THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 14 DECEMBER 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968682
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: December 14, 1966

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The President's Daily Brief
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14 December 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
14 DECEMBER 1966
1. Soviet Union
2. Guinea
The Chinese Communists seem to be
eyeing the vacuum created by Toure's
"rejection" of US help. Peking has re-
cently come up with $28 million in new
credits, as well as promises to help
meet Guinea's basic food imports. The
Chinese, however, would be hard pressed
to supplant US assistance completely.
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3. West Germany
4. Congo
14 Dec 66
We see Kiesinger's policy speech
yesterday as an effort to dissociate
his government from the stagnation of
the Erhard days. He tried to create an
activist image by stressing his deter-
mination to balance the 1967 budget, and
generally emphasizing the domestic scene.
The foreign policy section was
couched mainly in cautious generalities
Although there were some warm words for
the US and NATO, he left the impression
that cooperation with France and Euro-
pean unification are uppermost in his
mind.
Relations with Belgium are back on
the bad side.
Mobutu has reneged on the tentative
agreement with Union Miniere which we re-
ported in the Brief for 3 December.
Now Mobutu is making unacceptable
demands--with a 1 January deadline--and
there is talk of the Congo_Army taking
over mines and refineries if the company
does not knuckle under.
Mobutu, however, has backed away
from confrontations with the Belgians
before.
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5. Venezuela The army has taken the bull by the
horns and is pressing on with a reinvigo-
rated antiterrorist campaign. The sus-
pension of constitutional guarantees
yesterday was followed up today with the
army's occupation of the Central Univer-
sity in Caracas, long the principal haven
in the city for the Communist terrorists.
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6. Syria
14 Dec 66
The army's move should put a signi-
ficant crimp in the terrorist effort. At
the same time, however, it will cause an
outcry among students and among many
other democratic-minded Venezuelans who
have long cherished the legally sanctioned
immunity of the university from government
intervention.
,This is the first time Since the
overthrow of the dictatorship eight years-
'ago that the. military has taken such a
step in Venezuela. University immunity-.-
traditional ih Latin America--has recently ?
been breaking down elsewhere.
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7. Macao
14 Dec 66
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