THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 20 OCTOBER 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968587
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: October 20, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
20 OCTOBER 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
20 OCTOBER 1966
1. Vietnam
2. North Korea
Violence by North Korean agents
operating along the Demilitarized Zone
has been very much on the increase re-
cently. This probably means that their
missions have been changed from intelli-
gence collection and subversion to har-
assment--perhaps to test the effective-
ness of South Korean units deployed re-
cently along the Zone.
We doubt that this activity is
intended to embarrass the Seoul govern-
ment on the eve of President Johnson's
visit.
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4. Cambodia
Sihanouk is putting out a new feeler50X1
for better relations with the US
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On the domestic front, Sihanouk
named a new premier and cabinet today.
Conservative forces gained considerable
ground.
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5. Soviet Union
6. Berlin
7. Thailand
So far there have been no good
leaks as to what has been going on at
the gathering of East European and
other Communist leaders in the Soviet
Union. I
Western representatives in Bonn
are upset by some aspects of Mayor
Brandt's talk last week--his fourth
this year--with Soviet Ambassador
Abrasimov in East Berlin.
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The Mayor's willingness to dis-
cuss the issue of a Soviet presence in
West Berlin--and especially his pro-
posal that a Soviet Embassy representa-
tive deal directly with a member of the
West Berlin Senat on this question--is
judged to be way out of line. Brandt
will be told that any understanding
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8. Brazil
President Castello Branco recessed
the defiant congress today, but the po-
litical turmoil is bound to increase
further.
Castello Branco's action came after
the lower house defied presidential
orders to unseat a number of congress-
men and revoke their political rights.
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Brasilia at last report was quiet.
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