THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE REVIEW 21-24 MARCH 1964

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996911
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: March 24, 1964

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE REVIEW
ISSUED BY THE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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1.
24 March 1964
Cyprus: The situation has been reasonably
quiet over the last few days but we do not know
how long it will stay that way.
For example, in Nicosia yesterday, Greek Cypriot
irregulars
continued to construct fortifications on their side
of the "green line," opposite British headquarters.
The next ten days will see two Greek Cypriot
holidays; either occasion could spark more trouble.
Gyani should be taking over the UN force by the
end of the week and advance contingents from Sweden,
Finland and Ireland are due in shortly.
Agreement seems almost certain on the Finn,
Sukari Tuomioja, as UN mediator. He is presently
Finnish Ambassador to Sweden and has had a taste of
this sort of service in Laos as a UN observer there
in 1959. Tuomioja has his work cut out for him.
Embassy Nicosia reports it is finding more and
more Greek Cypriots espousing union with Greece as
the only solution to the Cyprus problem.
2. Panama-US: Although popular? support for pres-
suring the UN on the Canal issue continues, the
Panamanian press and radio are in general taking a
cautiously favorable line on President Johnson's
statement of Saturday.
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Chiari's official statement at noon on 24 March
was non-commital.
Another favorable omen over the weekend was the
failure of the Communist-led youth congress to get
? off the ground. The National Guard remained on
alert and let it be known that the students activities
were to be confined to the campus.
3. Libya: Over the weekend, King Idris withdrew
his threat to abdicate after an impressive array of
Libyan notables had followed him to Tobruk to urge him
to change his mind.
It remains to be seen, however, how long the King
will be able to continue as a central, stabilizing
force in Libyan politics and not be swept up by the
tide of Arab nationalism now running in his country.
A harmless secondary school demonstration in
Benghazi Monday started out rejoicing at the King's
decision not to abdicate, but quickly turned into a
nationalist demonstration against US and UK bases.
4. De Gaulle - Latin America: De Gaulle plans to
visit ten countries of continental South America
during his fall trip.
Also, a visit to Central
but only if a single stopping
The general is now back
swing.
America may be scheduled,
point can be agreed upon.
in Paris after his latest
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5. Cuba:
6. South Vietnam: General Khanh has brought off an
unanimous vote of confidence in his rule by the Mili-
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7. Laos: The neutralists and rightists are squab-
bling?EgWin. Rightists owing allegiance to Phoumi's
rival General Kouprasith seized 17 neutralists in
Vientiane in the last few days after, a rightist of-
ficer had been assassinated.
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This understandably upset Souvanna, who threatened
that if his men were not released he would pull out
of Vientiane and go back to the Plaine des Jarres.
The incident has contributed to the tense atmos-
phere of the Laotian capital where rumors of a coup
move by Kouprasith persist. Phoumi's units normally
stationed in Vientiane as insurance against such a
move are engaged in anti-Communist operations in the
south.
8. Cambodia: Despite South Vietnam's apology and
our own note of explanation and regret to Cambodia,
Sihanouk has gone ahead with his plans to postpone the
bilateral talks with Saigon on the border problem.
Meanwhile, he is awaiting some reply from the USSR
and France to his request for a Geneva conference on
Cambodia's neutrality.
The French have suggested to us, that they are
now willing to attempt to get Sihanouk reinterested
in a quadrapartite meeting, rather than a Geneva type
conference.
Indonesia: Djakarta continues to infiltrate
guerrillas both regular and irregular into Malaysian
?Borneo to form "pockets" of occupied territory, but
neither side has reported any serious clashes recently.
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Present Malaysian policy is to get the observer
teams to the area of conflict as soon as possible even
if only to the Malaysian side of the border.
10. Ceylon: Mrs. Bandaranaike's government is in
trouble.
She has already had to prorogue parliament to
stave off a no-confidence vote and is now operating
under emergency powers to quell labor unrest and silence
public criticism.
With defections threatening from her own party,
she may try to lure some opposition leaders, including
some of Ceylon's peculiar collection of Marxists, into
a coalition in order to stay in power.
Failing this, she is considering some form of
extra-constitutional rule, but this, too, holds little
promise for stability.
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11. USSR:
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Saudi Arabia: Faysal seems to have successfully
stood off the latest challenge from Saud. The prince
has told the king quite flatly that he either agree
to keep his fingers out of the pie or else get out
of the country. There are indications Saud is plan-
ning to leave.
13. Syria: The Baathist regime is still on its anti-
US drive.
For the past several weeks government-controlled
propaganda and public statements by Syrian leaders
have been directed against American policies.
At the same time Syria is demonstrating a much
cozier attitude toward the USSR And Communist China.
These maneuverings are probably a response to
what the Syrians consider US support for Israel.
14. Zanzibar: The leftward drift in Zanzibar con-
tinues.
Charge Carlucci feels that the British may well
wash their hands of the whole thing. Most of their
expatriate officials still in the administration are
due to leave this summer.
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Communist representatives, meanwhile, are
swarming to the island. There are 6 Soviet, 15 East
German, and 12 Chinese Communist officials already
there, and embassies are to be established by Poland,
Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, and Cuba.
Prime Minister Babu is on his way to the trade
conference in Geneva,/
15. India-Pakistan: Communal disturbances have broken
out again in Eastern India.
This is the area through which special trains
move as they take Indian refugees from East Pakistan
to rehabilitation centers in central India.
As they proceed along the route, the refugees
spread tales of brutality toward Hindus in East Pakistan.
These spark the local Hindus to take it out on the
Moslems in the area and general lawlessness ensues.
In most cases local authorities have been slow
to react and law and order have only been restored when
troops appear on the scene.
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An Indian spokesman reported today that 24 armed
Pakistanis were killed when a large group of Pakistanis
crossed the ceasefire line in Kashmir into Indian
territory.
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