THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 5 JULY 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968402
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: July 5, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
5 JULY 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
5 JULY 1966
1. North Vietnam
2. South Vietnam
Late yesterday the government re-
leased, in two separate ceremonies, a
total of 282 persons arrested in recent
weeks for participation in the "struggle."
In both ceremonies the detainees were
handed over to Tam Chau with only one
other Buddhist Institute leader present--
an apparent attempt by the government to
build up Chau's prestige at the expense
of Tri Ouang and the extremist wing of
the institute.
Today, the 79-member Peoples-Army^
Council was installed. Its mission is
to advise the government on political,
economic, cultural, and social welfare
matters. Until it elects its officers
and we can learn more about its impor-
tant members, we cannot say whether this
council will be any more effective than
the many similar ones that have come and
gone in recent years.
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. Communist China
4.
A Chinese Government statement on
Sunday and a People's Daily editorial
today refer to the US strikes on the
Vietnamese oil depots and declare that
the strikes free China from "any bounds
or restrictions" in rendering support to
the North Vietnamese. As a result, the
newspaper says, China "will observe no
boundary in aiding Vietnam," and then re-
peats previous pronouncements on Vietnam
which implied that China would not initi-
ate a war with the US.
In all, it seems to us that the Chi-
nese response so far to the raids has
been hesitant and cautious. Despite
noisy repetition of earlier pledges of
support for Hanoi, Peking has been care-
ful to avoid any extension of their com-
mitment in Vietnam.
In fact, the emphasis in these state-
ments--like those from Hanoi--is on the
determination of the Vietnamese people
to carry on the struggle themselves.
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5. Cyprus
6. Yugoslavia
The situation in northeast Cyprus
remains explosive. The local govern-
ment has informed General Grivas, the
Greek-controlled commander of the Cyprus
armed forces, that he can take whatever
action he deems necessary to settle the
road-building dispute in the Trypimeni
area.
Both Athens and Ankara are urging
moderation on their respective communi-
ties, but the danger of a new clash is
heightened by the scheduling of a Greek
Cypriot National Guard exercise tomorrow
in an area bordering Turkish Cypriot
territory north of Nicosia.
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