THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 21 MAY 1965

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005967689
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• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: May 21, 1965

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
21 MAY 1965
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DAILY BRIEF
21 MAY 1965
Dominican Republic
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loyal-
ist military forces continued their gains
up to the time of the 1:00 p.m. EDT cease-
fire.
Imbert's men reached the river in
the northern part of the city this morn-
ing and mopped up along the line of com-
munications. They seem to have had lit-
tle trouble.
Loyalist gains are apparently dam-
pening rebel morale even more. One of
the Bosch Dominican Revolutionary Party
(PRD) leaders--Jose Pena Gomez--told
Ambassador Bennett that his party co-
horts believe the rebels are finished
militarily. He says the PRD is ready
to negotiate on everything but the 1963
constitution. He added, however, that
there were still some hard-core rebels
ready to burn down the city before giv-
ing up.
Colonel Caamano and "foreign min-
ister" Cury struck a somewhat concilia-
tory pose in a press conference this
morning. Caamano said there could be
no elections before Bosch's term runs
out in December 1966, but that he him-
self might step down before then if it
would "serve the revolution." Cury said
that while there had been no rebel nego-
tiations with the US about a settlement,
discussions might be possible in the fu-
ture.
Conditions in the rebel stronghold
in the city may well be chaotic.?
/armed gangs
were firing guns in the hospital.,
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DAILY BRIEF
21 MAY 1965
1. North Vietnam
2. South Vietnam
There is no new information on
the status of the Hanoi surface-to-air
missile sites. Our graphic today is the
15 May photo showing apparent partial
occupation of the site first detected
on 5 April.
Police yesterday rounded up some
40 military personnel and civilians
charged with plotting a coup attempt
to have been mounted last night. Col-
onel Pham Ngoc Thao, allegedly its
ringleader as well as that of the abort-
ive 19 February effort, is still being
sought. Information is still coming
in and it is not yet clear how genuine
was the alleged plot. However, Thao
has indeed been engaged in plotting and
Premier Quat was apparently genuinely
concerned that something was in the wind.
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3. Cyprus
There has been no change in the
Greek Cypriot intent eventually to set
up surface-to-air missile sites. So
far, however, there is still no good
evidence that missiles themselves have
been received on the island.
'Athens
has refused to provide Greek troops to
man the sites but that, until Greek Cyp-
riots are trained, Egyptians will be
brought in to set up and man them.
4. Yemen Egypt has recently built its troop
strength in Yemen to a new high
5. Colombia
It is not yet clear whether this
represents a reinforcement or a phase of
a troop rotation. Some observers reason
that the build-up indicates that Nasir
intends one more effort at a big mili-
tary victory in Yemen. So far, however,
there is no good evidence that this is
imminent.
Rioting students, egged on by left-
wing extremists, clashed with police in
Bogota and several other cities yester-
day. Early today, however, after a night
session with government and military
leaders, President Valencia declared a
"state of siege" and military units were
deployed to strategic spots on at least
the Bogota streets.
Valencia's declaration gives him
the power to govern by decree. This
will help him to cope with other do-
mestic problems if he takes advantage
of it and may serve to mollify impa-
tient military leaders who have been
urging him to be more forceful.
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6. Bolivia
7. Venezuela
Barrientos and the junta are still
managing to keep the lid on. Some workers,
but not the miners, are returning to work.
According to the press, police today put
down one small .demonstration by factory
workers and students:apparently protest-
ing arrests of political and labor leaders.
Otherwise, the country was reported calm.
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