THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 24 MAY 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968327
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: May 24, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENTS
DAILY BRIEF
24 MAY 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
24 MAY 1966
1. South Vietnam
2. Laos
Struggle forces are set to demon-
strate in Hue at 9,;00 p.m. tonight, Wash-
ington.time. The province chief there
has warned US officials that he expects
the demonstration to be anti-American;
he also fears that there may be violence.
Additional police will be posted at US
installations, but their reliability is -
wide open to question'.
The dissident generals are still at
the heart of this trouble in Hue, Yes-
terday General Thi told the troops there
to "turn your weapons against Thieu and
Ity"; today Thi and Tri Quang.put out a
declaration calling for the assassina-
tion of the two Saigon leaders.
There was one major break, however,
today in the ?ranks of Hue dissidents.
General Nhuan, commander of the First
Division, announced that he is now sup-
porting the government.
Saigon and Da Nang have both been
quiet tonight, Vietnamese time.
The Communists are continuing to
move substantial numbers of trucks in
the northern sector of the Laotian in-
filtration corridor, Between 18 and 22
May, for instance, observers reported
some 150 trucks moving down one of the
key roads below the Mu Gia Pass (see
map).
Farther south, however, the combina-
tion of rain and air strikes is giving
the enemy considerable trouble. Recent
photography shows that two important in-
filtration routes near Ban Bac have been
well blocked by land slides. A vital
ford in the same area has become unus-
able because of high water.
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3. Soviet Union
4. Finland
5. Rumania
Soviet naval activity in the Medi-
terranean is at an unusually high level
this week.
The port calls made by these ships
highlight the political as well as the
military value Moscow attaches to Medi-
terranean operations. They have re-
cently visited Egypt, Algeria, and may
soon show the flag in one or two French
ports.
The agreement to form a coalition
of left and center parties marks a break-
through for the Communists, who have
been excluded from Finnish cabinets
since 1948. Final approval by the par-
ties involved is expected later this
week and the new government may be in-
stalled by the weekend.
The Communists are likely to be of-
fered three of the 15 cabinet posts.
Non-Communists in Helsinki maintain that
it is necessary to have the Communists
accept cabinet responsibility, especially
since the government, will have to take
unpopular austerity measures.
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DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC 0
THE CONG
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6. Cyprus
7. Uganda
8. Dominican Republic
Obote is clearly out to break once
and for all the autonomy of the kingdom
of Buganda. Today his forces stormed the
King's palace just outside Kampala and
the King, whom Obote charges with treason?
is reported to have been arrested.
The King has wide support in Buganda,
the country's largest region (see map).
Obote's move can only lead to prolonged
disturbances(
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9. Guatemala
10. Ecuador
Ex-President Velasco arrived back
in Ecuador on schedule early this after-
noon. There were only some 5,000 people
out to greet him as his yacht entered
the port of Guayaquil, but it is too
soon to say his return is any less tri-
umphal than he expected, As this is being
written, he should be beginning a sched-
uled three-hour speech to his followers.
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