THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 7 APRIL 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968246
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: April 7, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
7 APRIL 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
7 APRIL 1966
1. South Vietnam
Ky again appears "determined" to
take Da Nang by force, although the city
was quiet this evening after a flurry of
"alerts" by both antigovernment and gov-
ernment forces earlier in the day.
This evening (Saigon time), Ky told
Ambassador Lodge, "If we take no action
now, the government will have lost it for
good." Later he said, "I will give the
order tonight." American officials feel
that Ky is being incorrectly informed
about the situation in Da Nang.
Ky also suggested that he might not
be able to restrain the Saigon marines--
still sitting on their hands at the Da
Nang airport--much longer.
their tempers are wearing
thin under taunts from struggle group
loudspeakers, and that even some members
of the Directorate are disturbed by the
government's inactivity at Da Nang.
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In Saigon, ugly violence was continu-
ing this evening despite a Buddhist Insti-
tute communiqu?alling for temporary ces-
sation of the "struggle" to allow Ky pub-
licly to confirm prior verbal communica-
tions to Buddhist leaders.
There are good indications, however,
that--as in the past--the Buddhists and
Ky are interpreting their exchanges dif-
ferently, and that their positions on
the composition of a constituent assembly
still differ fundamentally.
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2. Soviet Union
3. Communist China
4, Hong Kong
5. India
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The Soviet fighter which crashed
in the British sector of West Berlin
yesterday has been salvaged and identi-
fied as-a YAK-28 Firebar. Major portions
of the aircraft are intact and should
tell us much about the equipment aboard.
The Firebar is the latest and most ad-
vanced fighter in the Soviet operational
inventory
The colony was torn by serious riot-
ing for a second night. British authori-
ties have clamped on a curfew and mobi-
lized all police and army units for riot
control duty. These are the worst civil
disturbances in Hong Kong since Chinese
secret societies and criminal elements
went on a five-day rampage in 1956. The
Chinese Communists have not yet moved to
take advantage of the present trouble.
There was more violence in the Cal-
cutta area today, and sporadic clashes
with riot-control police will probably
continue for several more days. The co-
alition of leftists which sparked these
disorders probably sees them as dress
rehearsals for larger efforts when the
food crisis deepens in late spring and
summer.
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6. Rhodesia
7. Bolivia
Adherents of the once proud National-
ist Revolutionary Movement are arranging
a big demonstration in La Paz Saturday
to mark the anniversary of the 1952
revolution. The forthcoming presidential
election has already increased political
tensions, and these demonstrations could
easily provide the spark for violence
of the sort that is all too common in
Bolivia.
This would be particularly likely
if presidential aspirant Barrientos goes
through with his plan to march a large
group of his loyal campesino followers
into La Paz. Since the holidaying cam-
pesinos will in all likelihood be quite
drunk, clashes with the demonstrators
would seem a good' possibility.
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8. Dominican Republic
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