THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 16 JULY 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968422
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: July 16, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
16 JULY 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
16 JULY 1966
1. North Vietnam
2. Dominican Republic
The Soviet press for the first time
has mentioned the possibility that the
North Vietnamese will put captured US
airmen on trial.
The leading government paper,
Izvestia, yesterday carried a piece from
its wire service correspondent in Hanoi
which said "there is much talk in Hanoi
about the forthcoming trial of captured
American fliers. Hundreds and thousands
of dead and maimed and tens of cities
and villages left in ruins--this is,the
charge leveled by the Vietnamese against
the American war criminals."
From Paris, some additional informa-
tion has come out concerning Jean Sainteny's
recent discussions in Hanoi. Ambassador
Bohlen has been informed that Sainteny,
on a personal basis, warned the North
Vietnamese leaders not to miscalculate
US reactions to prisoner trials. Sainteny
said that trials would raise such a wave
of indignation in the US that the reaction
might cancel any benefits Hanoi may hope
to achieve by this action.
Sainteny also made known his per-
sonal "reprobation" of the humiliating
manner in which US prisoners have been
paraded through Hanoi.
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3. Congo
4. Communist China
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5. Guatemala Mendez Montenegro has been in office
two weeks now.
Our embassy says things have been
remarkably calm, with no terrorist-
insurgency activities of any kind. There
is much evidence of a desire to re-
establish "constitutional normality" and
remove the more blatant symbols of the
military regime. The government appears
to be trying to win public support by
persuasion, rather than to rule from
the top.
The cabinet was picked for integrity
and competence, but is already beginning
to realize how deep the country's social
and economic problems are and how few
human and material resources are at hand
to deal with them.
There has been little comment con-
cerning nepotism in appointments. How-
ever, an extreme leftist in exile in
Mexico has been appointed ambassador
to that country, and a Communist living
in Paris made ambassador to France. This
will cause concern in rightist circles
where powerful civilian and military ele-
ments are still suspicious of Mendez'
political orientation.
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