THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 20 AUGUST 1965

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005967847
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: August 20, 1965

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
20 AUGUST 1965
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DAILY BRIEF
20 AUGUST 1965
1. South Vietnam
2. North Vietnam
US Marine units in the fight for
Van Tuong near Chu Lai report that vil-
lagers were highly cooperative, point-
ing out to them Viet Cong concentrations
and fortifications. ,
This is encouraging. All too often,
the rural populace, either resenting gov-
ernment intrusions or fearing Viet Cong
reprisals after the departure of govern-
ment forces, is reluctant to volunteer
such information to government forces.
The helpful attitude reported from
Van Tuong may result from a combination
of factors, including resentment against
the material demands levied on the peas-
antry by the large Viet Cong force and the
surprise appearance of an overwhelming
array of US force. The publicity accorded
their help, however, will probably make
them vulnerable to Viet Cong reprisals
when US forces leave.
There is some reason to suspect that
in Bangkok Premier Ky and the Thais will
go into mutual support for the Cambodian
exile Khmer Serei movement based in both
Thailand and South Vietnam.
In Ky's absence, rumors of neutral-
ist coup plotting are beginning to crop
up. So far, these appear to have little
substance and may merely be symptomatic
of the uneasiness of some circles in Sai-
gon:
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3. Indonesia
4. Congo
5. Tanzania
3. USSR
The heavy-handed pressures against
US facilities and interests are evidently
still on, even though Sukarno's Independ-
ence Day speech was less venomous than
had been expected. A petition signed by
provincial officials this week demands the
ouster of the American consul in Surabaya
in eastern Java, where an anti-US riot
was staged on 7 August.
Yesterday, a government-controlled
English-language newspaper printed an
editorial giving a "last warning" to
the US to change its policies before
"everything" is lost.
Tshombe's talks with Ambassador
Knight in Brussels yesterday show that
the split between the Congo premier and
President Kasavubu is as deep as ever.
Tshombe claims to have offered Kasavubu
his support for re-election to the presi-
dency in order to save the situation, but
believes--rightly--that Kasavubu is still
scheming against him.
The struggle will be renewed, to the
detriment of the Congo's government, when
Tshombe returns to Leopoldville, probably
tomorrow.
Indications are accumulating that
leaders in Dar-es-Salaam are having
second thoughts about their militant
support for the Congo rebels and other
dissident Africans. They apparently
fear what might be done with the large
amount of arms stored in their country
and are concerned over the effects of
their policies on their search for West-
ern aid.
A major space event appears to be
in the works, possibly to take place in
the next week or two. All six space sup-
port ships in the Pacific are at sea.
Three of the ships are still on station
at the ICBM range impact area, but it
would take only a few days to move them
?to suitable positions for a space event.
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7. Dominican Republic No new break in the negotiations
has been reported.
rebel
extremists are still cooking up maneuvers
to delay a settlement, on the premise
that the longer the rebels can hold out,
the more people can be trained for the
"real fight."
A member of the United Nations staff
meanwhile has revealed that Mayobre,, the
,head of the United Nations group, is again
exceeding his observer's mandate by mak-
ing proposals for restructuring the Do?
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minican armed forces. Ambassador Bunker
comments that any such plan is likely to
be prejudicial to US interests.
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