THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 14 JUNE 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968364
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: June 14, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
14 JUNE 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
14 JUNE 1966
1. South Vietnam
2. Communist China
There has ?been no further trouble
reported from Saigon since riot police
dispersed several thousand Buddhist-led
demonstrators this afternoon, Vietnam
time.
In Hue, the opposing forces seem to
have reached a temporary impasse. Colo-
nel Loan now has 400 of his combat po-
lice from Saigon in the city, but he says
that he plans to move slowly to restore
order.
In the military sphere, the South
Vietnamese armed forces report a total
of 50,503 personnel losses for the first
quarter of 1966; more than 34,000 of
these were dropped from the rolls as de-
serters.
Regular force desertions--some
18,660 men--ran at a rate of 20.1 per
thousand during the quarter. This com-
pares with a monthly average of 14.2
per thousand last year and 8.3 per thou-
sand in 1964.
Conscripts, who represent only about
7 percent of South Vietnamese military
strength, accounted for more than 30 per-
cent of the total desertions.
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the US that the domestic upheaval in China
has not weakened Peking's determination
to resist any settlement in Vietnam ex-
cept on Communist terms.
Chen reiterated the conditions for
ending the war which Peking has stated
before.
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3. Communist China
4. Indonesia
5. Cyprus
The three-day visit to Djakarta by
Pakistani Foreign Minister Bhutto may
have buoyed the spirits of President Su-
karno, but it certainly won no points
among the men who are reall rulin Indo-
nesia
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Cooperation between Greek and Turk-
ish Cypriots in the court system, one of
the last areas of formal intercommunal
cooperation, is in danger of breaking
down. Turkish Cypriot judges withdrew
from the mixed courts last week, and some
elements around Makarios are urging their
replacement by Greek Cypriots. This, of
course, would be another step toward de
facto partition.
U Thant referred to this as one more
of the recent "disheartening developments"
on Cyprus which require a continuation of
the United Nations peace force there. Far
from diminishing, armed confrontation is
"becoming more intense," U Thant said.
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6. France
7. Dominican Republic
Whatever prospect there may have
been for cooperation among non-Gaullist,
non-Communist forces of the moderate
left and center was given a bad setback
last weekend. The Convention of Repub-
lican Institutions, one of the three com-
ponents of Francois Mitterand's politi-
cal grouping, held its national meeting
then.
The proceedings marked a signifi-
cant shift toward collaboration with the
Communist Party and the renunciation of
any attempt to reach an understanding
with Jean Lecanuet's center forces. NATO,
in particular, took a beating. The up-
shot, the US Embassy points out, may well
mean the movement of more support from
the center to De Gaulle.
Petulant though it was, Bosch's
speech yesterday was an admission that
his party had been defeated in the elec-
tion. It should serve to clear the air
and further to reduce the threat of ex-
tremist violence over the election re-
sult.
Bosch's call on his party to be-
come a vigorous democratic opposition
presages an active time in the new con-
gress where Bosch partisans will have
a little over a third of the seats in
the lower house and five of the 27 sen-
ate seats. The Bosch party is already
preparing a legislative program.
Balaguer's followers, on the other
hand, presently have little idea of what
the programs of the new administration
will be, and Balaguer himself, if he
knows, is keeping his own counsel.
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8. Ecuador
9. Cuba
The financial and economic crisis
is tightening. Consumer prices have
shot up and sales are dropping since
the recent imposition of the government's
austerity measures, which included a
drastic budget cut, credit restrictions,
additional taxes, and import surcharges.
Unemployment is up.
Part of the problem is that inter-
national reserves are approaching zero.
Negotiations are under way with inter-
national lending agencies and the US for
about $30 million. While the talks pro-
ceed, the government is under heavy pres-
sure from business interests to revoke
the austerity measures.
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