THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 26 JANUARY 1965

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005967485
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: January 26, 1965

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
26 JANUARY 1965
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DAILY BRIEF
26 JANUARY 1965
. South Vietnam
2. USSR
3. Laos
4. India
? There are strong indications that
General Khanh is preparing to remove
Premier Huong very soon. Khanh has
mentioned no date, but I Corps Commander
General Thi has told the press there
may be a change of government tonight,
Washington time.
Yesterday Khanh again told Deputy
Ambassador Johnson that Huong's down-
fall is inevitable. Although Khanh
said the embassy would be informed of
the decision before the military took
action, the pace of events at the time
may prevent this.
A recent slowdown in ICBM testing
suggests the Soviets are having diffi-
culties with some of their new missile
programs.
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5. Honduras
6. Syria
7. Thailand
A recent increase in political -
tensions may lead to Violence as Hon-
duras prepares for a Constituent as-
sembly -election on 16 February. The
country's majority Liberal Party is
strongly opposed to present Chief of
State Lopez' apparent intentionto grab
the presidency,
Harsh actions by the regime of
President Hafiz have not stopped demon-
strations against the government's re-
cent nationalization measures. Although
the conservative groups leading the pro-
tests do not have the strength to top-
ple Hafiz, prolonged agitation could
develop support within the army, always
the decisive force in Syrian politics.
The Communists are stepping up
their propaganda and agitation program
in Thailand. On 23 January, a clandes-
tine Communist-operated radio station
announced the formation of a "Patriotic
Front of Thailand." ?Another front,
called "Thai Independence Movement" was
formed a few months ago. Its declared
purpose is to lead the Communist move-
ment for the ouster of the Thanom gov-
ernment and the US "imperialists."
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