THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 6 OCTOBER 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968562
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: October 6, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
6 OCTOBER 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
6 OCTOBER 1966
1. South Vietnam
2. North Korea
The leaders in Saigon are expres-
sing their opposition to use of the
1954 Geneva agreements as a frame of
reference for future Vietnam peace ne-
gotiations.
Ky told newsmen this week that he
does not accept the Geneva Accords be-
cause "the situation now is different
and the goal is different."
Chief of State Thieu is trying to
line up South Korean and Thai support
In a "plague on both your houses"
speech yesterday, Premier Kim Il-song
rounded on the Soviet Union and Com-
munist China. Implying they were
equally guilty of sacrificing the in-
terests of other Communist states in
their feud, Kim hit the Russians for
backsliding "weakness against imperial-
ism" and the Chinese for pretensions
to be "the center of world revolution."
For several years, Kim has maneu-
vered between the two Communist giants
but this is his most striking bid yet
to set North Korea on an independent
course between Moscow and Peking.
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3. Soviet Union
4. Ghana
Two of the Russian cosmonauts have
been talking a bit recently about the
Soviet manned space program. One of
them said that work on a new space vehicle
had caused the long standstill in the
program; he implied that there had been
difficulties. The last Soviet manned
flight was in March 1965.
The other cosmonaut hinted that the
next Soviet mission would be radically
different.
We have a number of indications
that the Soviets are working toward a
flight of a month or more. We also
know that they have a new booster avail-
able with triple the weight-lifting ca-
pacity of their current model. (This is
the one used to orbit the "Proton" 27,000-
pound satellites.)
All these programs could contribute
to developing a manned space station--
a likely goal for the Russians during
the 1967-69 period.
Ghana has decided to break relations
with Communist China. This has been in
the works for some time,
The Ghanaians closed down the Cuban
Embassy in Accra last month. The Rus-
sians, however, will probably get no
more than the implied warning.
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5. Panama
6. West Germany
7. Jordan-Syria
Opposition leader and former presi-
dent Arnulfo Arias believes a canal
treaty settlement will be postponed un-
til after 1968 because of political con-
ditions in both the US and Panama. He
says that the treaty and rising unem-
ployment will be major issues in Panama's
1968 election.
Arias also says that he will start
soon to "create trouble" for the Robles
government. He indicated that his party
must be ready to go to any length to re-
turn to power.
Dissatisfaction with Erhard shows
no sign of letting up, but the Chancel-
lor himself seems to think he can
weather the storm. The general impres-
sion in Bonn is that the leadership
situation will not change much one way
or the other until after the Bavarian
state elections.in late November.
The Jordanians have admitted to our
embassy that they are in touch with a
number of dissident groups in Syria.
Word of these contacts is almost bound
to leak--adding new grist to the propa-
ganda mills in Damascus and Cairo about
a Jordanian-US plot against Syria.
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