THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 30 JULY 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968446
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: July 30, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
30 JULY 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
30 JULY 1963
1. North Vietnam
2. South Vietnam
3. Guatemala
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Hanoi may lose its major Free World
source of convertible foreign exchange.
The Japanese buyers of North Vietnamese
coal are now said to be seeking other
suppliers, in part because of the unre-
liability of shipping from North Viet-
nam coal ports.
Last year these coal sales to Japan
provided Hanoi with about half its total
hard currency earnings. This has financed
much of the continued North Vietnamese
purchasing in the Free World, principally
Japan.
Former civilian premier Phan Huy
Quat is pessimistic over the prospects
for elections in September.
One of the major Communist factions
has already spurned the congressional
amnesty decree passed on Wednesday.
The leader of this group, in an unprece-
dented "press conference," vowed to con-
tinue its violent struggle against the
army, which he claimed still dominates
Mendez Montenegro's government.
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4. Nigeria The situation remains highly con-
fused and explosive.
5. Congo
The international airport west of
Lagos remains in the hands of military
units dominated by rebellious northern-
ers, as do the cities of Abeokuta and
Ibadan. (See map) Troops sent from
Lagos to recover the airport were am-
bushed with heavy casualties, and two
Europeans caught up in the action were
killed.
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Nothing has been heard from General
Ironsi, and he may well be dead in Ibadan.
Ironsi's deputy and the deputy police
chief in Lagos are trying to maintain
the government's authority, but appear to
have no reliable military forces at their
disposal. They are said to be trying to
negotiate a compromise settlement with
the dissidents.
The still unresolved mutiny in
Kisangani seems to be unsettling Mobutu
and driving him to more and more im-
pulsive acts.
Mobutu, apparently believing, the
mutiny is part of a Belgian-sponsored
plot against him, today considered
closing the Belgian Consulate in
Lubumbashi (Elisabethville)./
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6. Turkey
7. Egypt
Italian Foreign Minister Fanfani,
recently back from Turkey, has passed
on his observations.
He said he found the Turks concerned
by a feeling of isolation from the cen-
ter of NATO, and apparently believing
the US to be more favorably disposed to-
ward Greece than Turkey. He felt the
military, although strongly pro-NATO,
was experiencing some uneasiness.
Fanfani noted that the Soviets are
moving cleverly to improve relations
with Turkey and are buttering up the
opposition party. He did not say there
was a tendency toward neutralism, but
he feels there is a danger of such a
feeling developing.
We agree with this reading, and be-
lieve that maintenance of the US pres-
ence and operations in Turkey will be- ,
come more difficult--and more expensive
in terms of quid pro quo--in the months
immediately ahead.
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