THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 14 SEPTEMBER 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Keywords: DIF-DUP
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968525
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: September 14, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
14 SEPTEMBER 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
14 SEPTEMBER 1966
1. Vietnam
2. South Vietnam
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3. Communist China
4. Thailand
5. France
6. French Somaliland
At Annex today we are discussing
the difficulties encountered by foreign
diplomats in Peking. The life these
diplomats lead--isolated, harassed, and
constantly watched--is illustrative of
China's xenophobia.
Tensions between Thailand and Cam-
bodia are easing up a bit. Both sides
are beginning to make sounds in favor
of resuming diplomatic relations, which
were broken off by Cambodia in 1961.
The unrest over French rule which
erupted during De Gaulle's visit late
last month is now described as being
"much worse." There were new outbreaks
both yesterday, and today.
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7. Commonwealth
8. South Africa
Officials in London are touting
Lester Pearson as "the man of the Common-
wealth Conference." They say he has done
a first-rate job trying to find some com-
mon ground between the Africans and the
others. He has been able to use his
prestige with the Africans to talk force-
fully to them about what is and is not
practical.
The conference itself grinds on
until tomorrow.
The Cape Town embassy's initial com-
ment on Balthazar Vorster as successor
to Prime Minister Verwoerd is not quite
as dismal as those carried by the New
York Times and the Washington Post this
morning. The embassy notes that the new
man is not personally committed to Ver-
woerd's series of anti-American provoca-
tions and that his record suggests he
may be a good deal more approachable than
his predecessor was.
However, the embassy also points out
that Vorster's ruthlessness in his final
drive for power raises a number of ques-
tions about his integrity or judgement
or both.
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ANNEX
Peking: Diplomatic Hardship Post
Surrounded by a maddening web of isolation,
surveillance, and harassment, the foreign diplomatic
corps in Peking is essentially a community of the
blind.
All Communist countries restrict the activities
of foreign missions, but none do so with the thor-
oughness and determination of the Chinese, who have
succeeded in preventing all but the most superficial
observations of China.
Diplomatic travel normally is limited to a
radius of 18 miles around Peking, although an occa-
sional-"tour" to other parts of China is organized
by the foreign ministry.- These junkets are as
carefully supervised as a girls' school outing to
an art gallery and the diplomats are surrounded by
swarms of "guides".from the security service.
Most foreign embassies have been crammed into
one small section of the city--a diplomatic ghetto
where the eyes of the regime can be more easily
focused and where diplomats can be isolated from
the populace.
Isolation and surveillance are accompanied by
studied neglect and open harassment. With native
ingenuity, the Chinese have made life almost unbear-
able for diplomats from that growing list of nations
whose relations with Peking are less than cordial.
Take, for instance, the Yugoslav and Indian
representatives, who are often summoned to the for-
eign ministry in the middle of the night to handle
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routine business. Then there is Mr. Jongejans, the
Dutch charg?ho has been declared persona non grata
but whom the Chinese are keeping a virtual prisoner
in his own legation building.
When it comes to comparing tales of harassment,
Soviet diplomats can hold their own with any group
in Peking. Late last month after two days of Red
Guard demonstrations outside the Soviet Embassy,
the charg?ot into his car to see off a visiting
dignitary--only to find the street deliberately
blocked. He never made it to the airport.
There is little prospect for improvement while
Mao and company remain in power. Foreign ambassa-
dors will continue to be tolerated only because
Peking wants its own representatives abroad.
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