THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 8 JULY 1965

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005967772
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 12
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: July 8, 1965

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
8 JULY 1965
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DAILY BRIEF
8 JULY 1965
1. North Vietnam
2. South Vietnam
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The Viet Cong are keeping the press-
ure on South Vietnam's highland provinces.
Communist mortars today hit Kontum
town, the provincial capital. Elsewhere
in the province, government marines re-
took the district capital town of Dak To.
The Communists still hold the district
capital Tou Morong and have isolated the
district capital Dak Sut."
The security alert in Saigon reported
by the press today was probably related
to the arrest of one of Colonel Pham Ngoc
Thao's cohorts. Thao, the leader. of Feb-
ruary's abortive coup attempt, is still
in hiding.
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3. Common Market
4. USSR
5. Cyprus
French moves over the past few days
make it abundantly clear that Paris not
only hopes to intimidate the other Com-
mon Market countries on the issues in
dispute but is out to cripple the com-
munity's institutional structure as well.
By boycotting all community meetings,
the French are trying to force the other
members to deal directly with Paris even
in reaching a compromise. A review of
the crisis is Annex 2.
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6. Israel
7. Laos
8. South Korea
The Israelis have asked the Brit-
ish and the French, as well as the US,
to help discourage Lebanon from divert-
ing the Jordan's headwaters. The French
recently passed an Israeli message to
President Helou advising him to stop
work on the diversion. The Israelis
may calculate that if these diplomatic
moves fail to yield the desired results,
they will be under less constraint to
take military action.
? The Korean National Assembly con-
venes in Seoul next Monday, and an all-
out legislative fight looms over the
ratification of the recent Japan-Korea,
treaty.
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9. Ecuador
10. Bolivia
11. Dominican Republic
The loyalty of Ecuador's armed
forces may be severely tested in this
weekend's demonstrations.
So far, the military has stood by
the junta in its recurring crises, but
there are reports of growing dissatis-
faction, especially in the army and
air force.
Matters may be brought to a head
by junta orders that security forces
not fire on the demonstrators. This
could put these forces on the spot since
word of the orders has already gotten
out and will encourage potential trouble-
makers to believe they can act with im-
punity.
The tempestuous tin miners near
Huanuni will receive their first checks
under the new reduced scales this week-
end,and the government is braced for a
strong reaction. La Paz is seriously
considering ways of softening the real
financial blow to the miners and is
keeping a wary eye on extremist agita-
tors.
The Organization of American States
negotiating committee is trying to build
up pressure on the Caamano group to with-
draw its proposals and move along with
the establishment of a provisional gov-
ernment.
The committee may be getting close
to agreement all around on Garcia Godoy
as president and Read Barreras as vice
president of such a government.
There were no other major develop-
ments reported today.
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ANNEX 2
Common Market Crisis
The failure of negotiations on 30 June on how
to finance the Common Market's agricultural policy
has now evolved into a test of strength between
France on the one hand and the other five member
countries and the Common Market Commission on the
other. The immediate questions are technical and
economic, but the underlying issue is De Gaulle's
commitment to a "Europe of states" and his opposi-
tion to a federal organization of Europe with a
strong European Parliament.
The crisis has arisen now because of De Gaulle's
decision to force a confrontation over proposals made
by the EEC Commission. These proposals attempted to
extract concessions from the French on strengthening
the European Parliament's powers to supervise commu-
nity revenues in return for an early completion of
the common agricultural policy (CAP) which largely
serves French interests.
The French are now following a policy intended
to put the Common Market in an indefinite "deep freeze."
By refusing to attend any new community meetings, the
French have blocked the community's decision-making
machinery. They apparently hope to make the indi-
vidual community members come to them through clas-
sical diplomatic channels.
The other five and the Commission still seem un-
certain what to do. New Commission proposals have
been drawn up, but it is not yet known if they will
represent concessions to the French viewpoint or fur-
ther isolate France.
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ANNEX 2 (Cont'd)
Should Paris succeed in gaining the acquies-
cence of the others under the threat of stalling in-
definitely economic progress within the EEC, the
damage to the community could be great. The others
would have lost almost all the pressure they can
exert on France to satisfy their own interests, among
which figures largely the success of the Kennedy
Round. The evolution of the community along demo-
cratic, federal lines might become impossible. The
blocking of prospects for an effective European com-
munity would have repercussions on the subsequent
development of NATO and the Atlantic partnership.
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