THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 22 MARCH 1965

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005967584
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: March 22, 1965

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
22 MARCH 1965
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DAILY BRIEF
22 MARCH 1965
1. Vietnam
2. Communist China
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Peiping today came down hard on
the I March meeting of Communist parties
in Moscow. Condemning Moscow's spon-
sorship of this "divisive meeting" in
bitter terms, Peiping declared that the
Sino-Soviet dispute has now entered a new
phase and called on Moscow to capitulate
with a public admission of its errors.
Moscow's call for a cessation of polemics
is explicitly rejected, and Peiping ob-
viously intends to go all out.
The Soviet dilemma in Vietnam is
worsened by this outburst. Any gesture
of aid to Hanoi will now appear as a
capitulation to Chinese pressure, while
a continued delay Q1 aid will seem to
prove the Chinese charges.
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South Vietnam
4. Cyprus
Ambassador Taylor had another gen-
erally encouraging talk with Premier
Quat this morning. Quat says his gov-
ernment's relations with the military
remain "satisfactory," and the civilians
were giving him no difficulties.
Quat reiterated previous statements
that the air strikes are having an "ex-
cellent" effect on South Vietnamese mo-
rale. The recent speed-up, he said,had
quieted some local discontent over what
he called the previously slow pace. He
thinks the leadership in Hanoi is now
probably confused and uncertain over how
to respond.
When queried by Taylor about the prog-
ress of plans to solve South Vietnam's
military manpower shortage, Quat seemed
less optimistic. He shunted aside the
question of introducing foreign--includ-
ing American--combat forces,saying he
would like to discuss it later. Ambas-
sador Taylor says he received the im-
pression that Quat had not thought this
question through.
Ambassador Hare's talks late last
week with Turkish leaders Urguplu and
Isik were not encouraging. Their ear-
lier restraint had changed to truculence,
and Ambassador Hare concludes that they
seem to be ready to "shoot the works"
if they do not get from the Greeks sat-
isfactory assurances that the Turkish
Cypriots will be left alone. Urguplu
warned that should the US seek to re-
strain Turkey as it did in 1964, the
results would be "catastrophic" for US-
Turkish relations.
A brief survey of the
situation is at Annex.
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5. Indonesia
6. Rumania
Nicolae Ceausescu has been elected
as the new party first secretary to suc-
ceed Gheorghiu-Dej. Ceausescu will
probably follow, the independent line of
his predecessor in foreign affairs and
may introduce some relaxation of hard-
line policies at home. The rapidity of
his selection suggests the top party
leadership remains strongly unified.
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ANNEX
The Situation in Cyprus
The abrupt change in the Turks' attitude prob-
ably results from domestic pressures on the leaders
of the new government. Both the military and civilian
politicians seem determined to force an early show-
down, regardless of the cost. Ambassador Hare rates
very low the possibility that Urguplu may still be
bluffing.
High-level government meetings on the crisis
have been in progress over the weekend and will con-
tinue through tomorrow. The product of these delib-
erations will probably be what amounts to an ulti-
matum to Athens demanding an end to "inhuman" treat-
ment of the Turkish Cypriots, cessation of arms im-
ports, and a reduction of Greek military strength
on the island. The Turks have warned that the Greeks
will be given but a short time in which to give a
positive response. Otherwise, the Turks propose to
intervene.
In Athens, the Greeks have seized on US proposals
to end the crisis. Premier Papandreou has agreed
"without reservations" to a six-month moratorium on
provocations from the Greek side, if the Turks will
undertake not to intervene by force. General Grivas
has agreed "in principle," and a high-level delega-
tion has gone to Nicosia to try to obtain Makarios'
acceptance. Athens reports that Makarios has al-
ready agreed to rotation of the Turkish contingent
on 28-29 March.
It seems doubtful that these indications of Greek
goodwill will be sufficient in themselves to satisfy
the Turks in their present mood. Moreover, it would
be politically impossible for Papandreou to extend
such concessions once it became known that the Turks
had issued an ultimatum of the kind they are consider-
ing. The idea of direct Greek-Turkish talks has dis-
appeared for the moment
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ANNEX (Cont'd)
Ankara may have a distorted impression of the
current situation. UN and other observers agree
that the Turkish Cypriots, while undergoing occa-
sional harassment, are in fact not living under the
"inhuman" conditions which Turkish officials in Nico-
sia are describing"
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