THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 20 DECEMBER 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968692
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: December 20, 1966

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The President's Daily Brief
20 December 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
20 DECEMBER 1966
1. Cambodia
2. Japan
The Cambodians have again experi-
enced the frustrations of negotiating
with the Communists.
In late summer the Cambodians
spent a fruitless month trying to get
Viet Cong representatives to buy_an_
agreement accepting the present align?
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ment of the Cambodian border with Viet-
nam.1
/ A simi-
lar round of talks in 1964 was equally
unproductive.
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3. Communist China
4. Congo
20 Dec 66
Mobutu and Union Miniere have be-
gun the countdown to 1 January--Mobutu's
,deadline for the company to transfer
its headquarters to the Congo or lose
its concessions.
Mobutu, at a public rally on Sun-
day, gave a "solemn commitment before
the people" to carry out his threat.
Congolese soldiers--never a heart-warm-
ing sight to Belgians--are beginning to
mill around the company's installations
in Katanga.
Union Miniere, for its part, ap-
pears determined to call what it con-
siders a bluff. Company officials, how-
ever, are concerned over the safety of
their people in the Congo.
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5. South Vietnam Labor trouble could hit the Saigon
?docks this week.
6.?South Vietnam
7. Jordan
20 Dec 66
? Several hundred Vietnamese steve-
dores are losing their jobs tomorrow
when a US Army service battalion takes
over some of the cargo handling at the
military port. The stevedores had been
hired on a temporary basis pending ar-
rival of the US unit, but the situation
is being exploited by contending labor
leaders. There is talk that other steve-
dores in the Port of Saigon may go out
on a sympathy strike.
An effort is under way to find new
jobs for the discharged men. If suc-
cessful, this could avert serious.work
stoppages in the vital port.
"The enemy is determined to destroy
our base camp in War Zone C this year,"
stated a recently intercepted Viet Cong
message. Since Operation ATTLEBORO
ended in late November, there have been
several such messages indicating the
Communists are jumpy about the prospects
of another major strike into their long-
time jungle preserve northwest of Sai-
gon. Most of these messages warn sub-
ordinate units to watch for new US
troop concentrations.
Husayn's radical Arab neighbors
are keeping the pressure on him. The
United Arab Command is pustling for
implementation of its decision of two
weeks ago to station Iraqi and Saudi
troops in west Jordan by mid-February.
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8. Panama
9. Greece
10. France
20 Dec 66
Leaders of assorted leftist and
Communist groups are banding together
to brew up plans for "commemorating"
the bloody "flag riots" of 9 January
1964. They also intend to denounce
the canal treaty negotiations.
Although past attempts at combined
action by these groups have fizzled,
given the present atmosphere an emotion-
al memorial program might materialize.
Any attendant incidents could set off
a new explosion, since the basic griev-
ances that spawned the 1964 riot still
exist.
Prime Minister Stephanopoulos ap-
parently intends to resign following
today's defection of his major support
in parliament. The King may yet be
able to bring the errant deputies into
line, but another prolonged Greek po-
litical stalemate is more likely.
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11. France
20 Dec 66
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