THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 22 APRIL 1965

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005967639
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: April 22, 1965

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
22 APRIL 1965
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DAILY BRIEF
22 APRIL 1965
1. Vietnam
In South Vietnam, the pattern of
the past few weeks remains substantially
unchanged, with the Viet Cong refrain-
ing from the initiative in other than
small-scale harassing and terrorist ac-
tions. The major battle near Viet An,
south of Danang, is now in its fourth
day, and press reports indicate that the
3,000 entrenched Viet Cong have forced
the withdrawal of seven attacking South
Vietnamese battalions.
Statements from Communist capitals
show no give in their positions on Viet-
nam. Peiping, in an editorial yester-
day, rejected the 17-nation appeal as
a deliberate attempt to absolve US im-
perialism. Chinese radiobroadcasts.
have called the Honolulu conference a
planning session for "escalation of the
war," a view echoed by Moscow.
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3. Indonesia
4. Berlin
?The US Embassy sees yesterday's
affair before the North Vietnamese Em-
bassy--a meeting between North Vietnam-
ese Premier Pham Van Dong and 5,000 In-
donesian "people's volunteers"--as pos-
sibly one step in preparing Indonesian
opinion for some more concrete offer of
military, aid to North Vietnam.
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5. Cyprus
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Makarios--in a self-styled "peace
offensive" aimed at the Turkish Cypriots--
has announced he will lift restrictions
on the movement of Turkish, Cypriots in
the southern two thirds of the island
this weekend, but the deadlock on this
issue still exacerbates the situation in
the capital. Turkish Cypriot military
leaders do not seem averse to seeing
this irritant continue.
From Athens, Greek leaders warn
that the Turkish Government's campaign
against resident Greeks and the Ortho-
dox Patriarchate in Istanbul can only
serve to torpedo Greek-Turkish talks
over Cyprus.
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