THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 31 OCTOBER 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968605
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: October 31, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
31 OCTOBER 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
31 OCTOBER 1966
1. North Vietnam
2. Philippines
3. Soviet Union
President Marcos, buoyed by con-
tinuing Philippine euphoria over Presi-
dent Johnson's visit and the Manila
conference, is following through with
a variety of foreign initiatives.
His ambassador to Indonesia has
?been instructed to return to Djakarta
immediately to fill in Indonesian offi-
cials on the conference. Foreign Sec-
retary Ramos is en route to Saigon to
discuss establishment of the consulta-
tive machinery conceived at the confer-
ence. Philippine embassies throughout
Asia have been told to provide host gov-
ernments with copies of the Summit com-
munique.
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4. Morocco
5. France
King Hassan returned home from Mos-
cow with agreement for the first economic
assistance the Soviets have ever given
Morocco. The Soviets agreed to provide
$52 million in credits.
We do not know whether Soviet mili-
tary aid was discussed in Moscow. The
King most probably would prefer to post-
pone decision on any Soviet military
offers until after his trip to the US in
late November.
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6. United Kingdom
7. Dominican Republic
British leaders are showing in-
creased interest in joining the Common
Market./
Juan Bosch's Dominican Revolution-
ary Party moved toward a much more radi-
cal position during its weekend conven-
tion. Young radicals seem to have taken
over most top party offices.
As expected, Bosch gave up the party
presidency. He was appointed instead to
the post of party "adviser." It is gen-
erally agreed that his influence has
diminished at least temporarily and that
the new leaders will be in effective con-
trol during his long absence from the
country which begins this week.
These developments are another se-
rious setback to lingering hopes that
the country's biggest opposition party
could somehow playa constructive role
under the Balaguer administration.
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8. Panama
9. West Africa
? Guinea and Ghana remain almost
hysterically adamant against any move
to resolve the bizarre mess they got
themselves into over the weekend. In
Guinea, militant mobs have been un-
leashed in mass anti-US demonstrations.
Mobs even invaded Ambassador McIlvaine's
residence today and laid siege to the
chancery. The ambassador is no longer
under formal house arrest, however.
The Ghanaians meanwhile flatly re-
fuse to release their high-level Guinean
prisoners. They are treating them well,
however, and even entertained some of
them at a cocktail party last night.
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