THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 22 JULY 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968432
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: July 22, 1966

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004600190001-6
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
22 JULY 1966
23
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004600190001-6
50X1
? Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004600190001-6 ,
oUA-1
DAILY BRIEF
22 JULY 1966
1. South Vietnam
Ky mentioned to Ambassador Lodge
today that he thinks the time has come
to establish a rallying point in North
Vietnam for what he believes are many
fervent antigovernment elements there.
He advocates a parachute drop of
a "battalion--about 400 men,".all Viet-
namese, at a point in the mountains
south ofthe 19th parallel. The men
would be close to the sea and could be
supplied at night by planes.
The premier believes these troops
could conduct sabotage operations, ter-
orism, and help political uprisings.
Lodge apparently made no comment.
50X1
2. Communist China
-Peking is making new efforts to
couter speculation in the West that
North Vietnamese resolve may be weaken-
ing.
50X1
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004600190001-6
? Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004600190001-6,1
3. Communist China
4. Egypt
The regime's announcement that it
intends to "reform" higher education in
China has apparently produced a strongly
adverse reaction among university stu-
dents.
The son of Cambodian Premier Si-
hanouk, who had been studying at Peking
University until a month ago, is re-
ported to have declared on his way
home that life-at the university had be-
come so unbearable that he will never
return. He spoke of violent riots and
mass student arrests there. He believes
like conditions exist at other Chinese
universities.
There have been similar reports
last month student
demonstrations were occurring daily in
Peking. reported
brawling between rival student factions
there. Early this month, anti-Mao shouts
were being heard at night coming from the
campus at Peking University.
Little has actually come yet of the
university "reforms," but students are
being held at the schools for indoctri-
nation this summer instead of being
given their usual working vacations.
In a characteristically' anti-Western
speech today, Nasir dismissed the possi-
bility of further US aid. He declared
that Egypt needs about $100 million
worth of wheat again this year, but that
US conditions are such that "we will
have to rely on ourselves."
50X1
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004600190001-6
50X1
50X1
50X1
5
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004600190001-6,1
5.
6. Congo
The Congo's leaders were warned in
no uncertain terms yesterday that con-
tinued Belgian assistance is dependent
on an end to Mobutu's actions aaainst
Belgian business interests.
"Brussels declared that
talks "at the highest level" not later
than September are "indispensable" if
the Congo wants Belgian "cooperation."
Most observers believe Belgium's
considerable military and technical aid
is all that keeps the Congo from anarchy.
Mobutu's reaction to the Belgian
warning can only be a matter of specula-
tion at this point. He was strongly un-
compromising in a speech to the diplo-
matic corps yesterday, but his vulnera-
bility to foreign pressures was evident
in the recent settlement of a test of
strength with foreign oil companies.
This was apparently settled on terms
favorable to the companies.
5 OX1
OXI
50X1
50X1
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004600190001-6
- Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004600190001-6
Juni
7. Malagasy Republic
8. Pakistan
The incapacitating illness of pro-
Western President Tsiranana has brought
on a period of political uncertainty in
this former French island of Madagascar.
The president's constitutional successor
is a nonentity and power is expected to
fall to the ambitious interior minister,
Andre Resampa.
Resampa's takeover would probably
raise tensions between the country's com-
peting tribal groups and presage the in-
troduction of socialist domestic poli-
cies. On the international scene, he
would be inclined to broaden the coun-
try's contacts with Communist countries.
Ayub has gained more flexibility in
implementing his policies as a result of
his recent cabinet changes. Bhutto's
dismissal as foreign minister last month
was subsequently balanced by the depar-
ture of the pro-Western finance minister.
Both the recently appointed replacements
are considered able technicians uncom-
mitted to any specific political line.
No major foreign policy shifts are
in sight, but such adjustments as do
take place will now be more clearly
Ayub's own.
50X1
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004600190001-6
50X1
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004600190001-6
TOP SECRET
TOP SECRET
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004600190001-6