THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 6 JULY 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968404
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: July 6, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
6 JULY 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
6 JULY 1966
1. South Vietnam
2. North Vietnam
General Thi, former commander of I
Corps, was arrested last night. Premier
Ky says this is standard practice during
a military investigation and that there
will probably not be a court martial.
Ambassador Lodge, however, is skep-
tical and believes that the arrest could
have unfortunate repercussions. Instead
of quietly packing the general off to
exile, Ky has made another flashy move--
one that runs the risk of reopening old
wounds that are difficult to heal.
The French press correspondent in
Hanoi claims that De Gaulle's envoy,
Jean Sainteny, is getting real VIP treat-
ment in the North Vietnamese capital.
Sainteny is said to have been received
by both Ho Chi Minh and Pham Van Dong
for "long talks on two successive days
without interpreters." The atmosphere
?for the Frenchman is described as "cor-
dial."
If these "long talks" have, in fact,
taken place, it would indeed be unusual.
While Ho frequently receives high-ranking
Westerners, he usually sees them only
briefly in the course of their talks with
his subordinates. De Gaulle's emissary
last winter, Jean Chauvel, was not re-
ceived at all.
the trip is being billed as a private
visit to renew old friendships.
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3. North Vietnam
4. Argentina
5.
There is still no information avail-
able on the Sainteny talks, but we do
have a summary of an interview which Ho
gave recently to .a Russian correspondent.
In this interview, published today
in a Soviet weekly, Ho took a standard
hard line, saying "the American imperial-
ists now resemble a gang of robbers who
forced their way into a house, sacked it,
killed some of the inhabitants, pointed
a pistol at the heart of the master, and
offer 'now let us talk of peace.' The
American imperialists unleashed a war
against our republic, which is a little
country. The war is therefore difficult
for us, but we did not falter and we will
not falter."
We are uncertain whether this inter-
view was given before or after the initial
bombing of the North Vietnamese POL fa-
cilities.
The Ongania government does not in-
tend to commit itself to a date or a
period for holding elections.
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6. Soviet Union - Iraq Further information on the $100-
million Soviet-Iraqi arms deal signed
back in May indicates that it will string
out over several years, and will provide
Iraq with some items it has not had be-
fore. The latter will include 32 high-
performance fighter-bombers, eight guided
missile patrol boats, and a submarine
chaser. Soviet instructors in the use
of the new equipment are due in Iraq late
this fall, and deliveries will probably
begin next spring.
7. Israel
8. United Kingdom
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9. Pakistan
10. Indonesia
It looks as if the Pakistanis have
acquired some bombers as well as more
fighter aircraft from the Chinese Com-
munists. For the first time, US Air
Force personnel recently spotted four
IL-28 (Beagle) jet light bombers at
Peshawar airfield. China is known to
have supplied Pakistan with at least
40 MIG-19s. The IL-28s came from China's
inventory of over 250 which it acquired
from the Soviet Union before 1960.
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