THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 27 JUNE 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968386
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: June 27, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
27 JUNE 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
27 JUNE 1966
1. South Vietnam
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down on the five generals who "contributed
to the unstable conditions" in I Corps
area during the last three months.
Tam Chau, in a press in-
terview today, hedged on whether the Bud-
dhists would continue to demand the resig-
nation of Ky and Thieu, or would boycott
the September elections. Chau's attitude,
along with other indications, suggests
that the Buddhists may be trying to
reach a settlement with the government.
2. Malta Rumors abound that Prime Minister
Borg Olivier may soon resign.
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3. Soviet Union
4. Iran
Kosygin's reason for cancelling
his scheduled trip to Sweden in July is
turning into a real riddle.
The first announcement out of Mos-
cow said that "unforeseen circumstances"
had arisen.
Ambassador Kohler reports that the
Czech Embassy in Moscow believes the Su-
preme Soviet session will be related
somehow to the Warsaw Pact meeting in
Bucharest early in July. It is difficult
to conceive what might emerge from Bucha-
rest that would require urgent action
by the Russian parliament.
In sum, we have a situation that is
not at all clear, but one that we .are
watching.
The Shah has returned from Eastern
Europe and North Africa and this may bring
on a new period of frustration in rela-
tions with the US. His prime minister,
for example, is saying that the Shah
might "act impulsively" if Iran is unable
to buy more US military equipment quickly
and at "reasonable" prices.
The prime minister is also complain-
ing that the terms available from Euro-
pean arms suppliers are not much better
than those offered by the US, and this
only increases the temptation to turn to
the "north."
In upcoming discussions, the Shah
will probably zero in on the availability
of US all-weather aircraft to match the
MIG-21s which Moscow is supplying Egypt
and Iraq.
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5. Argentina
6. Bolivia
7. France,
The tension is up in Buenos Aires
again,and a new batch of coup rumors is
making the rounds.
Ambassador Henderson has had a long
and remarkably frank discussion with Gen-
eral Ovando. He reports that never before
has Ovando been so explicit about his am-
bitions and never before has he indicated
so clearly that he believes Barrientos
would be bad for the country.
Ovando claims that Barrientos, as
the new president, will run into real
trouble next year. He said that by the
end of 1967 the armed forces may again
find themselves compelled to intervene.
The ambassador notes that Ovando was
perfectly candid as to his willingness
to lead another intervention when the
time comes. He was completely confident
that he would succeed Barrientos.
Clearly Barrientos will have a hy-
percritical observer of his presidential
performance if Ovando has his way.
An embassy officer in Paris recently
asked a responsible official in the Quai
d'Orsay about the timing of De Gaulle's
move last March against NATO. The French-
man said that the reason is still unknown,
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