THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 18 OCTOBER 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968582
• 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 18, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
18 OCTOBER 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
18 OCTOBER 1966
1. South Vietnam
2. Communist China
3. Israel-Syria
Chief of State Thieu accepted the
resignation of six dissident cabinet
ministers today, but Ky still hopes to
persuade some of them to reconsider.
Ky told Ambassador Lodge that he
believes three of the six are interested
only in advancing their political ca-
reers. Ky said he would assure the six
ministers--and Economy Minister Thanh
who has also offered his resignation--
that he remains opposed to abuse of po-
lice power. Ky is willing to restate
this position publicly if the dissidents
insist.
Three of the seven protesting min-
isters are slated to go to Manila with
Ky next Sunday. Aware of the leverage
this givesethem, they are unlikely to
accept Ky's assurances unless accom-
panied by some positive indication that
Ky will restrain General Loan.
Another Israeli patrol vehicle hit
a mine in the Demilitarized Zone today
but no one was killed. While incidents
such as this are bound to keep the Is-
raelis and Syrians close to each other's
throats, we doubt that Israel will re-
sort to anything drastic as long as the
dispute is being aired in the Security
Council.
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4. Soviet Union
5. India
The gathering of top East European,
Cuban, and Mongolian Communists in Mos-
cow represents a considerable tactical
victory for the Soviets in their fight
with the Chinese.
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dogs of nine ruling parties will give
weight to Moscow's claim that Peking's
policies have been unanimously denounced.
The meeting will almost certainly
focus on Vietnam as ,the issue on which
the Chinese are most vulnerable. The
participants can be expected to come
out with a strong statement in support
of Hanoi's war efforts, and to decry--
at least implicitly--China's refusal to
cooperate.,
Mrs. Gandhi along with Nasir and
Tito will begin their "tripartite meet-
ing" in Delhi on Thursday night. Am-
bassador Bowles says that the most
striking aspect of the atmosphere just
before the conclave is the lack of en-
thusiasm for it by all sides involved.
The fact of the matter is that the
participants are facing a rather embar-
rassing dilemma. They cannot ballyhoo
the meetings as a particularly "pur-
poseful" affair for fear of being ac-
cused of arrogating to themselves the
right to speak for the nonaligned world.
At the same time, it is extremely
difficult for them to underplay the
thing to any great extent without giv-
ing the impression that Tito and Nasir
journeyed thousands of miles only to
chat informally with Mrs. Gandhi and to
see the sights of Delhi.
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6. Lebanon
All Beirut banks, except the Intra
Bank which precipitated the financial
crisis by closing on Saturday, will re-
open on Thursday with backing from the
Lebanese Central Bank. Intra Bank's
difficulties were precipitated by
heavy withdrawals(
Lebanese financial resources are
adequate to avert a national economic
crisis.
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