THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 5 JANUARY 1965

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005967451
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: January 5, 1965

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
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5 JANUARY 1965
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DAILY BRIEF
5 JANUARY 1965
1. South Vietnam
Premier Huongllas decided to post-
pone his scheduled confrontation with
the generals. He says that they have
offered him an "olive branch" by. with-
drawing their demand for a Military
council to oversee the work of his gov-
ernment. If so, this eases the situa-
tion somewhat, but basic issues between
Huong and Khanh remain unresolved. Fur-
ther talks are set for tomorrow.
2. President's Speech First foreign press and radio re-
action to the State of the Union Mes-
sage highlights the President's hope
for a visit from the new Soviet leaders.
Moscow has taken note of this but so
far has offered no comment. Moscow has,
some niggling criticism for the sections
on Vietnam and domestic affairs.
/Paris would be happy to receive
the President but not as just one stop
on a swing through West Europe.
3. Laos
4. Congo
5. Indonesia
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Road watch teams in south-central
Laos indicate that the recent southward
movement of Communist troops is taper-
ing off. Their reports suggest that in
the past month about 5,000 Pathet Lao
and North Vietnamese troops have been
moved into southern Laos. In Vientiane
prospects for an armed showdown have re-
ceded for the moment, although a rela-
tively minor incident could easily set
the contending generals off again. (See map.)
Tshombe has promised to provide
southern Sudanese dissidents With "ef-
fective" aid and has asked them to have
their military Chiefs in Leopoldville
next week to.work out the details. We
doubt that this will come to much.
Tshombe is due to fly to Brussels later
this week to try to hammer out an agree-
ment with the Belgians on outstanding
economic and political problems. The
Belgians have tied the question of fur-
ther.aid to a successful solution of
these problems. The military situation
in the Congo is quiet.
Rumors of an attempt to unseat
Sukarno in the next few days appear to
us overdrawn. We doubt that any group
in Indonesia has the intention, let
alone the capability,of bringing such
a thing off at this time.
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