THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 6 SEPTEMBER 1965

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005967875
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: September 6, 1965

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
6 SEPTEMBER 1965
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JAMMU AND KASHMIR
Boundary shown on Western maps
Motorable road
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DAILY BRIEF
6 SEPTEMBER 1965
1. India-Pakistan
There is little firm reporting yet
on the status of India's military move-
ment across the Pakistani border toward
Lahore.
The Pakistanis have told us that
only two divisions are involved, and
that they think the Indian attack has
been made with forces immediately avail-
able in the Punjab border area.
?A US military official in New Delhi
believes that the Indians have one armored
and four infantry divisions available
for use in the Punjab. There is no sign
yet of any Indian move against East
Pakistan, where the Pakistani defenses
are temptingly weak.
Leaders on both sides are using ex-
treme language. Ayub told Ambassador
McConaughy this morning that "we are ,
getting ready for a desperate fight."
But neither side has declared full war,
and the objectives on both sides still
appear limited. With each thrust and
counter-thrust, however, the situation
becomes more difficult for either to con-
trol.
Ayub again emphasized to McConaughy
that he regards the US in large part re-
sponsible for the Indian "aggression."
He also reiterated protestations of his
friendship for the US, however. The
Pakistanis meanwhile have asked for a
special CENTO meeting as well as for US
action against India under the terms of
the 1959 US-Pakistan agreement.
There has been no indication of any
Chinese Communist military movement to
divert Indian attention. Chinese state-
ments have supported Pakistan, but Peking's
overall posture appears to be one of cau-
tion.
Plans are being developed for the
evacuation of American citizens from
areas endangered by the fighting. Our
consulate general in Lahore has distributed
a warning notice to Americans in its dis-
trict.
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2. Vietnam
3. Dominican Republic
A preliminary field evaluation of
voice communications associated with a
surface-to-air missile firing north of
Hanoi yesterday suggests that the Viet-
namese conducted the launching operation.
This may have been only an exercise,
but it marks the first time that the
Vietnamese have been detected controlling
the launch phase of a missile operation.
Similar voice intercepts on 3 Sep-
tember and 26 July had indicated that
Soviet and Vietnamese crews were operat-
ing in tandem. On these two occasions,
however, the Vietnamese crews seem to
have been engaged in radar surveillance
of the targets while the Soviets did the
firing.
Some of Peiping's recent propaganda
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General Wessin made it clear this
morning,in a talk with Garcia Godoy and
Ambassador Bunker, that he does not in-
tend to leave the country voluntarily
at this time.
This reaction probably reflects
the fears of some younger officers under
Wessin for their future, as well as Wes-
sin's own preoccupations, and will there-
fore be the more difficult to deal with.
The rebels' current crowing over the
military is not helping.
A review of Garcia Godoy's cabinet
appointments to date reveals that the
majority fit in with his ideas of con-
sensus and technical competence, but sev-
eral will arouse concern. The most ques-
tionable appointment is that of
Morel Cerda to be attorney general.
Morel is pronouncedly leftist and may
be a Communist sympathizer.
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4. Greece
5. Jordan
The Kings position has been seri-
ously weakened by developments over the
weekend.
The King had hoped that in his Crown
Council meeting last week all the other
ex-premiers would present a united front
against Papandreou's demand for elections.
However, the conservative leader, Kanel-
lopoulos, said he would agree to elec-
tions if they were held under a govern-
ment that he would form.
Papandreou has taken up Kanellopoulos
on this, and the King is thus confronted
by the leaders of the two largest parties
calling for elections. Kanellopoulos
is now under strong pressure to renege,
but whatever the immediate outcome, Papan-
dreou and his leftist allies have scored
again.
The Israeli "reprisal" raid into
Jordan this weekend further undercuts
the Jordanians' ability to resist pres-
sure from other Arab states, especially
Egypt, to beef up Jordan's defenses with
Soviet equipment.
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6. South Korea Antigovernment student leaders 'lan
to resume demonstrations tomorrow
7. Sudan
The police are apprised of these
plans and are confident they can handle
the situation. ?There is still some danger
that the police, taking their cue from
President Pak's tough line, may suppress
agitation so enthusiastically that they
provoke further disorders.
?An officer from our embassy in Leo-
poldville has confirmed that the Congo-
lese Government is providing significant
support .for the southern Sudanese rebels.
The mercenary commander of Leopold-
ville's forces at Aba in the northeastern
Congo told the officer that "thousands"
of weapons, mostly Soviet and Chinese
types captured from Congolese rebels,
had been turned over to the Sudanese
dissidents. Mercenaries also periodically
"take leave" from their Congo posts to
help train the Sudanese, and Aba itself
is clearly used as a rest area.
The mercenary leader indicated that
the Sudanese rebels, with Congo mercenary
assistance, are planning to capture :a
Sudanese town near the border. If such
an attack develops, the Sudanese Govern-
ment would tend to lay the, blame on the
US as well as on Leopoldville.
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