THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 2 NOVEMBER 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968609
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: November 2, 1966

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The President's Daily Brief
2 November 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
2 NOVEMBER 1966
1. Communist China
2. Korea
We have been expecting for some
weeks that the fight in the Chinese
leadership would soon reach a new and
perhaps decisive stage. Now we see
signs that this may be close at hand.
For one thing, recent speeches and
press statements out of Peking make it
clear that Mao and Lin Piao are deter-
mined to push their attack on the "op-
position" even harder than in the past.
The popular slogan, "beat the wild dog
to death even while it is drowning" is
indicative of the current mood.
Secondly, since mid-October the
Red Guards have been putting up posters
demanding the ouster of various lead-
ers, some almost at the very top, but
these people are still on the scene.
This is strange business for a Communist
country and can hardly last much longer.
The North Korean raid yesterday
now appears to have been in retaliation
for a similar South Korean action on
26 October. The extent of the South Ko-
rean probe is still unclear, but reports
of North Korean casualties run as high
as thirty.
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3. South Korea
4. Vietnam
5. South Vietnam
President Johnson's visit to South Ko-
rea was an outstanding success. In the
process, President Pak obtained obvious
internal political advantages and the
country as a whole got a healthy psycho-
logical lift.
President Marcos' proposal to
U Thant for an all-Asian conference on
Vietnam was a follow-up to discussions
held when Marcos was at the UN last
September. The Philippine statement
that Burma would be willing to host the
conference was based on vague indica-
tions of interest elicited from the Bur-
mese at that time.
Burma maintains that Rangoon could
be the site of peace negotiations if
"both parties to the Vietnam conflict"
so requested. On the other hand, Burma
has refused a Philippine request to
convey the decisions of the Manila con-
ference to Hanoi.
A recent Viet Cong appeal for its
units to brace themselves for a coming
US "counteroffensive" is an unprece-
dented admission of Viet Cong concern
over expected allied offensives during
the coming dry season.
The highly emotional harangue of
the National Liberation Front contains
few references to victory and makes
much of the need to overcome hardships.
It declares in defensive tones that "we
must hold together, no matter how pro-
tracted and hard our struggle is, we
will continue our fight and win."
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6. Israel
7. West Germany
8. Soviet Union
9. Soviet Union
Debate in the Security Council on
the Israeli-Syrian issue is expected to
wind up at any time, but whatever the
outcome, the odds are increasing that
Israel will make a retaliatory move.
We have nothing substantial yet
from the meeting of the Christian Demo-
cratic leadership which took place to-
day.)
icebreaker Lenin has had
a serious nuclear accident veryrecently
"involving extreme damage and personnel
injuries."
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10. West Africa
The quarrel between Guinea and
Ghana remains on dead center. In Ghana,
the chief of state tells us that he is
standing firm and that if there is any
more monkey business from Guineahe will
add the return of Nkrumah from Guinea
as a new condition for settlement.
In Guinea, Sekou Toure is obviously
humiliated by Ghana's action and still
feels that only through pressure on
the US can he obtain the release of the
prisoners in Ghana. Ambassador McIlvaine
expects new moves against him, perhaps
even "comfortable protective custody."
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