THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 1 MAY 1965

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005967655
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: May 1, 1965

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
1 MAY 1965
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DAILY BRIEF
I MAY 1965
Dominican Republic
LATE ITEM
(Information as of 1200 EDT)
The military situation appears to
have stabilized for the moment, as the
political and diplomatic maneuvering
intensifies.
The relative quiet last night, as
Ambassador Bennett points out, resulted
partly from the cease-fire and partly
from the presence of US forces. Pure
exhaustion is also playing a role, he
adds. Some sniper fire against the
marines was continuing early this morn-
ing, but the overall tactical situation
is unchanged. The rebels still control
the heart and large areas of Santo
Domingo. Peasants arriving in the city
this morning report they saw no signs
of rebel uprisings in the rural areas.
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DAILY BRIEF
1 MAY 1965
1. Vietnam
2. Ghana
No major new developments have been
reported this morning.
Today's Peiping People's Daily again
discusses the sending-bi "volunteers" to
Vietnam. The language appears aimed at
suggesting their dispatch is a certainty.
The editorial says that China will sup-
port the Vietnamese with everything they
need "until our men are sent to fight."
There has been no sign of any new
Viet Cong offensive timed to coincide
with May Day.
Nkrumah has sent a delegation to
Peiping with orders to seek Chinese arms
and instructors, as well as a Chinese
pledge to assist Ghana in the event of
attack.
At home, some of the steam appears
to have gone out of the group of senior
military and police officers plotting
Nkrumah's overthrow. They are now said
to have only vague plans to act some-
time in June or July. Public resent-
ment against Nkrumah's domestic policies
remains high, however.
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3. Bolivia
4. West Germany
Barrientos renounced his candidacy
for the presidency last night. This
move reduces the chances of an immediate
political crisis, but no solution for
Bolivia's confused political future is
yet in sight.
Barrientos also said he would pre-
side over free elections scheduled for
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The threat of a split among
his military backers still exists, and
most politicians strongly oppose him.
The entire picture could be changed
today, if the scheduled Communist and
extreme leftist demonstrations get out
of hand. The army is alert, hpwever,
and the police, whose loyalty to the
junta is suspect, have been confined to
their barracks.
The Bonn government, according to
the US Embassy, has publicly and offi-
cially presented a "front of studied
calm" in response to De Gaulle's
27 April speech.
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