THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 18 SEPTEMBER 1965

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005967898
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: September 18, 1965

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
18 SEPTEMBER 1965
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DAILY BRIEF
18 SEPTEMBER 1965
1. Communist China
With another day to go before the
expiration of Peking's ultimatum, the
Chinese are stepping up their war of
nerves a ainst India.
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ense Minis ry as announced that Chi-
nese troops had moved into an area of
western Tibet near the border, but a
Ministry spokesman denied that the ill-
defined frontier had been violated.
New Delhi also announced today
that Chinese troops had moved to po-
sitions near the Sikkim frontier.
Peking's follow-up to the 16 Sep-
tember ultimatum seems designed to
magnify its shock effect. The note
was given front page treatment in the
Chinese press. No new threats have
been issued, however,, nor has Peking
elaborated on its original statement.
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activity or movement toward the border
areas has been noted in communications
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Indian order of battle shown in red
Areas of confrontation shown in blue
To New Delhi
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2. India-Pakistan
3. South Vietnam
4. France
Indian forces have apparently made
some more small gains in the Sialkot
area, but the Indian strategy still
seems to be more to wear down and cripple
Pakistani forces than to occupy territory.
New Delhi has protested London's im-
position of an embargo on weapons to the
sub-continent. The publicity being given
in India to the British decision--which
also affects Pakistan--is particularly
ill-timed inasmuch as the public will
contrast it with yesterday's assurances
that the Soviet Union will continue to
supply arms to India.
In a long conversation with Ambassa-
dor McConaughy, Pakistani Foreign Min-
ister Bhutto again asked for direct US
involvement in an effort to end the
conflict. He claimed that Pakistan
wants a ceasefire over the Kashmir
issue "for all time"--not a ceasefire
"for the moment."
The US and South Vietnamese troops
in the An Khe area of central South
Vietnam have met heavy opposition. At
least one Viet Cong battalion is be-
lieved to be in the vicinity. At last
report, US casualties were 25 killed
and 37 wounded. Poor weather is
hampering air support but reinforce-
ments are being sent in.
De Gaulle evidently is ready to
take another major step toward the elim-
ination of the US military presence in
France and the dismantlement of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization.
A sensitive high-level source in the
French Foreign Ministry revealed to a US
Embassy officer yesterday that De Gaulle
wants to accomplish this before the end
of 1966. He plans to initiate bilateral
discussions with the US early next
January.
The source said that any revival of
the multilateral nuclear force concept
would result in an active Franco-Soviet
campaign against it.
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5. ,Portugal-Mozambique The rebel guerrilla movement in
northern Mozambique is growing stronger.
Portuguese military authorities
admit that their forces are suffering
mounting casualties inflicted by modern
weapons, including small land mines of
Chinese origin. These presumably reach
them through Tanzania.
The most serious recent blow to the
Portuguese was the defection to the
rebels of a tribe whose territory
straddles the border with Tanzania.
The Portuguese fear that if the rebels
are able to consolidate their hold on
this territory, they may set up a pro-
visional government. They would then
be in a position to obtain even greater
military and political support from
neighboring African states.
6. Greece
Security officials in Athens are
compiling lists of leftist sympathizers
in order to be able to arrest key Commu-
nists on short order in the event of a
"difficult situation." They are obvi-
ously preparing for the possibility
that Stephanopoulos will fail to win
next week's vote of confidence, aware
that the King may react by imposing an
extraparliamentary solution.
Latest reports still indicate that
the voting will be very close. Stephan-
opoulos may now be only one vote short
of the required 151.
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