THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 12 OCTOBER 1965

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005967938
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: October 12, 1965

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
12 OCTOBER 1965
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DAILY BRIEF
12 OCTOBER 1965
1. Indonesia
The crackdown on the Communists
continues despite Sukarno's attempts to
divert attention again toward neo-
colonialist enemies.
In Djakarta, demonstrators today
attacked the headquarters of the Com-
munist Women's front and ransacked the
house of the party's first deputy chair-
man. An even bigger prize, Colonel
UntUng the leader of the 30 September
movement, - has fallen into the army's
hands
A ,new decree has closed down a
number of, Communist-dominated "educa-
tional" institutions.
Sukarno, however, is still very
much in the ball game. He is talking
to one political leader after another,
chastising them for echoing Western
propaganda against the Communists.
2 Dominican Dominican army units were alerted
Republic against a possible nationwide uprising
this morning.
We have no word that anything like this
has occurred, however.
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3. Uruguay
4. India
5. Rhodesia
As of last report, the Communists
are still calling for a 24-hour general
strike to support a 72-hour government
workers walkout, both to start, tomorrow.
Our embassy in Montevideo says that
security forces are prepared and adequate,
and that the government can control the
situation if it stands firm. Any re-
treat, however, will increase the chances
of a coup from right-wing military elements.
Prime Minister Shastri still ap-
pears eager to come to the US. An of-
ficial of the Indian Foreign Ministry
has implied that Shastri would be pre-
pared to come late this month if Pres-
ident Johnson were able to receive him.
If not, Shastri could come in mid-Decem-
ber, after the Indian parliament adjourns.
London still hopes against hope
that the Rhodesians can be talked out
of a unilateral declaration of inde-
pendence.
British press reports from Salis-
bury, asserting that white Rhodesian
moderates are having second thoughts,
are feeding this hope. The British/
/have
asked that the US release a state-
ment which could be publicized in
Rhodesia.
African nationalist leaders say
they will have no choice but violence
if independence is declared. Their
capabilities seem very limited, however,
in the face of the white Rhodesians'
likely security precautions. The im-
potence of the African nationalists
almost certainly means more pressure
from them on Britain, the United Nations,
and the US to take action,
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6. Vietnam
Over the past several weeks, Hanoi
has been trying to appear less unbend-
ing on the subject of talks on Vietnam,
but nothing we have seen
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