THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 27 OCTOBER 1965

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005967964
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: October 27, 1965

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
27 OCTOBER 1965
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1. Indonesia The Communists are now resorting to
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armed action in their Central Java strong-
hold. Army authorities there reacted to-
day by proclaiming a "state of war" through-
out the region.
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DAILY BRIEF
27 OCTOBER 1965
2. Vietnam
j Current small-scale Commu-
nist actions may be utterly uncoordinated
reactions to army attacks against the
party. But even so, they would appear to
make any such "settlement" much more -re-
mote.
Army leaders have anticipated the
trouble in Central Java for more than a
week. They have been concerned not only
over Communist strength in the region,
but also over the doubtful loyalty of
some local army units which have been in-
filtrated by Communists. Army reinforce-
ments are being sent to the region.
army leaders remain will-
ing to go to great lengths in their ef-
fort to continue working with President
Sukarno. They are said, however, still
to recognize the possibility that Su-
karno's removal may ultimately prove to
be necessary.
Sukarno, meanwhile, is still trying
to restore his former predominant author-
ity by stridently warning of the dangers
of "neocolonialism" and the US Central
Intelligence Agency.
The tempo of Viet Cong military
and terrorist activity increased for the
fifth consecutive week during the seven-
day period ending on 23 October.
In all, there were 811 incidents,
including four battalion and two company-
strength assaults. This was the highest
weekly total in more than a year.
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3. Pakistan
4. Congo
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President Kasavubu evidently pushed
his new policy of seeking closer relations
with the radical African states at the
recent conference of African leaders in
Accra.
Kasavubu seems motivated primarily
by his fear of Tshombe and the white
soldiers whom he regards as Tshombe's
mainstay.
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5. Brazil
6. Dominican Republic
President Castello Branco threw
down the guantlet before a balky Congress
today and assumed broad new executive
powers.
He decreed a new "institutional
act" which has the force of a constitu-
tional decree. Designed to strengthen
the government against any resurgent
influence by subversives or corrupt poli-
ticians, the latest move came after a
period of growing anxiety in the mili-
tary over the government's eroding po-
litical position.
The president's move was accompanied
by a military show of force in the capi-
tal.
The full text of the new decree has
not yet become available, but it seems to
give near dictatorial powers to the presi-
dent. According to press reports, it
suspends political parties and gives the
executive power to send Congress into
recess. It also apparently provides
for indirect presidential elections.
Reaction by the opposition is likely
to be vehement, but no widespread vio-
lence seems in prospect. In the long
run, the new decree will unify most of
the military behind the president, and
may improve his prospects for continu-
ing his present Policies of reform and
economic development.
So far, it has been another rela-
tively quiet day in Santo Domingo.
Garcia Godoy is still standing firm
on his determination to replace the armed
forces chiefs, whom he is convinced have
flouted his authority. He now seems to
recognize, however, that the men he se-
lects to replace the chiefs must be ac-
ceptable to the armed services.
He has also agreed "in principle"
to a package deal in which removal of
the present chiefs would be accompanied
by the departure from the country of
former rebel leader Caamano and two or
three of his associates.
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