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poradic gunfire continued through the night in Bagh- dad, the army is in control. b. Arif has plans to announce the make-up of his cabinet today. It will probably contain some "mild" “ Baathists. ©. He permitted Syrian strong- man Hafiz and Michel Aflaq, the founder of the Baath Party, who were caught in Baghdad by the coup, to C \ Ke) fly back to Damascus yesterday after - the Syrian radio suddenly stopped a vilifying the newest Iraqi regime. : 1s Pecmte etn ae fetta Pcs Tg te. 7 d. Arif and his colleagues obviously hope to reach an under- standing with the Syrian regime. We doubt very much if they are interested, however, in the meaningful political and military unity the previous re- gime was aiming for. UFK-Act 6 (1) (B) For The President Only - Top Secret HW 55355 Docld:32401336 Page 3
a. Ton That Dink, whom we had earlier identified as the least re- liable of the generals' group, is trying to use his position as security minister to build himself an independ- ent political base. nn (Cont 'd) ; For The President Only - Top Secret a 7F HW 55355 Docld:32401336 Page 4
b. He has been visiting provin- cial cities to "explain" the military q takeover and receive expressions of : loyalty. He has continued to spread the idea that the coup was largely - his own doing. 4. France-Israel . (Cont'd)
ast — be 5. Egypt 4° a. Pamphlets and posters o bitterly lampooning Nasir, espe- then cially for his involvement in Yemen and Algeria, have appeared on the streets of Cairo and Suez. b. Such public expression of anti-Nasir sentiment is highly unusual. ice c. It is still in a very low key, however, and there is no sign of organized opposition. d. We do not consider Nasir to be in any immediate danger of overthrow, though he could be forced to modify unpopular policies if the discontent spreads. For The President Only - Top Secret HW 55355 DBocld:32401336 Page 6
6. Bolivia a. The return last week of jo Vice President Lechin, who has been on ice as Bolivia's ambassador in Rome, will heat things up in La Paz. a b. The city has already wit- nessed four minor demonstrations which Embassy La Paz attributes to left-wingers encouraged by Lechin's } presence. ars SEK Act 6 (1)(B) se 7. Cambodia , a. Sihanouk may have finally painted himself into a corner on US A b. He has followed up yester- day's emotional public renunciation with an official request to our embassy for talks on the subject. For The President Only - Top Secret HW 55355 DBocld:32401336 Page 7
pon c. We are always reluctant to : 3 predict just what Sihanouk will do next, but he may hope, perhaps ex- é pect, that the US will press him to retain some of our aid, even on his t terms. oa For The President Only - Top Secret
JEKVAct--6..(1) (B) F. Japan ,."Ikeda does not appear to be in any particular — Strouble: in tomorrow's elections. The long-range trend toward the left in popular vote will probably be ap- parent, but Ikeda's Liberal Democratic Party should *yetain a safe majority in the next Diet. The leftists . have tried to turn rising prices and last week's twin | . disasters into election ammunition, but without ck 2B ®. marked success. i Indonesia 2 JEK Act 6 (1) (B) ; oo Re JFR-Act_6 (1) (B) I. Brazili A new rou romotions and shifts . .1n,command are due Goulart elements ranks will be further thinned. Congeni- _. fy owe apt TREO * ECF the President On PERE HW 55355 DBocld:32401336 Page 10
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1. Iraq fase — Se rext th Tk oy The new 21-man cabinet ap- a pears to be a coalition of Arab i nationalist elements including four “| Iembers of the moderate wing of the : Baath Party. The regime is still dominated by the military, with eight cabinet posts. b. The new prime minister, Tahir Yahya,is sympathetic to the Baath Party, and both the Baathists and the Egyptians feel they can trust hin. c. The political affiliation of eight of the new ministers is not known, but the key interior post q is in the hands of an anti-Baathist nationalist. Indonesia , 2. ERC RS eres okey SSS RSS eS A ae és a. Defense Minister Nasution a has been ordered by Sukarno to make conciliatory statements on Malaysia t ‘# While on his trip abroad E bot b. The Dutch chargé who re- : ported this explained that Nasution bs was chosen for this job because a ——- Sukarno was irritated with the ultra- “ tough line the defense minister has 5 taken. (Cont'd) For The President Only - Top Secret HW 55355 DBocld:32401336 Page 12
c. The chargé has no informa- tion on the motives behind this % switch. Our embassy thinks it may “| be a move to pave the way for explora- tory talks by Foreign Minister Suband-~ rio at Bangkok with his Thai and Philippine counterparts. . It may also be meant to provide a more recep- tive attitude for Nasution's visit here, af ae d. Our embassy thinks Nasution went in for his Malaysia sabre rat- tling on Sukarno's orders, or at the very least, with the president's Sukarno may feel Es e Pa FS a Ee] a fe HW 355355 i tacit support. : #  Nasution has stolen some of his ay 4 thunder. s et m4 — . oe Anqensen ty Sere PEE EE 4 3. Congo gs an a. Adoula still did not get - 7 Y ane around to announcing the expulsion ee SL ' of all Soviet and Czech embassy per- 4 an - sonnel yesterday. However, his % Br j2t° people managed on Tuesday afternoon 4 / ",7) to corral and hog-tie the Soviet % é a counselor and press attaché before Ey { t¢ "° they could eat-up all the incrimin- Be 3 ating papers in their possession. a oan we b. The Russians are now being 4 4 . held at Ndolo prison. The Congolese A 4 ., |  surete says the seized papers include, a 4 |, it Camong other things, minutes of a # i " "liberation committee" meeting of op- rs & position politicians in Brazzaville, é “ey and a document showing Soviet pay- a Siememce, ments to this group. en we ae aaa (Cont ' d) For The President Only - Top Secret DoclId:32401336 Page 153
AE ELE c. The Belgian ambassador 4 thinks these papers are probably ES genuine. He says the Russians have made the mistake of underrating the Congolese and have stumbled into a surete trap. sas d. The Congolese also picked up two Czech diplomats but have since released them. This morning they arrested the correspondent of the Soviet news agency. uiReenaED 55 REE eu i a Avge Res SR re Pete Ne pe wears i 4, Ethiopia- vA a. Haile Selassie is planning | e Congo a to withdraw all Ethiopian BS ae om the in Fi ‘b. The two battalions of Ethiopians provide the guts of the UN operation. They had been slated to stay until June and are likely to be very difficult to replace. c. The Emperor reportedly ordered the withdrawal on grounds that the troops are urgently needed in Ethiopia, particularly in view | of the Soviet military accord with Somalia, d. Our ambassador has asked to see the Emperor, as well as the i prime minister and foreign minister, ress for reconsideration aye ere P ~ ° Canepa, oe SEE trey egg A SAND NY OES For The President Only - Top Secret HW 55355 Docld:324013356 Page 14
NOTES A. Cuba The U-2 which flew yesterday's mission over ' Cuba crashed while returning,about 40 miles north of Key West. Air and sea rescue craft were sent to the scene. An air rescue unit sighted an unopened parachute, a life raft,and oil slick in the crash | area. The pilot is presumed lost. There is no in- dication that the plane was attacked. — EEE SESE TI LEVEE SEH PELE AR OUTER Es _esBerling| Local East German troops acting without igher authority appear to have been responsible for turning high powered searchlights on pilots tak- ing off from West Berlin's Tempelhof airfield on -14~16 November. There were five such incidents. A “message of 16 November instructed border guard ele- ments to discontinue such acts. There have been no further incidents reported since. EL EEE STE TE BESTE N ELT SAA RL! Se re IOUT socaesncaienaatarimainete 8 es { vB aan a C. Albania-USSR..J A Radio Tirana broadcast has accused oN / Khrushchev ‘of personally releasing Barghoorn for  \ fear that Moscow's wheat deal with the US might col- aN lapse, The Albanians are on record as preferring yy to eat grass rather than to kowtow to the West, but 4 they are not above cating Chinese w ‘sone WOSLOEN..SOULCCS erreurs: _ SESE RR eS e ed ane was sho 4 ritor y Soviet jet fighters who violated ) ni ace. The Iranians say that the plane é was on a photographic mission in connection with the al! be TELLER OTE UN SS SEIS ETE TES : 7 For The President Only - Top Secret HW 55355 DBocld:32401336 Page 17
