THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 18 MARCH 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968211
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: March 18, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
18 MARCH 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
18 MARCH 1966
1. South Vietnam
2. South Vietnam
The military directorate decided
at a meeting this morning that it must
stand firm in the face of Buddhist pres-
sure. There was agreement that conces-
sions right now would lead the Buddhists
to up their price and "there would be no
end to it."
Premier Ky, for one, says he has
put up with enough from the likes of
Tri Quang.
The big question now is how the
Buddhists will react./
[Several
Vietnamese question the extent of popu-
lar support the Buddhists command in
the capital.
The northern provinces were rela-
tively quiet today. There was an anti-
xy rally': in Da Nang attended by Gen-
eral Thi, who seems reluctant to leave
his old stamping grounds and return to
Saigon.
Right now both sides to the dispute
seem. disposed to keep within peaceful
channels.
The Chinese community in Saigon is
growing uneasy. Reports from the capital
say that Chinese businessmen, who control
much of the nation's import-export busi-
ness, are anxious and resentful in the
face of a growing number of police visits
to Chinese merchants and the execution
of one of their number. On top of this,
another Chinese was gunned down today, on
the streets of Cholon, probably, by Viet
Cong gunmen with the aim of adding to
the restiveness.
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3. North Vietnam
4. Indonesia
Hanoi continues to improve its air
defense mechanism.
The army this morning seems finally
to have moved very close to full assump-
tion of power
Fifteen leftist cabinet ministers--
including Subandrio--have been detained,
and Suharto has already appointed re-
placements. Three of these appointees
are army officers, the rest moderate ci-
vilians. This reshuffled cabinet, how-
ever, is apparently to be only an interim
government.
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quoted as saying that there would be
regular communiqu?but nothing more.
6. NATO
7. UK
The UK draft declaration in support
of an integrated NATO was unanimously
approved today, but different views on
the future of the alliance and France's
relationship lurk behind it.
In Britain there is considerable
sympathy for De Gaulle's assertion that
the US dominates the alliance. Italian
officials fear possible complete French
disassociation would place Italy at a
"geographic and strategic" disadvantage.
In West Germany, the opposition Social
Democrats feel continued French partici-
pation is necessary to reassure other
European countries r'egarding a growth
of German influence.
With elections only 13 days away,
the latest opinion polls show Labor's
abnormally large lead over the Tories--
13 percent--unshaken. If people vote
according to their opinions, Wilson could
end up with a 200-seat majority,
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8. Ivory Coast
The bombast spewing out of Conakry
about returning Nkrumah to Ghana is be-
ginning to get to pro-Western President
Houphouet-Boigny.
9. Kenya The government is continuing to
make life miserable for Communists in
Kenya.
10. Dominican Republic
Bosch, despite protestations that the
climate is not yet right, has instructed
his party to go ahead with plans for the
election. His supporters have been or-
dering supplies for the campaign, and
Bosch has outlined _a strategy calling
for him to make extensive use of radio
and television. Despite his letting
preparations proceed, he probably will
finally decide to run only if convinced
he can win--and remain in office.
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11. Burma
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