THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 11 AUGUST 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968466
• 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 11, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
11 AUGUST 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
11 AUGUST 1966
1, South Vietnam
2. South Vietnam
Election preparations are still mov-
ing along well. Even some of Ky's critics
now concede that the candidate screening
operation has been fair and reasonable.
This is now about complete and the can-'
didate lists are to be formally posted
tomorrow. It seems that more than 700
candidates will be competing for the 108
assembly seats on 11 September.
Well over five million people may
be registered in time to vote. This is
about what the government was aiming for.
Viet Cong leaders in
provinces of southernmost
are apparently worried by
quality of guerrillas and
at their command.
A Communist directive from this
area recently fell into our hands. It
rails against the "bourgeois mentality"
of a number of comrades who "drag their
feet when the going gets rough." The
"drop in quality" was attributed to "re-
cent heavy recruiting" in the delta
provinces.
the delta
South Vietnam
the declining
party members
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3. United Kingdom
The British press is almost unani-
mous in its lack of enthusiasm for Wil-
son's cabinet changes. Rather than re-
ducing the cabinet or injecting new
blood, Wilson simply shuffled portfolios.
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4. Communist China
5. Philippines
6. Soviet Union
We still have no explanation for
Peking's unusual move in pulling today's
People's Daily off the newsstands to de-
lete a report of Mao's presence in the
capital.
We are likely to be offered some
additional real estate for air and naval
bases when President Marcos visits Wash-
ington next .month.
Marcos intends to suggest that the
new sites be called "SEATO" bases to
make them politically more acceptable.
Use of such bases for combat operations
"could be worked out," a Philippine of-
ficial said.
Any deal is likely to be expensive.
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7. Iran
8. Congo
9, Disarmament
The Shah apparently has given up
the idea of buying Soviet surface-to-
air missiles but is still inclined to-
ward purchasing antiaircraft guns and
military vehicles from the Russians.
These points emerged on 10 August
during a long discussion on arms procure-
ment with Ambassador Meyer and Assistant
Secretary of Defense Hoopes. The Shah
admitted that the Soviets seemed less
than enthusiastic on arms sales to Iran
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Mobutu is muttering about resign-
ing. He said Tuesday he had given him-
self 48 hours to decide. The deadline
has passed with no sign he has made up
his mind. While the mercurial Congolese
president probably will not quit, what
little order still exists in the coun-
try would collapse if he did.
Meanwhile, out in the bush, the shoot-
ing and looting continues.
Further strains on Western unity
are developing on the issue of nuclear
nonproliferation. Most of our allies
at the Geneva conference on disarmament
feel the US draft treaty is no longer
useful for serious negotiations and some
may try initiatives on their own before
the conference ends late this month.
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