THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 21 SEPTEMBER 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968537
• 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 21, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
21 SEPTEMBER 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
21 SEPTEMBER 1966
1. South Vietnam
2. Communist China
Now that reporting from the prov-
inces is almost complete, the original
impression that the elections were reason-
ably honest and well run has been borne
out. There was scattered small-scale
padding of voting statistics but no evi-
dence of rigging in favor of particular
candidates. In fact, a number of can-
didates with official backing were
soundly defeated.
The Italian ambassador in Saigon,
acting as dean of the diplomatic corps,
has thanked the foreign minister for
courtesies extended to diplomatic ob-
servers and has commented on the order
and freedom of the elections.
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3. France
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4, Soviet Union
5, Panama
6. Brazil
The Soviets seem to be setting up
for more extended-range ICBM tests, prob-
ably of the SS-9. Three of their instru-
mentation ships are now deployed in the
4,500-mile impact area in the Pacific
used for tests of this missile in late
spring.
A new series of extremist-led dis-
turbances has begun.
Monday, National Guard units used
tear gas to disperse 1,000 students de-
manding the release of several student
leaders.
Arnulfo Arias and his Panamenista Party
have decided to join with the students
to foment trouble for the Robles adminis-
tration.
Continued demonstrations would weaken
Robles' position during the National As-
sembly session scheduled to open on 1
October, ?and ultimately jeopardize his
plans to deal with the canal treaties.
A wave of student demonstrations in
most of the principal cities threatens to
mushroom into a major embarrassment to
the government. Yesterday it took police
several hours to disperse a student pro-
test march in Sao Paulo, held in defiance
of a government ban.
Agitation over minor issues began
early this month. Inept action by uni-
versity authorities and heavy-handedness
by the security forces, who tend to re-
gard student political activity as in-
surrection, alienated many of the stu-
dents who normally favor the government.
The illegal National Union of Stu-
dents has called for further demonstra-
tions tomorrow, and political opponents
of the government will try to keep the
pot boiling.
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7. French Somaliland
8. Nigeria
De Gaulle has responded to the em-
barrassing riots during his visit to
French Somaliland by announcing it can
have a referendum on independence before
next July.
This will stir up more trouble be-
tween Ethiopia and Somalia, both of whom
are eager to swallow up the place. So-
maliland's population is about half and
half ethnic Somalis and Ethiopians, and
the country lies across Ethiopia's only
rail access to the sea.
Haile Selassie said categorically
last week that French Somaliland is an
integral part of Ethiopia, while the So-
mali Government has publicly warned that
any Ethiopian sorties into the terri-
tory would mean war.
Supreme Commander Gowon has prac-
tically directed the constitutional con-
ference to adopt his plan for a strong
central government. He indicated that
the army would not accept the loose federal
arrangements most delegates seemed to
favor.
When the conference finally convened
yesterday, delegations from two of the
four regions endorsed his idea, and one
was opposed. The key Eastern delegation
was noncommittal, however, and its tribal
leaders may resist the plan by seceding--
a move which Gowon says he will oppose
with force. Thus Nigeria's future is as
cloudy as ever.
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