THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 8 NOVEMBER 1965

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005967985
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: November 8, 1965

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
NOVEMBER 1965
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DAILY BRIEF
8 NOVEMBER 1965
1. Indonesia
2. North Vietnam
The fencing between Sukarno and
the army leaders continues and Sukarno's
latest public blasts apparently have
thus far failed to slow the drive against
the Communists.
The next move may occur on Wednes-
day, an important Indonesian holiday.
Hints
that Sukarno's speech then will feature
new charges against the US. It is clear
that Subandrio has been feeding Sukarno
all the anti-US "evidence" he can dig
up, and Sukarno's hostile public innuen-
dos against Ambassador Green and ex-Am-
bassador Jones on Saturday suggest that
more is to come.
The army has come up with hard evi-
dence to back up its effort to force an
Indonesian break with Communist China,
armed forces in-
vestigators have found weapons and ammu-
nition hidden in bags of cement aboard
a Chinese-chartered vessel that recently
arrived in Djakarta from a North Korean
port. The army presumes that these weap-
ons were destined for the Indonesian
Communists.
Eight more surface-to-air missile
sites in North Vietnam have been identi-
fied in recent photography. Five of the
new sites are in the Haiphong area.
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3. India
4. Okinawa
5. Soviet Union
The US consul in Bombay reports that
the worst food production year in recent
history seems to be in prospect in west-
ern India. He says famine or near fam-
ine conditions are likely in large parts
of western India unless substantial im-
ports are forthcoming from other areas.
Inadequate rainfall is the principal
reason.
A sizable, peaceful demonstration
in Okinawa's principal city last Friday
sought to dramatize the growing demand
for popular election of the island's
chief executive. All political parties
and most civic groups are pressing for
an end to the present system, under which
the US administration appoints the offi-
cial following nominations by the Ryu-
kyuan legislature. The issue is being
exploited particularly by a leftist co-
alition which is given some chance of
gaining a majority in next week's legis-
lative election.
The anniversary parade in Moscow
on Saturday again featured some showy
military hardware.
One item not seen before by Western
observers was a large missile described
by the Soviets as a "mobile interconti-
nental ballistic missile."
that this missile
of 2,700
no evidence,
has ever been
was capable of ranges in excess
nautical miles. There is
however, that this weapon
tested or deployed.
A large missile described by the
Soviets as an "orbital missile" when it
was first paraded last May Day, appeared
again this time. The Soviet commentator
claimed that it is capable of delivering
a nuclear warhead on "the first or any
other orbit around the earth." The three-
stage missile appears capable of perform-
ing the Russian claim, but we 'are reason-
ably certain that no full-scale flight
tests have yet taken place.
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6. Soviet Union
7. Cyprus
8. Congo
First Deputy Premier Polyansky, in
his anniversary speech on Saturday, ad-
mitted that this year's gross agricul-
tural output will be about two or three
percent lower than last year's good pro-
duction. If so, the increase in gross
national product will be about 3.5 per-
cent, or roughly half of last year's in-
crease. It is estimated that the in-
crease in the US gross national product
this year will be about four percent.
Turkey is maintaining military
readiness to move quickly against Cyprus.
On .the island itself, the situation at
Famagusta continues tense, and fighting
could erupt again with little warning.
In Ankara, Ambassador Hart comments
that the new Turkish regime probably hopes.
that it can await the results of the com-
ing United Nations General Assembly de-
bate on Cyprus before deciding whether
it has any alternative.to unilateral mili-
tary action. New outbreaks in Cyprus,
however, could bring acute ' "and even
unbearable" pressures for immediate ac-
tion by the Turks, in the ambassador's
opinion.
The rival Kasavubu and Tshombe forces
are moving toward a political showdown
over parliamentary approval of the Kimba
government. Parliament is pressing for
an early vote, which, in any event, is
legally required by the middle of next
week.
Tshombe seems relaxed and confident
that he can block Kimba's approval. For
his part,. Kimba is now expressing doubts
over his chances of getting by.
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9. Dominican Republic Garcia Godoy seems to be making
some progress toward redressing what
he' now admits were mistakes earlier in
his regime.
He Sought out former president Bala-
guer again last weekend, and asked for
suggestions on how best to bring a "bet-
ter balance" to his government. It was
Balaguer's top aide who suggested the
man who has now agreed to replace the
pro-Communist attorney general. The
most prominent former rebel military
leaders are also said to have been in-
duced to accept foreign assignments.
Garcia Godoy's efforts to Carry
? -out the other side of his "package deal"--
the replacement of the present military
? chiefs--appear to have been temporarily
shelved.
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