THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 17 MARCH 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968209
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: March 17, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
17 MARCH 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
17 MARCH 1966
1. Indonesia
2. Cambodia
3. North Vietnam
Military and other officials in
Djakarta are pressuring General Suharto
to remove Sukarno once and for all.
These people were shocked by Sukarno's
announcement yesterday that he alone
was responsible for the composition of
the cabinet. They had assumed that Su-
karno would give in to their demands for
cabinet changes.
Popular demonstrations are continu-
ing and seem to be well coordinated.
Students are now said to be urging gov-
ernment employees to go on strike un-
til the cabinet is purged. Ambassador
Green reports that some pro-Communist
cabinet members may already have been
picked up.
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4. South Vietnam
5. Soviet Union
Saigon was quiet today, although
there were indications of behind-the-
scenes political activity, including a
meeting between Chief of State Thieu
and Buddhist leaders:
Meanwhile, Thi is continuing his
tour of the I Corps area and appears in-
creasingly to be playing for public sym-
pathy. No disorders have attended any
of his public appearances, however, and
this afternoon he urged a crowd of per-
haps 20,000 in Hue to place the national
interest above individual ones.
Thi is remaining overnight in Hue
but his further plans are unclear.
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6. Uganda
7. Ghana
8. Soviet Union
Three weeks have passed since Prime
Minister Obote masterminded a coup on
his own behalf; Uganda's political struc-
ture has been deteriorating uninterrupt-
edly ever since.
Obote has now managed to alienate
just about every political and tribal
element in the country. The army and
police still follow his orders, but their
loyalty is probably only on a day-to-day
basis. The embassy believes that Obote
will soon be removed unless he does some-
thing to broaden his political base.
Nkrumah has started to pull together
a group to subvert the new Ghanaian re-
gime.
Soviet intellectuals and "liberal"
Communists in a number of countries are
fearful that Moscow intends to come out
with a somewhat more favorable line on
Stalin at the Soviet party congress which
opens later in the month. The treatment
of Stalin has been a hot issue for more
than ten years; another embarrassing re-
appraisal could produce real fireworks
throughout the bloc.
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