THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 7 JULY 1965

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005967770
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: July 7, 1965

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
7 JULY 1965
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DAILY BRIEF
7 JULY 1965
. North Vietnam
2. South Vietnam
3. Congo
The district headquarters of Dak
Te in northern Kontum Province was over-
run by the Viet Cong today. The military
compound there came under both mortar and
automatic weapons fire. More than 40
South Vietnamese casualties have been re-
ported so far.
Fighting continues in the Ba Gia
area, but the pace has slackened from
yesterday. The government position has
improved somewhat with the arrival of two
companies of reinforcements.
The long-expected showdown between
President Kasavubu and Premier Tshombe
may be at hand.
Yesterday Kasavubu dismissed Tshombe's
cohort and interior minister, Godefroid
Munongo. The US Embassy reports that this
has caused a political furor in Leopold-
ville.
The embassy believes that unless the
dispute is soon brought under control,
either Kasavubu or Tshombe will try to
throw out the other. US and Belgian of-
ficials in Leopoldville are considering
making a joint effort to persuade the
two men to compose their differences.
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4. Iraq
5. Israel
6. Paraguay
? Nasir has decided to keep hands off
the cabinet crisis in Iraq, according to
one of his advisers.
The adviser told a US Embassy of
in Cairo today that President Arif's
government might collapse at any minute.
Several pro-Egyptian cabinet members
have resigned and, according to the ad-
viser, various Iraqis are asking Cairo
for support Nasir, he said, has or-
dered no interference.
The adviser expressed relief that
Cairo had been able to stall Arif for
months on the unity (with Cairo) ques-
tion, saying, "Think what it would have
been like if we had united with those
people."
The Israelis are urging US officials
to discourage Lebanon from continuing ?
work on the Arab water-diversion project.
The Israelis do not appear to share
the US view that the Lebanese activity
is only a token effort designed to
avoid Arab criticism for inaction, and
the Israeli military are apparently
pressing their government to approve an
attack if the work continues.
Two Israeli strikes against the Syr-
ians slowed diversion activity in that
area earlier this year.
The recent arrests of Paraguayan
Communists were not as dramatic as some
press stories suggest. Those arrested
were low-level party members, mostly
from rural areas.
The police have been consistently
effective in harassing the few Communists
who are not in exile. The exiled party
members are plotting but there is little
evidence that they represent a serious
threat to the Stroessner regime,
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7. Laos
8.
Military factionalism is again
threatening the Souvanna government
The US Embassy is taking steps to
remind the various principals of the need
for unity. The embassy believes the odds
are against a coup attempts but expects
a rise in political temperature.
Dominican Republic The Organization of American States
committee is still going over the rebel
and loyalist, counterproposals on the
draft institutional act. The rebel de-
mands, which Ambassador Bunker feels are
"completely unacceptable," will probably
be rejected. The loyalist proposals,
on the other hand, apparently can be
worked out with the committee.
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