THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 23 APRIL 1965

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005967641
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• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: April 23, 1965

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
23 APRIL 1965
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DAILY BRIEF
23 APRIL 1965
1. Vietnam
A representative of the National
Liberation Front for South Vietnam ar-
rived today in Moscow to set up a perma-
nent mission. This is the first tangible
result of last week's meetings in Moscow,
and the latest step in the Communist
drive to surround the front with an aura
of legitimacy. His first act was to is-
sue a statement denouncing President
Johnson's proposals for unconditional
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A preliminary scan of photography
taken yesterday discloses five additional
MIG fighters at Phuc Yen, bringing the
total to 41. These planes probably flew
in some time in the past two weeks. Two
more dummy aircraft also turned up in
the photography for a total of 21.
In a talk yesterday with Ambassador
Taylor, Premier Quat said he was not sat-
isfied with the aggressiveness of his
army. Among the measures he is consider-
ing to overcome this are a shakeup in
the officer corps and the raising of a
force of 30,000 Nung tribesmen,who had
a reputation as good combat soldiers un-
der the French. Quat did not mention
foreign troops.
Ground action in the Viet An area
south of Danang (See map.) has died down
after government forces disengaged yes-
terday. The press reports that the Viet
Cong positions were attacked from the
air today, but we have no word on the ef-
fect. Elsewhere the lull in the fighting
continues.
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3. Communist China
4. USSR
5. Indonesia
Production has apparently started
at two new aircraft plants at Chengtu.
(See map.) If all goes well, the first
fighters--probably advanced model MIG-19s
or MIG-21s--will roll off the production
line later this year. They are badly
needed to bolster China's aging fighter
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The Japanese representative to the
Bandung anniversary celebration has pro-
posed to Sukarno and the Tunku that
they meet at an early date in Tokyo.
?Both have agreed, but details remain
to be worked out. There is little pros-
pect that meaningful progress toward a
solution of the Malaysian problem would
come out of such a meeting.
Now that the Bandung festivities
are near an end, the Indonesians can be
expected to renew pressures on the US
and step up their fight against Malaysia.
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6. Congo
7. Laos
Relations between President Kasa-
vubu and Premier Tshombe are about to
enter a new and difficult phase. Each
suspects that the other is out to grab
power, and these suspicions have been .
assiduously fed by assorted politicians
in Leopoldville.
Tshombe almost certainly has his
eye on eventually gaining the presi-
dency, which will be the real locus
of power under the new constitution.
Kasavubu may seek to forestall this by
dismissing the Tshombe government right
after the elections. These are due to
end some time next month.
Tshombe has indicated that he would
not take such a maneuver lying down.
He is already moving a few of his merce-
naries and a force of loyal Katangan
gendarmes into Leopoldville on the pre-
text of keeping order during the elec-
tions.
The two may still find a way to
compromise their differences since the
alternative seems almost surely politi-
cal chaos.
The government has worked out a
compromise with the rightist military
rebels holding out near Pak Sane. De-
tails are fuzzy, but it appears the
mutineers will be reassigned and go un-
punished. The danger of fighting is
probably over, but the US Embassy re-
ports the affair has sharpened old an-
tagonisms among Laotian generals.
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