THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 4 AUGUST 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968454
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: August 4, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
4 AUGUST 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
4 AUGUST 1966
1. Vietnam
2. France
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U Thant feels that if Brezhnev is
indeed running the show in the Soviet
Union, "more serious developments" in
Vietnam may follow.
In giving US officials a rundown
on his recent visit to Moscow, Thant
said that while both Kosygin and Brezh-
nev spoke in bitter terms about Vietnam
and US policy, Brezhnev--whom he clas-
sified as a hawk--was much more militant.
Thant noted that only Brezhnev re-
ferred to "hundreds of thousands of vol-
unteers ready to go to Vietnam at a
moment's notice," and added that many
of Brezhnev's remarks about President
Johnson and the US were so bitter that
he felt he should not pass them on.
It was Brezhnev's militancy, plus
the general mood in Moscow, Thant said,
which prompted the secretary general's
public statements about the danger of
a widening war. Otherwise there was "ac-
tually nothing new" in his conversations
with the Soviet leaders.
De Gaulle is adamant against com-
mitting France to any agreement for US
re-entry to bases and facilities in
France except in time of an actual war
in which France were taking part. For-
eign Minister Couve de Murville seemed
uncomfortable when he passed this word
on to Ambassador Bohlen earlier this
week. He came close to an admission
that he could understand why the US would
regard this as an unacceptable arrange-
ment.
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3. Uruguay
4. United Nations
5. Pakistan
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Alberto Heber took another step
yesterday that may well be intended to
justify an unconstitutional take-over.
He resigned "provisionally" as presi-
dent of the National Council of Govern-
ment, explaining that "obstacles" placed
in his path have prevented him from gov-
erning effectively. He intends to ad-
dress the nation on Saturday to detail
his reasons.
This speech is likely to be a strong
effort to picture himself as the public
champion of governmental reform--a re-
vamping which most Uruguayans want, but
which bickering politicians are well on
their way to torpedoing. Heber's po-
litical gambit may well be his last at-
tempt to bring about the needed changes
by legal means.
The Soviets seem to have done some
real arm-twisting during U Thant's trip
to Moscow in an attempt to get him to
stay on as secretary general. Both
Brezhnev and Kosygin urged him insist-
ently and persistently.
It is now clear that the Pakistanis
have China to thank for a significant
increase in the strength of their air
force. More IL-28 jet light bombers and
more MIGs have been sighted recently on
?Pakistani airfields. These are almost
certainly from China.
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6. Congo
7. Philippines
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The Belgians are very close to a
decision on at least partial disengage-
ment from the Congo. Foreign Minister
Harmel has ordered the Belgian ambassa-
dor home for consultation by 10 August.
Before he leaves, he is to tell Mobutu
in the "clearest possible terms" that
Belgium "can no longer tolerate" Congo-
lese hostility.
Anti-Belgian actions continue in
the Congo and these can only reinforce
Brussels' present stand.
The resurgence of terrorism in the
old Huk guerrilla strongholds seems to
be mainly a reaction to President Mar-
cos' efforts to end lawlessness in the
countryside. Remnants of the Huk move-
ment, which was largely broken in the
1950s, have managed since then to de-
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sters and local political leaders in
central Luzon.
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