THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 4 JUNE 1965

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005967714
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: June 4, 1965

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
4 JUNE 1965
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DAILY BRIEF
4 JUNE 1965
1. Vietnam
2. Dominican Republic
The press reports that the cabinet
crisis in Saigon has been settled by
compromise. Premier Quat is reported
to have gotten his way on the dismissal
of the two ministers who refused to re-
sign, but Chief of State Suu seems to
have won his point that Quat may not do
this sort of thing in the future.
If this turns out to be the accu-
rate picture, nothing much has been ac-
complished, and the issues and the deep
religio-political cleavages which led to
the crisis have sim I been swe t under
the carpet.
Viet Cong guerrillas brought off
three more ambushes in the central high-
lands yesterday. This raises the total
of such operations to 16 in the last 18
days.
US Marines early today repulsed two
attacks by a Viet Cong force of about 50
men against two highway bridges six miles
from Da Nang air base.
The committee of three from the-Or-
ganization of American States is getting
down to work, but the outlook for an
early political settlement is dim.
Ambassador Bennett terms the range
of possible solutions "discouragingly
narrow." He says that moderate Domini-
cans seem to believe that a solution
may have to be imposed by the-Organi-
zation of American States.
The military picture today was un-
disturbed.
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3. Bolivia
. Colombia
5. France
On the surface, co-presidents Bar-
rientos and Ovando appear to be working
together in reasonable harmony for the
moment, but this probably is not des-
tined to last long.
They told Ambassador Henderson on
Wednesday evening that they believe con-
tinuation of the military junta is the
only alternative for the time being.
President Valencia's political sup-
port may be crumbling.
Yesterday, he suffered a serious
defeat in Congress in the first test of
support for the measures he has taken,
and proposes to take, under the state of
siege. The House voted overwhelmingly
to have the Supreme Court rule on the
constitutionality of Valencia's decree
regarding the use of military courts
martial. If the Senate agrees, the de-
cree may be nullified.
The voting pattern yesterday sug-
gests that the same fate may very likely
overtake Valencia's contemplated decrees
on monetary exchange and other important
reforms. The US Embassy in Bogota warns
that if this happens, the reaction might
be so severe as to bring down Valencia '
or even the present constitutional sys-
tem.
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6, France
7. Greece
The national political situation is
becoming increasingly rancorous, even
by Athenian standards, and is evolving
in a manner beneficial to the extreme
left. The latest.scandal involves the
issue of army officers in politics, and
has drawn in King Constantine.
Prime Minister Papandreou. is also
warring politically by means of a par-
liamentary move to blacken the reputation
of his predecessor, Karamanlis.
The US Embassy in Athens points out
that as conservative elements blacken
each other in pUblic, popular respect
for the Communist-front United Democratic
Left, already the third largest party in
the country, is undoubtedly rising.
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