THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 7 MAY 1965

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May 7, 1965
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- Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A003700020001-4 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY THE PRESIDENTS DAILY BRIEF 7 MAY 1965 23 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A003700020001-4 50X1 ? Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A003700020001-4 bOX1 DAILY BRIEF 7 MAY 1965 Dominican Republic LATE ITEM (Information as of 5:00 p.m. EDT) Loyalist forces this afternoon an- nounced the formation of a "Council of National Reconstruction" which includes General Imbert and several prominent ci- vilians. Our ambassador thinks the Council is a well-balanced group that can com- mand nationwide support. The group plans to ask for earl reco nition. there has been little sign that the rebel cause is attracting much support outside the rebel enclave in Santo Domingo. The outlying areas remain quiet for the most part. Rebels taken in action by US forces have turned out to be largely trained professional insurgents. Captured of- ficers recount how the Communists took control of the revolt through street mobs. Colonel Caamano yesterday sent a circular message to most American gov- ernments protesting the creation of the inter-American force as a "cover" for US military intervention. 50X1 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A003700020001-4 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A003700020001-4 . 100 . lisIa.kuan Pwer K'un-ming SM -Wing Kwchiu KUEI?TANG. Unwell:). LIU?C P, C1.? LI-rang eng-tzu , .....--, c "....,_,...? Nan-ruing ChInwhun (Chi:wilt?r. ..Lwo Cal C.? Bang: C .\ 4'a ' ? . 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QUANG NGAI KONTUM PHNOM PENH , a # 4 Loc Ni 0o Lo Sinanotikv-ZIf.'-dr-. t.t.?4,-.1..4 SAIGON 1.01?MI ? ...?????.. y Tho OucC akhon Si Tharnmarat 47522 ARUN VW) Loi .0u n Long 100 MILES 200 Vtno PLEIKU PHU BON a Trang I ETNAM ban That DARLAC KHANH HOA PHUOC QUANG DUC TUYEN DUC LAM DONG NINH HUA TAY NINH PHUOC THANH LONG KHANH BINH TUY CHAU DOC 1(JONd HONG PHUOC 1.11' VIN LONG VINH BINH CHUONG THIEN KIEN HOA BA XUYEN AN XUYEN Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A003700020001-4 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A003700020001-4 50x1 DAILY BRI EF 7 MAY 1965 1. Vietnam 2. Laos Last night, a Viet Cong battalion attacked the force of Chinese refugee Catholic priest Father Hoa in An Xuyen Province 180 miles southwest of Saigon. Father Hoa's refugees have been holding out for a long time in this area, which is generally dominated by the Communists. Viet Cong terrorist and military activity in general has been increasing in scale and intensity during the past several days. Speaking in East Berlin today, So- viet Premier Kosygin warned President Johnson "not to forget that the Viet- namese people have friends who will not fail them." In Prague yesterday, Pre- sidium member Shelepin also pledged strong support for Hanoi. In Moscow, the Soviets continue to warn Western diplomats of the dangers of escalation of the conflict/ The Chinese Communists are crank- ing up another shrill propaganda attack on the Soviets, this time alleging that a North Vietnamese student demonstration in Leningrad last month was brutally suppressed. The interesting possibility exists that no such incident occurred, or at least that the Chinese are grossly exaggerating. It looks as if Peiping by this means is trying to stir up trouble between Hanoi and Moscow, as well as within the North Vietnamese party. 50X1 50X1 4- V 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A003700020001-4 0 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A003700020001-4 INDIA AND PAKISTAN AFGHANISTAN WALPIN DI Lahore A lAt. ?Iji PAKISTAN PUNJAB NEW ELH RAI A STHAN DELHI urrA R PRADESH L.,Karachi .Rann of Kut,c Area in which clashes have occurred. 47172 BIHAR MADHYA PRADESH WEST FIENGAI MAHARASHTRA ORISSA Catitta ? o t:n Jesiore BURMA ? Bombay Arabian Sea LA< ' AI>EVE Amit41,N(Is ANDHRA PRADESH GOA MYSCHE Madras E MADRAS EYLON Bay of Bengal 650428 6 BOUNDARY REPRESENTATION IS NOT NECESSARILY AUTHORITATIVE Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for 'Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A003700020001-4 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A003700020001-4,xi 3. India-Pakistan 4. Colombia . South Korea The situation has possibly moved a little closer to ignition in the past twenty-four hours. Diplomatic efforts are continuing, however, to formalize the cease-fire in Kutch. Pakistan is informing the Se- curity Council that a serious threat to the peace has arisen, but apparently will not for the moment ask for a special meeting. India has responded to Prime Minister Wilson's latest proposals with counterproposals of its own. President Valencia narrowly escaped political disaster this week at the hands of the Liberal Party which came close to deciding to break up the coalition cab- inet. Although this particular episode seems to be over, it brought a sharp build-up of tension in political circles in Bogota, and the situation remains basically unstable. Essentially, the problem is that the oligarchy will not accept badly needed reform measures. The dissatisfaction this is causing among civilian and military leaders alike is shaking the National Front ar- rangement adopted to prevent civil war in 1958. 50X1 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A003700020001-4 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A003700020001-4 6. France De Gaulle has issued orders that no French support will be given to the proposed construction of a new NATO headquarters building in Paris, accord- to a senior French Foreign Office offi- cial. The Belgian ambassador to the North Atlantic Council says he thinks the French will pull out all the stops in their attack on NATO before the French presidential election in December, and particularly after the German elections on September 19. 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A003700020001-4 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A003700020001-4 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A003700020001-4 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A003700020001-4 TOP SECRET 1 TOP SECRET Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A003700020001-4