THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 20 JANUARY 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968108
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: January 20, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
20 JANUARY 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
20 JANUARY 1936
1. Vietnam
2. South Vietnam
There is more talk in Saigon about
unseating Premier Ky. Ambassador Lodge
points out that some of this is generated
by Ky's relative longevity (seven months,
so far) and by the "peace offensive"
which has stirred politicians to think
about a post-settlement government. The
Vietnamese New Year, a traditional time
for settling accounts, could also be a
factor. There were coups just before
the New Year in 1964 and 1965.
Lodge thinks that the chances for
a successful move against Ky are rela-
tively slim so long as the top generals
stick together.
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3. North Vietnam
4. Indonesia
High-altitude photography taken
late last year shows a major military
construction project under way in the
hills northwest of Yen Bai (see map).
The photographyishows a newly con-
structed storage area containing at
least 285 buildings in widely dispersed
locations. The area is serviced by an
intricate road network still being built.
A large number of trenches, foxholes,
and other defensive positions are nearby.
The project may well be one of the
jobs undertaken by the Chinese Communist
engineer units which are believed to
have moved into this general area since
October. Activity similar to this, but
on a smaller scale,has been detected in
photography of the rail line from Hanoi
northeast to the Chinese border at Ping
Hsiang.
Sukarno told a delegation of left-
wing students today that he would not re-
treat "even one millimeter" despite pres-
sure from "reactionaries." He again
called for the formation of a "Sukarno
front."
Sukarno's support from the surviv-
ing leftist organizations seems feeble.
He can continue to play, however, on the
army's reluctance to face him openly.
The army today cancelled a mass meeting
which apparently, would have continued the
series of demonstrations against leading
members of Sukarno's entourage.
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5. Yemen
5. Rhodesia
7. Congo
The slow-paced peace conference be-
tween royalist and republican factions,
which was to reconvene shortly after this
weekend, may stay in recess for some time
yet. The Saudis are pressing Cairo for
a more specific agreement on the nature
of an interim Yemeni Government and say
they will not let the conference resume
until they get one. Nasir in turn says
that he cannot begin withdrawing Egyp-
tian troops from Yemen--the main thing
that the Saudis want--until after an in-
terim government is formed.
Another cut in the gasoline ration
was announced today in Salisbury. Smith
had made reassuring statements on this
score at a televised news conference only
a few days ago.
The honeymoon period evidently is
over for General Mobutu's regime. Critics
complain that he is not getting out to
the provinces, as Tshombe did, and that
he is closeted too much with a few ad-
visers, mostly Belgians.
At this stage, Mobutu's opponents
seem merely to be talking. Mobutu could
well run into real trouble, however, if
he carries out a plan to
expel unemployed persons from the capi-
tal and other cities. This touchy move,
in which the army would play a major part,
is scheduled for the end of this month.
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8. Nigeria
9. Dominican Republic
10. Cuba
Our embassy in Lagos and the US
consulates in the various regions report
all quiet in their areas. Food prices
in the capital have risen sharply, how-
ever, indicating considerable subsurface
worry among the population.
Aclearer'picture. may emerge when
we see the results of a meeting General
Ironsi held today with his regional mili-
tary governors.
The formation of a "Latin American
Solidarity Organization" was announced
yesterday in Havana. The organization
is to cooperate with "the most active
anti-imperialist groups" and is to plan
a conference in 1967.
This comes in-the wake of Fidel
Castro's speech closing the Tri-Continent
Conference last week, in which he made
his most explicit call for armed revolu-
tion in more than a year. All this
strongly suggests that Havana is again
playing up its interest in insurgency in
Latin American after treating it in lower
key for some months.
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