government's land reform drive. The pilot was injured and his two passengers were killed Yhe incident comes at a time when Soviet President Brezhnev is visiting Tehran. He addressed a joint session of ra & - a nie es POSER een eS @Police seem to have restored order in E. Venezuela” {downtown Caracas, but terrorism contiamues elsewhere. ithe slum district of Caracas to which the terrorists ( Jretreated is under virtual martial lew. Among other a - cok the d_tota “ibe aes warehouse at Maracaibo was [oninese ¢ Communist delegation. although not intent on / disrupting the conference, plans to attack the WPC Fi a | fee ; For The President Only - Top Secrst HW 55355 DBocld:32401336 Page 18
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;CRET DINAR THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--22 NOVEMBER 1963 1. USSR: spot emcee a pa ae eR PERE SEMEL TE A. "GRIFFON", THE SOVIET ANTIMISSILE DISPLAYED IN THE ae Perey weer: a PREIS case 7 NOVEMBER MOSCOW PARADE, APPEARS DESIGNED ONLY FOR USE WITHIN ** THE ATMOSPHERE. < A, SIHANOUK HAS GIVEN THE FRENCH IN PHNOM PENH FORE- WARNING THAT HE PLANS TO REVIVE HIS NEUTRALITY GUARANTEE PROPOSALS. |B, HE WANTS THE TWELVE GENEVA CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS ft TO MEET IN SOME ASIAN CITY; “AT THE GREAT POWERS' EXPENSE," 7 TO WORK OUT A NEUTRALITY GUARANTEE DECLARATION. C. THE FRENCH SAY THEY PLAN TO RESPOND FAVORABLY AND HOPE WE WILL TOO,LEST SIHANOUK OTHERWISE TAKE THE FINAL IR- REVOCABLE STEP INTO THE COMMUNIST BLOC. - _ (CONT *D) TOP SECRET DINAR HW 55355 DBocld:32401336 Page 22
wo Bee TOP SECRET DINAR mung tit ait # D. MEANWHILE PEIPING HAS DECLARED IT WOULD GIVE "ALL- © our SUPPORT SHOULD CAMBODIA ENCOUNTER ARMED INVASION INSTI- Spe GATED BY THE US OR ITS VASSALS." E, S§@@EESE-MINISTER OF DEFENSE LON NOL HAS INTIMATED TO GENERAL TABER THAT THE CAMBODIAN MILITARY DOES NOT APPROVE OF TERMINATION OF US AID. CAMBODIAN MILITARY OFFICERS HAVE : MADE IT PLAIN THAT THE US RETAINS A RESERVOIR OF GOOD WILL WITHIN THE COUNTRY'S MILITARY. 3. NorEs: Se A. CUBA-US: A PRENSA LATINA ITEM YESTERDAY DATELINED Mm /Bis 2 NEW YORK, SAYS THE STUDENT COMMITTEE FOR TRAVEL TO CUBA HAS STARTED ORGANIZING ANOTHER TRIP, HOPEFULLY TO INCLUDE AS MANY AS 500 STUDENTS THIS TIME. OVER 100 ARE SAID TO HAVE APPLIED SO FAR. wed8F B. U-2 CRASH: SALVAGE OPERATIONS CONTINUE ON THE Non WRECKAGE OF THE U-2. THERE IS STILL NO TRACE OF THE PILOT, CAPTAIN HYDE, WHO EVIDENTLY BISECTED SOMETIME BEFORE IMPACT . C. eR ea ae mou, PRESENTED HIM WITH A MADE- IN-DENMARK ROCKING CHAIR, EXPRESSING THE HOPE THAT IT WOULD |, NOW BE POSSIBLE TO ROCK IN RHYTHM IN BOTH THE KREMLIN AND THE WHITE HOUSE. APPARENTLY KHRUSHCHEV WILL BE MAKING HIS 4 (CONT'D) SCANDANAVIAN TOUR NEXT SPRING. en es ae SOR + TOP SECRET DINAR HW 55355 Docld:324013356 Page 23
HW 55355 TOP SECRET DINAR mercsnq,,,D» JAPAN YESTERDAY'S JAPANESE ELECTION DID NOT CHANGE CE BETWEEN CONSERVATIVES AND SOCIALISTS IN _“THE SOCIALISTS GAINED A FEW SEATS, BUT FELL SHORT OF THEIR GOAL OF BREAKING .THE"ONE-THIRD — Ee ~ TNDONESIA- US: INDONESIAN OFFICIALS ARE LETTING IT | BE KNOWN INDIRECTLY, VIA THE OIL COMPANY REPRESENTATIVES, THAT SUKARNO MAY WELL HOLD UP SIGNATURE OF THE LAW RATIFYING OIL CONTRACTS WITH THE BIG THREE UNTIL THE US POSITION ON AID TO INDONESIA IS "CLARIFIED."" US AID THEY SAY WAS PROMISED BY WILSON WYATT AS PART OF A "PACKAGE DEAL" FOR SETTLING WITH THE OIL COMPANIES. _ . TOP SECRET DINAR DoclId: 327401336 Page 24
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. > 1. South Vietnam a. Vietnamese Communist ef- forts to discredit the new Saigon . regime stayed in high gear this dlpuc week, Cd b. The number of armed attacks joe Pa Vlad was off from the high of the previous t week but still some 50% above the year’s weekly average. C \2 c. These attacks have been, for the most part, small-scale efforts directed against the government's paramilitary forces in the villages. They have been designed more for their psychological impact than for immediate military gain. d. £ high volume of messages on Viet Cong nilitary and political communications nets indicates a prob- able continuation of this effort. e. The new government is re- sponding ty stepping up its own military sperztions. It is also setting atout the hard job of re- Vamping tze Diem government apparatus and harnessing broader Popular sup- port for the war effort. f. The generals have been dealing fzirly effectively with (Cont 'd) For The Fresiaent Only - Top Secret HW 55355 Docld:32401336 Page 276
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their new responsibilities. There are, however, a few signs of dissen- sion within this group and between it and civilian politicians. g. One of the more ambitious and troublesome figures is the able but opportunistic General Ton That Dinh, the new Minister of Security. He has been travelling about the country spreading the idea that the coup was largely his doing and seems bent on developing his own independ- ent base of power. He is a man to watch. h. The new regime has also embarked on a purge of high military officers who sided with Diem during the Buddhist crisis-.and failed to get on the right side soon enough, (INTERCEPTS) — 2. Venezuela "a The ‘death toll from the erent terrorist outburst in Caracas last i . Tuesday and Wednesday now stands at about 30. 1] GeK-Act..6 (1) b. This is the high water mark Hy - thus far in the campaign of the — Castro-supported Communist extremists to disrupt the national elections a _ week from tomorrow. the [Pia erepeae (Cont! 4) pert Slee ptt on, Sy tae eb a re tte a IS Se i i ea ye fot me ap ae HW 55355 DBocld:32401336 Page 26
a Te mpage: nites Reee Ree POLES IG ones RTE Tp ae HE ee eer PST o> Spore eS egg ee ETN LE EE SEK Act 6 (1)(B) "9 oe c. The Betancourt government has struck back hard. Its new uni- fied command over the security forces, passed this nitia est Ww ying colors. 1 d. At least 500 extremists were arrested and the round-up is J still going on. Their removal will a hamper the Communist drive against ot elections in major cities like Caracas, e. We now expect the elections to be held on schedule, a consider- able achievement under the circum- stances. The elections will be fol- lowed, however, by a Communist ef- fort to prevent the March inaugura-— tion of the victor. £. -The rub here is that none of the presidential candidates com- mands President Betancourt's con- siderable assets for dealing success- fully with the harsh realities of Venezuelan politics. The constitu- tion prevents Betancourt from suc- ceeding himself. g. In the background, as always, looms the military, which . could intervene if the president- ys elect shows signs of being soft on communism. a PRECISE, woe 8 rey . “ ae a RAE HW 55355 Docld:32401336 Page 29
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1. North Vietnam — South Vietnam SS Veer bine GAZ reccber IV CGCIS Strgen, 1068 B pr, 2506 HW 55355 DBocld:32401336 Page 45 a. North Vietnamese leaders are pressing their campaign for neu- tralization of South Vietnam, b. They can count on Cambodia's support. Prince Sihanouk has said he believes neutralization of South Vietnam to be the only way to keep his country and the rest of the area from falling eventually into Commu- nist hands. c. The French feel the same way. Indeed, Souvanna Phouma re- portedly told a closed session of the Laotian National Assembly that the French were urging him to sup- port Hanoi in this. d. Moreover, according to one of our clandestine sources, the North Vietnamese have talked Souvanna into backing the neutralization proposi- tion in the UN. e. The troublesome Polish ICC delegate in Laos, Marek Thee (who will be going home soon), has just returned to Vientiane from Hanoi and is trying, with somewhat less suc- cess, to enlist British support too. (Cont 'd)
