THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 15 FEBRUARY 1965

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005967524
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: February 15, 1965

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
15 FEBRUARY 1965
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DAILY BRIEF
15 FEBRUARY 1965
1. Vietnam
2. USSR
There have been no major develop-
ments.
Hanoi and Viet Cong propaganda con-
tinues to promise "resolute strikes" in
South Vietnam. The Viet Cong have con-
tinued widespread harassment, but have
not undertaken new spectacular actions.
In Saigon, Phan Huy Quat is still
working toward forming a government.
The present hitch seems to be that Gen-
eral Khanh is insisting on a somewhat
unsavory civilian as interior minister.
Khanh, who has been blocked from play-
ing a major governmental role by the
Armed Forces Council, may in turn be
trying to block the formation of any
civilian government.
Photography of the Chinese Commu-
nist airbase at Mengtzu, near the North
Vietnamese border, shows 65 MIG-15 or
-17 jet fighters there, 28 more than
were there in the last photography
three months ago.
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Ambassador Kohler speculated Sun-
day that the pattern of several tempo-
rary restrictions on embassy travel in
western USSR might indicate that troops
from the USSR are moving west to take
part in large-scale Warsaw Pact maneuvers,
perhaps in Germany. He suggests that
this could be a way of putting pressure
on the US over Vietnam.
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3. Laos
4. Communist China
5. USSR
6. Mexico
The Communists yesterday captured
a Meo guerrilla base 35 miles southwest
of Samneua. (See map.) A government
counterattack, supported by T-28 strikes,
is planned. The attacking Communist
force, however, is well equipped with
antiaircraft and the T-28s have been
less effective in this action than in
previous Laotian engagements.
President Diaz Ordaz and his gov-
ernment appear to be reassessing Mexi-
can policy toward Cuba. They are tak-
ing a tougher line toward Cuban activi-
ties in Mexico, possibly as a way of
testing Mexican public reaction, but
give no sign yet of breaking relations.
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7. Sudan
8. Uganda
The leftist-dominated cabinet has
apparently decided to give in to the
non-Communist parties. Cabinet nego-
tiations are now under way in Khartoum.
Ansari tribesmen, mobilized in Khartoum
last week for antigovernment demonstra-
tions, are still standing by to fore-
stall any leftist action in the streets.
The circumstances behind Premier
Obote's charge that Congolese aircraft
bombed Ugandan border towns opposite
Mahagi in the Congo on 13 February are
not yet clear,1
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It is possible that mortar rounds
fired during mercenary operations to
retake Mahagi may have fallen within
Uganda. On the other hand, Obote may
be creating a smokescreen to cover and
justify Ugandan support to the Congolese
rebels.
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