THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 10 OCTOBER 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968568
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: October 10, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
10 OCTOBER 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
10 OCTOBER 1966
1. NATO
2. India
The chorus of complaints over the
forthcoming trilateral talks on the off-
set issue has been intensifying in re-
cent days among the other NATO Allies.
They seem genuinely fearful that they
will be left out of major policy de-
cisions. Some raise the old fear of an
increased German role in the Alliance
and they all point to the "threat" of
an emerging US-British-German "director-
ate" dominating NATO affairs.
The food situation will improve
only slightly next year if present signs
are borne out. Prospects are fair in
most parts of India for this fall's har-
vest. But this is not the case in the
populous northeast where unusually
capricious rains have been ruinous. Near-
famine conditions are approaching in
some parts of the area.
The government now estimates it
will need to import some 8.4 million
tons of grain next year, compared with
this year's 10 to 11 million tons. Even
this estimate may turn out to be too
optimistic.
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3. Congo
4. Nigeria
Mobutu has now turned on Ambassador
Godley as one of his principal whipping
boys in the Western diplomatic community.
Though he seems willing to patch things
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his aides that he may PNG the ambassador.
Mobutu
intends to re-
establish diplomatic relations with Mos-
cow. He seems to think this will "balance
off" Western influence in the Congo and
prove that he is a "true African national-
ist."
Mobutu
was personally involved
in kicking the Soviets out in 1960 and
1964 and now says he will be on guard
against any repetition of the blatant sub-
version that led to their expulsion.
However, he is no match for the
subtler political pressures which a So-
viet ambassador could employ on him.
Also, if Moscow gets a third chance in
the Congo, it will again have an oppor-
tunity to worm its way into such organi-
zations as youth groups and political
factions.
There were no more mob killings
reported over the weekend, but economic
problems are mounting seriously in the
northern region. Many plants and
services are being shut down following
the departure of technically skilled
personnel fleeing to their home regions.
For all practical purposes, the
eastern region is already detached from
the rest of the country. Many residents,
confident that oil revenues will make
independence viable, are pressing for
formal separation.
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5. Haiti
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