# weet HW 55355 Docld: 32401336 3 weilty wee et Bm z oo : : : _ 30" SOSA Sa lyt ee Lb BO Bae eee ee pe ; MEN Es SLRS oe ant ; ae so : 23 f. As part of the same campaign, the North Vietnamese have told the French they believe sentiment is growing in the US for withdrawal of US forces. They reportedly plan to keep the heat on to encourage it. g. Hanoi is at the same time trying quietly to encourage the belief that it is ready to be reasonable. h. To hear Thee tell it, North Vietnamese leaders feel that neutral- ity for South Vietnam and eventual reunification is the only way they, too, ,can escape from Peiping's clutches, a. As is usual in Laos, the tentative agreement for a cease-fire reached last week between Kong Le © and Pathet Lao commander Singkapo came to naught. b. Each side accuses the other of planning to use a cease-fire to screen preparations for larger at- tacks. c. There is scattered fighting in the Plaine des Jarres., Lao Army, neutralist, and Meo guerrilla ele- ments are jointly engaged in a limited offensive in the Vang Vieng oe a ee cae aoe an o For The President Only - Top Secret Page 47
tS on et - area north of Vientiane on Route 13. They hope to gain control of that ae town and its small airfield. d. We have been anticipating J. <j @nm expansion of the fighting with :] the recent advent of the dry season. 3. Cambodia ES a. Sihanouk knows his actions teak against us have increased his vul- nerability to the Communist bloc, and he is looking to the French to bail him out. c. He apparently hopes that the availability of French aid will enable him to keep his balance with the Communists and fend off their pressure, : d. The French have told our Embassy in Paris that plans are afoot for French Defense Minister Messmer to go to Cambodia in January. 4% Maes, Hie —_-— For The President Only - Top Secret HW 55355 DBocld:32401336 Page 46
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e. Sihanouk's actions toward the US have not been universally ‘* popular. This is particularly true +} fe among government officials, the bus- ;% iness community (who have reason to fear stepped-up nationalization), and the military, where the US re- , tains a considerable reservoir of “ goodwill. £. Indications are that Si- hanouk will try to win fuller sup- port by creating new feuds with neighboring South Vietnam and Thai- land. This is a gambit he has used to advantage in past difficulties. Se ea Se ver ae A Mei gte te Las ‘a. A number of Yemeni leaders _have told us they want the Egyptians o get out of the Yemen. They want o be left alone to solve their own problems. 4. Yemen-Egypt JFK AcE-6..(1) ( b. This is especially true cae of those Sheikhs with large tribal - ao a te, followings. oe c. A general uprising against the Egyptians is not likely at the moment, but the longer they remain, the greater the possibility of major pro-government tribes deserting to the royalists. rer oe | . (Cont'd) For The President Only - Top Secret _——™ HW 55355 Docld:32401336 Page 50
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dad. Nasir, with some 30,000 troops in the Yemen, has grudgingly promised to pull out 5,000 before the end of the year. So far there has been no sign he is preparing to do so. a. The Christian Democrats and Socialists have finally reached an! agreement on cabinet assignments and a program for a "centerleft" coalition government, b. Negotiations were especially tough, but apparently President Kennedy's death acted as a catalyst to bring the two together. ‘ e (Cont'd) For The President Only - Top Secret HW 55355 DBocld:32401336 Page 52
ae yet Nee Caen cee MES ae eth cg one Tl eg me d. With Moro premier, Nenni will probably become vice-premier. Saragat, who is pro-US and pro-NATO, ; is most likely to be named Foreign } Minister. For The President Only - Top Secret HW 55355 Docld:32401336 Page 53
ussians are dragging their feet in litary assistance for India. Mean- has decided Fern Shler,ainerahtrsscs us héréa:z or:-f1 ter. ey to look to ere B. _USSR. %, Our Embassy in Moscow has gotten word of ® Strikes recently at Ryazan, near Moscow, and in ae} SK / Leningrad. The cause of the Ryazan incident is not Mt, clear, but bread shortages apparently were behind 21No, | the Leningrad strikes. Simtlar disturbances were - reported last month from several points in southern Mere Russia, (5 Min, * = HW 55355 For The President Only - Top Secret DoclId: 327401336 Page 54 wg ME
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1. South Vietnam a, Vietnamese Communist forces -kept up their high post-coup level of activity over the weekend. b. The most significant action was an attack early yesterday morn- ing against a US special forces train- ing camp some 30 miles from Saigon. c. When the smoke cleared after a sharp fight, four US soldiers were missing and at least 35 South Vietnamese were dead. d. Late yesterday morning, the Viet Cong shot down two aircraft sup- porting a government operation in the extreme south, and damaged twelve more. Two more Americans are missing in this action. e. Back in Saigon, the new re- gime's troubles with the ambitious — General Ton That Dinh continue. f. He is still angling to get control of the important strategic hamlet program and has yet to give up command of the Third Corps, which the generals assigned to another of their number earlier in the month. This corps is of particular signifi- cance in that it surrounds Saigon. For The President Only - Top Secret HW 55355 DBocld:32401336 Page 586
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4. Iraq 5. Syria HW 55355 DBocld:32401336 Page 61 a. The air of tension in Bagh- dad dissipated somewhat after the government lifted the curfew and once again permitted private vehicles on the streets, b. Neither the city nor its new rulers are, however, at ease. Troops are still very much in evi- dence, n c. The new regime apparently ' is not convinced that the hard core of the Baath Party and its paramili- tary supporters have been put down for good. a. We have information that a showdown between the moderate and extremist factions of the ruling : Baath Party in Syria is fast approach- ' ing. Soe pM ER ete (Cont 'd) For The President Only - Top Secret
6. Italy — HW 55355 Docld:324013356 Page 62 } ° be prime nister Hafiz as the leading figure on the side of modera- tion. General Umran heads the doc- trinaire extremists. c. It was a split along the same lines that brought about the Baath Party's fall from power in Iraq. a. Premier~designate Moro ex- pects that the program for a "center- left" coalition government will be approved today by the four parties involved. JER ACEO ( LY CBP neers c. After the program has been approved, the final selection of a cabinet can be undertaken. This could take the rest of the week, For The President Only - Top Secret ns res
CAIRO JORDAN UAR (EGYPT) oe RIYADH Medina. Aswan | S A U D J o Ras Yenbo® Banas aha / ARABIA SAUDI ARABIA Zahran : *. Najran neds, Te Mecce “Test Qizan Major road ----+- Other roac or track ° starcre wes 100 Hored \ Moydi \ UNCLASSIFIED e Khamis Mushart Hojjah | oot eUmron Qrzan Camagan om Roudhe Marib ° Sedan zg Ue u Sitwoh 5 SANA a Jihannah Harib Sana Mand, & Al Hudaydoh cs Al Hudsydan® . Al Barca, «ort ec Farld ao nf? bef ETHIOPIA of 4 ~. Qoteboh Al Baydo r e // ADEN TAIZZ (ad Dali in ve ‘ ° STATUTE Mites 4 ante Mocha <O eo~~ m4 ~ PAS, e ea ETHIOPIA Ao) ADEN FRENCH SOMALILAND q 3 3 3 ; i : HW 4545355 DoclId: 32401336 Page 63 YEM EN 6308013 KUWAIT “Kuwait ZONE
