THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 11 MARCH 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968198
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: March 11, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
11 MARCH 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
11 MARCH 1966
1. South Vietnam
2. North Vietnam
General This removal is now pro-
voking some adverse reaction in his
northern stronghold. A public protest
meeting took place in Da Nang today.
About a third of the estimated 1,500
participants were military men. "Cor-
rupt people" in Saigon linked to the
former Diem regime were blamed for the
action against Thi. The demonstrators
were orderly.
Reaction seems centered among Bud-
dhists,high school - age. students, and
workers--restive elements long eager to
demonstrate. The Buddhist hierarchy is
evidently not involved at this point.
,The possibility of Viet Cong instiga-
tion cannot be ruled out, particularly
in view of earlier reports that they: had
plans to exploit Buddhist unrest.
Ky and his associates are still ap-
prehensive and they may not permit Thi
the quick trip to his home in Da Nang
they had originally offered. Thi is due
to leave Saigon for the US next Tuesday.
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3. Indonesia
4. Communist China
5. Guatemala
The situation is becoming increas-
ingly strained. Sukarno apparently drove
home a hard line to his cabinet this
morning, threatening to dismiss any min-
ister who opposed his policies. The
next round begins tomorrow--tonight,
Washington time--when the President
meets with his regional military leaders.
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army expects Sukarno to use this second
meeting to oust army commander Suharto.
At last report, the military had still
not decided on how to react to such a
move.
There is a possibility of more hos-
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Subandrio is encouraging this
kind of activity in "retaliation" for
recent anti-Communist demonstrations.
During the past few months, there
has been speculation in the press
that Peking's
third nuclear explosion will be thermo-
nuclear. This may be what the Chinese
have in mind, but if so it would provide
Peking little but psychological gain.
Peralta and his base commanders ap-
parently agreed at their lengthy meeting
yesterday not to take drastic action.
The sessions are continuing today, but
the details are not yet available.
Peralta at this point seems to be
in control of the military, but there
is a good deal of dissatisfaction over
the election results. Because of this,
he is said to be trying to find a "legal"
way of denying the Mendez forces their
full complement of seats in the congress.
If Peralta succeeds in this tactic, Men-
dez and company will probably resort to
violence.
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