THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 27 SEPTEMBER 1965

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005967912
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: September 27, 1965

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
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27 SEPTEMBER 1965
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DAILY BRIEF
27 SEPTEMBER 1965
1. India-Pakistan
2. South Vietnam
There have been no reports of major
clashes along the cease-fire line so far
today.
In New Delhi, Shastri continues to
push a hard line. He says that India
has told U Thant that it,will not allow
any "peace-keeping force" on its terri-
tory. The new UN mission can only act
as "observers." In a radio speech on
Saturday, Indian President Radhakrishan
asserted that his country will not per-
mit a plebiscite.
A member of Shastri's government
has proposed to Ambassador Bowles that
the US and USSR join together in mediat-
ing the dispute.
On the Pakistani side, Foreign
Minister Bhutto told reporters today
that Ayub wants to come to the US for
conversations with President Johnson.
A specific date was not mentioned.
The Karachi embassy reports that
hostility toward the US is at an all-
time high. However, in Rawalpindi, US
officials say that the situation there
is sufficiently stable to permit the
return of some US dependents from Iran.
Neutralist sentiment is growing
among students in the northern city of
Hue if the first issue of their new news-
paper is a reliable indicator.
Neutralism was the theme of the
lead editorial and the other articles.
The paper maintained that the longer the
war continues, the more the regimes in
both the south and the north will lose
their sovereignty as they become exhausted
and the big powers take over.
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3. North Vietnam
4. Dominican Republic
5. Malaysia
Increased Chinese Communist ship-
ments of steel materials into North Viet-
nam, presumably for the repair of bomb-
damaged bridges and other structures,
may be causing a steel shortage in the
Canton area of South China.
A recent traveler to Canton returned
with this story
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Garcia Godoy's coddling of the rebels
is jeopardizing his support from the mod-
erates as well as from the business com-
munity and the armed forces.
So far, Garcia Godoy has given in
to leftist demands on several points;
(a) he has replaced the president of the
government-owned sugar corporation with
Bosch's choice for the job; (b) he has
permitted the takeover of Santo Domingo
University by a Communist-influenced
rump council; and,(c) he failed to make
a strong stand against Bosch's return
to the country on Saturday.
At the same time, Garcia Godoy is
still hesitant in pressuring the rebels
to dismantle and disband their zone.
The net effect is to embolden the left
and encourage it to increase its demands.
There is growing internal criticism
of Prime Minister Tunku Rahman's leader-
ship and talk that he is beginning to
lose control.
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