THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 8 FEBRUARY 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968143
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: February 8, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
8 FEBRUARY 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
8 FEBRUARY 1966
1. North Vietnam
2. Uganda
The list of North Vietnamese dip-
lomats who have returned to Hanoi is
lengthening. Those known to have re-
turned are Hanoi's representatives to
France, Poland, Ghana, Guinea, Tanzania,
and India. In addition, the ambassadors
to Moscow, Peking, and Havana may also
be home.
Hanoi is probably conducting a gen-
eral foreign policy review. Such reviews
are known to have taken place at about
this time of year in 1962 and 1964.
These earlier meetings were not followed
by any major alterations in foreign policy.
The Ugandan parliament has forced
the suspension of Prime Minister Obote's
leading supporter, Colonel Idi Amin, from
his post as army chief of staff. Amin
is under investigation for involvement
in the embezzlement of Congolese rebel
gold. This is a severe setback for the
radical Obote and drastically reduces
his chances for re-election later this
year.
The mounting conflict between mod-
erates and leftists sparked reports yes-
terday that a coup
was imminent. The embassy reported
this morning that the Kampala area was
calm, but that political leaders were
operating on an "anything can happen"
basis.
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. Zambia
4. Nigeria
5. India
US Embassy officers who visited
the Zambian copper belt last week found
that the situation among the foreign
miners had deteriorated considerably
since mid-December. Many technicians,
especially, at the middle and upper levels,
are planning to leave as soon as possible,
and the supply of recruits from South
Africa has dried up. Pressures to leave
will increase sharply when the complete
economic rupture with Rhodesia takes
place.
The new Ironsi regime now apparently
plans a general roundup of the younger
army officers who were involved in last
month's coup. A British official work-
ing with the Nigerian police says that
some of these people have already been
arrested,and a number of others are
slated to be picked up soon.
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Ironsi has been hard WA1
put to decide how to treat these officers.
They are considered to be heroes by much
of the public and also by significant
elements in the army. The decision to
"close in" probably means that Ironsi
senses an overriding need to restore army
discipline.
Antigovernment rioting in Kerala
is beginning to subside. The rice cut
has been partially restored and emer-
gency rice supplies are arriving from
other parts of the country., Leftist op-
position elements in Kerala will now be
looking for new ways to discredit New
Delhi's administration of their area.
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6. Belgium
7. Cambodia
Foreign Minister Spaak told Ambas-
sador Knight yesterday that Belgium is
in a state of anarchy with everybody
wanting to give orders and no one will-
ing to obey. Spaak spoke highly of the
King's efforts over the weekend to head
off a crisis but he believes the present
truce constitutes only a reprieve for the
Harmel government.
Spaak suggested that Achille Van
Acker might well be the man to form a
new government. Van Acker, a 68-year- .
old Socialist, served as prime minister
in the 1950s.
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Castro's offer to send Cuban troops to
Cambodia.
Castro apparently sees this gesture
as a way to brighten his image as a lead-
ing revolutionary without running major
risks. Sihanouk, for his part, probably
has no great need for more small arms, but
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