THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 8 JUNE 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968354
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: June 8, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
8 JUNE 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
8 JUNE 1966
1. South Vietnam
2, Panama
The political situation remains
uneasy. The Buddhists are keeping up
the pressure on the government. Tri
Quang has started another hunger strike.
In a Saigon press conference to-
day, Tam Chau reiterated that the "non-
violent" struggle to topple Icy and Thieu
would continue. He reportedly said
Buddhists would "participate" in the
proposed elections "if the government
resigns." Chau has an appointment to
see Ambassador Lodge on 9 June,
In Hue and Da Nang, the streets
are still blocked by altars, and nothing
effective has been done about removing
them. This is also the case farther
north in Quang Tri, where the chief
Buddhist monk appears to be in virtual
control.
The Saigon government is making
some senior military command changes,
the significance of which.is not yet
clear. One involves the Saigon area
commander, who is taking over the Third
Corps, other
shifts are in store, perhaps including
the ministers of defense, interior, and
inforMation.
The country has been quiet through-
out the day. However, there is still
a chance of more trouble tomorrow when
funeral services will be held for vic-
tims of earlier rioting in Colon.
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3. Soviet Bloc
4. Soviet Union
5. Cuba
Soviet crop prospects are good,
thanks in large part to an early spring
in the European part of the country and
to abundant moisture supplies in the
major winter grain areas. The outlook
now is that the heavy imports of grain
required in 1963 and 1965 will not be
necessary this year.
In Eastern Europe, winter grain
prospects have improved substantially
since early March, and the outlook for
spring-planted grains and a number of
other crops is favorable. Eastern Euro-
pean grain import needs, however, are
likely to remain near the 1965 level
of 9 million tons, with the free world
supplying about two thirds.
Satellite photography continues to
find more Soviet ICBM silos under con-
struction. On the basis of our latest
count, we believe the Russians will have
an operational ICBM force of nearly 700
launchers by mid-1968. This will more
than triple the size of their ICBM de-
ployment; it has been standing at some
220 launchers since late 1964.
We expect that Castro will set off
a particularly heavy propaganda barrage
against the US when he finds out that he
will not be able to send his athletes by
ship to the Caribbean Games in Puerto
Rico. He might even retaliate by not
permitting the 2,000 US citizens and
relatives still in Cuba to leave the is-
land via the airlift to Miami.
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6. Congo
The huge Union Miniere mining con-
cern is going to defy Mobutu on moving
its headquarters to Leopoldville. All
companies doing business principally in
the Congo are supposed to do this by 1
January 1967.
Mobutu has threatened that companies
failing to comply will be "nationalized."
It is not clear what he means by this,
but there appears to be little doubt
that the Belgians are wrong in thinking
that he is bluffing in the matter and
can be safely crossed.(
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