THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 24 SEPTEMBER 1965

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005967908
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: September 24, 1965

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
24 SEPTEMBER 1965
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DAILY BRIEF
24 SEPTEMBER 1965
1. India-Pakistan
The cease-fire seems to be more
fragile today.
The most serious problem appears
to be in Kashmir, where Pakistani guer-
rillas and the Indian counterguerrilla
forces have been carrying on regardless,
and where the distinction between the
guerrillas and Pakistani regulars is
hard to draw.
Reports from other fronts, notably
Wagah, indicate that the troops are very
quick on the trigger there too (see map).
Political attitudes on both sides
are not making it any easier to keep the
lid on. Samplings of local opinion in
Pakistan indicate that the average Paki-
stani thinks his armies were stopped
when victory was just over the hill,
and that it is up to the United Nations
to "prove" its merit by settling the
Kashmir issue.
In India, the mood reportedly is
one of renewed confidence because the
armed forces performed better than ex-
pected in the face of "superior" US
equipment and because Hindu-Muslim com-
munal tensions were kept under remark-
ably good control. Given these achieve-
ments, the Indians see no reason to com-
promise at the conference table.
At the United Nations in New York,
various efforts to try to find .a vehicle
for progress beyond the cease-fire are
continuing. Pakistani Foreign Minister
Bhutto has indicated interest in Ambas-
sador Goldberg's idea of a "commission"
composed of four of the permanent mem-
bers of the Security Council. No fur-
ther moves regarding the Soviet "good
offices" initiative, which the Indians
and Pakistanis accepted earlier, have
been reported.
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2. Communist China
3. North Vietnam
Peking continues its verbal rumbl-
ings against New Delhi. A new Chinese
note was published today, stating again
that India is responsible for returning
all "kidnapped" Chinese nationals and
animals and must stop "provocative" ac-
tivities.
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5. Panama
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Heavy fighting broke out last night
when the Viet Cong attacked a government
outpost north of Qui Nhon in Binh Dinh
Province (see map).
Both sides brought up reinforcements
until there was the equivalent of a regi-
ment engaged on each side. Casualties
were heavy. South Vietnamese forces counted
50 Viet Cong bodies, and Communist losses
may run to well over 600, largely the re-
sult of government air action.
President Robles made his part of
the joint Panama-US announcement regard-
ing a new canal treaty on schedule this
afternoon, but we have no reactions yet
to his or to President Johnson's state-
ments.
6. Dominican Republic Supporters of Juan Bosch, the popu-
lar left-leaning ex-President, have
made elaborate preparations to welcome
him in style if he returns to Santo
Domingo from Puerto Rico tomorrow, as
he has repeatedly said he would.
7. Bolivia
? The Bolivian pot seems to have sim-
mered down again. Students at the uni-
versity of La Paz yesterday held an anti-
government,pro -:tin miners demonstration
that was unique by Bolivian standards in
that it was peaceful, orderly, and cleared
in advance with the authorities. The.ba-
sic tensions involving the mines and the
junta's effort to "reform" them nonethe-
less remain.
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8. Rhodesia
9, Iran
The problem of independence for the
white government of Rhodesia now seems
to be coming to head rapidly.
Rhodesian Prime Minister Smith has
told London that he wants to meet imme-
diately with Prime Minister Wilson to
decide the issue and that the trip the
British Commonwealth Secretary has sched-
uled to Rhodesia next month will be too
late. The British, obviously shaken by
the speed with which things are moving,
are balking at this.
Besides the white settlers' impa-
tience with "diplomacy," there is eco-
nomic pressure for a decision now. The
Rhodesian tobacco farmers' planting sea-
son is at hand, and they want ta.know
whether they should plant tobacco--an
export crop whose sale London could em-
bargo if the Rhodesians took independ-
ence into their own hands--or turn to
other, less vulnerable crops.
These developments will further agi-
tate African radical nationalists in
neighboring territories and sharpen the
pressures on the moderate leaders of
Zambia and Malawi.
The Shah's negotiators are moving
steadily ahead on the purchase of a steel
mill complex from the Soviet Union,
it is far and
away the biggest project the Soviets
have undertaken in Iran since World War
.II, and should serve the Shah's purpose
of demonstrating "independence" of the
US.
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