THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 25 FEBRUARY 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968174
• 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 25, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
25 FEBRUARY 1966
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? DAILY BRIEF
25 FEBRUARY 1966
1. North Vietnam
2. Vietnam
We have further evidence of the in-
creasing sophistication of North Viet-
namese air defenses.
Today Hanoi issued an official
statement about Wedpesday's contact be-
tween its charg?n Moscow and Prime
Minister Wilson's special representa-
tive, Lord Chalfont. Hanoi seemed
sensitive to Western press accounts of
the meeting, and claimed that the charg?
condemned British support for US policy
and "unmasked the wicked schemes" of.
the US drive for negotiations.
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3. Indonesia
4. Rhodesia
Sukarno is moving quickly to con-
solidate his gains. Today he banned
the anti-Communist student confederation,
the only group openly to challenge Mon.-.
day's cabinet changes. The curfew in
the capital Was lengthened. Pro-Sukarno
rallies are being mounted in the outly-
ing provinces. '
Djakarta remained tense today.
There was an apparently spontaneous ges-
ture of support for the students when
an impressive number of homes and shops
throughout the city flew their flags at
half-mast during the funeral of one of
the martyred students.
Sukarno may soon try to refurbish
his own image and blacken the motives
of his student opponents by publicly
charging that the US was behind the anti-
Communist demonstrations.(
The effectiveness of British sanc-
tions will be put to a hard test next
month when Rhodesia begins auctioning
this year's tobacco crop. The high-
quality Rhodesian tobaccos normally pro-
vide about 30 percent of the country's
foreign exchange earnings, and Salis-
bury is counting heavily on these earn-
ings this year.
US officials in Salisbury have de-
tected an air of optimism that the crop
will be marketed,
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5. Ghana
The coup has been entirely success-
ful, and there is no early prospect of
any significant countermove. Members
of the ruling National Liberation Coun-
cil that was set up yesterday are all
pro-Western. Soviet as well as Chinese
influence is almost certain to subside
considerably. Ambassador Williams ex-
pects, however, that the new leaders
will probably seek to maintain a non-
aligned public posture.
The ambassador points out that this
coup, unlike some of the other recent
ones in Africa, was not a power grab by
the military_ Effective authority in
the ministries as well as in the regional
and local governments-was given to senior
civil servants, not military or police
officers.
The deposed Nkrumah, still a guest
in Peking, has declared that he will be
returning soon, This is most unlikely,
but he will do all he can to stir up
trouble. For the moment, this is likely
to be little more than a propaganda ef-
fort. He is expected to join the rising
Communist chorus that he was the victim
of an "imperialist" plot.
6. Uruguay The Communists plan a new strike
offensive next month.
action is to be timed to begin with
the installation next Tuesday of Alberto
Heber as president of Uruguay's govern-
ing national council. The Communists
expect the mercurial Heber to react in
a way that will permit them to increase
their already considerable strength in
the labor movement.
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7. Dominican Republic The army and air force chiefs con-
tinue under pressure to step down from
their posts
Minister of Interior Castillo has
confirmed to Ambassador Bennett that
last week'sshake-up in local and pro-
vincial government posts was designed
to satisfy presidential aspirant Bala-
guer's complaints that too many of these
posts were in the hands of Bosch parti-
sans. Castillo, who evidently convinced
Garcia Godoy that Balaguer's point was
justified, added that there will shortly
be further changes with the same objec-
tive.
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