THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 17 NOVEMBER 1965

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968001
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: November 17, 1965

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
17 NOVEMBER 1965
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DAILY BRIEF
17 NOVEMBER 1965
1. Rhodesia
2. Pakistan
Smith moved today to neutralize
Governor Gibbs, who refuses to recognize
Rhodesian independence.
Smith named Deputy Prime Minister
Dupont to replace Gibbs and announced
that the regime was stripping from Gibbs
the "last trappings of office"--includ-
ing guards and telephone for his offi-
cial residence. The Union Jack still
flies there, however.
Although there was trouble today
involving African nationalists in the
Bulawayo industrial area in the south,
Smith's security forces still seem to
have the situation easily in hand.
Radical African leaders, as expected,
are in full cry. A number of them have
offered to send token contingents to
Zambia,probably in the hopes that this
will stir the British to stronger efforts
to unseat Smith.
There are further signs that Ayub
is working around toward an effort to
improve his relations with the US.
A reliable Pakistani told Ambassa-
dor McConaughy that Ayub recently chas-
tised Foreign Minister Bhutto for "rash-
ness and cockiness" and for his role in
disrupting relations with Washington.
Bhutto, the source says, was badly
shaken and is now fighting for his po-
litical life. Another Pakistani offi-
cial predicts that Bhutto's upcoming
trip to Moscow may well lead to a fur-
ther weakening of his position. The
official thinks that Bhutto will get
little but trouble out of the Kremlin.
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3. Indonesia
4. North Vietnam
The pace of the struggle between
Sukarno and the generals is quickening.
The latter seem to have the edge for
the moment.
The army insists that it retains
emergency powers in Djakarta despite
Sukarno's lifting of martial law there
last week. The army has also managed
to frustrate Sukarno's efforts to bridle
the press and radio.
Further demonstrations have been
staged to demand the banning of the Com-
munists, and delegations from the gen-
erals have waited upon Sukarno to de-
mand that Subandrio and air force Gen-
eral Dani be removed.
Since his strong speech last week
Sukarno has been silent but he is far
from vanquished. r
In the outlying provinces, the drive
against the Communists goes on. In fact,
it may be near to getting out of hand in
northern Sumatra.1
According to the French representa-
tive in North Vietnam,Premier Pham Van
Dong seems to be obsessed with the no-
tion that American "lassitude" will
create in the US conditions like those
in France in 1954, and that this will
eventually force the US to accept North
Vietnam's conditions for negotiations.
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5. Communist China
6. Soviet Union
An outbreak of hoof and mouth dis-
ease may be reaching epidemic propor-
tions. The authorities have instituted
widespread measures to control its fur-
ther spread. Even so, the outbreak may
reduce meat and milk output next year.
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7. Chile
Violence erupted yesterday in the
strike-bound copper mines of northern
Chile. The government has put the af-
fected areas in a state of emergency
Chile's important copper mines
have been shut down since 25 October
by a general strike against legisla-
tion to implement a recent agreement
between the Chileans and US companies.
The union involved is led by a combina-
tion of Communists and radical socialists.
8. Dominican Republic Santo Domingo continues to be full
of rumors of coup plotting by right-wing
forces.
However, US officials in Santo Do-
mingo think that Garcia Godoy's recent
moves to rectify some of his early mis-
takes have gained for him the confidence
of many moderates and reduced the poten-
tial for rightist-extremist action.
There are other mildly hopeful
signs. The president is making slow I
progress toward stabilization and is
turning his attention to basic economic
and social development plans. He has
put Finance Minister Mendez Nunez in
charge of coordinating economic programs,
and the two are moving to encourage in-
vestment.
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