THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 13 DECEMBER 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968680
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: December 13, 1966

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The President's Daily Brief
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DAILY BRIEF
13 DECEMBER 1966
1. Soviet Union
2. Soviet Union
3. Berlin
We expect that the Soviets will
try several Mars probes over the next
two months. A favorable launch period
extends from about now through early
February, with the choicest dates fall-
ing in January.
The Soviet "legislature"--the
Supreme Soviet--will open one of its
two- or three-day semiannual sessions
on Thursday. The economic plan and
budget for next year will be the main
order of business.
This year the country's economic
performance has been mixed. Excellent
results in agriculture have been offset
by continued mediocre output in industry.
The Soviets brought in a record
grain crop and impressive harvests of
other crops, and achieved generally good
results in the livestock sector. In in-
dustry, however, investment showed the
lowest increases since the war and con-
struction was actually down from last
year.
There was a remark in the East Ber-
lin press today that West Berlin must
recognize East Germany as the price for
a holiday pass agreement. We doubt, how-
ever, that this will rule out some ar-
rangement for visits this Christmas.
The point here is that the East
Germans want to avoid being blamed for
preventing the popular visits. Thus
they may back down and approve an agree-
ment, at the last minute, or merely sanc-
tion the visits without signing a formal
piece of paper.
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4. Rhodesia
5. Philippines
6. Venezuela
13 Dec 66
The Marcos government is reassess-
ing its nonrecognition policy toward
Moscow. The President continues to say
publicly that he opposes recognition,
but he may well shift his course in order
to further his ambitions as an "honest
broker" on Vietnam.
President Leoni has suspended con-
stitutional guarantees following the
attempted assassination by terrorists of
his army chief of staff this morning.
The President's move will help appease
the military, who have been pressing
for a stronger stand against guerrilla
terrorism, but it is too early to know
whether this will be enough to stem the
alarming rise in this kind of activity.
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