THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 21 OCTOBER 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968589
• 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 21, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
21 OCTOBER 1966
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DAILY 'BRIEF
21 OCTOBER .1966
1. South Vietnam
2. Laos
3. Soviet Union
Viet Cong.leaders have ordered
all weapons withdrawn from village guer-
rillas in coastal Binh Thuan Province
at least until the end of the year. Re-
cent US military, activity in this area
has demoralized the guerrillas, and
there is concern that they will take
their weapons and rally to the govern--
ment side.
The revolt of the Laotian Air
Force is over. General Ma and most of
his pilots have flown to Thailand where
they will be taken into what the Thais
call "benevolent custody."
Ma never really had a chance in
his effort to unhorse the Laotian gen-
eral staff, with which he has been feud-
ing since last spring. Despite his
dramatic bombing of Vientiane this morn-
ing, he had no support from regional
military commanders.
Ma's action, although not directly
related to the recent shake-up in the
neutralist military leadership, is a
further indication of the fragile po-
litical situation in Laos.
Moscow announced late this after-
noon that the meeting of East European
and other Communist leaders has ended.
A bland communiqu?peaks of "brotherly
cordiality and friendship" and notes
that the participants were shown "various
examples of cosmic and military, tech-
nology." Neither Vietnam nor China is
mentioned.
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4. NATO
5. West Germany
? De Gaulle appears likely to get
his way on terms for negotiating the
status of French forces in Germany.
At a meeting of the Fourteen on Wednes-
day, all members caved in except the
US, the UK, and the Dutch. Both the
British and Dutch representatives are
asking their home offices for instruc-
tions to go along with the majority.
France's tough position in recent
NATO negotiations may be based on the
belief that US policy is getting softer
where Paris is concerned.
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6. Communist China
7. Syria
Two more high-ranking officials
have come under public attack by the
Red Guards. Posters are now going up
on Peking walls calling for the death
of Foreign Minister Chen Yi and Party
First Secretary Teng Hsiao-ping. How-
ever, the power struggle in the polit-
buro appears so completely deadlocked
that, for the moment, the yelping of
the Red Guards seems ?to have little
effect.
The attack on Chen Yi is the first
reported on an official closely asso-
ciated with the Chou En-lai - Lin Piao
faction.
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