THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 17 SEPTEMBER 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968531
• 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 17, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
17 SEPTEMBER 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
17 SEPTEMBER 1966
1. South Vietnam
. Vietnam
3. Indonesia
Chief of State Thieu recently made
the first public reference to a need
for US troops in the IV Corps area to
assure the security of the Mekong Delta.
Thieu's statement was probably in-
tended as another move in a campaign to
remove IV Corps commander Quang and De-
fense Minister Co, with whom he has been
closely associated. General Quang, who
has long been at odds with other mili-
tary leaders and whose ouster has been
rumored for months, has boasted that he
needs no US ground forces.
The Communist build-up in northern-
most South Vietnam and the Demilitarized
Zone raises the possibility of important
changes in North Vietnamese strategy.
The confrontation between Sukarno
and Indonesia's real rulers is about to
enter a sharper phase. Sukarno's close
crony, former foreign minister Subandrio,
is to go on trial soon,
Trial
proceedings will further discredit
Sukarno himself.
If Sukarno resists, as he is likely
to, he may well be sent abroad.
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4. Rhodesia
White Rhodesians were "shattered"
when they read this week's communiqu?
from the Commonwealth Conference. A
few cool heads still feel that something
yet may be gained through talks with the
British, but most look on the communiqu?
as an unacceptable ultimatum.
Defiance is the expected reaction.
Ian Smith will probably be empowered at
his party's conference next week to de-
clare the country a republic at some
time of his choosing. Such a move will
not make much difference in practice but
will dramatize the finality of separa-
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5.
United Nations
One of the thorniest and most imme-
diate issues to be faced after the Gen-
eral Assembly opens next week will be on
South-West Africa.
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6. Ecuador
7. Uruguay
President Yerovi cannot seem to get the
ball rolling on preparations for the
promised constituent assembly elections
next month. The public is apathetic
and the politicians are squabbling in-
effectually.
The old rabble rouser, ex-President
Velasco, is watching eagerly from the
sidelines. He has the kind of mob sup-
port which the leaders of a new coup
effort would find most useful if they
want to put on a show of popular back-
ing.
For the first time the Communists
have shown that they can engineer a major
strike on a basically political issue.
Last Thursday's 24-hour general strike
in Montevideo was a success by any
standard.
The Communists wanted to demonstrate
labor's repudiation of a constitutional
reform proposal designed to give Uruguay
the strong executive it badly needs.
The proposal is supported by large
factions of the two major political parties.
It comes up for a vote in the general
elections scheduled for November, and the
Communists can now be expected to raise
hell in the meantime.
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