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NOTES A. Oswald Press stories to the effect that Lee Harvey Oswald recently visited Mexico City are true, accord- ing to our information. Oswald visited both the Cuban and the Soviet embassies on 28 September. He was trying, we are told, to arrange for visas so that he could travel to the USSR via Havana. He returned to the US on 3 October. Sa RScaey Se pa a a Ruane: pet Beg ryhe tog Sparen a - ; LON new round of military promotions and te HRs if £ ¥ i yassignments will be made public today. The present “instability of the Brazilian political scene is re- , flected in the numerous reports of coup plots which = apbis, event. has precipitated. : D. Algeria We have a report from a good clandestine source that a group of army officers is plotting with Defense Minister Boumedienne to overthrow Ben Bella. A growing estrangement between the two has been apparent for some time, but this is the first good indication that Boumedienne is making common cause with those who wish to turn Ben Bella out of office. (Cont 'd) For The President Only - Top Secret HW 55355 DBocld:32401336 Page 65
SERGE SORIBOII Tat cn ste sf PRUE ae OBS E. Australia — Communist, China 34 Peiping has" “Signed con- & e facts for just-over one millfion tons of Australian "i grain to be delivered early next year. We had been |) expecting the Chinese Communists to enter the market, 7? Since they had another mediocre grain crop this year. '4 Peiping has been buying close to five million tons ‘' of grain for the past several years. ; : SEKTACE-6.(1) (B) me, ‘s ae . the Soviet Embassy in Leopold- Tt oe ind booked 75 places ight to Brussels i information on- ‘4 (awhether any Soviet Embassy officials. have actually & departed, however. ial Bees Batman ay saan , G. Berlin © There was no new harassment of Allied ac- ®cess routes to Berlin over the weekend. A total of 16 flares were fired last evening near Tempelhof Airfield, but we connect these with Communist ef-— - forts to prevent escapes from East Berlin. East A German police were observed stringing barbed wire (tn the same area a short time later. H. Laos ~ The neutralists claim to have made significant gains” “in their limited offensive in the Vang Vieng jarea., They have not, however, been able to dislodge. ithe Pathet Lao from positions within artillery range sof the town's airport. Bey % For The President Only - Top Secret HW 55355 Docld:324013356 Page 66
TOP SECRET (Security Classification) NAME AND ADDRESS DATE INITIALS IA/IPC NLI 94< 4g4 (#4) + fo | faction ST TOIRECT REPLYS PREPARE REPLY_| |__JAPPROVAL | bisPATCH RECOMMENDATION] | [COMMENT TE RETURN ; | {concurrence |_| INFORMATION | PsignaTure | CONTROL NO, [SC-NLJ-084/93  B] REMARKS: a To COPY _. 1 OF FROM: NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NO DATE David C. Hunphrey/LBJ Library 6/23 Handle Via COMINT Channels Access to this document will be restricted to those approved for the following specific activities: Siz y NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION TOP SECRET (Security Classification)
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HW 55355 Ma 2. Laos { 4 ; 5, = govern- 7 ment; forces had finally Secured Vang ok Vieng and its airfield, long Held - ‘the Pathet Lao. | __Jatso[ __] - [the capture of Ban Namone farther iy south on Route 13. , b. The neutralist, rightist Lao : Army, and Meo tribal guerrilla forces i hope to sustain their coordinated if clearing action until remaining Pathet : Lao pockets in this area north of 3 Vientiane are cleared, 4 ec. Such operations in Laos it have often been followed by a Com= : ¢ ee an : i SEK Act 6 For The President Only - Top Secret DoclId: 327401336 Page T1
HW 355355 3. South Vietnam DocId: 32401336 Page 72 For The President Only - Top Secret ne a. According to press reports, Viet Cong attacks on Sunday wiped out two of the government's strategic hamlets in the central highlands about 250 miles north of Saigon. b. More than 1,000 inhabitants in the hamlets--who are minority tribesmen--are missing and possibly have fled into the mountains. They abandoned a significant quantity of weapons to the Viet Cong. c. These attacks not only sug-— gest continued erosion of the govern- ment's programs to win over tribal Support, but also signal that stepped up Viet Cong pressure against the new regime is spreading to the north. (Cont'd)
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Hi “2 t JPK Aet..6. (1) (B) 5. USSR-Berlin { a4. Embassy Bonn feels that H the Soviet Union may be seeking at i least a temporary modus vivendi on - the autobahn without prejudicing : its juridical position, which can i be used to cause difficulties there in the future, b. The embassy bases this on the Soviet replies to the Western notification to the USSR on 29 i October regarding harmonized convoy : procedures--two oral Statements on 16 November and a note of 21 Noven- | ber, 4 - (Cont'd) went For The President Only - Top Secret HW 55355 DBocld:32401336 Page 74
ay pace c. The Soviet note was designed to make a record, showing that the USSR exercises "control" of the auto- ‘ bahn and that the recent incidents : resulted from US refusal to comply with “existing procedures." cot vnc widneoredon Fe henttrine i: d. On the other hand, the Soviet / procedures described in the oral re- plies seem to reflect actual Allied practices, though there is enough ambiguity to afford the USSR flexi- bility in any future actions. 6. Brazil a. The danger of an immediate coup against the Goulart regime has receded with the reported decision of Second Army. Commander General Bevilaqua not to join the coup plot- t ters. been asked to hand over his command as part of a series of reassign- ments made by President Goulart to keep the military off balance. i, c. On the other side of the i coin, there is widespread belief . that Goulart. himself will at some time resort to a coup to establish an authoritarian regime. For The President Only - Top Secret HW 55355 DBocld:32401336 Page 75
HW 355355 DocId: 32401336 Page T6 SEK Act 6 (1) (B) seems either out of touch with reality or very poorly informed. Public opinion is not with him and the tradition that po- litical power should only be trans- ferred constitutionally is very strong in the army, coup reports notwithstanding, ££. The biggest danger from this quarter is that the opposition may resort to some illegal act, giv- ing Goulart the excuse to take over, For The President Only - Top Secret
HW 355355 DoctId: 32401336 Page Tf? NOTES . \ cae 2 ieee SETMOMRG Giroy wehbe REL DAR Ge De A, wwe thiopia-Congo Haile Selassie has acceded to. our eRipasSsador*e=request and is rescinding his earlier ie : decision to withdraw the 1,743-man Ethiopian con- ae i tingent : from the UN force in the Congo. J OUFK-Act 6 (1) (B) c. pimtsygelacpnilipninoss fC President ‘Sukarno plans to go to Manila this . Thursday to confer with Philippine President Macapagal, ,_ No reasons have been advanced for the visit. Our 7 . chargé guesses that it is an Indonesian move to head port Philippine recognition of Malaysia, D, “Yenéadela’ * The terrorists have struck again, this “time-firing’ six US-owned oil and gas pipelines near t the northeastern city of Puerto la Cruz. The elec- ; tions are still on for Sunday,and we look for a maxi- 1 mum effort from the pro-Castro terrorist organization. E. “Congo. We now have word that 49 members of the Soviet ¢-ERbassy, including dependents, left Leopoldville on “| Saturday aboard a Sabena flight for Brussels. They i} are expected to book onward passage for Moscow. It is 5 reported that the Congolese will allow one Russian i *T without diplomatic status to stay to look after Soviet _ Property
