THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 10 MAY 1965

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005967669
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• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: May 10, 1965

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
- 10 MAY 1965
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DAILY BRIEF
10 MAY 1965
Dominican Republic'
LATE ITEM
(Information as of 5:00 p.m. EDT)
Wessin y Wessin has refused to leave
the country, according to a late cable
from Santo Domingo. He told Ambassador
Bennett that he might accept retirement,
but would not depart.
There are conflicting reports on the
rebels' present determination to continue
the struggle.
Our em-
bassy believes that the rebels are now
playing for time, waiting for the possible
arrival of Munoz Marin and former Costa
Rican president Jose Figueres as OAS rep-
resentatives',which they believe would
boost their cause.
Continued soundings of the country-
side are turning up scattered reports of
local sympathy for Bosch and the rebels.
This feeling has not been translated into
any visible material support. There are
reports,however, that the rebels are try-
ing to stir up the rural people and to
smuggle arms to the countryside.
The French ambassador told our em-
bassy in Santo Domingo yesterday that
France has no intention of recognizing
any Dominican government at present.
He said :recognition would come only when
a government establishes "effective con-
trol over its national territory."
Soviet behavior thus far during the
Dominican crisis appears to reflect a de-
sire to keep open lines of contact with
the US. The Russian delegation at the
United Nations has not given the impres-
sion of,wanting speedy or hostile action.
Moscow's propaganda has not been excep-
tionally shrill or unusually extensive.
Soviet authorities have also refused to
allow Latin American students to demon-
strate outside the US Embassy or to hold
a protest meeting at Lumumba University
in Moscow.
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DAILY BRIEF
10 MAY 1965
1. North Vietnam
2. South Vietnam
The US command in Saigon has,jointly
with the South Vietnamese, reappraised
and raised its estimate of Viet Cong,
forces. These are now believed to total
47,000 regular combat troops, 17,600 non-
combat support troops and approximately
80-100,000 self defense and militia ir-
regulars.
This' reappraisal
sessment
rather than Any recent
on the ground.
Heavy fighting has been reported 30
miles northwest of Saigon in the Binh
Duong-Hau Nghia Province area where five
government battalions initiated an opera-
tion against a Viet Cong stronghold on
7 May. Communist military activity gen-
erally continues its upward trend toward
the level prevailing before the March-
April "lull."
Tensions between South Vietnamese
Buddhists and Catholics appear to be on
the rise.
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increase in strength
Apprehen-
sive over Buddhist intentions toward
Catholics in the government and the mil-
itary, they are charging that government
resistance to Communism is weakening. A
Buddhist appeal for a "cessation of at-
tacks" on Buddha's birthday (15 May) by
both the government forces and the Viet
Cong may add fuel to this fire.
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NEW MISSILES
DISPLAYED DURING SOVIET VICTORY DAY PARADE,
9 MAY 1965
THREE-STAGE "SOLID PROPELLANT" ICBM
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TACTICAL MISSILE ON SELF-PROPELLED CARRIER
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3. Communist China
4. USSR
The missiles paraded in Moscow on
Sunday
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The shorter ICBM, some 60 feet long,
was described by the Soviets as a three-
stage solid fuel missile which could be
launched from a silo. It may indeed be
a candidate for some of the single silos
seen in satellite photography (the most
recent photography brings the count to-
138).
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The largest missile, about 108 feet
long and probably liquid-fueled, also
has not yet been identified. It was
said by the Soviets to be used in launch-
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space launches.
The self-propelled tactical missile
may be a solid-fuel follOw-On to the
"Scud" 150-mile liquid-fuel tactical mis-
sile now in the hands of Soviet and
satellite forces.
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5. USSR
6. India-Pakistan
7. Cyprus
The border situation, with forces
of both countries alerted and deployed,
still adds up to an uneasy and fragile
standoff. The British in New Delhi said
this morning they had hopes that at least
the Indians would agree by tomorrow to
British proposals on a solution for the
Rann of Kiltch.
Indian Prime Minister Shastri is
due to leave for Moscow the next day for
a week's visit and probably would like
to announce some settlement before he
Roes.
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Talks between Greek leaders and
Archbishop Makarios in Athens late last
week accomplished little, except for a
general agreement that the Greek Cypriots
would avoid upsetting the present uneasy
calm. This suggests that, despite strongly
voiced Turkish desires, little progress
will be made toward a Cyprus solution
during the London NATO talks this week.
Makarios refused to halt procure-
ment of surface-to-air missiles and other
Soviet weapons and refused to accept any
solution based on Cypriot concessions to
Turkey. He has no objection to conces-
sions by Athens, however.
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