THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 14 OCTOBER 1965

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
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• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: October 14, 1965

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
14 OCTOBER 1965
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DAILY BRIEF
14 OCTOBER 1965
1. Indonesia
There are now two governments in
Indonesia. One is headed by Sukarno and
the other by the generals.
The generals do not control Sukarno,
but neither are they under his control.
In fact, the two elements seem for the
present to need one another, if only to
avoid an an-out civil war. The army
finds Sukarno's name a useful foil to
operate behind. Sukarno will not be
able to disregard the generals until he
can resurrect the Communists and go back
to his old game of playing one off against
the other.
Today the generals scored points
when Sukarno announced the appointment
of General Suharto as army commander.
The generals had insisted on this.
For his part, Sukarno again stated
publicly that he, and he alone, would
work out a political solution. The
generals are reluctant to allow him this
leeway.
As for the reeling Communists, they
believe that the conference against military
bases, which starts in Djakarta Saturday,
offers them a chance to salvage their
position. It will, at a minimum, give
Sukarno a platform for reiterating his
foreign and domestic line.
The generals have been reluctant
to make abrupt shifts in Sukarno's foreign
policy,
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2. Brazil
Castello Branco has asked for
enlarged federal powers to take over
the administration of individual states
and curtail political activities of
objectionable figures like ex-President
Kubitschek. This will help him mollify
military leaders who are alarmed over
leftist gains in the recent election.
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3. Rhodesia
4. South Africa
5. USSR
Prime Minister Smith has concluded
a first round of talks since returning
from London, and
(a declaration of
independence is now inevitable.
it could come within a
month.
Back in Britain the issue is bound
to play a large part at the Conservative
Party conference which opened yesterday.
a
squadron of South African jet fighters
at a new airfield in the Caprivi Strip
in South Wet Africa. (See map). This
is one of five new fields which the
South Africans have been building--for
civilian use, they say.
The apparent military use of the
Caprivi field was probably dictated by
South African concern over the impli-
cations for their own security of
Rhodesianindependence. The original
League of Nations mandate under which
South Africa gained its trustee rights
in South West Africa forbids any military
construction or activity in the territory.
Soviets are pushing ahead with the develop-
ment of a mult-satellite space commu-
ications system.
Moscow has offered to make its
system available to other nations, in-
cluding Korea and Japan.
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6. India-Pakistan
7. South Vietnam
8. Singapore
United Nations Undersecretary Bunche
confides that U Thant is sending mes-
sages to Shastri and Ayub in an effort
to get some movement on the withdrawal
of opposing forces from along the present
line of confrontation.
The Secretary General will suggest
that the two sides either submit separate
plans for withdrawal or allow the United
Nations to do it for them. Given the
current moods in both countries, little
is likely to come of this initiative.
Government officials and progovern-
ment labor leaders in Saigon say they
are confident that the Viet Cong will
not be able to muster a significant re-
sponse to the Communist call for a one-
hour strike tomorrow.
The Viet Cong, however, have shrewdly
put their strike call in terms not only
of people stopping work but of simply
staying home. Moreover, the hour chosen
for the strike is one when peak crowds
are not on the streets. These tactics
may well bolster the Communists' inevi-
table claim to success, even though
people stay indoors primarily because
they are engaged in their normal oc-
cupations.
Our embassy in Saigon also is con-
cerned that the Viet Cong, beginning
their "hate America" month, may .use the
strike hour for some spectacular' piece
of terrorism. The Vietnamese police
are taking the precautions they normally
do for a special Viet Cong day--extra
check points, patrols, etc.
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew may
step up his campaign against the US on
the grounds that the only way to handle
Americans is to be tough. The next blast
could come tomorrow when Lee addresses
a trade union convention.
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