THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 12 MARCH 1965

• Document Type: FOIA
• Keywords: DIF-DUP
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005967568
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: March 12, 1965

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
12 MARCH 1965
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DAILY BRIEF
12 MARCH 1965 1
1.. Laos
2. Cyprus
The Communists are keeping up pres-
sure on government positions in widely
scattered areas. Inconclusive skirmish-
ing continues southwest of Samneua. The
most effective forces containing the
Pathet 'Lao clearing operation in this
area continue to be the Meo tribe guer-
rillas under General yang Pao.
The Communists are also keeping
the pressure on down south, where .gov-
ernment troops have gradually advanced
well to the east of Savannakhet. A bat-
talion-sized Pathet Lao raid against
communications in this area was thrown
back on Tuesday. _Laotian Air Force T-28s
were again apparently highly effective.
(See map.)
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3. Vietnam
4. France
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Premier- Quat has issued a "program
of total struggle" against the Commu-
nists. The program includes army re-
form, police reinforcement, improvement
of youth: organizations,and other measures
to help defeat the Communists.
The Buddhists open their annual
general assembly on Sunday. The so-
called. "peace movement," led by monk
Quang Lien, is likely to cause dissen-
sion in the meeting.
The Viet Cong continue a high level
of activity throughout the country. Out-
posts and hamlets in the northern prov-
inces in the central highlands, in the
area east of Saigon, and in the delta
have been attacked in the past few days.
No significant shifts in the atti-
tudes of the principal Communist govern-
ments involved in the situation have
been reported.
Rumors that De Gaulle is seriously
ill continue to crop up. They are to
be given another lengthy airing shortly
in Newsweek. Embassy Paris repeats that
it has no evidence to support these
"tales." All evidence available to the
embassy--De Gaulle's appearance, his
schedule, and the like--point to his
being fit and active.
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5. Communist China
6. Congo
7. USSR
Reports continue to come in of
raiding across the Congo frontier from
Uganda. The raiders are said to include
Congolese rebels, Kenyans, Ugandans,
and Tanzanians, often dressed in Ugan-
dan uniforms.
Such intervention, supported by
Obote of Uganda, the Algerians, and the
Egyptians is likely to continue. The
failure of the recent Nairobi confer-
ence to call for an end to help for the
rebels may even encourage these elements
to ste en aid.
A Soviet lunar probe apparently
failed early todayi
Since 1962, the Soviets have attempted
six lunar probes, only one of which was
successfully ejected from parking orbit.
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