THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 26 APRIL 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968278
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: April 26, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
26 APRIL 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
26 APRIL 1966
1. North Vietnam
2. South Vietnam
There were air battles again today
over North Vietnam. This time, US fighters
downed .a MIG-21.
Hanoi's jet fighters have been much
more aggressive recently and since 17 Ap-
ril have reacted almost daily to US air
activity over North Vietnam. US pilots
find their Communist counterparts well
trained and very combative.
The greater boldness shown by Hanoi's
fighter force followed quickly on the in-
creased US air strikes in the Hanoi-Hai-
phong heartland. The North Vietnamese
evidently consider that these US attacks
require an aggressive air response, even
at the risk of US retaliatory strikes
against North Vietnamese airfields.
Today was quiet on the political
front, but the possibility increased of
clashes between Catholics and Buddhists
in the Da Nang area. Catholics, angered
by a shooting last week in one of their
villages which they blame on Buddhists,
are reported by the press to plan "mas-
sive demonstrations" in Da Nang to demand
punishment for Buddhist leaders of the
antigovernment forces.
Ky has outlined to Ambassador Lodge
his current thinking on the future evolu-
tion of the government. He feels it im-
portant to assure a continuing major--if
not dominant--role for the military.
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4. Soviet Union
5. Soviet Union
6. Iraq
Soviet officials admit that the
first of the three earthquakes which hit
Tashkent today did considerable damage.
Experts in Washington, however, doubt
that any of the tremors reached catas-
trophic proportions. The first shock
registered about 6.5 on a 12 point meas-
uring scale; the other two measured con-
siderably less.
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