THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 26 JULY 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968438
• 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 26, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
26 JULY 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
26 JULY 1966
1. Vietnam
2, South Vietnam
We have now established that during
late May and early June Hanoi infiltrated
an entire division--some 5,000 men--across
the Demilitarized Zone into South Vietnam's
northernmost province.
This is the first North Vietnamese
unit known to have infiltrated across
this zone. All three regiments slipped
in within a few weeks of each other, the
quickest entry into South Vietnam for a
unit of this size.
Hanoi may intend to use the Demili-
tarized Zone as an avenue for further
infiltration, since it has many advantages
in both security and ease of entry. Re-
cent photography of the area just north
of the zone shows that some road construc-
tion activity may be under way, possibly
similar to that which has facilitated in-
filtration through the Laos panhandle
over the last year.
Our embassy comments that although
Thien Hoa, moderate Tam Chau's temporary
replacement as head of Saigon's Buddhist
Institute, is considered relatively non-
political, he will probably be dominated
by the militant supporters of Tri Quang.
There was speculation in Saigon to-
day that the Buddhist Institute would
soon issue a policy statement reassert-
ing Buddhist opposition to the govern-
ment.
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3. Soviet Union
4. Congo
It is clear that the Soviets have
been having trouble with their manned
space program.
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scheduled
launch was subjected to further postpone-
ments.
The trouble may be in the Voskhod
capsule. The only long-duration test
of a capsule of this type took place last
February when the two dogs were orbited
for 23 days. Something must have gone
wrong, since the mission was terminated
about a week early. The last manned So-
viet space flight was in March 1965.
Mutinous Katangese troops in Kisan-
gani (Stanleyville) were fighting govern-
ment forces again today
/ Pre-
mier Mulamba is apparently still there
continuing his peacemaking efforts
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5. Communist China
6. Uruguay
Peking
will send a ship before the end
of July to repatriate Overseas Chinese
from Indonesia. This is little more
than a gesture. Very few of the three
million people of Chinese descent in In-
donesia will choose to go to China, de-
spite the persecution many have been
suffering. The ship is apparently capa-
ble of carrying some 500 passengers.
Alberto Heber, this year's presi-
dent of Uruguay's ineffective plural
executive, has been taking steps that
will make it possible for him to seize
power unconstitutionally later this year
if he chooses to do so. While there is
no direct evidence that he is planning
such action, his recent military appoint-
ments and promotions have strengthened
his options.
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