THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 28 MARCH 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968227
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: March 28, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
28 MARCH 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
23 MARCH 1966
1. South Vietnam
2. Indonesia
Hue, Da Nang, and Saigon were all
outwardly calm today, but there is no
indication that the Buddhist "struggle"
against the government is abating.
agitators in Hue have sent Ky a telegram
demanding that he come to Hue tomorrow,
or be declared a "traitor." On the other
hand, the mayor of Da Nang today told
the US consul there would be no more
strikes there, as they "hurt the people.'
Broadcasts from Hue continue to
have anti-American overtones, alleging
that the military government is an Ameri-
can puppet. Students at Saigon Univer-
sity are said to be more "sensitive" to
contacts with Americans, and claim they
are under Buddhist pressure to demonstrate.
The generals leaned on Sukarno a
little harder today. They announced
that responsibility for the safety of
Sukarno and his family was being trans-
ferred from his hand-picked palace guard
to the army. The guard was once commanded
by Colonel Untung, who spearheaded the
abortive coup attempt last September.
The generals are also chipping away
at the Sukarno legend in other ways. They
have sanctioned the publication of a
series of lurid accounts(
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3. Ecuador
4, Arabia
Today's confused developments in
Guayaquil and Quito promise to usher
in a period of acute instability.
Mobs roamed in the streets of Guay-
aquil this morning. Scattered gunfire
was heard, and a US-owned utility com-
pany was attacked briefly.
The first reaction of the ruling
junta was to send in army troops and
clamp martial law plus a dawn-to-dusk
curfew on the city. At this point it
looked as if the junta would stand fast
in the face of the demands that it step
down right now.
Arab nationalists
are broadening their
campaign to force the British from the
Arabian peninsula.
Arab terrorism, which has long
plagued British officials in Aden, has
now spread to Bahrain. Bahrain is slated
to become British military headquarters
in the area after Aden is evacuated in
1968.
Rebel gangs
are stepping up their
Dhufar area,
activities
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5, Soviet Union
6, Soviet Union
Conditions will be favorable for an-
other Soviet lunar probe late this week.
Thursday will be the best day.
We expect Moscow to take advantage
of the opening since by all evidence its
lunar program continues to enjoy a high
priority.
Soviet leaders are spending much
of their time today at the airport wel-
coming a series of high-powered delega-
tions to their 23rd party congress which
opens tomorrow. The East European par-
ties are all represented by their top
luminaries, while the Yugoslays, the North
Vietnamese, and the North Koreans have
sent their number two men. A Viet Cong
delegation has also showed up. Peking
was only able to prevail upon the Al-
banian, Japanese, and New Zealand par-
ties to join in its boycott of the con-
gress.
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