THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 16 JULY 1965

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005967786
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: July 16, 1965

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
16 JULY 1965
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DAILY BRIEF
16 JULY 1965
1.. South Vietnam
2. Vietnam
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Emanations have been monitored over
Hanoi from what may be a radar commonly
used for target acquisition at Soviet
surface-to-air missile sites. Although
such radar sets are also used for early
warning, this may be a tentative sign
that missile equipment is being installed.
There is no evidence, however, of the
presence of missile guidance radar.
On 15 July, for over three hours
during US air strikes on North Vietnamese
targets, as many as 24 Communist jet
fighters may have patrolled over the
Langson to Hanoi stretch of the vital
rail line from China (see map). This
must reflect either increasing Communist
concern for this transport artery or a
desire to protect a particular high-
priority shipment.
Communications intelligence con-
tinues to indicate Chinese Communist
military logistics support activity in
South China along the key and apparently
congested route into North Vietnam. A
Chinese military entity continues to
communicate from northeast North Vietnam,
but clarification of its role is still
lacking.
Intercepts also indicate that for
about a month a small number of Chinese
vessels (possibly as many as 18) have
been operating under naval control in
North Vietnamese coastal waters between
Haiphong and Mong Cai. The vessel types
are unknown. It cannot so far be de-
termined whether they are patrolling,
ferrying military supplies, or possibly
surveying what the Chinese may envisage
to be a future Chinese naval operating area.
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3. Greece
4. Canada
5. Venezuela
The crisis is deepening, and the
possibility of extreme action is growing.
The King's premier-designate,
Athanasiades-Novas, is reported to have
formed a cabinet today. However,
his chances of ob-
taining the necessary parliamentary ap-
proval are steadily declining. The
King is said to have other candidates
to fall back on, but their vote-getting
ability may also prove inadequate.
Meanwhile, Papandreou's forces,
with leftist support, are whipping up
antimonarchial feeling throughout the
country. A leftist-backed student
demonstration is scheduled for the
capital tonight.
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Canada's longstanding tug of war
between provincial and federal authori-
ties will dominate the conference of
premiers which starts in Ottawa on Mon-
day.
French-speaking Quebec is expected
to up its demands for political and
economic autonomy. The premiers of the
other provinces--particularly conserva-
tive British Columbia?are also pushing
for more "rights" which, if granted,
could weaken the central government.
Prime Minister Pearson has already
made numerous concessions to preserve
harmony, but this has only whetted pro-
vincial appetites.
? The conference will probably end
in short-term compromises, but no long-
lasting solution appears in sight.
The government has indefinitely
postponed its plan to occupy the Cen-
tral University. It apparently has
had second thoughts about risking the
adverse political effects of such a
move.
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6. Laos
7. USSR
Maneuvering among Laotian politi-
cal factions is accelerating as this
Sunday's National Assembly elections
approach.
The Communist Pathet Lao is boy-
cotting the elections, but competition
has been keen among the 200-odd non-
Communist candidates for the 59 seats.
The results will not be made public
until mid-August, so a prolonged period
of infighting is likely.
There have been no more stirrings
among the rightist military leaders who
shelved their coup plans earlier this
week. Nevertheless, the King has taken
the precautionary step of asking Premier
Souvanna Phouma to shorten his vacation
in Europe and return home.
The USSR claimed today that it had
launched a scientific space station
weighing more than 26,000 pounds. This
would be more than twice the estimated
weight of any previous Soviet satellite.
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The stated purpose of the satellite--
to measure high-energy particles--would
not appear to justify its large size,
suggesting that in this first flight the
payload is largely ballast.
Earlier today Moscow claimed to
have orbited five satellites with a
single vehicle. The launch has been
confirmed, but the number of satellites
hs not yet been established. The So-
viets have three times previously orbited
triple payloads at one launch.
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