THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 21 OCTOBER 1965

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005967954
• 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 21, 1965

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
21 OCTOBER 1965
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DAILY BRIEF
21 OCTOBER 1965
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1. Indonesia
Army leaders still have the upper
hand in their contest of wills with
President Sukarno.
Army sweeps are continuing nightly
in the slums of Djakarta as more Commu-
nists are rounded up and more weapons
confiscated.r
/ Reports from
Sumatra and East Borneo indicate that
army activity is continuing against the
Communists in these areas.
Central Java may become a trouble
spot, however. Communists are reportedly
fleeing to a redoubt in the rugged coun-
tryside there and may be regrouping for
some kind of counteraction.r
/Communists
are gathering their forces in areas of
North Sumatra. American citizens have
been evacuated from the big rubber plan-
tations there.
Sukarno's vaunted "Anti-Foreign
Military Bases" Conference broke up to-
day after a rather lackluster perform-
ance. An associated public demonstra-
tion by Muslim youths dutifully protested
British bases and then turned to blast-
ing the Chinese Communists.
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2. South Vietnam
3. India-Pakistan
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Ambassador Lodge reports that he is
increasingly impressed with Premier Ky's
performance. Lodge believes that if Ky
can hold the premiership over a reasona-
ble period, he may well develop into a
first class political leader.
In a recent conversation with the.
ambassador, Ky said that his most urgent
political problem over the short run is
to maintain unity among the generals.
While Ky hopes to broaden nonmilitary
participation in the government, he be-
lieves that the military is the only ele-
ment in the country capable of setting.
aside regional, religious, and other spe-
cial interests and providing effective
leadership.
Indian officials are again warning
the US Embassy that they expect a "new
wave" of Pakistani infiltrators to hit
Kashmir in the near future. This, they
declare, will mean an end to the cease-
fire. The Indian Cabinet secretary told
Ambassador Bowles that a build-up is un-
der way in Pakistan-held Kashmir. He
promised additional detailed information.
. The Indians have arrested 26 more
members of a Kashmir self-determination
movement following yesterday's demonstra-
tions in Srinagar.
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4. Rhodesia
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5. Panama
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The British prime minister's deci-
sion to fly to Salisbury later this week
does not imply any softening in the Brit-
ish?or the white Rhodesian--position.
While Wilson:may have some faint
hope of being able to prolong negotia-
tions, he probably expects his trip mainly
to dramatize that he has gone more than
half way to head off -a unilateral decla-
ration of independence.
The opposition has thus far failed
to spark a political crisis On the canal
issue.
This week's events suggest thatthe
steam is running out of the opposition's
four week campaign to convince the pub-?
lic that the Robles government is "sell-
ing out" the country in the negotiations.
Even the volatile university students
have not yet been provoked into antigov-
ernment agitation.
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6. Dominican Republic
7. Communist China
At latest report this afternoon the
stage was set for the beginning of the
crucial arms collection drive in Santo
Domingo. It had already been postponed
once today, presumably to allow more
time to work out the complex arrange-
ments There have as yet been no re-
ports of violence.
Some 200 three-man teams are to
make a house-to-house search of the city.
Provisional President Garcia Godoy has "
assured Ambassador Bunker that if this
plan does not work, he.will-sanCtion the
use of whatever force may be necessary.
Military leaders doubt that the plan
will work, but agreed to cooperate after
considerable coaxing by' Ambassador Bunker.
Armed forces chief RiveraCaMinero doubts
that many arms will be collected, but
does concede that the operation should
serve as a psychological victory since
it would emphasize the fact that the
rebel zone no longer exists.
The increasingly bitter tone employed
by Peking .in its accounts of developments
in Indonesia suggests that the Chinese have
now Concluded that they have nothing to
lose by attacking the Indonesian military.
Although clearly intended to help Sukarno
and the Indonesian Communists, the heavy-
handed Chinese propaganda seems likely
further to, inflame the growing anti-Peking
sentiment in Indonesia.
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