d. This Communist effort is aimed at discrediting the post-Diem regime before the new leadership is able to get its feet on the ground and capture the loyalty and respect of people in the provinces. e. Although the Viet Cong still continues to draw its main strength from local recruiting, a steady stream of cadre and training personnel con- tinues to make. its way to the -south from North Vietnam along the Laotian border. f. We are now reasonably sure that at least 784 persons infiltrated from the north during 1963 and the actual total may be much higher. 4. USSR b. We probably should have had by now an announcement closing an area roughly 500 miles south of Johnston Island to shipping. We suspect the Soviets may have delayed it in order not to appear to be rattling rockets immediately after President Kennedy's ' death. (Cont 'd) ‘for The President Only - Top Secret HW 55355 DBocld:32401336 Page Té
4, eh ie HW 55355 / 47, | DoclId: 32401336 — > USSR i Page 79 Gl 7 d. This Communist 6ffort is aimed at discrediting pile _post-Diem — regime before the ney leadership is able to get its feet on the ground | and- capture the #byalty and respect fohs people in je provinces. b. We probably should have had by now an announcement closing an area’ roughly 500 miles south of. Johnston Island to shipping. We suspect the Soviets may -have delayed it in order not to appear to be rattling rockets > immediately after President Kennedy's death. (Cont ‘d) the President Only - Top Secret
‘ ‘f TOP SECRET (Security Classification) NAME AND ADDRESS CIA/IPC Ft a re | | NLJ 94-424 (#5) + | | __T ACTION |__| DIRECT REPLY |__| PREPARE REPLY [| APPROVAL |__| OISPATCH |_| RECOMMENDATION |__[ COMMENT PRIME RETURN | [concurrence | ‘| INFORMATION |_| StGNATURE CONTROL NO. _[SC-NLJ-085/93 B] REMARKS: — COPY OF eee oO > 4 m FROM: NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NO. David C. Hunphrey/LBJ Library fon) N es) Handle Via ~COMINT Channels Access to this document will be restricted to those approved for the following specific activities: TOP SECRET (Security Classification) . ‘HW 55355 Docld:32401336 Page 80
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HW 355355 1. Cuba M (o- < 2. Syria-Iraq Docld: 327401336 Page 54 a. Cuban tents are now begin- ning to appear at a number of the SAM sites-~further evidence that training of Cubans in operation of SAM equipment has begun as scheduled, b.  High-altitude photography taken this past weekend shows these tents at six SAM sites in western Cuba. These sites are in addition to those at which we noted the pres- ence of Cuban interpreters as we. reported on Saturday, c. This training should be com- pleted by next May or June. | d. Just before the training Started, we noted a series of moves involving the relocation of eight of the SAM sites.’ e. The purpose, it appears, — fas to shift the mission of the sys- em from an area defense of the sland as a whole to point defense £ specific targets rly For The President Only - Top Secret
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: t Bo GY bse bo. TON cane ae + epee, 3. Turkey coalition government 1S a collapse. b. It has long been shaky. Last week it was dealt a severe ‘set-— back when the opposition ss emerged from local elections as the country's majority party. 13 -* (Cont'd) 4 ek For The President Only - Top Secret HW 55355 DBocld:32401336 Page 66
re ay we, EP TEET ror RS TES ot eee BT TEED see TP ee es cea DP NE ETE EN TTR SDT oe See HT TM aed UE TET IE EE A c. Now the Peasant Party, one 1 of the three in the coalition, has ea voted to pull out, and probably will ss do so as soon as gets back from * Washington. Another partner, the 4 STL Meni ads adr ett i d. A new coalition is at least ' a theoretical possibility, with a number of independents taking the place of the. Peasant Party, but Inonu probably would not be prime minister, , e. The military are working +; for an all-party coalition. This ' way, they feel, they could keep : tabs on the Justice Party, but the Justice Party is not likely to buy this arrangement. f. As matters now stand, the military would take over the govern- ment itself before it would let the , Justice Party form one. 4. USSR wheat 7 Was taken to avoid lowering reserves, | -{ Which he has described as ample for i! one or two years. We think the sit-— a uation is more serious. than that. ee ye oven ceatelte® SU a5" Seat ES wey te TS as eg ett en pares (Cont 'd) For The President Only Top Secret HW 55355 Docld:32401336 Page 87
HW 55355 “se b. This year's harvest was , clearly very bad. The weight of & . evidence suggests that Soviet grain e i stockpiles have been far drawn down this year and are not sufficient to protect the country from another poor harvest. JEK.Act 6 (1) (B) ~~ (Cont'd) For The President Only - Top Secret DoclId: 32401336 Page 365
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6, Czechoslovakia-} a. Czech President and party USSR «] boss Novotny has gone to Moscow, ok evidently for economic talks, judg- me ing by the composition of his dele- f gation. Hid cients an b. Novotny's background of ; Stalinist excesses have put him on ‘| the wrong Side of Khrushchev. They 4 “ also have given rise to control problems, . particularly in the frac- ~ tious Slovak party where pressures >; for liberalization have made their sa a! mark, a c. Party problems and Novotny's leadership may thus also come under review, — d. A curious sign of the times is the fact that, although President _ Novotny is in Moscow, the presidential . flag has remained up at the official residence. It might Simply have been _ an oversight, but the symbolism will | not be lost to the people in Prague. | a. Cambodia, as expected, has - he asked the Geneva co-chairman to call the Geneva conference participants i. together (in Djakarta) to discuss wi measures "to ensure the internation-— 73 ally guaranteed and controlled neu- . tralization of Cambodia." . 7. Cambodia we fy - ee ae Bn apne te ten mee © Be wee - ws (Cont'd) For The President Only - Top Secret Fn, HW 55355 DBocld:32401336 Page 90
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HW 55355 a Lasstlld C. [... fo bos be { t ex ga . gar 7s é | . b. Last year when this came i . up, tne[ [were inclined to go * "along with some such idea. L c. They have indicated to us “| “ that they still feel Sihanouk should -; not be turned down, and Sihanouk is_ .; obviously hopeful that. they will | exert pressure d. Sihanouk seems to be hoping =: for at least a rump session attended by conferees who are willing to do his bidding. | 8. Egypt-Yemen <= JFK Act...6 For The President Only - Top Secret DoclId: 327401336 Page 92
¥ » pe {eek : *y, TIL: ba) SLES SU REE LOR EEN N fe 9. Congo ie . a. Opposition leftist Congo— 3 1'» lese exiles, operating from Brazza- i ville across the river, are reported to be plotting to assassinate Congo- lese Premier Adoula and some of his ministers. JER Act...6 d. Adoula's- government already. knows that this group of left-wing subversives, which now numbers about 50, is being helped by the Communist bloc. . e. It operates fairly freely in the loose circumstances which now obtain in Brazzaville. .Its activities may soon become a serious source of friction between the two countries. a S* Tray ys
A. Cc. D. «Venezuela ““Indonesia-Malaysia “$ Indonesian-inspired press re-— “"ports“yesterdaysclaimed a British militar y p } was shot down near the North Born o_ border," / <a a oe A vanmeee . ESG [ES ESS? Ek EAE GEE ES BSE Gs mip NOTES rs Hsrowd ts ¢ Sepa ete Page NE LA AT IRE 2 _ South. Korea % — With 85 percent of the v ote in, Pak “YCHhong= huis Democratic Republican Party has already ‘i won an absolute majority in the National Assembly is elections held yesterday, . y The country's three major presidential - } candidates “were the targets of unsuccessful assassi-~ ‘nation attempts yesterday as Communist-—led terror- i ists moved into’ the.final week of desperate attempt ‘to wreck next Sunday’s elections, A US Embassy-of- © , ficial was also the intended recipient of a "Christ- os :mas package" containing a bomb. Yesterday a US ° ‘rubber warehouse was set afire and destroyed by . terrorists, . Indone emma Ne lippines }® sia-Phi JEK-Act_6 (1) (B) SPK Act 6 (1) (B) t . 4 3 4 4 i Te safer FER BORE 8 os pao Boonie tage athe Cuba The alert in the Cuban military which we noted immediately after President Kennedy's death has been lifted. (INTERCEPT) (Cont *d) For The President Only - Top Secret ° Hw 55355 DocId: 32401336 Page 94
