THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 23 MAY 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968325
• 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 23, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
23 MAY 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
23 MAY 1966
1. South Vietnam
Antigovernment resistance in Da
Nang has crumbled completely. The gov-
ernment intends to put "pressure" on
Hue, but we know of no plans for a
military assault on that city.
Ky apparently intends to be mag-
nanimous in victory. Today he told
Ambassador Lodge that he would give am-
nesty to those who had surrendered at
the main Da Nang pagoda. He also said
he was planning a Berlin-type airlift
of food and medicines to the city.
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Ky hopes to use the "peoples con-
gress" scheduled for Saigon tomorrow--
at which he says there will be repre-
sentatives from Hue and Da Nang--to
capitalize politically on his Da Nang
victory. He plans to reiterate his
desire to hold elections.
In Da Nang itself there was no no-
ticeable gloating or rejoicing by govern-
ment troops, who during the afternoon
busily used leaflets, broadcasts, and
handbills in an effort to win support
frOm the population.
The Buddhists may try to keep the
pot boiling, however. Today, Tri Quang,
in a "heated, well-modulated shout,"
berated the, US vice consul in Hue for
what he termed US alliance with Thieu
and Ky, and made veiled threats of "mas-
sive demonstrations" and "direct action"
against the consulate. A two-hour anti-
American demonstration outside the Bud-
dhist Institute in Saigon today was
broken up by Vietnamese paratroopers
and marines.
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2. Indonesia
3. Mozambique
Uganda
Indonesian Foreign Minister Malik
now plans to meet Malaysian Deputy Pre-
mier Razak in Bangkok at the end of the
month. Malik says he hopes to have the
confrontation issue finally buttoned up
shortly thereafter.
Malik realizes, however, that Su-
karno may not support the agreement
which Malik hopes to reach with Razak.
If this is the case, Malik will wait to
table his plan until August when the
Provisional Assembly is scheduled to
meet.
Rebel activity in northern Mozam-
bique is inching upwards. Portuguese
officials say that their forces last
week defeated the largest single rebel
push to date--some 1,500 guerrillas who
had moved in from across the Tanzanian
border.
The Portuguese added 3,500 addi-
tional troops to their 30,000-man force
in Mozambique last week Others will
probably be needed.
Disturbances have broken out be-
tween Obote's central forces and sup- ?
porters of one of Uganda's leading re-
gional leaders. The basic issue is
Obote's high-handed methods and his
bloodless coup of last February.
During the weekend, firing was re-
ported on the outskirts of Kampala,
and government roadblocks have been
set up since that time. Both sides
seem ready and able to continue the
fight.
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5. Dominican Republic
6. Bolivia
The political temperature is be--
coming dangerously-hot as the Domini-
can election campaign goes into its
final week. There have already been
sporadic incidents of violence recently,
and the charges and countercharges of
fraud, corruption, and intimidation are
growing more numerous with each passing
day. In this situation, the chances
for serious disturbances before 1 June
are very real.
The military junta is still deter--
mined to hold elections on 3 July. The
recent efforts by opposition parties to
get a 90-day delay have been summarily
rejected.
This turn of events considerably
improves the chances for a peaceful
resolution of Bolivia's political crisis,
although there is still ample time for
the situation to fall apart.
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