THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 19 NOVEMBER 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968639
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: November 19, 1966

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The President's Daily Brief
November 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
19 NOVEMBER 1966
1. South Vietnam
2. North Vietnam
3. North Vietnam
The Saigon embassy,. says there is
no truth to press stories that General
Thieu has snubbed Ky's new cabinet ap-
pointees.
Thieu in fact did meet the new
ministers
Thieu and Ky had an
extended--and apparently very friendly--
conference yesterday.
Low-level photography confirms the
presence of two North Vietnamese-surface-
to-air missile sites within ten miles
of the Demilitarized Zone; one is occu-
pied.
Washington Post correspondent Joseph
Kraft has been having talks this week
both with Hanoi's ambassador to Prague
and with the chief of the Liberation
Front's mission there. He got the typi-
cally, tough response. .These are some of
the observations:
--the North Vietnamese leaders see
the US elections as routine and
are not inclined to accept them
as a barometer of possible policy
changes;
--there seems to have been some dis-
agreement among the hierarchy, in
Hanoi over military tactics, with
older elements sticking with worn-
out ideas in use since the war
with the French;
--the-Liberation Front does not see
any advantages in setting up .a pro-
visional government at this time.
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4. Ecuador
5. Indonesia
6. Rhodesia
The life expectancy of the new gov-
ernment of provisional president Otto
Arosemena Gomez may be pathetically
short.
The coalition that brought Arosemena
to power only three days ago shows signs
of disintegrating, and the opposition is
growing stronger.
If the politicians don't act, the
soldiers may. Military leaders are put
out by vitriolic attacks on the armed
forces now being voiced in the assembly
Suharto has taken another major
step toward consolidating his power by
signing a decree enabling him to fill
the parliamentary, seats vacated by Com-
munists with his own supporters.
The British High Commissioner in
Salisbury believes a final break be-
tween Britain and Rhodesia is likely
before mid-December. The question will
probably be raised in the House of Com-
mons next week.
Commonwealth Secretary Bowden may
make a last-ditch visit to Salisbury to
pin the blame clearly on the Rhodesian
regime.
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