THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 29 JUNE 1965

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005967756
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: June 29, 1965

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
29 JUNE 1965
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DAILY BRIEF
29 JUNE 1965
1. Vietnam
2. South Vietnam
Soviet efforts to deter a US esca-
lation of the war are continuing.
Ambassador Kohler reports that a col-
league in Moscow has passed along a com-
ment from a Soviet official that if the
situation in Vietnam continues along
present lines, Moscow may have to "counter-
attack the other side where it is most
vulnerable--that is, Germany."
The Soviet added that both Moscow
and Washington want to prevent Chinese
domination of Southeast Asia. The solu-
tion, he said, is an independent, neu-
tralized Vietnam, guaranteed by the US
and the USSR, "as in Laos."
Kohler's source gathered that Mos-
cow wants discussions, but cannot see 50X1
how to participate without laying itself
open to Peiping's attacks.
The Viet Cong are keeping up the pres-
sure in Kontum Province. They shelled
two district capitals last night and are
still apparently in centrol of the town
of Tou Marong. Government forces in
Kontum town have not attempted to retake
Tou Marong because they anticipate a
large-scale attack against the provin-
cial capital. (See map.)
Viet Cong sabotage of roads and
bridges continues to increase. the
week ending last Sunday, there'were 36
incidents reported, a rise* Of_8,:most -
of them in the II Corps Area of north-
central Vietnam.
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3. France
4. Rumania
5. Ecua:dor
De Gaulle appears to be taking
cautious steps toward closer French-
British relations.
Since the cordial De Gaulle -Wilson
discussions in April, the two countries
have exchanged views on a variety of is-
sues and stepped up cooperation in in-
dustrial affairs, including joint mili-
tary aircraft production.
De Gaulle may have in mind something
beyond the more obvious benefits of close
French-British ties. He may be begin-
ning to lay the groundwork for replace-
ment of NATO with a series of bilateral
treaties, a plan he has broached in sev-
eral recent conversations.
Rumania has told the USSR that its
armed forces are no longer considered di-
rectly subordinate to the Warsaw Pact com-
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Marshal Grechko, Soviet Commander
of the Warsaw Pact, visited Bucharest
in mid-June to complain of Rumania's in-
subordination. Rumanian officials re-
plied that decisions of the pact must
be approved first by the Bucharest gov-
ernment before Rumanian armed forces can
comply.
The Rumanians also rebuffed Grechko's
efforts to have them order more equip-
ment from Moscow. He was told the Ru-
manian armed forces were adequately
equipped and that local industry would
take care of future needs as much as
possible.
The army mutiny noted in yesterday's
Brief was short-lived. It was caused by
local troop grievances, and is now under
control.
Other trouble may be in store, how-
ever. Civilian elements opposing the
ruling military junta are threatening
to hold demonstrations in Quito and Guaya-
quil on 9 July. They hope to pressure
the regime into speeding up the selec-
tion of a civilian president, now sched-
uled for mid-1966.
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6. Dominican Republic Juan Bosch still is planning to
leave Puerto Rico, but apparently not
for the Dominican Republic. Although
he has been trying to get to Venezuela,'
French officials still believe he is
going to Paris, as reported in Satur-
day's Brief.
Rebel spokesmen claim that fighting
broke out yesterday in a small mountain 50X1
town about 40 miles north of Santo Do-
mingo,
7. India
Ethiopia
The Organization of American States
team has now received expressions of will-
ingness to serve in a provisional govern-
ment from a number of respectable and
respected Dominicans. This does not in-
clude former president Joaquin Balaguer,
now creating a popular stir in Santo
Domingo while he visits his mother.
Balaguer,has stated publicly that, while
he endorses the proposals of the Organi-
zation of American States, he wants to
be a presidential candidate in the next
election. This would rule out his serv-
ing in a provisional government.
Today's signing of an Indian-Paki-
stan cease-fire in the Rann of Kutch takes
the issue out of the crisis category and
relieves serious domestic pressure on
Shastri. The boundary remains to be
settled, however, and the expected drawn-
out negotiations may well bring new fric-
tions.
The US Embassy believes that Ethio-
pian recognition of Communist China--an
issue that has been blowing hot and cold
for more than a year--will be delayed
until at least 1966. The embassy's op-
timism is based on signs of Ethiopian
satisfaction with the recent US deci-
sion to honor the Emperor's request for
budgetary aid.
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