oad SEE HD argensercieg SM: et EH GPK Act 6 (1) (B) go = G. ~ USSR-US \; Pravda this morning reports on Gromyko's © «'talks with President Johnson, giving top play to Senator Fulbright's remarks about the desirability _of a meeting between the President and Khrushchev.. hy SERRANO NETS, SOT ONES? STARA Oo Se aeap memes ap gs got the bY ow Ete the For The President Only - Top Secret HW 55355 DBocld:32401336 Page 95
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ence of Cuban interpreters ag P*° ; Cc. This training Should be com~ An at | - Pleted by next May or June, - Just before the training ¥— Started, (ea 8 series Of moves AUP involving the relocation Of eight of | pos nay the SAy Site Wy ©. The Purpose, it appears, was to shift the mission of the sys_ tem from an area defense of the — island aS a whole to POint defense : particularly For The President Only - Top Secret e 9o7 DocId: 32 HW 55355
BES ae bk cps “gh ole ae tee piety et, seh escheat ee itinria rae nar cls Si alata atts see hotel! Cen ine Se Seale Size Bie aE eT achat ohne tine eine ten nt Atak er ei NOTES \ uth Korea With 85 percent of the vot in, Pak CHong-hui'S Democratic Republican Party/has already wop an absolute majority in\the NationAl Assembly - elgctions held yesterday. \ . Véegezuela The country's three\mayor presidential Pudates were the targets of uh uccessful assassi- m,attempts yesterday as Commtnist-led terror- Med into’ the final week #f desperate attempt next Sunday's elections, AUS Embassy of- also the intended recipient of a "Christ- qntaining a bomb, ler warehouse GFK Act 6 (1) (B) E. Cuba The alert in the Cuban military which we— — —Doted-immediately after President Kennedy's death has been lifted. (INTERCEPT) (Cont 'd) For The President Only - Top Secret’ HW 55355 DBocld:32401336 Page 98
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The country's six presiden- tial candidates have swung into the home stretch of their campaigns. So have the terrorists, who. are still : trying hard to sabotage next Sunday's ; vote. 1. Venezuela q a. poo b, There is little doubt that F the terrorist effort has all-out 4 Cuban support. Castro looks on 2 Venezuela as his prime target in Latin America and would do. everything in his power to prevent President 5 Betancourt from finishing his term. & c. So far, the terrorists have tried to intimidate the candidates by harassing political rallies, bomb- ing their party headquarters in : various cities, and threatening them with assassination. They have tried to scare voters from the polls by creating a general atmosphere of law- lessness. Kidnappings, like the’ one 7 yesterday morning of Colonel Chenault, . are part of the pattern. os d. The government counterattack | is under the personal direction of Betancourt, who is as determined to finish out his term and turn over power to a freely-elected successor oo eke earns (Cont 'd) For The President Only - Top Secret HW 55355 DBocld:32401336 Page 102 ad
2. a ba ora 0 teenies sd Rtg sharia South Vietnam rae e. Yesterday it. was announced that the carrying of firearms by anyone outside the security forces was forbidden until the elections are over. f . pee, Ae. ‘ ~ f. Some 3,000 reservists have been called up to protect the polls. “Leaves are’ being cancelled and all security forces are maintaining a ‘Bagh state of alert. a. We now have a fuller ac- count from official US sources of the Viet Cong attack on two mountain villages mentioned in Tuesday's — Checklist. b. This account makes it clear ‘that the earlier press versions, ‘‘which spoke of 1,000 missing vil- lagers, were highly colored, c. Our present information is that the attack, in company strength, was successfully repulsed. The Viet Cong suffered some 30 cas- ualties; government losses were six killed, three wounded and 39 missing. (Cont 'd) For The President Only - Top Secret Docld: 327401336 Page 103
d. As is usual in these cases, the villagers began to trickle back - once the Viet Cong left. e. This episode aside, we see "a number of indications that the Communists will try to sustain the higher level of military activity they have kept up since the coup. £. The Communist radio has called for more attacks in an effort to destroy strategic hamlets and "develop" Viet Cong forces. In sup- . port of this, Viet Cong communica- tions traffic has been unusually - heavy and has involved a large vol- ume of high priority traffic and special alert patterns. “(Includes INTERCEPTS) 3. Israel For The President Only - Top Secret Gronet-088192 B/D HW 55355 DBocld:32401336 Page 104
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5. Burma a a. Ne Win has followed up his - action in breaking off talks with the Burmese Communists by arresting over 700 of their number. bt ee a 'b. Ne Win had been trying to lure the faction-ridden Communists into a "national front." However, - he found the demands of the Commu-— nist negotiators, some of whom had ; only just returned from long exile : in Peiping, to be impossible. . Oo on ae gee ec. This will probably lead to renewed fighting between the army and Communist guerrillas in the hills. 3 d. More trouble can also be ‘ expected from the rebellious ethnic af minorities like the Karens and the For The President Only - Top Secret_ ~ / Sc-plJ-O8E 192 ffi AW 55355 Docld:32401336 Page 106
South Vietnam ‘ Poiee Be 6 7) Nang ~ Fate Nam s : ) * ~ - 1 Quang Ngai An Khe” ~~~ SQui Nhon ‘ . 1 BY ve a “Song Cau ? NO ly Hoa Cheo Reo’ ... ‘Ban Me Thuot ood 2 Se) ae Trang Da Lat : ° ~ ° ae loc Ninh, ° “> -- “Phan Rang 4 . f ; —_ - . ~ —_. S cue Mie _— SOUTH \ “open Thi son gSAIGON oy Phan Thiet CHINA SEA GULF OF . ee vf ed STATUTE MILES 4 ae “yoF J i 3 7 . 3 j } d a 2 } i CSE-NUT-08 6/42 Bl: ) HW 55355 DBocld:32401336 Page 107
‘i. Kachins, whose demands for greater autonomy have been rejected in Ran- . “4 goon, sy e. US officials on the spot doubt that the army, hobbled by poor 4: leadership and its many political “responsibilities, will be any more “B effective in dealing with the prob-. | lem this time than in past anti- x o's insurgency campaigns. \ 6. Cambodia JEK-Aet..6 (1) (B) 7. Greece . a. It looks more and more as ~ ‘e if Papandreou, who squeaked through “ to a narrow upset victory over ex- i premier Karamanlis in the 3. November |: _ elections, will not be able to form @ government. , (Cont'd) For The President Only - Top Secret DoclId:324013536 Page 108
b. His party does not have a S parliamentary majority, so he needs ; support from either Karamanlis' 4 party on the right or munists. c. The military has[__Jiet ‘¥ it be known that it would consider 2 Papandreou's acceptance of Communist support as sufficient reason for a ~ coup, d'etat, q t Should Papandreou fail to form a government, the palace intends to pass the mandate to Karamanlis, believing that he too would fail. e pen the way, fora. compromise premier more amenable to palace influence. 8. Brazil a. President Goulart and his opponents are keeping political ten- i Sions in Brazil high. + oe . ; (Cont'd) For The President Only - Top. Secret “a bn {Sc -rde T-O8 € [9 HW 55355 DocId: 32401336 tw S KS: Page 109
HW 355355 DoclId: 32401336 Page 110 b. Comments by Goulart, that "social disaster" is sure if his program is not passed soon, have drawn - Sharp rejoinders from moderate and conservative figures and have fed rightist coup ‘plotting. c. Strains are also growing in the military following the arrest of a young officer who refused last month to execute an order to arrest Governor Lacerda, a leading conserva- pO alent lee ee ee ee cee . JFK Act 6 (1) (B) For The President Only - Top Secret Sc “NUT- Ost [9 3 2 a Or CL Pes ate nee Oe .
