THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE REVIEW 29 MAY-2 JUNE 1964

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• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005959213
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
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• Publication Date: June 2, 1964

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE REVIEW
ISSUED BY THE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
29 MAY - 2 JUNE 1964
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1.
2 June 1964
Labs: The military lull continues.
Poor weather has made movement on both sides
difficult and held down air strikes by the
Lao Air Force.
The consultations in Vientiane suggested..
by the British have got under way. The Indians
showed up, but the French did not.
Souphannouvong, viewing with satisfaction
his recent military gains, has now sent word
to Souvanna Phouma that he is ready to talk.
This little carrot follows Souphannouvong's
action Saturday in withdrawing all remaining
Pathet Lao from Vientiane. Implicit in this
was the threat to set up a separate Laotian
government with Communist and left-leaning
neutralists, which we know has been under
consideration.
Rightists in Vientiane, who do not trust
Souvadina, are letting it be known that there
could be another, and more complete, coup if
there is any backsliding on his part.
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2. Congo: The Congolese Army, disorganized
and spiritless as it is, is still holding on
in Kivu.
The insurgents are some 15-20 miles away,
and two companies of Congolese soldiers are
dug in between there and Bukavu. The insurgents
could outflank these positions by moving through
neighboring Rwanda or by reaching some sort
of agreement with the Mwami of Kabare, who
really runs things in this part of Kivu.
However this comes out, it has not added
luster to the already cloudy reputation of
the Congolese Army. Even Mobutu, long its
principal booster, now admits it is "worthless."
Its record in Kivu will only stimulate
antigovernment: activity elsewhere. Things
are already stirring in nearby Stanleyville.
Bad as the military situation is, the
political situation is as bad or even worse
in the opinion of the Belgians. In their eyes
the Adoula government is totally inept and
needs an infusion of new blood before it will
be able to re-establish anything approaching
political authority.
3. South Vietnam: Khanh has disposed of the
case of the four generals detained since the
January coup by setting them free in return
for a pledge of loyalty and then putting them
on ice by assigning them to a special staff
in Dalat with no visible functions.
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This action, though long needed, will not
of itself free Khanh from the many political
and religious problems which hound him.
Big Minh, for example, is taking soundings
among Saigon's political opportunists. Khanh
is aware of this and Minh may wind up as an
ambassador in a quiet spot abroad.
The trial of Major Dang Sy, opening Tues-
day, touches a sore spot between Catholic and
Buddhist, and will give extremists in both
camps something to scream about.
Military activity has been at a relatively
low level the past few days.
4. Cuba-USSR: With the Cubans now in con-
trol of air defense radars in central Cuba
and with their training cycle on the SAMs
about over, the withdrawal of additional Soviet
military personnel is getting under way.
left
four
now,
Four ships with up to 1,000 passengers
Cuba for the USSR during May. There are
more ships en route or in Cuban ports
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5. India: To Lal Bahadur Shastri, who has
spent most of his career as somebody else's
deputy, falls the job of guiding India through
its first change of leadership.
His talent for conciliation and the wide
support he enjoys should help him to maintain
the legacy for stability for some time.
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6. Tanganyika-Zanzibar: The return of
energetic Foreign Minister Kambona has brought
new impetus to consummating the five-week-old
union. He has appointed union ambassadors to
several major countries, including the US,
and first steps have been taken to begin
amalgamating the armies and police.
These, however, have not had much effect
on the reluctant Zanzibaris, who on their
island continue to act very much as if no
union ceremony was ever performed.
Babu, who still thinks of himself as a
foreign minister, has ordered that all cloves--
the island's main export--be sold in Zanzibar's
name, not the union's. He is also negotiating
a trade agreement between Communist China and
"the Peoples' Republic of Zanzibar."
7. South Korea: President Pak has rejected
Kim Chong-pil's latest offer to resign and
seems as determined as always to retain Kim
in one capacity or another.
Though this episode leaves Kim and his
militant supporters in a strong position, his
many. opponents still have their sights trained
on him, and on Pak,
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8, Cyprus: Anti-British feeling among the
Greek Cypriots is still running high, although
street rallies against them have tapered off.
The future of the UN force comes before
the Security Council next week. Makarios and
the Greeks have let it be known they are for
a three-month extension, but would like to
see its terms of reference amended. So would
the Turks, though not in the same way.
The Turkish Army is about to begin
another exercise in the area opposite Cyprus,
which will send temperatures up again.
9. Algeria: Ben Bella's opposition, though
still badly divided, is stirring again. His
opponents think they have an issue now in Ben
Bella's growing identification with pro-Soviet
causes.
This is not wildly popular in Algeria
and Defense Minister Boumedienne has let it
be known that he disagrees completely with his
chief on this score. We have long thought
the ambitious Boumedienne would emerge even-
tually as Ben Bella's chief rival.
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10. Indonesia-Malaysia: Not all the details
for a Maphilindo summit meeting have been
worked out and hitches could still develop.
All Sukarno, the chief proponent, has
agreed to so far is to "begin" to withdraw
his guerrillas from Malaysian soil. Any fur-
ther withdrawals are conditioned on how the
talks go.
11. Communist China:
12. Jordan-USSR:
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13.
USSR: A Soviet signal intelligence
ship,
the first to appear in Southeast Asian
waters,
is, we believe, monitoring communications from
the SEATO amphibious exercise now undbr -way.
14.
USSR: The Soviets fired three, possilA
four, ICBMs from Tyuratam17
Saturday, including the two new
ones
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that have been under test recently.
15.
Argentina: The General Confederation
of
Labor beginning Tuesday intends to stage
a
series of brief sit-ins at various public
service facilities. The government, caught
between labor pressures and rising public and
employer criticism, has put the unions on notice
that force may be used to prevent interference
with public utilities.
17. Cuba-Sweden: SKF has agreed to supply
nearly a million dollars worth of badly needed
bearings to Cuba, and the total contract could
run a good deal higher.
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