THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 15 JULY 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968420
• 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 15, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
15 JULY 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
15 JULY 1966
1. South Vietnam
2. North Vietnam
The ten civilians recently appointed
to the governing directorate by Prime
Minister Ky are apparently being kept
away from business of any consequence.
Indian officials say that Mrs. Gandhi,
who leaves Moscow on Saturday, planned to
press her Vietnam proposal there despite
the cold Soviet public reaction. New
Delhi, it is said, is "somewhat encour-
aged" by the fact that Hanoi has not re-
jected as yet the Indian proposal. This
is interpreted by the Indians as meaning
that Hanoi has not been influenced by
the negative line of the Chinese.
On the contrary, in the
past several days, Hanoi has been pub-
licly restating its determination to
press on with the war in some of the
bluntest language used in recent months.
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3. Communist China
4. Soviet Union
We see some signs that the leader-
ship has settled down, at least for the
time being.
So far this month, Mao has made
another appearance, and Liu Shao-chi
is again being represented as his deputy.
Also, five officials who dropped from
public view about the time of Peng Chen's
downfall in April have now re-emerged.
More significantly, major changes
have been made in the party secretariat--
the powerful executive arm of the party--
which we feel the leaders would not have
undertaken unless the air had been cleared
of political uncertainty.
However, considering all that has
recently happened--especially Mao's seem-
ing inability to exercise sure, systained
control--we doubt that the situation will
fully stabilize until Mao departs and a
successor has firmly gathered up the
reins of power.
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5. Zambia
6. Ecuador
Emotional President Kaunda
/seized on an inappro-
priate occasion--his installation speech
as chancellor of the University of Zam-
bia--to castigate Britain for failure
to enforce a "moral" solution in Rhodesia
and to threaten to take Zambia out of
the Commonwealth.
This threat is probably more a
measure of his feeling than a forecast
of action. His frustration over Rho-
desia, however, is heightened by mount-
ing pressure from radicals in his own
government, and could boil over into im-
pulsive actions detrimental to Western
interests.
Yesterday, in a long conversation
with Ambassador Good, he urged the US
to develop an independent African policy
to replace what he called one "viewed
through British spectacles."
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7. India
The Soviets have now apparently
agreed to supply India with some T-55
medium tanks--the latest export model--
-as well as additional field guns.[
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