THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 7 SEPTEMBER 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968513
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: September 7, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
7 SEPTEMBER 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
7 SEPTEMBER 1966
1. Vietnam
2. United' Nations
3. United Kingdom
4. NATO
U Thant has passed the word that
he would like to see the Security Coun-
cil proceed cautiously in a serious
search for his successor. Thant re-
marked to the Italian delegate that a
move to draft him could only be made
after such deliberations.
Prime Minister Wilson won an un-
expected measure of support today from
British trade unions. The Trades Union
Congress' vote to support Wilson's wage-
price freeze gives him needed leverage
for his austerity program. It will also
help convince overseas observers that
the program has a chance of success.
Britain's foreign exchange reserves
fell again in August for the sixth
straight month in spite of the govern-
ment's measures.
As expected, France has rounded out
its disengagement from NATO with formal
notification that it will cease contribu-
tions to the general military budget and
will pay nothing toward relocation ex-
penses. Acceptance of the French terms
would open the way for other NATO members
to avoid financial contributions but the
Fourteen Allies are in no position to
force the French hand.
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5. Communist China
6. Indonesia
Foreign Minister Chen Yi's state-
ments to visiting Japanese parliamen-
tarians yesterday--if correctly reported
by the press--are in marked contrast to
previous ranting performances put on by
Chen. His motives are unclear, but may
be related to the current political tur-
moil in Peking.
Chinese Ambassador Wang in Warsaw
today broke an 11-year precedent by re-
leasing to the press the full text of
his opening statement in his talk with
Ambassador Gronouski. The statement re-
iterated Peking's standard attack on US
aggression and reaffirmed Chinese sup-
port for North Vietnam.
Wang had earlier told Gronouski he
would do this in retaliation for past
leaks from the US side. This is prob-
ably not the whole story. The Chinese
may have wanted to counter widespread press
interpretation of Chen Yi's remarks as a
softening of the Chinese attitude toward
the US, or to reply to recent US state-
ments on withdrawal from Vietnam.
Sukarno's involvement in financial
corruption is receiving increasing atten-
tion in the trial of a former cabinet min-
ister in Djakarta. Charges that Sukarno
received bribes up to $600,000, provided
import licenses to several of his mistresses
and diverted state funds to his political
supporters are being freely reported in the
press. We suspect these stories understate
the truth.
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7. Turkey
S. Ecuador
The Soviets are bringing heavy pres-
sure on the Turks to cancel a scheduled
courtesy visit to the Black Sea by the US
guided missile destroyer Pratt. They
claim that passage of the Prattthrough
the straits would be contrary tothe
Montreux Convention. The Soviets have
raised no objections to earlier visits by
similar destroyers.
The Convention was signed before
guided missiles were heard of, but it
does forbid passage of ships armed with
guns larger than 203 millimeters. The
Pratt's missiles, while defensive in
YETTIFe, are of larger diameter than this.
The Turkish General Staff has ruled
that the passage would indeed be contrary
to the spirit of the Convention, and the
Foreign Ministry has asked that the Pratt's
visit be cancelled.
This affair is not intrinsically very
important, but it is stirring up consider-
able public interest in Turkey and could
well develop into a major tempest in the
international teapot.
Interim President Yerovi is again
threatening to quit, as he has in the
past when problems have piled up. The
country's current difficulties include
a strike by port workers, a month-old
teachers' strike, and threatened student
demonstrations. Shotld Yerovi carry out
his threat to resign before the constitu-
ent assembly scheduled in November,
authority would revert to the military
junta that put him in office.
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