THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 15 FEBRUARY 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968155
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: February 15, 1966

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THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
15 FEBRUARY 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
15 FEBRUARY 1966
1. Vietnam
North Vietnam
There is a chance that the Soviets
have introduced a new surface-to-,air:MiS
sile system into North Vietnam.1
j(see photo). The Ganef, first
displayed back in 1964, probably has a
range of 25-30 miles and an altitude
capability of some 70,000 feet.
If the Ganef is in North Vietnam,
it would mark the first known deploy-
ment of this carrier-based missile.
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3. Communist China
4, Soviet Union
. India
Mao Tse-tung has now been out of
public view for nearly twelve weeks,
his longest absence in six years.
He disappeared for 15 weeks in 1956-57
and 12 weeks in 1960, times when he is
suspected of having suffered minor
strokes.
Mao could again be seriously ill.
The current outpouring of emotional and
idolatrous propaganda about the 72-year-
old leader--the most extravagant ever--
could reflect concern in the party's
top ranks over Mao's condition.
Dissension within the Congress
Party over the government's emergency
food distribution policies sparked a ma-
jor uproar during the party's annual
convention last weekend. Delegates
from food deficit states charge that
government policies favor the food sur-
plus states.
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6. Belgium
The choice today of Socialist leader
Achille van Acker to sound out the parties
on a new cabinet is only the first step
in what is likely to be a very long ef-
fort to solve the government crisis. The
chances are still about even that new
elections may ultimately be necessary.
7. Dominican Republic The general strike spread today to
Santiago and other cities in the interior.
Now in its fifth day, it continues to
breed violence. Another Dominican was
killed in the capital last night,and an
American sergeant was among the several
wounded.
Of the various leftist groups vying
for control of the strike, the one con-
trolled by the Bosch forces seems to be
calling most of the shots. It is still
unclear whether Bosch sees this as a
good political cause to help him win
next June's elections or whether, con-
vinced he will lose, he is out to sabo-
tage them.
Garcia Godoy has not yet come out
publicly against the strike. In fact,
it is becoming clear that he is in sym-
pathy with its objectives--forcing out
the remaining officers he had ordered
out on 6 January. If it is the strike
that forces these officers to leave, the
president could claim he did not violate
his recent commitment to Rivera Caminero.
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8, Guatemala There has been a new upsurge ?in ter-
rorist activity/
9. Chile
/ This may
be attributable to the recent return of
extremist leader Luis Turcios from Cuba.
During the "Tri-Continent Conference"
there last month, Turcios called for
world-wide attacks on US personnel and
establishments.
This terrorism does not directly
diminish the government's staying power.
It may well, however, provide the pre-
text to call off next month's elections
for which many government officials are
searching.
The government is mulling over a
sizable Soviet credit offer. The eight-
year, $55-million loan would apparently
be for the purchase of machine tools
which the Chileans have been seeking on
the world market for some time. Soviet
prices have been considerably lower than
those of US and British manufacturers.
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