THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 1 NOVEMBER 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968607
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: November 1, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
1 NOVEMBER 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
1 NOVEMBER 1966
1. South Vietnam
2. West Germany
The four official political blocs
that were formed in the constituent
assembly on Monday are bound together
principally by regional and religious
factors.
Interestingly, the two blocs in
which northerners predominate have al-
ready demonstrated an ability to out-
maneuver and outvote the two in which
southerners are most numerous. They
have done this despite the fact that
southerners make up the largest group
on a strictly regional basis.
Thus far, the assembly has been
remarkably free of the disruptive ef-
fects of Vietnamese regionalism. Any
effort by the northern-led blocs to
press their advantages too far and too
fast, however, could quickly change
this.
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3. West Africa
4. Venezuela
5. Panama
Guinean President Toure still re-
fuses to accept US disclaimers of respon-
sibility for Ghana's removal of Guineans
from a Pan American aircraft at Accra.
Toure insists that Pan American-,and the
US Government?should have protected the
passengers.
Toure has assured Ambassador McIlvaine
that he has issued strict orders against
molesting Americans. Americans are still
confined to their homes, however, and
occasionally questioned by the authori-
ties. Anti-American broadcasts and demon-
strations are continuing.
Last Sunday's abortive revolt was
apparently the work of right extremists.
Some 40 arrests have been made but the
full extent of the plot is not yet clear.
Our embassy feels that the political
and economic climate has improved recently
and that there would be little public
support for a coup attempt now. The
habits of Latin American military mal-
contents are hard to break, however.
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