THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 5 MAY 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968294
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: May 5, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
5 MAY 1966
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- DAILY BRIEF
5 MAY 1966,
1. Vietnam
2. North Vietnam
We have further evidence suggesting
that large numbers of troops have moved
down the trails to South Vietnam this
year.
Photography of last Sunday shows
at least 132 canisters for surface-to-air
missiles lined up at an army barracks
about three miles from Hanoi. (See pho-
tograph.) Nearby are two support facili-
ties which service the missile units
around Hanoi and Haiphong.
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3. South Vietnam
4. Soviet Union
The council to draft an election
law got off to a shaky start today.
The three-hour session quickly degener-
ated into criticism of the government,
arguments over the powers of the coun-
cil, and demands that the government is-
sue a clarifying decree.
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5. Indonesia
6. Jordan
The army and General Suharto have
taken a step backward .in announcing to-
day the postponement of the heralded 12
May session of Indonesia's top policy-
making body, the Provisional Peoples'
Consultative Assembly. Sukarno had
threatened to dissolve the assembly af-
ter much publicity had been given to the
possibility that it might rescind his
life-long presidency.
The postponement, however, is only
a tactical move which reflects the army's
apprehension over Sukarno's residual
popularity and his craftiness.
The next act could be a return of
anti-Sukarno demonstrators to the streets,
and this may be what Suharto has in mind.
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7. Dominican Republic
8. Guatemala
As the election campaign heats up
and edges into displays of violence,
there are suggestions that Balaguer's
campaign may be gathering some momentum.
presidential candidate Rafael Bonnelly
will withdraw his name just before the
1 June elections and right-wing parties
which have declared for him will swing
their support to Balaguer.
By law, moreover, votes for Bon-
nelly would be tallied for Balaguer if
Bonnelly explicitly, withdrew in his
favor.
The terrorist arm of the Communist
Party has begun a threatened week of
violence in the capital.
last night there
was at least one kidnapping of a senior
government official.
What the Communists hope to accom-
plish by this renewal of terrorism is
hard to fathom. Should it be prolonged,
it could conceivably lead to a refusal
by the lame-duck military government to
turn over power on 1 July. The newly
seated congress is to elect a president
in the next few days.
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