THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 19 AUGUST 1965

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005967845
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: August 19, 1965

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
19 AUGUST 1965
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DAILY BRIEF
19 AUGUST 1965
1. South Vietnam
2. North Vietnam
3. Indonesia
Buddhist leader Thich Tri Quang is
stirring up trouble again.
Recent reports indicate that Quang
is organizing a series of antigovernment
demonstrations which may begin tomorrow.
These protests are to be directed mainly
against the recent government decree mo-
bilizing all men up to age 37. Appar-
ently a number of Quang's friends are af-
fected by the new law.
The US Embassy in Saigon reports that
malicious gossip about the government,
and particularly about Premier Ky, is
gaining currency among other Buddhist
leaders. These people believe that de-
spite Ky's talk about eliminating cor-
ruption, he, in fact, has fallen into
the old-style corrupt pattern himself.
Ky, meanwhile, is arranging more
vel
More surface-to-air missile equip-
ment has been spotted near Hanoi.
The preliminary scan of photography
taken on 16 August showed two canvas-
covered launchers, computer vans, and
other equipment near Kep, about 33 miles
northeast of the capital.
Kep is the site of an airfield
which has recently been extensively im-
proved.
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JAMMU AND KASHMIR
USSR
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INDIA
BURMA
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Arabian
Sea
Bay of
Bengal
CEYLON
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Kabui
Srinnar
MAIN AREAS OF
PAKISTANI INFILTRATION
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4. Nationalist China
5. Kashmir
US observers on Taiwan feel that
Madame Chiang Kai-shek's forthcoming
nonofficial visit to the US is intended
to drum up support among the US public
and influential individuals for the Chi-
nese Nationalist regime and for Chinese
Nationalist military operations against
the Chinese Communists, either in support
of US efforts in Vietnam or against the
China mainland itself.
She is unlikely to be carrying any
specific proposals to present to the US
Government. Rather, she probably hopes
to prepare the ground for the presenta-
tion of Generalissimo Chiang's views by
his son, Defense Minister Chiang Ching-
kuo, when he arrives in September. Al-
though Chiang Ching-kuo is second only
to his father on Taiwan, he is less well
known in the US than is Madame Chiang,
and the regime may be banking on her to
create a public receptivity.
The continued infiltration of guer-
rillas, now estimated by the Indians at
more than 4,000, is having its effect,
and Indian forces appear to be having
difficulty in coping with the wide-rang-
ing bands. There is still no sign of a
rising by the pro-Pakistan Kashmiri,
however.
There is more military activity along
the cease-fire line itself. The Indians
have taken several Pakistani posts in the
Kargil area which overlooked the vital
Indian road link with Ladakh on the China
border. In retaliation the Pakistanis
have seized several Indian posts at the
southern end of the line and have shelled
a brigade headquarters. Some regular
units in both Pakistan and India are re-
ported as moving or preparing to move to-
ward the Kashmir area.
Meanwhile, the limited effectiveness
of the UN observers in the area is being
whittled away by doubts among the military
on both sides about their impartiality.
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6. Yemen
On Saturday Nasir will go by yacht
to Jidda on the Red Sea for his talk
with Faysal.
A sizable air and naval escort is being
lined up to ensure his security. This
will also constitute a show of Egyptian
force in the area.
Meanwhile, both the Saudis and the
Egyptians continue their slow build-up
along the Saudi-Yemeni border near the
coast.
7. Iraq Kurdish leader Mulla Mustafa Barzani
alleges
8. Bolivia
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that the Iraqi Govern-
ment is about to use gas in its campaign
in the north against the Kurds.
This looks to be only an effort to
generate support for the Kurds. There
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zani's claim, and the Iraqi forces are
not known to have a significant chemical
warfare capability. An Iraqi purchase
of gas masks last spring stirred up sim-
ilar Kurdish predictions then, but the
gas masks are believed to have been in-
tended to bring the equipment of the
Iraqi Army in line with that of other
forces in the United Arab Command.
Military units are reportedly being
sent to reinforce police in mining areas
where miners are demonstrating against
the government's program for the mines.
So far, the demonstrations have been
peaceful, but they threaten to grow ug-
lier.
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9. Colombia
10. France
On 16 August, according to a mili-
tary ?intercept, Colombian officials were
investigating a report that a "nation-
wide" Communist terror campaign was to
begin on the 18th. Thus far only two
incidents of oil pipeline sabotage--on
the 18th--have been reported.
Despite the allegations of those who
claim to be in the know, De Gaulle has
kept his own counsel on whether he will
stand for re-election on 5 December. He
may well continue to do so until 16 Novem-
ber, the constitutional deadline.
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Should De Gaulle nonetheless opt out,
Premier Pompidou still seems his most
likely successor.
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