THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 7 NOVEMBER 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968617
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: November 7, 1966

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The President's Daily Brief
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DAILY BRIEF
7 NOVEMBER 1966
1. South Vietnam
2. Soviet Union
3. Congo
Major General Do Cao Tri, a former
I Corps commander who is now picking up
his military contacts after two years
in exile, says that morale in the South
Vietnamese officer corps is deteriorating
all the time. He blames this largely on
favoritism in promotions and on corrup-
tion among the armchair generals.
Tri says that the army's new stress
on pacification will make this situation
considerably worse. Company and field
grade officers will feel that they are
being relegated to jobs beneath the dig-
nity of fighting men.
Tri claimed dissatisfaction was al-
ready at such a level that a relatively
minor incident could easily touch off a
major explosion. The general obviously
has a number of axes to grind, but he
also has influence and contacts.
Mobutu has been granted his wish--
Moscow has agreed to re-establish dip-
lomatic relations with the Congo and is
prepared to open an embassy there.
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4. West Germany
5. Uruguay
The Hessian elections yesterday
disappointed all three major parties.
Nothing has happened to move the na-
tional government crisis any closer to
a solution.
The Social Democrats failed to
make the big gains they hoped would add
to their political leverage nationwide.,
The Free Democrats lost strength in
Hesse and thereby lost status and bar-
gaining power in Bonn. Erhard's Chris-
tian Democrats predictably declined,
but not dramatically so.
The unexpected gains made by the
neo-Nazi National Democratic Party in
Hesse can probably, be attributed in
part to public disgruntlement over the
maneuverings in Bonn. It probably is
not an indicator of a nationwide:Atend.,
The government is wearing thin as
Communist-inspired strikes and slow-
downs continue. Agitation has disrupted
the capital for over two months.
Top security officials want emer-
gency action to squelch the agitators.
Political leaders, however, have their
eyes on the important national election
less than three weeks away. They are
reluctant to do anything that might cost
votes.
Talk of an impending coup is again
being heard in Montevideo. It may no
come to that for a while, but clearly
the situation is steadily becoming more
tense and unsettled.
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6. Indonesia
7. Iran
Soviet leaders are taking an ex-
tremely hard-nosed position with Indo-
nesian officials seeking some relief
from the very heavy schedule of debt
payments due Moscow. The Soviet Union
is Indonesia's biggest creditor--well
over $1 billion is involved, represent-
ing about half of Indonesia's medium
and long-term foreign obligations.
Moscow may well ease up after
Djakarta's Western creditors make of-
ficial the much more liberal terms
they have already agreed to in principle.
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