THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 18 OCTOBER 1965

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005967948
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: October 18, 1965

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
18 OCTOBER 1965
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DAILY BRIEF
18 OCTOBER 1965
1. Indonesia
2. Rhodesia
The Djakarta military authorities
today ordered a "temporary halt" to the
activities of the Communist Party and a
number of its fronts in the capital area.
This may be the first direct step toward
eliminating the Indonesian Communist
Party, at least in its present form.
In line with this, our embassy in
Djakarta sees a possibility that the army
and Sukarno may be in the process of
reaching a "political settlement." A
new, "purified" Communist Party or a
single party including "pure" Communist
elements could emerge as an element in
such a settlement.
In any case, the embassy does not
anticipate sharp changes in official
Indonesian policy lines. A shift in the
spirit in which policy is carried out
seems possible, however, if only because,
as one Indonesian put it to the embassy,
Sukarno's "balloon has burst."
Peking's heavy-handed foreign min-
istry meanwhile has weighed into the
situation. A Chinese note charges that
Indonesian troops broke into the Chinese
commercial counselor's office in Djakarta
yesterday and warns of serious consequences
if the "anti-Chinese wave" in Indonesia
is not checked.
The Yugoslav minister in Djakarta
says the Chinese are pulling out depend-
ents; our embassy is checking this one.
As expected, Prime Minister Smith's
government has rejected the British pro-
posal that he receive a mission of other
Commonwealth premiers.(
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3. Dominican Republic Garcia Godoy is trying to head off
further repercussions from the killing
in Santo Domingo Saturday of a prominent
ultraconservative leader.
In a speech last night the provi-
sional president promised to take meas-
ures to prevent future violence and is-
sued a decree to improve controls on
weapons in civilian hands.
Before Garcia Godoy spoke, ex-Presi-
dent Balaguer's Reform Party--the only
large party backing the present govern-
ment--was threatening to announce that
it was withdrawing its "moral and politi-
cal" support until the government ful-
filled its duty to guarantee security.
Meanwhile, the reintegration of
rebel military personnel into the armed
forces has stalled. The number of rebel
officers who have presented themselves
for reintegration is far larger than the
regular military leaders are willing to
accept. Some of the rebels have not
even-been in the army before, although
they insist on retaining their rebel
ranks.
They also insist, moreover, on
carrying automatic weapons and taking
heavily armed bodyguards whenever they
leave the reintegration camp. The at-
mosphere in Santo Domingo thus remains
one in which many individuals are des-
perately afraid of physical annihilation
while others are bent on personal revenge
or intimidation of their political enemies
4. Cuba
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5. Vietnam
6. India-Pakistan
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Rioting broke out in Indian Kashmir
again today. Anti-Indian students stoned
police while crowds chanted "we want a
plebiscite." Continuation of these in-
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leaders are moving toward extremism.
The snail-like progress of diplo-
matic negotiations meanwhile is worrying
the Pakistani military. The air force
chief has told Ambassador McConaughy
that his US-made planes will cease to be
an effective fighting force within four
weeks unless the Pakistanis can get
spare parts.
He intimated that if the US would
not supply the parts, Pakistan might be
driven to seek Chinese Communist planes
and even pilots.
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7. Congo
8. Yugoslavia
Premier Kimba's government formally
came into being today.
The attraction of official cars and
other emoluments is doing its work. At
least three of Tshombe's erstwhile lieu-
tenants have defected to Kimba, and
enough of Tshombe's supporters in parlia-
ment probably will follow suit to assure
Kimba of a majority there.
The really active operator in the
cabinet, however, is Interior Minister
Nendaka, who will now be able to use the
full government apparatus to extend 'his
influence,and nullify Tshombe's,in the
provinces.
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President Tito, 73-years-old, is ru-
mored to be seriously ill.
Indian President Radhakrishnan,
who talked to Tito two weeks ago, was
his last reported visitor. A trip to Ru-
mania, scheduled for late this month, has
been cancelled, as has been a planned
visit to Yugoslavia by Polish leader Go-
mulka.
Day-to-day affairs can be carried
on by Vice President Rankovic and the
two top Communist Party secretaries.
No other Yugoslav leader, however, has
Tito's ability to curb the fractiousness
of the country's minorities.
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