THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 1 FEBRUARY 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968129
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: February 1, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
1 FEBRUARY 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
1 February 1966
1. North Vietnam
2. Thailand
Ithe Foreign Minis-
try today issued a denunciation of the
new US air strikes. The statement does
not break any new ground. Hanoi also
took a hardline in commenting on the
UN. It asserted that any attempt .by
the Security Council to "interfere" in
Vietnam would be "completely null and
void."
Ghana's President Nkrumah is again
planning a trip to Peking and Hanoi.
This one is now set for late February,
but he is sending one of his advisers
to scout the ground beforehand. An
earlier trip fell through when Ho Chi
Minh claimed that Nkrumah's safety
could not be guaranteed.
The Thai Government is annoyed
again by US press reports discussing
Thai cooperation with US air strikes
in Laos and Vietnam. Prime Minister
Thanom told Ambassador Martin yesterday
that these reports are making it dif-
ficult for him to collaborate with the
US. He also claimed that repetition
of these reports in Communist radio-
broadcasts is endangering the stability
of his government.
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3. Indonesia
4. Singapore
5. Nigeria
Sukarno now plans to announce his
long-awaited "political solution" on
Saturday
This solution will be to reorganize
all political parties under "NASAKOM"--
Sukarno's acronym for the fusion of
nationalist religious, and Communist
groups in the country. To prepare
against possibly strong military reac-
tion, Sukarno has directed certain
elite military units in the Djakarta
area to bypass the regular command
channels and take orders directly, from
the palace.
The army's attitude to this maneu-
ver is still unclear. However, if it
succeeds it would go far to restore
Sukarno's authority, open the way for
renewed Communist influence and thus
seriously threaten the anti-Communist
forces.
Fighting broke out today between
Chinese and Malay army recruits in
Singapore. This was the first signi-
ficant racial disturbance since the
large-scale riots of a year and a half
ago.
Antagonism between Chinese and
the Malays has increased as a result
of the political warfare between Singa-
pore and Kuala Lumpur. It promises
to remain a major threat to the sta-
bility of both countries for some time
to come.
The new Ironsi regime intends to
revamp the Nigerian Government struc-
ture in order to get stronger central
authority.
this will mean abolishing the four
semi-autonomous regions in favor of a
larger number of provinces directly ac-
countable to Lagos. Such an arrangement
is likely to be resisted by some of the
older traditional leaders, especially
in the North.
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