THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 5 MAY 1966

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May 5, 1966
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- Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004400450001-9 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 5 MAY 1966 ---TOP-S-E-G-R-EI__ 23 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004400450001-9 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004400450001-9 t r PROBABLE INITIAL STORAGE POINVW?1 CONFIDENTIAL Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004400450001-9 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004400450001-9 50X1 - 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. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004400450001-9 50X1 50X1 50X1 50 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004.400450061-9 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004400450001-9 X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004400450001-9 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. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004400450001-9 50X1 50X1 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004400450001-9 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. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004400450001-9 50X1 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004400450001-9 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. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004400450001-9 50X1 50X1 50X1 50X1 50X1 , Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004400450001-9 TOP SECRET TOP SECRET Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004400450001-9