CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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CREST [1]

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General CIA Records [2]

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CIA-RDP79T00975A009100270001-1

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RIPPUB

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December 14, 2016

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January 29, 2003

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Publication Date:

August 8, 1966

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REPORT

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Approved F elease 2003/04/22: CIA-RDP79T00 aO9Z (kW*0019 6 6 .25X1'. TOP SECRET Copy No. C 156 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN CURRENT INTELLIGENCE RELATING TO NATIONAL SECURITY State Dept. review completed 25X1 25X1 EXCLUDED FROM DOWNGRADING AND DECLASSIFICATION Aproved For Release 2003/04/22: CIA-RDP79T00975A 00 0 25X1 Approved For Release 2003/04/22 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO09100270001-1 Approved For Release 2003/04/22 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO09100270001-1 ,j 9ci11 Annrnvc j j I 25X1 25X1 8 August 1966 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN CONTENTS 3. Nigeria: Eastern governor resists authority of new Supreme Commander Gowon. (Page 4) 0 25X1 Approved or Release 2003/04/22 : CIA-RDP79T00975A00 100270001-1 25X1 Approved For Release 2003/04/22 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO09100270001-1 Next 4 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 2003/04/22 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO09100270001-1 W1 25X1 Approvel For Release 2003/04/22: CIA-RIDP79TOO975A04 100270001-1 Nigeria: LEastern Military Governor Ojukwu con- tinues to resist acknowledging the authority of new Supreme Commander Gowon3 [0jukwu, a native easterner, is insisting on cer- tain prerequisites before he will accept Gowon, the army's top-ranking northerner, as deposed General Ironsils successor and before he will agree to Eastern participation in projected interregional negotiationsi [Ojukwu's terms which he claims are necessary to establish "confidence" and security, include "cate- gorical" information about Ironsils fate and the where- abouts of missing army personnel from the Eastern Region. Ojukwu has expressed a desire for face-to- face talks with Gowon, but only at some location where the personal safety of all can be assured- -thereby an- parently ruling out an early visit to Lagos on his parti Cclearly concerned about the predominance of north- erners in the army battalion based at Enugu, the East- ern capital, Ojukwu is also demanding "neutralization" of the army by the return of each tribal component to its home region. He indicated on 4 August that once such separate regional armies were established, some loose federal arrangements might be continued. He thus appeared to have pulled back somewhat from his earlier insistence that partition is the only solution for Nigeria.." [current attitudes of important Ibo civilians, espe- cially former Eastern premier Okpara, are not yet known, however. Okpara, who had been detained by Ironsi, has just been released from prison, along with (continued) 8 Aug 66 4 1) r_ V -1 Approved or Release 2003/04/22 : CIA-RDP79TOO975AOT100270001-1 Approved r Release 2003/04/22. CIA-RDP79T00975A00 100270001-25X1 j t j 25X1 almost all other confined politicians and may attract more popular support than Ojukwu. Prior to last Janu- ary's coup, which destroyed Nigeria's Northern-domi- nated constitutional government, secessionist sentiment had become strong within Okpara's Eastern regional regime. 8 Aug 66 25X1 Approved For Release 2003/04/22: CIA-RDP79T00975A0 9100270001-1 25X1 Approved For Release 2003/04/22 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO09100270001-1 Approved For Release 2003/04/22 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO09100270001-1 Approved FA009100270001-1 THE PRESIDENT The Vice President Executive Offices of the White House Special Assistants to the President The Scientific Adviser to the President. The Director of the Budget The Department of State The Secretary of State The Under Secretary of State The Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs The Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs The Counselor and Chairman of the Policy Planning Council The Director of Intelligence and Research The Treasury Department The Secretary of the Treasury The Under Secretary of the Treasury The Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense The Deputy Secretary of Defense The Secretary of the Army The Secretary of the Navy The Secretary of the Air Force The Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs) The Chairman, The Joint Chiefs of Staff Chief of Naval Operations, United States Navy Chief of Staff, United States Air Force Chief of Staff, United States Army Commandant, United States Marine Corps U.S. Rep., Military Committee and Standing Group, NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe Commander in Chief, Pacific Commander in Chief, Atlantic The Director, Defense Intelligence Agency The Director, The Joint Staff The Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Department of Army The Director of Naval Intelligence, Department of Navy The Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Department of the Air Force The Department of Justice The Attorney General The Federal Bureau of Investigation The Director National Aeronautics and Space Administration The Administrator The Atomic Energy Commission The Chairman The National Security Agency The Director The United States Information Agency The Director The National Indications Center The Director Approved For Release 2003/04/22 : CIA-RDP79T00975AQ09100270001-1 Approved ForRelease/: 9T00975A009100270001-1 Approved For Release'V 4/ @P~9T00975AO09100270001-1