THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 6 DECEMBER 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968667
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: December 6, 1966

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The President's Daily Brief.
6 December 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
6 DECEMBER 1966
1. South Vietnam
2. North Vietnam
The Directorate has decided to turn
down the constituent assembly's request
for changes in those articles of the as-
sembly's charter which empower the Direc-
torate to amend the constitution.
Official announcement of the Direc-
torate's position is being delayed, ap-
parently in the hope of finding some way
?to sugar-coat the rejection. Some depu-
ties, however, have already gotten wind
of the decision. The Directorate's bull-
headedness will disappoint the assembly-
men, most of whom had hoped for a compro-
mise on at least some of their desired
changes.
3. Rhodesia The sanctions program
iis unlikely either to sat-
isfy black African governments or to have
a serious impact on Rhodesia's economy.
To be effective it would have to in-
clude Rhodesian exports of manufactured
goods, which would hurt Zambia, and Rho-
desian imports of petroleum, which would
require the cooperation of South Africa.
Since South Africa will almost certainly
not cooperate, sanctions would then have
to be extended against South Africa as
well. London would suffer from this as
much as Pretoria, and the latter is in a
very strong position to withstand any
pressure that could be brought to bear.
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4. France
6 Dec 66
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5. Cuba
6. Guatemala
6 Dec 66
Recent photography of Soviet ships
en route to Cuba has identified four
guided-missile patrol craft carried as
deck cargo. Another Soviet arms car-
rier--the ninth this year--is now en
route from Leningrad.
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