THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 29 SEPTEMBER 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968551
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: September 29, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
29 SEPTEMBER 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
29 SEPTEMBER 1966
1. South Vietnam
2. South Vietnam
3. Communist China
The prospect of emerging new po-
litical institutions in South Vietnam
is beginning to interest important men
outside the new Constituent Assembly
and outside the government.
The influential retired General
Tran Van Don is one of these people.
One of the principal leaders of the
anti-Diem coup, he has been on the
sidelines since well before Ky came to
power. Now he and some of his friends
are discussing the idea of forming a
political party to compete in the na-
tional elections promised for next year.
General Don told Ambassador Lodge
last night that he is thinking very
seriously of being a candidate for Con-
gress under the new Constitution.
The government may be preparing to
release those Buddhist "strugglers"
still in jail.(
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"struggle" leaders may, in fact, al-
ready have been freed.
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4. West Germany
Political turmoil in Communist
China is likely to cost Peking the
large steel-rolling mill to be built
by a German-led group of European firms.
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5. Congo
6. Egypt
If the deal is shelved, it will
relieve the Erhard government of the
credit guarantee it approved last March.
The government's backing had aroused
both domestic and international opposi-
tion.
The government's success in regain-
ing control of Kisangani (Stanleyville)
has prompted Mobutu to move further
against Katangan separatism.
Former prime minister Tshombe has
been formally charged with high treason
and will be tried--presumably in ab-
sentia--by a special military tribunal.
South Katangan governor Munongo was
jailed in Kinshasa (Leopoldville) yes-
terday for hatching a plot against the
government. Although Munongo was re-
leased, some of his alleged associates,
both European and Congolese, remain in
custody.
Our embassy in Kinshasa believes
this sort of move against Munongo is
very likely to cause more trouble than
it would solve.
Nasir has agreed to Damascus' re-
quest that he send troops to Syria to
be used in the event of an Israeli at-
tack. The Egyptians are insisting, how-
ever, that the force be kept at a
separate base under Egyptian control.
The presence of these troops would
discourage rash actions by the Syrian
military against Israel or each other.
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7. Canada
8. Malaysia
When asked about the coming Manila
conference during a press conference
yesterday, the prime minister said
simply, "We have not been invited. If
invited, Malaysia will attend."
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