THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 11 DECEMBER 1965

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968044
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: December 11, 1965

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
11 DECEMBER 1965
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DAILY BRIEF
11 DECEMBER 1965
- Pakistan
2. Indonesia
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Deputy Foreign Minister Suwito as-
sured Ambassador Green during a long con-
versation yesterday that there is good
reason to hope for a definite improvement
in US-Indonesian relations. He warned,
however, that Indonesia cannot make an
abrupt about-face from the hostile atti-
tude it had displayed prior to the 30 Sep-
tember affair.
Shortly after the meeting with the
ambassador, the official Indonesian news
agency disseminated a bulletin quoting
Suwito in what constituted the strongest
public official affirmation in years of
Indonesia's desire to better relations
with the US.
Another official in the Indonesian
Foreign Ministry told a US Embassy officer
yesterday that pro-Communist Foreign
Minister Subandrio would be out of office
"within a fortnight." He added that
Suwito was a front-runner to replace Sub-
andrio.
All this is encouraging, but it is
too soon for great optimism. Sukarno
gave another speech today warning that
"the ideology of socialism--call it Com-
munism or Marxism" cannot be eliminated
from Indonesia.
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3. North Vietnam
4. South Vietnam
5. Cambodia
Hanoi is already laying the propa-
ganda groundwork to discredit any US
move to declare a second pause in the
air strikes against North Vietnam. Hanoi
radio yesterday cited press reports of
Secretary Rusk's recent remark about a
second pause as evidence that the US is
making another effort to "hoodwink" world
opinion.
The broadcast demanded an "indefinite"
cessation of bombings, but offered nothing
in return. This conforms with the con-
sistently hard line that Hanoi is taking.
The Buddhists seem to be moving
closer to forming a political party of
their own.
Such a move has long been promoted
by Tri Quang, the politically potent
Buddhist religious leader from Hue. The
aim is to allow laymen to push Buddhist
objectives openly, while permitting the
monks to appear uninvolved.
the Cambodian Government is negotiating
to sell 5,000 tons of rice, plus quanti-
ties of salt and dried fish, to the Com-
munists in South Vietnam.
Cambodia wants only hard
currency for these foodstuffs, and Com-
munist China may foot the bill in US
dollars.
Cambodia has not previously involved
itself officially in such commercial trans-
actions, although "smuggled" supplies have
been reaching the Viet Cong from Cambodia
right along. The Cambodian Government
has openly donated medical supplies to the
Communists, and another such donation may
be in the offing as well as the food deal.
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6. Congo
7. Rhodesia
Former premier Tshombe plans to
leave the Congo shortly, though he
says he will return after a relatively
brief trip to Europe. President Mobutu
has been intensely anti-Tshombe
and may well have
asked the former premier to leave.
The presidents of Tanzania and
Zambia are meeting today. Whatever
new moves on the Rhodesian crisis
emerge from the meeting, it seems likely
that Britain's feet will be held to the
fire until the last possible moment be-
fore the 15 December deadline.
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8. Uruguay
9. Brazil
The strikes continue as the govern-
ment maintains its firm stand against the
challenge of the Communist-controlled
labor unions.
There are signs that the public in
Montevideo is becoming increasingly an-
noyed at the continuing agitation. More-
over, the Communists are being more and
more unmasked as the principal instigators,
despite their effort to stay behind the
scenes.
Much depends on what happens during
the next few days. The government's
emergency security measures are having
some positive effect. Nevertheless, the
Communists continue trying to promote a
snowballing strike effort leading up to
a general strike next Tuesday.
There is
as yet no confirmation
that Uruguay has decided
to break diplomatic relations with the
Soviet Union. Government leaders are
known to have been considering such a
move, however, and it could be justified
by a long history of Soviet activity
among Uruguayan Communists and Communists
from other Latin American countries.
The immediate danger to President
Castello Branco's government has con-
tinued to recede following last Sunday's
peaceful inauguration of the controversial
Governor Negrao de Lima in Rio de Janeiro.
Yesterday, a special military tribunal
rejected the hard-liners' request for
Negrao's preventive arrest.
Castello Branco will, however, re-
main under pressure for stronger measures
against the "enemies of the revolution"--
subversives and corrupt politicians. (
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