THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 21 MAY 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968323
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: May 21, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
21 MAY 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
21 MAY 1966
1. South Vietnam
Ecuador
Ambassador Lodge is urgently try-
ing to arrange a meeting with ,Premier
Ky, who has been out of Saigon during
the day. The purpose here is to get a
late reading on Ky's plans, and if all
goes well, to discuss the possibility
of .a meeting between Ky and General Thi.
Lodge will offer to serve as.mediator
between the two.
Thi said yesterday that such a
meeting would be fruitless, but US offi-
cials on the scene say that he may be
receptive to further overtures.
At Da Nang, fighting continued into
the evening following the taking of the
Tan Ninh pagoda this morning. There
are still no indications what else the
struggle forces may do to retaliate
against this action.
Saigon is generally quiet tonight,
,Vietnam time.
Tomer president Velasco is expected
to arrive in Guayaquil Tuesday morning
and, naturally, to make a speech in the
plaza.
His followers appear to have had
less success in drumming up enthusiasm
for their chief this time than upon pre-
vious returns to the country, and the
crowd will probably be smaller than usual.
The enthusiasm his followers create, 'how-
ever, is no measure of that which will be
generated by the magnetic presence of the
old master himself.
Widespread antigovernment strikes
are adding to the nationwide unrest.
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3. Zambia
4. Rhodesia
The "exploratory" UK-Rhodesian
talks in London, kept under extremely
close wraps by Wilson's order, ended
yesterday. A terse communiqu?ill be
issued this afternoon. A British team
will go to Salisbury next weekend for
a second round.
An official of the Commonwealth
Relations Office told our embassy that
the talks dealt with how Rhodesia might
be returned to constitutional rule--
since Britain absolutely will not nego-
tiate with an illegal regime. The ques-
tion of how and with whom negotiations
might take place, and the general shape
of a solution, were also discussed. No
agreement was reached, or expected, on
any of these points.
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5. Guatemala
The government appears to be step-
ping up antiguerrilla action in the
wake of Tuesday's ambush of an army
patrol in which 14 soldiers were killed.
6. Dominican Republic Press reports of an attempted assas-
sination of Balaguer yesterday appear
overdrawn.(
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