THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 26 NOVEMBER 1965

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968017
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: November 26, 1965

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
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26 NOVEMBER 1965
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DAILY BRIEF
26
November 1965
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Indonesia
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D. N. Aidit, the head of the
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Indonesian Communist Party, was ar-
rested on 21 November.
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2. Nationalist China
The army commander in South Celebes
announced today the Communist Party in
his area has been dissolved. This fol-
lows similar announcements from West
Java and Molucca. Arrests of Com-
munists throughout the country, are
now said to stand at 34,000.
The economic situation looks in-
creasingly grave. .Rice is in short
supply and inflation is rampant. The
Indonesian Consul general in Hong Kong
is passing the word that his government
is in desperate need of credit. He
says that he has been instructed by the
army leaders to contact American of-
ficials in hopes of getting indirect
US assistance.
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3. Communist China
The Chinese military presence in
North Vietnam continues to grow, but
apparently still does not include any
ground combat elements.
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Rhodesia
Rhodesia's relations with Zambia
are becoming thoroughly fragile.
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5. Congo
Part of the power line from the
Kariba hydroelectric station in
Rhodesia was knocked out by an ex-
plosion this morning, cutting off power
to a part of Zambia's copperbelt. In
addition, a number of white Rhodesian
railroad engineers working in Zambia
have been out on strike since earlier
in the week.
These developments not only in-
crease the chances for racial incidents
but also heighten extremist pressures
on Kaunda to take drastic action
against Rhodesia. These pressures
seem to have built up appreciably in
recent days.
Kaunda will probably now call
again for British troops, hoping that
an affirmative reply will keep his
critics in line, and help him keep
African radical troops out.
The political scene is still quiet.
Mobutu told the embassy yesterday that
he is banking heavily on US support.
A new government may be announced
tomorrow. It will probably contain
several old names, perhaps even that of
Nendaka whose machinations probably
created the political impasse which
forced Mobutu to act. Tshombe's status
is unclear.
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6.. Panama The work stoppage is fizzling out,.
but strikers are planning another demon-
stration in downtown Panama City later
today. Security forces should be able
to keep the situation in hand.
7. Dominican Republic The Provisional President has told
the embassy that he has directed his
new attorney general to remove three
extreme leftist judges from office.
Garcia Godoy also said that he will
soon abolish the irregular judicial
police.
8. France
The government put out a new law
yesterday which forbids work stop-
pages in government offices. If Garcia
Godoy can enforce it, this law should
make the government considerably less
vulnerable to strike threats from radicals
in the public employee associations.
Rumblings of further plotting on
the right continue.
The first French earth satellite
was orbited successfully this morning.
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