THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 2 JULY 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968398
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: July 2, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
2 JULY 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
2 JULY 1966
1. South Vietnam
2. Yugoslavia
The US Embassy notes that there has
been a great deal of behind-the-scenes
activity within the hierarchy of the
Buddhist Institute this week. The out-
come of all this is not yet clear, but
there are reports that Institute lead-
ers are moving gradually toward an ac-
commodation with the government, includ-
ing an agreement to participate in the
September elections.
Meanwhile, Ky has told newsmen
that a reshuffled cabinet will be made
public early next week.
The reason for the delay--an
nouncement on the reorganized cabinet
had been unofficially promised for
1 July--is not entirely clear, but prob-
ably stems from advice from Ky's entou-
rage to reconsider some of his intended
changes. Earlier information indicates
Ky apparently has been talked out of
taking over the foreign affairs portfolio
from able Foreign Minister Tran Van Do.
The central committee of the Yugo-
slav Communist party has strongly en-
dorsed Tito's purge of his former heir
apparent, Aleksandar Rankovic. Top party
leaders in sometimes dissident Croatia
apparently fully support the move, prob-
ably because they see it as an opportunity
to gain political leverage in the succes-
sion sweepstakes which may already be
under way.
The creation of a new commission
to discuss the implications of the matter
in public could, if Tito thinks it neces-
sary, result in a show trial.
An extraordinary congress will be
called to reorganize the party.
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3. France
4. Indonesia
The countdown on 1 July for the
first French nuclear test in the Pacific
was halted literally at the last second.
No information on
the reasons for the delay is available,
but an adverse wind shift may have been
a factor as publicly announced.
- Open criticism of Sukarno has
picked up again in the. Djakarta press.
Only two of three papers, including one
financed by Sukarno himself, are still
giving him strong support. The anti-
Sukarno papers now 'often refer to the
president simply as "Sukarno," an im-
politeness known to infuriate him.
The background on this is probably
that the army has encouraged the press
to take off the gloves in dealing with
the president. Aside from continuing
the erosion of Sukarno's public support,
the object probably is to soften his op-
position to major cabinet changes that
General Suharto's supporters are plan-
ning to promote. This move may come
within the next few days.
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