THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 22 JUNE 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968378
• 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 22, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
22 JUNE 1966
7073-S-EGR-E-T_
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DAILY BRIEF
22 JUNE 1966
1. South Vietnam
2. Egypt
Most of the key figures involved
in the antigovernment movement which
followed General Thi's ouster in March
now have either been packed off to Sai-
gon or apprehended by Ky's security
forces. Thus, for the time being at
least, organized resistance seems to be
coming to an end.
Tam Chau saw Tri Quang today and
urged him to approve some limited de-
mands which the Buddhist Institute is ap-
parently negotiating with the government.
These demands have been watered down con-
siderably; they now center on the ques-
tions of government indemnification for
Buddhist personnel and property damages
and the release of persons arrested for
supporting the struggle movement. There
is no indication that the government
will accept the latter demand.
Cairo is stepping up its press cam-
paign against Saudi Arabia during King
Faysal's visit to the US. One influen-
tial Cairo paper, al-Ahram, said the
purpose of Faysal's trip is to get still
more support for an alleged US-Saudi
campaign against the "progressive liber-
ated" Arab states. Another paper has
concentrated on US-Saudi cooperation,
accusing the US of assisting in the sup-
pression of labor disturbances at Aramco.
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3. Communist China
4. Indonesia
Recurrent rumors of friction along
the Chinese border with the Mongolian
Republic have been confirmed by a Chi-
nese diplomatic note to the Mongolians
complaining about a border incident last
April.
The note, published in Peking on 20
June, alleges that Mongolian border
guards abducted a herdsman from Chinese
territory and interrogated him for weeks
"in the presence of Soviet personnel"
about Chinese military matters.
The Chinese note also refers to
earlier "planned border provocations"
by the Mongolians which "seriously
damage" relations between the two coun-
tries.
The triumvirate now ?effectively in
control is cautiously using the current
session of the Indonesian assembly to
strengthen itself, but is stopping shy
of a direct attack on Sukarno.
The congress has approved and ex-
tended General Suharto's executive au-
thority until elections can be held.
General Nasution was elected chairman
of the assembly, which makes him next
in the line of succession to the presi-
dency if anything should happen to Su-
karno.
Sukarno delivered a characteris-
tically emotional speech to the assembly
today, tactfully welcoming its proposal
for general elections and saying that a
body so elected could review the ques-
tion of his life tenure in the presidency.
Student elements want to go further in
attacking Sukarno, but the triumvirate
is unwilling.
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5. Iraq
6. Poland
7. Cyprus
Negotiations are again under way be-
tween the Iraqi Government and Kurdish
rebel leader Barzani. Prime Minister
Bazzaz has sent two delegations to Bar-
zani recently, the second of which is
still with him hammering out details of
a settlement. 1
The regime apparently expects pub-
lic disorders during the six-day church
millennium observances that began in War-
saw on 21 June. Police, plainclothes-
men, and riot equipment are in evidence
in the streets. A variety of sports and
other secular events timed to draw at-
tention from the religious program has
just been announced by the authorities.
They, as well as Cardinal Wyszynski,
want to avoid a collision, but public
emotions are running high.
A new crisis has suddenly flared
as a result of a Cyprus Government ban
on travel by Turkish Cypriots in Nico-
sia. The ban allegedly was imposed be-
cause of Turkish Cypriot complicity in
another bomb incident last Monday.
Ankara responded with a threat to
take some unspecified action if the ban
were not lifted. This ultimatum expired
at 6:00 p.m. EDT./
All things considered, a serious
confrontation seems to be imminent.
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8. Bolivia
The danger of an assassination at-
tempt against leading presidential candi-
date Rene Barrientos has lessened. Bar-
rientos announced to the press late yes-
terday that the police had discovered a
plot to assassinate him. The would-be
assassin has been jailed, and it seems
unlikely that the plotters backing him
will try to proceed with their plans.
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