THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 17 APRIL 1965

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005967631
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: April 17, 1965

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
1 7 APRIL 1965
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DAILY BRIEF
17 APRIL 1965
1. Vietnam
The follow-up ground operation to
the 15 April air strike on the Viet Cong
base in Tay Ninh Province has not met
Viet Cong resistance. In advances thus
far, the site of a Viet Cong communica-
tions training center has been found.
According to the press, North Viet-
namese Premier Pham Van Dong said in
Djakarta today that if North Vietnamese
conditions "were accepted," including
US withdrawal from South Vietnam, "it
might be possible to hold an international
conference." There are press reports,
but no confirmation, that North Vietnam-
ese party secretary Le Duan is in Moscow
for "non-official" talks.
There has been no new information
on significant Chinese Communist or North
Vietnamese military moves. No reports of
new major Viet Cong- initiated military
actions have come in.
2. Dominican The Dominican army chief of staff
Republic says that the government is tracking
down a coup plot planned for 18 April,
aiming at the return of Juan Bosch as
president.
3. South Korea
No hard informa-
tion to support or deny this is available.
As the student demonstrations gain
in intensity, opposition leader Yon
Po-son has made it clear he hopes to use
the agitation to topple the government.
If he persists, the demonstrations could
take even a more violent turn. The gov-
ernment hopes to avoid martial law, but
is prepared to declare it.
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4, USSR
5. UAR
The Soviets launched the fourth
photo-reconnaissance satellite (dubbed
by them Cosmos 65) in this year's series.
It is carrying a high-resolution camera
system.
The Soviets appear to be on their
way to intensifying their reconnaissance
program this year. During 1964 they
launched 12 photo satellites--all between
April and October--with three carrying
high-resolution systems. So far this
year they have put up four, two of which
have carried the high-resolution system.
This apparent intensification parallels
another Soviet program for gathering intel-
ligence through technical means--the Sigint
monitoring vessels. The Soviets appear
now to be maintaining their vessels con-
tinuously on station in eight areas, in-
cluding three in the vicinity of US Polaris
bases.
the deployment of Soviet instrumentation
ships has led us to expect yet another
space venture soon.
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Cairo recently announced that a dele-
gation of Egyptian atomic scientists had
gone to Peiping. If the UAR and China have
agreed to work together in these fields,
additional evidence should be available
in the near future.
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