THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 19 MAY 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968319
• 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 19, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
19 MAY 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
19 MAY 1966
1. South Vietnam
Da Nang was reported to be quiet
tonight after the clash there earlier
today.
Just who is in command of the gov-
ernment force at Da Nang is not clear
at the moment. The new corps commander
and part of his staff have taken refuge
at US headquarters, and National Police
Director Loan, who was on the scene ap-
parently undercutting him, has gone back
to Saigon. The unit commanders on the
spot are reported to be under orders to
watch the pagodas but not to attack them.
Premier Ky told Deputy Ambassador Porter
today in Saigon that his plan now is to
cordon them off to block the entrance
of supplies.
Ky also says he has made no plan
to move against Hue. He apparently hopes
the dissident military force there will
wither on the vine; the troops, he claims,
will begin to desert back to their units
when their pay is due at the end of the
month.
In Hue, General Thi, whose sched-
uled meeting with Ky fell apart, takes
the line that as long as Ky stays in
power "there will be turmoil," and that
any meeting between the two must be in
Hue on Thi's terms.
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2. Soviet Union
3. France
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4. Cuba
5. Dominican Republic
6. Indonesia
Bosch's party has withdrawn the
election boycott threat, at least for
this time, and there are signs that the
candidate's grandstand play may have
backfired.
Bosch's detailed charges that inci-
dents of "political persecution" have
taken place in various parts of the coun-
try have proven exaggerated, misleading,
or mere rumormongering.
Smile, Bosch partisans are reported?
convinced that their campaign has lost
ground in recnt weeks. They say they
need at least 45 more days to reverse
what they sense to be a swing to Bala-
guer. Thus they are seeking ways to
have the elections postponed, at least
until 1 July.
There are signs of progress in For-
eign Minister Malik's effort to end Su-
karno's old policy of "confrontation"
against Malaysia.
official talks between the two countries
may get under way next week.
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