THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 22 OCTOBER 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968591
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: October 22, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
22 OCTOBER 1966
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1. South Vietnam In the strongest statement yet to
come out of the cabinet crisis, the Sai-
gon University Students Union has de-
nounced Ky's "police state regime" and
fingered the prime minister as solely
responsible for the recent imbroglio.
The Saigon embassy believes the state-
ment may well have been inspired by for-
mer economy minister Thanh.
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DAILY BRIEF
22 OCTOBER 1966
Thanh has also made another move
indicating that he is staking out a po-
litical position for the future. Yes-
terday he published a letter to "all
businessmen and consumers" in which he
managed to take all the credit for sta-
bilizing South Vietnam's economy.
2. Berlin Willy Brandt intends to continue
direct contacts with the Russians in
spite of Allied reservations.2
The US mission in Berlin notes that
both Brandt and the Russians see advan-
tages in continued talks and that Ber-
liners generally approve. Brandt feels
he is riding the wave of the future and
gaining national prestige by pushing the
Social Democrats' efforts to open new
avenues to the East. The Russians can
use the talks to put pressure on Bonn
and to demonstrate the Communist thesis
that Berlin is a "special political
entity."
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3. Congo Mobutu is determined to use the
current meeting of his army high com-
mand to remove Premier Mulamba, who is
his most obvious potential political
rival. Mulamba is trying to fight back.
He returned unexpectedly from an offi-
cial visit to Zambia, where he was sent
to get him out of the way during the
meeting.
Mulamba has considerable popularity
and his removal entails some risk.to
Mobutu's regime. How far Mobutu will
go in disgracing him depends on Mulambars
success in rallying his supporters.
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Mulamba's removal would mean the
loss of one of the few Congolese leaders
with whom Americans could deal on a
rational basis.
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