THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 31 MAY 1965

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005967706
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: May 31, 1965

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
31 MAY 1965
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DAILY BRIEF
31 MAY 1965
Dominican Republic
.LATE ITEM
There have been no new disturbances
outside-Santo Domingo, since yesterday's
leftist-inspired demonstration at San
Francisco de Macoris. Here, while
police tried to control a crowd demon-
strating before the police building, a
group trying to enter from the rear to
capture arms lost one member td police
fire.
The longer the political stalemate
endures, as the populace grows restless
for a solution, the more likelihood
there is that demonstrations of any
stripe can lead to trouble. The heavy
rains, however, may serve as a deter-
rent factor.
No reports have been received of
any new incidents in Santo DomingoAt-
self.
There is some indication that pres-
sures may, be growing for an expanded
United Nations role in the search for a
settlement, particularly now that both
the Imbert and the Caamano camps are
railing increasingly at Jose Mora of
the Organization of American States.
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DAILY BRIEF
31 May 1965
I. North Vietnam
2. South Vietnam
The cabinet crisis is still unre-
solved.
The National Legislative Council
was to meet today on the constitutional
question. No results of its outcome
have been reported. The Council presi-
dent, after a talk with Ambassador Taylor
this morning, appeared prepared to push
for a vote backing Premier Quat.
South Vietnamese reinforcements
have been brought into the area of Ba
Gia in Quang Ngai Province, the scene
of this.weekend's heavy engagement.
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3. Bolivia
4. Communist China
Barrientos has assured the US am-
bassador he intends to carry out reforms
in the mines, and he appears determined
to use force if necessary.
Mine leaders are reported search-
ing desperately for some means to pre-
serve their power and positions. They
appear anxious to buy time by a truce
or some other face-saving agreement,
which they would probably break at the
first sign of government weakness.
The miners may be counting on a
Barrientos-Ovando showdown to give them
new life. A victory by Barrientos
would probably mean continued govern-
ment control of the mines. If Ovando
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ensuing instability would work in the
miners' favor.
Despite Peiping's denial, there is
considerable circumstantial evidence
suggesting that Mao Tse-tung may. be
Mao has not been seen in public
since 14 March. He apparently did not
receive North Vietnamese leaders during
their visit to Peiping last month. He
did not attend the 13 April funeral of
politburo member Ko Ching-shih, a close
colleague. Mao's picture was not in-
cluded in a newspaper photo of a visit-
ing Egyptian delegation, an exceptional
omission. He also missed the May Day
activities, but this has happened before.
Mao could be merely on vacation.
These peculiarities of reporting on
his activities, however, along with his
advanced age (71)
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that his health has suffered a serious
decline.
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. Syria
6. Japan
7. France
The power struggle within the
Syrian Army may be coming to a head.
-The contest between radical and
relatively moderate elements has been
smoldering for a long time. A contro-
versy over policy toward Israel and
the handling of the recent trial of an
Israeli spy appears to be pushing the
dispute to a climax. ,The result is
unlikely to change the basic Baathist--
-Arab socialist--nature of the govern-
ment, but a shuffling of the top mili-
tary leaderhip may occur.
Japanese leftists are trying to
capitalize on the widespread public op-
position to US bombings of North Viet-
nam. Leftist intellectuals, socialists,
and trade union leaders are now working
with Communist party officials to spon-
sor a protest demonstration on 9 June.
This is the first united leftist effort
on the national level since the riots
of 1960, which Caused the cancellation
of President Eisenhower's visit.
The-underground nuclear test in
the Sahara has been postponed. The
test was apparently first scheduled
for toda but
/there will be at
least a few days' delay.
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