THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 16 MARCH 1965

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005967574
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: March 16, 1965

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
16 MARCH 1965
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DAILY BRIEF
16 MARCH 1965
1.. Congo
2. Vietnam
The long-awaited government cam-
paign to seal off the Congo's north-
eastern borders got under way yester-
day. A mixed column of mercenaries and
Congolese troops under an able South
African, Col. Hoare, is pushing up the
road from Bunia to Mahagi and the U an-
dan frontier. (See ma..)
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The Saigon scene was quiet today,
but the tempo promises to pick up before
the week is out.
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command changes, was apparently post-
poned.
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3. Latin America Latin American Communists
4. Cyprus
5. Israel
Party leaders are now empha-
sizing the need for interparty coordi-
nation. Also, they are increasing coop-
eration with non-Communist "liberation"
movements./
/ Plans
are now going forward for a Latin Ameri-
can "solidarity with Cuba" conference.
Details are at Annex.
Greek and Turkish Cypriots are
still firing on one another near Lefka
in the western part of the island. (See
map.) Communal tensions are building
up elsewhere.
Turkey has reacted characteris-
tically, ordering a number of highly
visible military moves designed to in-
timidate the Greek Cypriots./
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Small-scale fire fights between
Israeli and Syrian border guards have
become an almost daily occurrence. Most
of these incidents are taking place in
a section of the northern border where
Israel is trying to set up a buffer zone
to protect its Lake Tiberias pumping sta-
tion. Tensions are mounting and so is
the danger that one of these local affairs
may get out of hand.
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Latin American Communist Activity
Last November's Havana meeting, held under ex-
ceptionally tight security, was an effort to end
divisions that have long plagued Latin American
Communists. Subsequent press statements by various
party leaders have stressed the importance of co-
ordinated effort in place of "piecemeal" revolution-
ary tactics. In December, Cuba's Che Guevara and
Chile's pro-Castro Senator Allende called for for-
mation of a Latin American "internationale."
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ANNEX
The new generation of pro-Castro Communists
has caused much of the friction within the Latin
American parties. Their militancy, patterned after
the Chinese Communists, had alienated them from
their old-line, Moscow-oriented comrades.
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How well the various parties will carry out
this new strategy is not yet clear. Their chronic
tendencies toward fractionalization will be dif-
ficult to overcome. Nevertheless, the evidence at
this point suggests that a rise in Communist strength
and effectiveness throughout Latin America is in
store.
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