THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 28 JANUARY 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968123
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: January 28, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
28 JANUARY 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
28 JANUARY 1966
1. Vietnam
2. North Vietnam
Hanoi radio today broadcast the
text of an open letter, dated 24 Janu-
ary, from Ho Chi Minh to the heads of
"socialist states" and other governments
interested in the Vietnamese situation.
The letter seems to be intended as North
Vietnam's answer to the US 14 points.
Ho does not rebut. the 14 points
in detail, however, but makes a round-
house condemnation of US "aggression."
He reiterates that the Vietnamese people
intend to fight the US-as long as US
forces "remain on our soil." Ho further
emphasizes that the US must recognize
that the Communists' National Liberation
Front is the "sole genuine representa-
tive of the people of South Vietnam" and
must "engage in negotiations with it."
This is one of the most straight
forward public statements that Hanoi has
made on the necessity for the US to deal
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directly with the National Liberation
Front in any negotiations to end the war.
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MIG-19 FARMER
Engines: 2 Afterburning Turbojet
Radius: 520 n.m.
Speed: 765 knots
Combat ceiling: 55,800 ft.
Span: 29 ft.
Length: 34 ft.
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3. Communist China
4. Burma
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MIG-19 jet fighters are being pro-
duced by the Chinese.
.Although there remain a number of
loose ends bearing on Chinese fighter
manufacturing capabilities, this report
accounts for some of the recent increase
in Peking's inventory of high-performance
jet fighters. .(See photo.)
Antigovernment insurgents.are
be-
coming bolder.. In recent weeks7Ihey
have mounted raids on railway stations
and police posts in and near Rangoon.
Efforts to control this activity, are
being hampered by command disaffection
and by a high desertion rate in the
army.
Fortunately for the Ne Win govern-
ment,the insurgents are conspicuously
lacking in unity. They are divided among
at least three major tribal aggregations
and several mutually antagonistic Com-
munist splinter groups.
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5. Ethiopia
6. French Africa
. Rhodesia
A top Ethiopian military man fears
that recent events in Nigeria were a
"picnic" compared td the carnage to
come in Ethiopia if the Emperor does
not mend his ways.
The source describes the present
-situation as "intolerable." He and
other top officers feel that the Em-
peror is completely out of touch with
domestic opinion and spends too much
time promoting his international image
while the country rots. The source pre-
dicted that if the Emperor does not
shift course,. he will "sooner or later
have his throat cut."
No specific coup plots exist, but
pressures on the Emperor to make basic
reforms are doubtless building up.
Pressures such as this did lead to a
short-lived attempt to unseat him in-
1960.
The French are letting it be known
in a number of their former African
colonies that they may well intervene
with military force to head off future
coup attempts. Although French capa-
bilities in this direction are limited,
they may hope that the threat of armed
intervention will forestall coup plotters.
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sential services will be unavailable in
a few weeksunless South Africa steps in
with substantial help. Morale in the
business community is slipping, but the
community is not a main pillar of Smith's
support.
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C. Soviet Union
a Central Committee
session is imminent or perhaps already
under way in Moscow. In addition to
formal agenda items, each of the four
other plenums since the Khrushthev ouster
has made changes in the top ruling bodies.
9. Dominican Republic Garcia GodOy is-thinking of forcing
the issue with his recalcitrant military
chiefs
10. Indonesia
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fense Minister Rivera and the 'service
chiefs are under intense pressure to
stand firm from Subordinates and right-
wing 'politicians, and some reports in-
dicate sentiment is growing in the Armed
services to overthrow Garcia Godoy.
Leaders on the left have served
warning that they may take the issue to
the streets if the chiefs ?do not leaVe
soon. Bosch, for example, has threatened
4 strike next week if a solution has not
been reached. Such an action could make
the military even more intransigent.'
The prolonged game of political
chess between Sukarno and the genera's
goes-on. The generals just now are
pressing to broaden the trial of partici-
pants in the 30 September coup attempt
to include large numbers of Communists,
hoping that they can get a judicial deter-
mination that the party is illegal. So
far Sukarno has been able to block this.
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