THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 9 NOVEMBER 1965

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005967987
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: November 9, 1965

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENTS
DAILY BRIEF
9 NOVEMBER 1965
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DAILY BRIEF
9 NOVEMBER 1965
1. Indonesia
Whatever anti-US vituperation Su-
karno may indulge in tomorrow during
Indonesia's "Heroes Day" celebration,
the army evidently sees the affair as
another opportunity to beat on the Com-
munists.
General Nasution's speech for the
occasion, available in an advance record-
ing, is a strong call for punishment of
the instigators of the 30 September coup.
Nasution does not mention Sukarno by
name, merely praying in conclusion that
"the great leader of the revolution" be
given strength to continue the struggle
"along the God-given path."
To help get Sukarno on the right
path, anti-Communists in Djakarta today
staged the largest demonstration US Em-
bassy observers can remember. One of
Sukarno's deputy premiers gave the crowd
the usual soft line, but in response the
rally demanded the dismissal of Commu-
nists from the cabinet.
Sukarno is still scoring some points,
however,r,
Two papers attack-
ing pro-Communist Deputy Premier Suban-
drio have already been temporarily banned
by Sukarno's civilian authorities.
There are some hints that Sukarno
intends to go abroad soon. A trip now
would seem badly timed politically, but
might be necessary for medical reasons.
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2. South Vietnam
3. North Vietnam
4. Dominican Republic
5. Chile
The joint US-Australian operation
near Bien Hoa north of Saigon is in its
final phases.
Timely and effective air strikes,
as well as heavy artillery and effective
automatic weapons fire have taken a
heavy toll of Communists. Over 400 bodies
were counted after this engagement, and
an estimated 200 additional Communist dead
were removed from the battlefield.
Allied casualties stand at 50 killed,
40 of them Americans.
Yesterday's US air strike on a sur-
face-to-air missile site near Haiphong
apparently led to Soviet casualties. An
intercepted conversation from the site
made reference to "one comrade killed and
four wounded." Soviet technicians have
been called "comrades" in earlier voice
intercepts.
It has been assumed that Soviet per-
sonnel could have been casualtiesin pre-
vious strikes on surface-to-air sites,
but this is the first creditable evidence
of this.
Santo Domingo is quiet, but ex-Presi-
dent Bosch is worried again about a right-
wing coup. Last evening, he sent an emis-
sary to an embassy in Santo Domingo to
ask for assurances that the US is not
supporting such a move.
Latin passions have been aroused
by a border clash between Chilean and
Argentine gendarmes. The Chileans came
out losers in the affray, which took
place at an isolated ranch in the south-
ern Andes.
Both governments have recently
seemed to want to settle border problems
in an orderly fashion, but politicos on
each side are prone to wave the bloody
shirt over such incidents.
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6. Rhodesia
London is braced for a Rhodesian
declaration of independence, possibly
today or tomorrow. Although some new
move could again stave off a declara-
tion, Wilson's room for maneuver on the
issue now seems to be very small indeed.
The weaknesses of the African na-
tionalists have discoui-aged:even the
radical black African states, whose
leaders have been pressing the British
to take drastic action against the white
Rhodesians.
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