THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 30 DECEMBER 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968708
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: December 30, 1966

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The President's Daily Brief
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DAILY BRIEF
30 DECEMBER 1966
1. South Vietnam
2. South Vietnam
3. Jordan
4. Communist China
The dock strike is over. Steve-
dores, who had been replaced by-US
troops at New Port, have been offered
jobs elsewhere on the Saigon waterfront
by American authorities. The decision
to accept our terms was helped along by
the poor showing made today when a so-
called general strike could produce no
more than 3,000 Saigon workers willing
to go out in sympathy with the dockers.
The Jordanians have played well in
this week's round of Arab political
poker. They have successfully stalled
the effort to deploy other Arab troops
in Jordan.
A campaign to curtail US use of
Hong Kong as a Vietnam leave port may
be brewing. Peking radio played this
theme today, for the first time since
last February.
The Communists are probably feel-
ing their oats after their easy intimi-
dation of the Portuguese authorities in
Macao. Hong Kong, however, is much more
useful to Peking, and we ,doubt that the
pressure will go beyond minor harassment
of the colony.
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5. Indonesia
6. Argentina
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Suharto, as part of his effort to
erode Sukarno's power, is trying to con-
trol the presidential purse.
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It was President Ongania who in-
sisted on the resignation of the cabinet
yesterday. This was probably an attempt
to mute charges--from both civilian and
military quarters--that his government
lacked direction and was making little
progress in solving the country's prob-
lems.
Ongania will probably retain most
of the less controversial members, but
the chief targets of criticism--the in-
terior and economy ministers--will go.
We ought to have a clearer idea of where
the regime is heading when their replace-
ments are announced.
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7. Congo
The irresistible force is now try-
ing to avoid colliding with the immovable
object. Mobutu, finally comprehending
the economic leverage Union Miniere holds
over the Congo, is no longer insisting
that the company transfer its headquarters
to,Kinshasa.
However, other significant points
of disagreement remain, and there are
some signs that the company may have
decided to let Mobutu stew for awhile.
A settlement by midnight tomorrow--the
date by which Mobutu is publicly com-
mitted to bring the company to heel--is
unlikely.
Further delays on the issue will hurt
the Congo more than the company.
8. Soviet Union Peking's anti-Soviet crusade is
causing increasing concern in Moscow.
An editorial yesterday in Red Star,
the official army journal, warfig-rhat Mao
and Lin Piao are turning the Chinese army
into a "blind weapon" in their offensive
against the USSR. The Chinese army is
portrayed as an opponent rather than an
ally.
All this is, of course, partly a
propaganda thrust at "Mao and his group."
But the tone of the editorial, as well
as recent precautionary, moves by the USSR
near China and Mongolia, seems to us to
show genuine anxiety over the upheaval in
China.
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