THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 5 JANUARY 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968082
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: January 5, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
5 JANUARY 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
5 JANUARY 1966
1. South Vietnam
2. North Vietnam
3. Soviet Union ? 'Vietnam
The central committee of the Viet
Cong's Liberation Front has issued its
first substantive comment on the US
peace initiative. The full text is not
yet available. A summary suggests, how-
ever, that it is as defiant and unyield-
ing as yesterday's statement from Hanoi.
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After listing a number of "US crimes,"
the statement characterized the US peace
moves as "deceitful" and designed to
cover up efforts to expand the war. It
declared that the front: will not per:-
mit the US to "make the cessation of
bombings in the north conditional upon
the South Vietnamese people laying down
their arms." The statement concluded
with a pledge to "fight to the end to
defeat US imperialism."
We have received no authoritative
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DEFENS
UNDER
TIONS
CONSTRUCTION
Arrows indicate
apparent orient-
ation of Missile
Complexes
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4. Soviet Union
5. Japan
Satellite photography of late De-
cember shows that the Soviet Union's new
defensive missile system which is being de-
ployed in barrier fashion across the north-
western part of the country, and in modi-
fied form at Sary Shagan, is also being
installed in ?the vital Sverdlovsk indus-
trial area. These complexes are believed
to be intended for defense against bombers
and air-to-surface missiles, but the pos-
sibility that they are part of an anti-
ballistic missile system cannot be dis-
counted.
The three launch complexes at Sverd-
lovsk are still in an early stage of con-
struction. Three six-position launch
sites have been detected at each complex.
Two more may be added later to form the
standard five-site configuration. The
Sverdlovsk complexes are relatively close
together, indicating that they are for
local rather than barrier defense.
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In time, the missile deployment at
Sverdlovsk could evolve into a defense
network of the entire Urals industrial
area.
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6. Dominican Republic
7. Bolivia
There is still no movement of key
military leaders out of the country. If
the impasse continues, Garcia Godoy may
resign.
At this point, the rebel leaders re-
fuse to leave unless the armed forces
leaders do. The latter,however, say
that this would only be a sop to the
leftists.
Leftist extremists, in turn, are
again calling for a general strike.
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munist groups are also planning to pro-
voke incidents involving the military
and the Inter-American Peace Force.
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Leading members of Bosch's party
have now withdrawn their, 'support from
the president's compromise plan. They
are also threatening to withdraw from
the election race.
The resignation of Barrientos yes-
terday is likely to bring a period of
acute political instability.
Barrientos says he took this action
in order to comply with the constitu-
tional requirement that presidential
candidates resign from office six months
before elections./
General Ovando now takes over as
sole head of the junta. He is likely
to make an all-out effort to strengthen
his power position while Barrientos is
absent from the country for several weeks
on a rest cure.
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8. Nigeria
9. Soviet Union
Outbreaks of rioting and other vio-
lence which have plagued the Western Re-
gion of Nigeria for the past three months
could lead to a general breakdown of law
and order.
Defiance of authority began in mid-
October when the highly unpopular re-
gional government rigged its own re-elec-
tion. Since that time some 400 people
are believed to have been killed. Last
weekend,cars driven by Americans and
Britishers were attacked for the first
time.
Behind the rioting is a basic
struggle between progressive non-Muslim
southerners and traditionalist Muslim
northerners who control the central
government. The northerners support the
hated regime in the Western Region and
will, probably try to maintain it by con-
tinuing to send in federal troops and
police.
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\suggests
that one or more TASS representatives
are attempting to reach Hanoi soon. This
could be part of Shelepin's entourage
he will arriv,-
Hanoi by the end of this week.
pthe press representatives were at-
tempting to reach Hanoi without passing
through China, which would be their normal
route. There is still no information on
flight schedules for Shelepin himself.
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10. Rhodesia
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