THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 29 OCTOBER 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968603
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: October 29, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
29 OCTOBER 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
29 OCTOBER 1966
1. Vietnam
High East European officials have
been hinting during the past month that
prospects have improved for some move
toward negotiations on Vietnam. They
claim, in sum, that they are certain
there will be progress toward peace talks
if only the US will stop the bombing in
North Vietnam.
These assertions have not been ac-
companied by any explanation why, the
East Europeans believe what they say.
if they do.
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One explanation which occurs to us
is that most East European regimes would
like to be responsive to recent US over-
tures for improved relations. To the
extent they can portray their aid to
Hanoi as an effort to increase their in-
fluence at the expense of the Chinese
and to encourage Hanoi to negotiate,
they avoid delivering a direct rebuff
to the US by publicly emphasizing this
aid.
On the other hand, if the hints
have any real substance the?key is in
the recent Communist meeting in Moscow,
about which almost nothing has been re-
vealed. We do not believe that a de-
cision was reached there to undertake any
peace initiative. The question w4s prob-
ably discussed, however, and the natter
may not be closed.
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2. Soviet Union
3. Algeria
Talk of cabinet changes and coups has
become traditional in Algiers when the
city is filled with troops just before
the Revolutionary Day celebrations on
1 November, but it is also true that
there is growing impatience among some
of the military, toward Boumediene.
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4. Philippines
5. West Germany
6. Haiti
/the outcome of President Johnson's
visit has been overwhelmingly favorable.
President Marcos in turn finds that this
success supports his own internal polit-
ical position and the position of the
Philippines in the Asian community. It
also allows Marcos to progress toward a
domestic program which focuses on in-
ternal development.
? Political circles in Bonn now gen-
erally agree that Erhard's minority gov-
ernment will continue to function with-
out much change until the Bavarian
elections on 20 November. Newspapers
in West Germany and Berlin were virtually
unanimous yesterday that the collapse
of the coalition means the end of Erhard
as chancellor.
Additional anti-Duvalier demonstra-
tions erupted this week in at least two
more outlying towns as public discontent
with the regime grows. Recently decreed
taxes seem to have been the igniting fac-
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.Costa Rica
The country's long democratic tra-
dition is under severe strain. A climax
seems near in the political warfare that
has been developing between the Trejos
administration and the biggest opposi-
tion party, which controls the legisla-
ture.
President Trejos has concluded that
he can no longer govern effectively. He
let it be known on Wednesday that he may
resign and turn the government over to
a vice president who is even more vio-
lently hated by the opposition.
Trejos' threat has sparked new ef-
forts.to reach an accommodation between
the contending forces. Former -president
Figueres, a leading opposition .power,
is taking an active part in the peace
-talks. Agreement Will not be -easy, but
both sides are aware that the
could well be a,resort to arms.
Figueres? party has its own militia,
only one of several private armies re-
sponsive to political leaders.
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