THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 3 MARCH 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968184
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: March 3, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
3 MARCH 1966
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SOUTHEASTERN LAOS
Mu Girl
Pass
Quang Khe
C/7
10)
NORTH
VIETNAM
Dong Ho
05
4 103
Road built or improved since 1964
? ? ? ? ? Road under construction -
Road existing, 1964
? Track or trail existing, 1964
101
Vin Liph
tDEMARCATION LINE
Approximate area of Communist control
Dong Ha
uan Tri
DA NAN
Ben
Giang
23/16
Dak Nhe
NORTH
VIETNAM
65
avane
SOUTH
IETNAM
Dak Sut
THAILAND
KONTUM
CAMBODIA
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DAILY BRIEF
3 MARCH 1966
1. South Vietnam
2. Laos
3. Indonesia
Saigon's new economic minister has
told US officials that he is reluctant
to initiate any dramatic moves that
would endanger his position in the gov-
ernment. He is also unwilling to approve
certain economic measures discussed at
Honolulu even though it was made clear
to him that both South Vietnam and the
US had already reached agreement on them.
The minister says that he wants to
proceed slowly so as not to arouse power-
ful business interests. The US mission
strongly questions this approach because
of the dangerous economic situation.
A large number of Communist trucks--
perhaps as many as 400--were spotted over
an eight-day period recently moving down
the infiltration corridor south of the
Mu Gia Pass. All of these trucks, ex-
cept one convoy which carried supplies
and towed artillery pieces, were loaded
with enemy soldiers. It is not known
whether these troops were heading for
South Vietnam or being positioned for
road repair work along the corridor. (Map)
Sukarno ordered the university in
Djakarta temporarily closed today in
his latest effort to overcome the defi-
ance of anti-Communist students. Some
non-Communist labor unions have agreed
to join the student protest movement,
and some kind of joint demonstration is
likely. Typically, however, the mili-
tary remains on ,the sidelines.
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. Ghana
5. Rhodesia
The bizarre political gambit through
which Nkrumah became the nominal head of
state in Guinea is a psychological move
with little real meaning. It does, how-
ever, give Nkrumah a secure base of opera-
tions in Guinea where his radical col-
league, Sekou Toure, has apparently de-
cided to go all out in support of Nkru-
mah's ambitions for a comeback. The
present wildly anti-Nkrumah climate in
Ghana, however, argues that Nkrumah's
prospects are very dim.
The Ghana coup is further harden-
ing the lines between the moderate and
radical African states. Four delega-
tions--representing Guinea, Mali, Tan-
zania, and Egypt--walked out of the Or-
ganization of African Unity meeting in
Addis Ababa today. They explained that
they could not sit in the same room with
representatives of the new Ghanaian Gov-
ernment, whom they called "tools of im-
perialism."
The oil embargo is crumbling. Sig-
nificant amounts of oil are coming into
Rhodesia from South Africa, and now it
appears that much larger quantities may
shortly come by sea and then through
Portu?uese Mozambi ue.
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6. Dominican Republic
7. Cuba
Garcia Godoy seems not overly dis-
turbed thus far by the reaction to last
week's compromise solution to the im-
passe over the military chiefs. He im-
plied to Ambassador Bunker that despite
Bosch's public blast on Monday, the re-
action was generally milder than might
have been expected. He said he intends
to take further actions designed to im-
prove the climate for the 1 June elec-
tions.
This climate is likely to take a
turn for the worse, however, if former
rebel leader Francisco Caamano makes a
sudden reappearance on the Dominican
scene. 1
Occasional military cargoes are
still arriving in Cuba from the Soviet
Union.
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