUGU AND BONNY HAVE BEATEN
OFF A SERIES OF REBEL ATTACKS, BOTH SIDES SUSTAIN*
-AIRLY HEAVY LOSSES. GENERAL GOWON, DISTURRBED AT THE
LACK OF PROGRESS OVER THE PAST F,EV WEEKS, HAS ORDERED
RELUCTANT FIELD COMMANDERS TO STEP UP ACTIVITY. TROOPS
IN ENUGU AND ASABA MAY NOW-RENEW OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS,
ESPECILLY IF FEDERAL REPORTS OF THECAPTURE OF EMENE
.AND NKALAGU.ARE CORRECT.. THE FEDERAL 'AIR FORCE MAY
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NOW BE ABLE TO USE ENuGHu AIRFIELD, BUT A FEDERAL ADVANCE
SOUTH OF THE FORMER BIAFRAN CAPITAL IS STILL LIKELY TO BE
SLOW AND COSTLY.
FEDERAL MIGS AND L-29S, OPERATING MAINLY. FROM
CALABAR, ARE BEING USED IN A TACTICAL SUPPORT ROLE. LAGOS
CLAIMS THAT THEY HAVE OPERATED EFFECTIVELY AGANST BIAFRAN
REINFORCEMENTS AND RETREATING TROOPS IN THE BONNY AREA.
BIAFRA'S FEW VINTAGE BOMBERS HAVE BEEN OUT OF ACTION FOR
SOME TIME BECAUSE OF RAIDS ON PORT HARCOuRT AIRFIELD,
WHERE THE MIGS RECENTLY HIT A TRANSPORT PLANE THAT HAD
JUST LANDED.
LAGOS IS ACQUIRING SUBSTANTIAL QUANTITIES OF MILITARY
EQUIPMENT. THE uK'S RECENT DECISION TO SUPPLY MOST OF
ITS. NEEDS HAS RESULTED IN ORDERS FORPLANES, ARMORED
CARS, AND ARTILLERY. GOwON REPORTEDLY HAS APPROVED THE
EXPNDITURE OF OVER $26 MILLION TO MEET THESE AND OTHER
REQUIREMENTS. BIAFRA, ON TH E KTIOTHER HAND, IS GETTING ONLY
, A _TRICKLE, MOSTLY SMALL ARMS AND AMMUNITION.
BIAFRA IS LOOKING FOR MERCENARY SUPPORT. SOME
FRENCH MRCENARIES, WHO AREABELIEVED TO HAVE SERVED
IN THE CONGO OR YEMEN, HAVE ARRIVED IN BIAFRA, AND
MORE MAY BE ON THE WAY.
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ALL EFFORTS TO GET THE TWO SIDES TOGETHER FOR PEACE
TALKS HAVE FAILED, AND FUTURE PROSPECTS FOR TALKS ARE
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THE COMMUNIST PRESS IN HONG KONG KEEPS AT ITS
ANTI-BRITISH PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN. THE MAIN THEMES,
HOWEVER, HAVE BEEN LONG-RANGE SOCIAL ANDECONOMIC
'PROBLEMS. BOMB INCIDENTS HAVE NOT BEEN PLAYED UP
AND THERE HAS BEEN NO ATTEMPT TO ENCOURAGE ACTS OF VIO-
.
LENGE. SPORADIC TERRORIST ACTIVITY CONTINUES BUT ATA
GREATLY REDUCED RATE.
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