THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 9 JULY 1965

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005967774
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: July 9, 1965

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
9 JULY 1965
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DAILY BRIEF
9 JULY 1965
1. Vietnam
Hanoi has given UK emissary Harold
Davies a rather cool welcome, which em-
phasizes he is being received on a per-
sonal basis.
Davies, who expects to spend four
days in Hanoi, has been instructed to
confine himself to urging Hanoi to ac-
cept the Commonwealth mission. The North
Vietnamese radio, however, has already
said that his visit would not lead to
this result.
In South Vietnam,
morale of government
troops has slipped to a new low.
the mora e
rise engendered by the first air strikes
has worn off and that morale is being
sapped by the high casualties suffered
since the Viet Cong monsoon campaign
got under way.
2. Dominican Republic No new developments were reported
from Santo Domingo today.
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3. Algeria
4. Italy
The makeup of Algeria's new 26-man,
"Revolutionary Council"--announced by
Boumedienne this week--shows little prom-
ise of providing effective leadership.
One of the main problems is the lack
of administrative talent to correct the
mismanagement of the Ben Bella era.
Boumedienne
tried to persuade several of the old
leaders of the revolution., to join him,
but their price was too high. As a re-
sult, the key ministers are mostly Ben
Bella holdmiers who show no signs that
they know what should be done differently
The government continues to get cool
treatment from the public and Boumedienne
in turn is probably under heavy .pressure
to make quickeconomic improvements.
Premier Moro's Christian Democrats
may again face some heavy weather.
Another financial scandal involv-
ing a prominent member of the party is
increasing the friction between the
Christian Democrats and its coalition
partners. The Socialists, the second
largest party in the coalition, have
lined up with opposition forces on this
question.
The scandal itself is unlikely to
produce a government crisis, but it could
trigger a showdown between Christian
Democrats and Socialists over basic pol-
iCy, differences.
5. World Peace Congress /1World Peace Congress, staged by
a Soviet-controlled front, the World
Peace Council, opens tomorrow in Hel-
sinki. Its main purpose is to provide
apropaganda forum against US foreign
policy, but the meeting may degenerate
into another donnybrook between the
Chinese and Soviet delegations.
The Soviets have taken a number of
procedural steps to head off expected
attempts by the Chinese to turn the meet-
ing against the USSR, but these-seem in-
sufficient to prevent another bitter
Sino-Soviet Confrontation.
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6. The Communist World Crop prospects this year for the
major Communist countries now look like
this:
- A generally good winter grain crop
for the USSR and China.
- An uncertain outlook for Eastern
Europe because of an unusually cold
and rainy spring.
- A promising spring rice crop in
North Vietnam which may equal the
bumper crop of last year.
These countries, however, will still
import large quantities of grain this year.
The free world will likely provide between
15 and 16 million tons.
7. USSR
8. Ecuador
Moscow has been furnishing military
equipment to underdeveloped nations in
Africa and Asia for over ten years. The
drive to tie these countries to. Soviet
sources of supply does not seem to have
been affected by the ouster of Khrush-
chev, the major architect of the program.
Shipments have continued and supple-
mentary contracts have been signed by
the Brezhnev-Kosygin team, but no major
new agreements have been negotiated. A
rundown of the Soviet experience in this
field is at Annex.
The military junta and its security
forces are tensed to meet the nationwide
opposition demonstrations planned for
tonight. Scattered mob incidents occurred
during the past 24 hours but public order
has been generally secure.
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SOVIET MILITARY AID TO UNDERDEVELOPED COUNTRIES
In millions of dollars
*Value of aid in Nov. 1964 pact unknown
1090
885*
378 r
302
292
110 ALGERIA
11 I MOROCCO
8 I GUINEA
6 I GHANA
MALI
Not available CONGO (Brazzaville)
Not available TANZANIA
35 ci SOMALI REPUBLIC
UAR
IRAQ
1 SYRIA
60 C=1 YEMEN
.141 CYPRUS
. INDIA
AFGHANISTAN
INDONESIA
CAMBODIA
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ANNEX
Moscow's Military Aid in the Free World
Since 1954, the bill for Soviet military aid
to a carefully selected list of free 'World countries
(see map) has run to more than $3..4 billion. In the
early days, most of the equipment supplied came out
of stockpiles of hardware which was obsolescent by
Soviet standards. More recently, the Soviets have
shown themselves willing to ship conventional hard-
ware still in active use by the Soviet armed forces.
Some of it has come directly off Soviet production
lines. In the case of MIG-21 fighters, the Soviets
since 1960. have maintained a special plant which
produces MIGS for export. Surface-to-air missiles
aside, no sophisticated, nonconventional weaponry
has been included.
A major focus of the Soviet effort has always
been the Arab states,in NOrth Africa., and the .Middle
East. Egypt, where Moscow first experimented with
military aid, remains a key recipient. Today, Nasir's
armed force is organized along Soviet lines and is
equipped almost exclusively with Soviet materiel.
Late last year Moscow offered Cairo a wide variety
of new equipment, some of which has not been in other
than Soviet hands. Details of this deal are still
being negotiated. The Soviets are also helping Nasir
to produce some naval items.
The Kremlin has also taken advantage of Nasir's
proclivity for supporting revolutionary activity to
insert Soviet hardware elsewhere.
Also, the Soviets have offered to
provide arms, on most favorable terms,to member states
of the United Arab Command.
The Soviets have also maintained direct contact
with other Arab states, most importantly Algeria.
In fact, Soviet equipment has been poured into Al-
geria faster than it could be assimilated. Some
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Soviet aircraft have been in Algeria for six months
and have not yet been flown./
The Soviet effort in Africa below the Sahara
has been limited in scope, probably because Moscow
regards the governments there as unstable and inept.
The fact that the Soviets have received setbacks
in this area may also color their view. They must
balance this, however, against a desire to keep a
foot in an area where the Chinese Communists are
active.
The most recent Soviet initiative has come in
India. Prior to mid-1964 Soviet aid to New Delhi
was limited to aircraft. Since then, India's air
defense system has begun incorporating Soviet sur-
face-to-air missiles, and agreement has been reached
to set up production facilities for MIG-21s in India.
Tanks and artillery have been added to the aid list.
Over the years, Indonesia has been the largest
single recipient of Soviet arms. Today, the Indo-
nesian armed forces are almost totally dependent on
Soviet sources of supply. While this fact gives Mos-
cow some leverage in Djakarta, it has not prevented
Sukarno's flirtation with Peiping and other moves
which Moscow finds distasteful. Deliveries under
old contracts continue, but a gradual levelling off
in this program may be in the cards.
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