THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 12 FEBRUARY 1965

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005967520
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: February 12, 1965

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
12 FEBRUARY 1965
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DAILY BRIEF
12 FEBRUARY 1965
1. Vietnam
There is no intelligence to sup-
port the sensational press reports that
Chinese Communist ground forces are mov-
ing into North Vietnam.1
In Hanoi, the military has asked
the International Control Commission to
withdraw its fixed observation teams,
allegedly out of concern for the secur-
ity of the teams. This suggests that
Hanoi may want to conduct military move-
ments without risk of discovery by ICC
observers.
In South Vietnam, attacks on other
US targets may be forthcoming. This is
suggested by a captured Viet Cong docu-
ment which allegedly cites in addition
to Pleiku and Qui Nhon, already attacked,
three other localities in which there
are US targets. US forces are taking
precautions.
Preparations are also under way to
stand off a possible Viet Cong attack
tonight on the US Marine Hawk battalion
at Danang.
Elsewhere, the Viet Cong have main-
tained an intense level of activity dur-
ing the past few days.
On the Saigon political front, In-
terior Minister Vien says he has in
writing an agreement with the Armed
Forces Council outlining the working
relations concerning his projected new
government. Vien says he is trying to
get the signature of First Corps General
Thi, who seems to be the last main ob-
stacle to completion of negotiations on
the new cabinet. (See map.)
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2. Sudan
. Laos
. Cyprus
5. USSR
Non-Communist political parties
planned to start massive demonstrations
in Khartoum today in an effort to force
the Communist-dominated government's
resignation. No reports of further de-
velopments are yet available.
Communist convoys are continuing
to move into Laos in some volume. Be-
tween 1-11 February, for example, ap-
proximately 115 trucks were counted en-
tering central Laos from North Vietnam,
accompanied by 450-500 troops on foot.
Similar traffic also continued in the
north.
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6. Congo
What is going on is far from clear,
but it now appears that renewed efforts
in the past few days to strengthen the
Congo's relations in Africa have back-
fired. Tshombe is said to be miffed by
the hostile treatment accorded his emis-
sary to a recent meeting with represen-
tatives of the French-speaking African
states. He also is said to have refused
to send a delegate to the meeting in
Nairobi of the OAU sub-commission on the
Congo planned for today.
Tshombe thus seems strengthened
in his reluctance to do anything to im-
prove his relations with his neighbors.
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