NOTES a ' Rumanian officials are about to award oa US" firm;*Ferguson and Company of Cleveland, Ohio, i a $32 million contract to help build the huge Galati “; Steel plant. The Rumanians are pressing ahead with , this project in the face of Soviet efforts to dis- -; courage it in various ways, most importantly by re- *, fusing to underwrite the scheme to any substantial degree, Bene, BOER oe pte ERS Deg C. Turkey: The New Turkey Party has followed the Peasant Party in withdrawing from the present three- ‘ party coalition government. _ This means that the ;. coalition has to all intents and purposes collapsed, » even though no formal action will be taken until Prime Minister Inonu returns from Washington this i f-- 3 - : } Do Reet ete oop eTaae santa : BS om SONA rem poe eee t e. t: a ; weekend. we ren ae See deg get 7 Thailand | ~__ Lsaritf—— RK Act 6 in.” i ; I -critical condition, 7 most likely successor would be Thanom Kittikachorn, as yf now deputy prime minister and defe _ Cee aan ety For The President Only - Top Secret ya . Sento (73 Bi.) Page 111 HW 55355 DBocld: 32401336
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ans re 9 a Orn) Far Pe Eo. cde. | 6 ae E. Indonesia-—Phili JFE-Act 6 (1) (B) erty tay apc ots in > i Th Seer str cieramae | F. Indonesia é Djakarta is giving every indication that H old up final action on the long-pending oil | contracts with US companies in an attempt to smoke us out on the question of US aid policy toward Indo-: nesia. Lo. oy, vad oa a PS someday inate £ G. _ Rwanda-Burundi, ~ Tribal refugees from Rwanda, now in‘ : Fseem=bent on making trouble between the two countries, Some 3,000 of their number were reported ' | yesterday to be moving toward the frontier. They i ‘have little military capability, but blood could. flow and require UN intervention. mo co &_ oa For The President Only - Top Secret (Sc tacts §/#2 HW 55355 DBocld:32401336 Page 113
ee Ky e. Yesterday it. was announced 4 _ that the carrying of firearms by anyone outside the security forges was forbidden until the electighs are over. Jf eo f.. Some 3,000 reservi’sts have been called up to protect*the polls. “Nueaves are being cancelled and all security forces are maintaining a high, state of alert. tay Pa Hy, a a. “He now have a fuller ac- count from*bfficial US sources of the Viet Congdttack on two mountain villages mentioned in Tuesday's Checklist. 4 Oo, 2. ‘which spoke of 1,000 missing vil- Nager gy Were highly colored, “a ie. Our present informatio is hat the attack, in company stfength, was successfully repuls& ‘d. The Viet Cong suffered some 30 cas a, jialties; government losses were six Me i killed, three wounded and 39 missing. ° (Cont 'd) HW 55355 DBocld:32401336 Page 114
‘ ~ - eek —e ; As is usual in these cases, 6 - \ . d. the villagers began to trickle back © - once the Viet Cong left. ae e. This episode aside?” we see "a“number of indications,,that the Communists will try tofSustain the - higher ‘Level of military activity * they have™kept upgSince the coup. f. The pSamunist radio has called for pidre ‘Attacks in an effort to destroy’strategit. hamlets and "developi' Viet Cong forces. In sup- - port of this, Viet Cong Gommunica- tions’ traffic has been unusually hedvy and has involved a large Vol- yime of high priority traffic and ™ »” special alert patterns. ‘(Includes INTERCEPTS) . SER ACE OUT 1B} (Cont 'd) For The President Only - Top Secret ~ Z ee HW 55355 DBocld:32401336 Page 115
Rumanxa“YS Rumanian officials are about to, award a fl Ferguson and Company of Cleveland, Ohio, a —~—mil Non contract to help build the Muge Galati steel plant \,The Rumanians are pressing this project 1 the face of Soviet efZ - courage it in vayious ways, most importantly fusing, to underwrNe the scheme tp degree, C. Turkey Tre New Turkey’ Peasant Party in withdrawls party coalition governmej coalition has to's even though no forha Prime Minister Inony weekend. Thailand critical co the. most likg@ly successor would be Thakom Kittikachdgn, now depAty prime minister and minister Of defense» Thanowis not likely to last long, hokever, since Ne ! is npfither a strong personality nor a Rigure of great : weight in the military hierarchy. wh GPK Act 6 (1) (B) Se ey (Cont 'd) 7 a For The President Only - Top Secret 4K Sc-wit-06 (73 Bir) HW 55355 Docld:32401336 Page 116
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1. USSR a. TASS has finally announced } that..the USSR will conduct another (19 qfSeries ofMICBM firings togtHe“PReLTie™™, _} during the period’ 2 Déééiiber to 25 * = January. * * - m HW 55355 DBocld:32401336 Page 1270
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a. of National Liberation (FALN) will z dl probably increase their efforts to : i disrupt the constitutional succession, which would be the first in Venezuela's = J ; history. = “ , f. Meanwhile, in the wings are 3 ' the military leaders who. may well ; Gi, jy intervene if they find Betancourt's successor not to their liking. 4 g. Though President Betancourt : ae has taken personal charge of the : al search to locate Colonel Chenault ( gait and those responsible for his kid- napping, his efforts so far have come to nought. The only news has been from a Caracas editor who had a call yesterday morning from a ° woman saying the colonel was safe. . Fe " . fleet tea : so 2 oe eR oe tS 3. Cuba- a. The discovery of a large Venezuela cache of weapons of Cuban origin, announced by Venezuelan authorities yesterday, provides the best evidence ‘ale to date of major Cuban support for 4 Latin American subversives. b. There is definite proof to support the Venezuelan claim. The three tons of weapons found in- clude light automatic rifles and (Cont'd) For The President Only - Top Secret WW 55355 Docld:32401336 Page 122
submachine guns identified as among those shipped to Cuba from Belgium in 1959 and 1960. There were also mortars, bazookas, recoilless rifles, and ammunition of US manufacture, c,. Communist documents seized by Venezuelan authorities earlier this month reveal that the equipment was destined for the Venezuelan Communists' paramilitary arm, the Armed Forces of National Liberation (FALN) . d. The cache was found on 1 November on a beach in Falcon State in the north, scene of the most - active guerrilla effort. The Vene- zuelan government assumes that the weapons were sent from Cuba by sea, e. Caracas will lay formal charges concerning the arms cache before a special meeting of Latin America Foreign Ministers scheduled for December... After that it will ask that the Council of the Organi- zation of American States be con-— voked for consultation on the matter. _ For The President Only - Top Secret ~ HW 55355 DocId:32401336 Page 123
c. Papadakis is probably ask- ing the same price for its action as Basil Mavrolean did recently-~--removal of its ships from the US blacklist. Papadakis operates 19 ships totalling more than 200,000 tons. d. Mavrolean's vessels account for almost half the present British tonnage calling at Cuban ports and are the largest single element of free world shipping to Cuba, e. The outcome of Mavrolean's offer is not yet clear. For The President Only - Top Secret HW 55355 Docld:32401336 ' Page 125
