THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 3 JANUARY 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968078
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: January 3, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
3 JANUARY 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
3 JANUARY 1906
1. North Vietnam
Hanoi has blasted away again at
what it terms the "deceitful and hypo-
critical" US peace campaign.
A commentary in the North Vietnam-
ese party daily today charged that the
dispatch of senior US officials to vari-
ous foreign capitals was nothing but a
hoax. "The US aggressors' campaign to
seek peace is but a trick aimed at screen-
ing their plans of war intensification
and expansion." The article went on to
rehash old charges that instead of "un-
conditional discussions," the US is ac-
tually insisting that its troops remain
in South Vietnam indefinitely.
The commentary continues to follow
the line of not mentioning the cessation
of US air strikes against the north.
Hanoi probably feels that to admit
a halt has taken place would put it
even more on the defensive in the eyes
of world opinion.
The North Vietnamese regime undoubt-
edly wants to keep the cessation in ef-
fect as long as possible. It probably
believes that a negative comment at this
time might only provoke a resumption of
the strikes.
2. Indonesia There are more reports that Sukarno
plans to leave shortly.
Sukarno will be going to Switzerland
for his long-postponed kidney operation
and that he will be gone for several
months.
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3. Communist China
4. Cambodia
5. India Pakistan
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have apparently launched their campaign
to secure a foothold inside Cambodia.
Late last week some 200 to 300 dissidents
attacked a 50-man Cambodian border post
in what amounted to the largest.and most
sustained attack since the resumption
of dissident activity some 18 months
ago.
Shastri and Ayub have arrived in
Tashkent for the confrontatiOn which
neither really expects to result in sig-
nificant progress toward a settlement.
The most they expect is some form of
understanding which would.. permit them
to.keep-the dialogue open.
6. Central African Republic The situation has quieted in the
wake of the New Year's Eve military coup
in this extremely underdeveloped and iso-
lated former French colony. The prov-
inces have not yet reacted,however,and
could pose-problems. Colonel Bokassa,
the new strong map,is likely, to seek
French and US aid to shore up his posi-
tion.
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7. Upper Volta
8. Rhodesia
Serious trouble developed today in
another former French African colony.
After hours of mob demonstrations and
a completely successful general strike
in the capital city, the government
radio went off the air. Whether Presi-
dent Yameogo remains in power is in
doubt.
Following up its weekend offer, the
Smith regime announced tonight that it
,has suspended the heavy surtax it had
imposed last month on coal and coke ex-
ported to Zambia. ThiS.:was-. done despite
President Kaunda's rejection yesterday
of the Smith offer to ease pressures on
Zambia by suspending the surtax as well
as by sending refined oil products to
Zambia.
The surtax was a unilateral Rho-
desia decision, but the oil refining and
transit offer would require the delivery
of crude oil to Rhodesia and acceptable
Zambian payment arrangements.
9. Dominican Republic Garcia Godoy plans to go on radio
? and television tonight to announce his
decisions aimed at reducing the danger
of new incidents like last month's out-
break in Santiago. He told Ambassador
Bunker yesterday, that he intends to
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fair, but will announce foreign assign-
ments for some military officers of both
factions.
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This may well set off a new wave
of strikes and violence by extremists
among the former rebels.
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.10. Cuba
Fidel Castro seemed deliberately
out to embarrass the Chinese Communists
in his annual anniversary speech :yester-
day. He took the occasion to announce
that because of a "misunderstanding" with
Peking,.Cubans would suffer a crucial
rice shortage this year. The-Chinese,
he said, interpret last year's sugar-
rice exchange agreement as being for
only one-year.and refuse to extend it.
Coming on the eve of the "Tri-Con-
tinent Conference" and in the presence
of delegates representing the extremist
and revolutionary forces of some 100
countries, his revelations probably pre-
sage a concerted anti-Peking drive at
the conference.
Most of the speech was devoted to
Cuba's continuing economic ProbleMs. He
did,however,seize the opportunity to
answer those "slanderers" who were sug-
gesting that an accommodation with the
US was in the wind. "It must be said
with assurance, honesty, and-firmness,"
he shouted, "that this is the last.na-
tion to want to make peace with imperi-
alism."
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