THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 30 OCTOBER 1965

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005967971
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: October 30, 1965

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
30 OCTOBER 1965
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DAILY BRIEF
30 OCTOBER 1965
1. Dominican Republic
2. Rhodesia
3. Congo
There was an ugly shooting incident
between the police and workers at the
Ozama sugar mill outside Santo Domingo
yesterday, but the capital remained calm.
Renewed demonstrations against the Inter-
American Peace Force are expected, how-
ever, during the four-day religious holi-
day which begins today.
Garcia Godoy said yesterday that he
finds no difficulties with most elements
of General Palmer's plan for joint Peace
Force - National Police disarmament and
police operations. Joint patrolling, in
fact, is already under way.
Garcia Godoy also repeated his in-
tention to replace his leftist attorney
general, Morel Cerda, but did not indi-
cate when this would take place.
Prime Minister Wilson has com-
pleted his visit to Salisbury. Smith,
by all accounts, was unmoved by Wilson's
efforts.
The door has not yet been completely
shut, however. The British cabinet on
Tuesday will consider a proposal that a
joint Royal Commission be formed to ex-
plore the situation further. This will
probably be turned down in London, but
it will give Wilson a chance to come up
with a counterproposal calculated to
spin things out again and put the onus
for rejection on Rhodesia.
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There are growing doubts in Leo-
poldville that the newly formed Kimba
government can win parliamentary approval
next month.
Our embassy reports weakening parlia-
mentary support for Kimba and increasing
dissatisfaction with President Kasavubu.
Several deputies proposed as cabinet mem-
bers by Kimba are said to be reluctant to
serve for fear that acceptance would cost
them their parliamentary seats.
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4. Vietnam
5. Indonesia
There is circumstantial evidence
that North Vietnamese Premier Pham Van
Dong has been on an unannounced mission
to Peking and Moscow.
This would be the first such high-
level Vietnamese mission since spring.
In the present circumstances, a funda-
mental review of Communist strategy in
the Vietnamese war might well be in
order.
The situation remains essentially
unchanged.
The Djakarta embassy notes that
the army is continuing to make a de-
termined effort to avoid being charged
with a sellout to the "old established
forces," essentially the United States.
Because of this, there is a good chance
that they will push ahead with plans to
nationalize foreign petroleum holdings.
The embassy, however, plans to expand
its contacts with the military leader-
ship in hopes of preventing the army
from taking actions that would compli-
cate relations.
There are continuing reports that
the Chinese Communists are evacuating
embassy dependents from the country.
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