THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 24 AUGUST 1965

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005967853
• 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 24, 1965

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
24 AUGUST 1965
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DAILY BRIEF
24 AUGUST 1965
1. North Vietnam
2. South Vietnam
Student unrest continues in the Hue
area. An antigovernment proclamation
is being circulated and other propaganda
material is being prepared. There are
signs that this unrest will soon spread
to the Saigon area.
A number of reports suggest that
the Viet Cong are increasing their infil-
tration of the larger cities of South
Vietnam, including the capital. The US
Embassy is investigating.
US officials in Saigon say that
some South Vietnamese generals have been
making disparaging comments about the
Marine victory near Chu Lai. The exten-
sive favorable publicity given the Ameri-
can action ?seems to have struck a sensi-
tive chord. General Westmoreland will
try to see that the press gives South
Vietnamese troops more credit in future
engagements.
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3. Dominican Republic Haggling over the terms of settle-
ment continues.
Caamano is asking, among other things,
for a change in the name of the "Act of
Reconciliation." Imbert, for his side,
has said only that he will "study" the
revised terms. The military, too, may
be drafting new demands.
4. Greece
5. Yemen
Parliament began this afternoon to
debate the confidence vote on the Tsiri-
mokos cabinet. Tsirimokos has been gain-
ing, but his chances still seem less than
even.
Papandreou drew good crowds on his
tour of the countryside, but the rural
population does not seem to support him
as fervently as the crowds in Athens.
In the capital, the atmosphere is
so heady with pro-Papandreou sentiment
that the Communists,
want to hold back
because they fear that the agitation is
swinging too many of their own followers
into the Papandreou camp.
The agreement reported to have been
reached by Nasir and King Faysal today,
with its successive stages toward peace
in Yemen over a 15-month period, reflects
the deep, abiding suspicions between the
Egyptian and Saudi Arabian leaders.
Both sides nevertheless now seem
more genuinely interested in settling
the Yemen question than they have ever
been before. It remains to be seen,
however, whether the Yemenis, some ele-
ments of whom have a vested interest in
keeping the fighting going, will settle
down and adhere to an agreement made over
their heads.
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6. Kashmir
7. South Korea
8. Indonesia
Ralph Bunche now says that his trip
to South Asia is not likely. He told a
US official yesterday, however, that
"something new"--a statement by U Thant,
for example--is to be announced.
Moscow, meanwhile, has made it clear
that it thinks the Kashmir dispute should
be settled. An article in Pravda today
says such a settlement is "imperative,"
and expresses a hope that Soviet-Pakistani
relations will "facilitate a normalization"
of Pakistan's relations with India.
Student agitators plan to carry
their demonstrations against the Japan-
Korea treaty into next month,
the students, many
of whom have been paid by opposition poli-
ticians, plan to stage massive demonstra-
tions in downtown Seoul and other cities
tomorrow, and then to take a breather for
a week or so. The government is deeply
embarrassed by the demonstrations, but
has kept them under reasonable good con-
trol so far.
Adam Malik, minister of guided
economy and the leading, unheeded pro-
Western voice in Sukarno's cabinet, has
indicated to Ambassador Green that the
government may force the closure of US
consulates in Indonesia and is prepared
to "live with" the closing of Indonesian
consulates in the US.
Malik is sure, however, that Sukarno
intends to maintain diplomatic relations.
Malik gave Green the impression that these
matters were discussed in a cabinet meet-
ing at which he was present.
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9. France
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