THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 6 JUNE 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968350
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: June 6, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
6 JUNE 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
6 JUNE 1966
1. South Vietnam
There has been no specific Buddhist
response yet to the announcement of the
expanded directorate. However, a large
meeting tonight at the Buddhist Insti-
tute in Saigon was apparently devoted
to antigovernment and anti-US themes.
Earlier in the day, the Institute issued
a new communiqu?emanding that Thieu
and Ky resign.
The composition of the exlcanded
directorate is still uncertain
At this point, however, it is clear that
the group will be dominated by south-
erners. Furthermore, there is no repre-
sentative "officially" connected with
the Buddhist Institute, although one ap-
pointee has had close ties there.
Tri Quang, who was interviewed by
US journalists over the weekend, is said
to have become exceedingly bitter be-
cause the US failed to support the Bud-
dhist struggle in Da Nang. Quang is
still adamant that the confrontation be-
tween the government and the Buddhist
Institute can be resolved only by the
resignation or ouster of Thieu and Ky.
As for the elections, Quang repeated
that he is now opposed to the whole
idea.
In Hue, Buddhists responded to an
appeal from Tri Quang today and began
putting family altars--which believers
will hesitate to desecrate--in the streets.
Main roads and bridge approaches have
become badly blocked. This new tactic
is said to be gaining the sympathies of
many South Vietnamese troops in the area.
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2. Panama
3. Haiti
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Very serious rioting erupted today
in Colon. At least three have been
killed and 25 wounded, most of them
students. At last word late this after-
noon, the situation was beginning to calm
down.
The outbreak followed a weekend of
student protests and demonstrations pro-
testing the unsolved killing of a Com-
munist student leader
Communists have been in the
forefront of the agitation. So far,
there have been no reports that US per-
sonnel or installations have been threat-
ened.
There is danger that the trouble
will spread to Panama City. The Commu-
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4. Brazil
President Castello Branco's action
yesterday in removing Adhemar de Barros
from the governorship of Sao Paulo State
is unlikely to have serious political
repercussions. The ousted governor has
not yet reacted, but he probably cannot
line up much political or military back-
ing for an attempt to defy the govern-
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5. Dominican Republic
The extreme left is still pressing
more moderate partisans of Juan Bosch
for united action to protest alleged
election fraud. Broadcasts today by the
radio station controlled by Bosch's
party are still crying fraud and claim
that the party is formally contesting
the election result. This can only
further encourage the extremists.
The remnant of the former rebel
military leadership, however, appears
disposed to accept the election result.
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As the voting tallies near comple-
tion, it is clear that Balaguer will have
solid backing in the new congress. Pres-
ent indications are that Balaguer's parti-
sans will have 22 of the 27 senate seats
and 48 of the 74 seats in the lower house.
Bosch's party will be the only minority
party represented in the congress.
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6. Communist China
7. India
8. Iraq
Satellite photography of the Chi-
nese missile test range
has provided additional information on
the recently concluded two-month period
of strategic missile testing. A 70-
foot missile was erected on a pad in the
test area
Devaluation of the rupee yesterday
should enable the government to follow
US and World Bank recommendations for
the reduction of direct import controls.
It will thus contribute to freeing the
economy of excessive state controls.
For the short term, however, there
will probably not be any great improve-
ment in India's serious foreign exchange
situation. Imports have already been
severely restricted for some time. There
is little prospect for important increases
in exports, because of the inelastic
world demand for Indian products.
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