THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 9 FEBRUARY 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968145
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: February 9, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
9 FEBRUARY 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
9 FEBRUARY 1966
1. Vietnam
2. South Vietnam
Judging by its
statements, Hanoi has concluded that
.the Honolulu meeting will in the short
run lead to intensified bombings in the
north and expanded operations in the
south.
Hanoi apparently continues to en-
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are still talking in
terms of a gradual softening in the US
position. They seem to think that,
given enough time, the US will open the
door of retreat "wide enough to be able
to get through it."
Commenting today on the meeting,
Peking declared that it had produced
nothing but the "old trick of dual
tactics of war expansion and peace hoax"
and was doomed to failure.
The Buddhists in the northern part
of the country are said to be planning
antigovernment demonstrations later this
month. Organizers think they have a com-
mitment from the influential Tri Quang
not to oppose the demonstrations which
will ostensibly be directed against in-
flation and the postponement of elections.
Dissatisfaction with the Ky govern-
ment is also increasing in some Catholic
circles, though there are no reports that
these elements are planning anti-Ky ac-
tivity at the present time.
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3. Pakistan
4. Rhodesia
5. Uganda
President Ayub's domestic problems
are likely to grow after completion this
month of troop withdrawals from the India
border. Finance Minister Shoaib warned
Ambassador McConaughy recently that feel-
ing is running very high against the
Tashkent accord among the younger offi-
cers and soldiers who are returning home.
Shoaib apparently does not fear a
military mutiny as much as he does the
effect of the returned soldiers on the
civil population, where the post-Tash-
kent feeling of let down goes much deeper,
he feels,than is evident on the surface.
The situation continued tense to-
day. Government officials are taking
steps to protect themselves against the
coup attempt
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6. Belgium
7. Latin America
8. Cuba
The Catholic-Socialist coalition
government seems unlikely to survive
the parliamentary debate that begins to-
morrow on the national medical care sys-
tem. The Socialists continue adamant
against Catholic premier Harmel's posi-
tion that patients should pay at least
part of medical costs.1
Socialist Foreign Minister Spaak,
however, is working hard to keep the
government together. He has cancelled
his Moscow trip that was to begin tomor-
row.
A conference of Latin American pro-
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is to coordinate the action and strategy
of the participating groups.
Pro-Peking factions now dominate
Communist parties in Peru and Ecuador
and are active as well in Chile, Bolivia,
Brazil, Colombia, and the Dominican Re-
public. If all ?or most of these groups
are represented at the planned meeting,
it would be the first significant gather-
ing of Peking's supporters to take place
in Latin America.
The people are being mobilized
throughout the country to echo Fidel
?Castro's condemnation of Communist China
last Sunday. Cuban propaganda media
are at full throttle and party organi-
zation8 are mounting. demonstrations to
condemn China's "treasonous" actions
against the Cuban people.
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9. Dominican Republic
The situation worsened suddenly
again this morning when police fired on
a crowd of Communist-led students demon-
strating outside the presidential pal-
ace. At least two students were killed
and several wounded. At last word,
Communist and leftist groups were at-
tempting to mobilize a general strike
for this afternoon in the capital city.
Preliminary evidence points to a
provocative effort by the Communists to
ignite violence. There are reports
that some of the demonstrators were armed.
As usual, however, the police appear to
have overreacted.
The violence has doubtless again
stalled the effort to arrange Rivera
Caminero's voluntary departure. It
will be used as an argument against any
such changes by the military and other
conservative forces.
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