by Pricer | [os stn | NOTES = Saleem Shs aE A. gSouth Korea. ) president- elect Pak Chong-hui’ s suc- ‘cess in Winning control of the unicameral legisla- ture in Tuesday's elections improves prospects for f smooth operation of the new constitutional govern- (\b jment However, political stability will still de- “pend on Pak's willingness to rule with moderation. qif he interprets this victory as a popular mandate hto pursue an aggressive authoritarian program, he yeould | provoke serious unrest, eee) os ns, ™ Besse. ie ee <i B. “‘Indonesia-Philippines &. President Sukarno's visit fy i anila ison again for 4 December, He assumes its {purpose is Philippine’recognition of |Malaysia. . " seer a “ngs Cc. Thailand “ Prime Minister Sarit appears to have “taken a further turn for the worst. 2 ; Sem-act, 6 (1) (B) : i + at Pi D. “Rwanda-Burundi \ “Prompt action . by Burundi. security ?forces appears” “to refugees on Rwanda * There is little doub he refugees, wh . only a handful of modern arms and were poorly organ- ¢ ized, would have been badly mauled by Rwandan troops eit they had crossed the frontier, meagan OF ARMED Rie race, Ebay Ce wa) Se gtr Bese et Ferra ryan soe Beery yee spstyetBa dy bP wih, x ‘ moth taketh Pe (Cont 'd) For The President Only - Top Secret She NW 55355 Docld:32401336 Page 126
E. Colombia 4 éNatronal“ (i beration Army (ELN) are believed respon- fisible for the recent wave of bombings in Colombia's . \X {major cities. At least a dozen bombs were set off a b | in Bogota during the last two nights. Two of the Fa bombs failed to explode after being placed close to | ; the residence of the chief of US Naval Mission — Fees 27 Mea sans ae wath For The President Only - Top Secret ‘Docld: 32401336 WW 55355 Page 127
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1. Venezuela Be a. Election campaigning ended F bo at midnight, but boosters for the 7 7 Several candidates continued to mill e about streets of Caracas in defiance of terrorist threats to shoot anyone e who ventured o ut for the next three days, aes, PET eee b. were all . nival air So Tearas ty ee The terrorists, but drowned out ete me hs it seems, by the car- Loe weep 2 Cc. The FALN, meanwhile, is ’ trying to bargain off Colonel Chenault for as high a price as it can, de- manding variously release of all its comrades, of all women detained by the s0vernment, and of the six hi- jackers. who have been returned from . Trinidad to custody in Venezuela, 2. Sino-Soviet ¢ dispute a. The Chinese Communists will have nothing to do with the idea of bilateral talks With the. der present circum Soviets un For The President Only - Top Secret HW 55355 DBocld:32401336 Page 130
d. Moscow, for its part, has - apparently stopped thinking about i another gathering of world Communist i i i be i H party representatives. e. The feelers it put out after the conclusion of the test- ban treaty were received coldly by some of the fraternal parties. They felt such a meeting could only make matters worse with the Chinese, Steptoe £f. Indeed, Peiping saw this to be Moscow's purpose, and when io the idea failed to take hold,the Chinese took it to be a setback for .; _ F Khrushchev personally. g. Their reaction to Khrush- . chev's subsequent call for a cessa- .. tion of open argument was to press + the offensive, and this they have : a been doing in roundly abusive terms a since. (ye Oe (Cont 'd) es Top Secret For The President Only - HW 55355 Docld:32401336 Page 131
ede CMe, b ‘ Say 4 ik ELD SIONS me cans RSE EE i ia h. The forthcoming Afro-Asian i visits by Chou En-lai and Chen Yi have awakened suspicions that the Chinese are in hot pursuit of a second Bandung-type conference-~a more rewarding enterprise from their "Point of view. 3. USSR 4. Kenya - # a. The Soviet } Communist Blocf} gain an important prc © in Nairobi, communicz East Africa, b. Plans are fc controlled news agenc. by the Kenyan government when it ee » a SRT gee een EES EUR aEU REY: TSA OTN Ae | (Cont ! d) tne President Only - Top Secret HW 55355 DBocld:32401336 Page 133
HW 55355 NR ny A o wey genres Ge ee TH OST REESE coh BAe SS + ASTER EE achieves independence on 12 Decem- ber. This will fall under the juris- diction of communications minister Oneko, who has well developed con- “tacts within the Soviet Bloc. c. TASS has already agreed to equip the new agency, and Kenyan re- quests for further financial and - techincal help are being discussed in Prague and Moscow. te Sor RL Nba Neti that ate i d. Kenyan journalists have been training in Prague and, on re- turn, will find ready employment in the new agency. a. Czech President Novotny returned from Moscow on Thursday after signing a renewal (for another 20 years) of the treaty of friend- ship and mutual assistance, 5. Czechoslovakia— USSR Learns WF aneerees me b. He apparently got little ' else out of Khrushchev. The final communique was conspicuously cool. c. There were no Soviet con- -*  cessions, nor were there the usual ' references to Czech "progress" or +, to public support for Novotny's i. leadership. pe SEITE ee Fe gees y GIA cor The President Only - Top Secret Docld: 327401336 Page 1534
6. +} South Vietnam a. The first suicide by burn- ‘ ing to occur under the new regime 7 was witnessed today by bystanders at a crowded intersection in Saigon “where a young girl went up in flames. b. A note she left behind said she was protesting the war of Viet-— namese against Vietnamese. At the intersection are three villas which house the ICC delegations. c. There were no Buddhist overtones, d. Some think the Viet Cong encouraged her, but if they did, they did not write her script. They would have said it is the Americans who are fighting the Vietnamese. For The President Only - Top Secret HW 55355 DBocld:32401336 Page 135
meer” an HW 55355 Naa South Vietnam S ARMY CORPS BOUNDARIES Quang Tri NS te “7Da Nang he, #3 AM Nunbé: see I Corps x rt ~ Quang Ngai ll Corps THAILAND . _- Kontum -~Pleiku « An Khe” ~~,Qui Nhon * Song Cau Cheo. Reo’, a ‘Ban Me Thuot of. Ls. Wha Trang o Hl Corps Oata + a fF “Loe Ninh ; on -. “Phan Rang Pauae igh , ~ “SOUTH CHINA SEA os oa — ‘ Capital Military District aN My Tho, OM vung Tau Cor PSs ea g ra Rach Gia-” "Can Tha SN " - . : 2 ORS “7 GULF OF SAL — SIAM Quan long, > “Bac Liew (Ca Mau) —, SECRET oO STATUTE MILES | ts0 “ 3sts2 DoctId: 3240135356 Page 136
: ‘ . Py 2 vey : , . . . . . nea e Pe a 1 « NOTES A. South Vietnam Plans are now afoot to shuffle South Vietnam's Corps commanders so that General Khanh, considered by General Harkins to be the best of the lot, will take over in the crucial delta (IV Corps) area. General Dinh, the ambitious Minister of Security, is still resisting pressure to relin-— quish command of the III Corps area, and is not in- volved in the current shuffle. B. Cuba-USSR There are about 8,000 Soviets in Cuba, 5,000 of these military, according to a bloc offi- cial in close touch with Soviets in Havana. The figures are close to our own estimate of 4,000 to 7,000, Some withdrawals continue. : Cambodia-Vietnam GPK Act 6 (1) (B) +. Ee Mars pote wae oe a Indonesia-Cambodia HW 55355 DBocld:32401336 Page 137
pices MOB anne eE NENT CET IS Oho es ins eee “Seag] wae, E. Coal and Steel Community i. Coal and Steel community * = rs“at=th “meeting on Monday will prob- =: ‘ably vote to raise community steel tariffs by an | average of nine- percent. This would bring the tar- = 'iffs of each member into line with Italy's, the ! highest in the community. ‘Only the Dutch oppose the! “idea, F, SGeitish, ‘Guiaas . Gaba | a G. “Brazil_us. “ A press report from Rio cites "well in- -“Formed-sources" to the G@ffect that Goulart plans soon to invite Mrs. Kennedy to visit Brazil so that Brazil can pay her the honors which it had planned? to render the late. President. ~ art wr ee etrenes ~ Cub ORR age oe me ee oe a-Morocco He Som recat Bae Ge Bene aerate a, - menepiegeegp is TR ERE OTE se For The President Only. Top Secret _ erat EEN TET ERSTE ONT INE TE : > TASES TV ATURE Ora eC eS my wae HWW 55355 -Docld:32401336 Page 138
i . pies _ DOCUMENT OF INTEREST The effect in France of the President's death. For The President Only - Top Secret ¢ INET STEERS E TOR aR TIN Ee oe PN eo: 7 a a Ny ay eNO . oar a ; | " . * . _ : Te i ears . HW 55355 Docld:32401336 Page 139
N ‘, 7 ' . y JER Ret 6 tee a. The € in an import in irobi, cc East BEPC b. Plane a. oo tne eae agency=te, be set up by the Ketlyeh government Witen, it et (Cont'd) - “or Tne Presiden? Only - Top Secret HW 55355 DBocld:32401336 Page 140