THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 10 MAY 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968303
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: May 10, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
10 MAY 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
10 MAY 1966
1. Communist China
2. Communist China
The Chinese clearly felt, obliged
to display Mao Tse-tung for their Al-
banian allies. Failure to do so would
have come close to admitting the foreign
rumors that Mao was no longer a signifi-
cant factor in Chinese affairs.
Mao's return, after being completely
out of sight for six months, coincides
With signs of a serious struggle within
the party. There was a highly unusual
attack by one Party newspaper against
another. The one attacked, which imme-
diately published an abject confession,
is the organ of the Peking city party
committee.
It is not Certain that the matter
will end there- The serious charges raised
against a group of municipal party offi-
cials could ultimately extend to even
higher officials,
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3. Vietnam
4. North Vietnam
Peking seems worried about the pos-
sibility of US retaliatory air action
against targets in China as a result of
the MIG incident over North Vietnam on
Sunday.
The Chinese waited until yesterday
to broadcast a number of tough remarks
which Chou En-lai had made during an in-
terview with a Pakistani newsman in
early April. The interview was published
in Pakistan two weeks ago, but received
no previous publicity in China.
Chou's remarks repeated the old
warnings that once war had broken out
between the US and China it would "have
no boundaries." He suggested that such
a war could be started by US "air or sea
action," and then nOted "if you come from
the sky, why can't we fight back on the
ground?"
Chou again asserted that China would
not take the initiative to provoke hos?
tilities but was fully prepared to defend
itself and would certainly defeat any
invading force.
/ Total. North.Viet-
namese strength in the South now numbers
some 26,000. Suspect units-, if authenti-
cated, could raise this figure to about
40,000.
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5. Pakistan
6. Israel
7, Persian Gulf Area
Ayub has reiterated his determina-
tion to expand Pakistan's military strength
in the face of India's continuing arms
build-up. He told Ambassador McConaughy
recently that if Pakistan continues un-
able to procure lethal weapons from the
US, it will be necessary to turn "even
to the Devil himself."
Chinese military assistance to
Pakistan has thus far included small arms,
artillery, tanks, and a number of MIG-19
fighters.
Fighting erupted again late today
at a point on the Israeli-Jordanian
border. The Israelis admit they have
so far suffered one fatality. The pres-
ently heightened sensitivities on both
sides increases the danger of a heavier
than usual engagement this time.
British influence in the area is un-
der increasing challenge from Egyptian-
backed nationalists.
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8. Chile
9. Rumania
Public indignation against the sched-
uled French nuclear tests in the Pacific
is becoming so strong that the Chilean
Government is being forced to consider
more drastic action than the two protests
it has recently made to the French dm,-.
bassador.
The government is now seeking a
meeting of foreign ministers of the
South AmericAn Pacific coast states.
It also hopes toobtain a United Nations
investigation of the risk of radiation?
damage to South America..
Brezhnev's arrival in Bucharest to-
day suggests, in part, a Soviet effort
to point out to the Rumanians their nar-
rowing room for maneuver between Moscow
and Peking.
Press reports say Brezhnev iS be-
ing accompanied by a Soviet specialist
in relations with ruling Asian Communist
parties. With a particular eye to Chou
En-lai's impending trip to Rumania later
this month; the Russians are sure tO
to obtain greater Rumanian backing for
their position in the Sino-Soviet dis-
pute.
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