THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 26 OCTOBER 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968597
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: October 26, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
26 OCTOBER 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
26 OCTOBER 1966
1. South Vietnam
2, Soviet Union'
The election of moderate southerner
Phan Khac Suu as chairman of the con-
stituent assembly should reduce the dan-
ger of an early showdown between the
government and the large southern repre-
sentation in the assembly. Among those
defeated by Suu was a much more militant
advocate of southern regionalism.
Even Suu, however, felt obliged
last week to express his concern over
"excessive" northern influence in the
government. The cabinet crisis brought
on by this divisive issue is still hang-
ing fire in Saigon.
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3. Cuba
4. Congo
Mobutu has put former prime minis-
ter Mulamba under house arrest for re-
fusing to accept the post of defense
minister and for disclosing his defiance
to the press.
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5. Cambodia
6. Thailand
Sihanouk's growing realization
that the Communists are not going to
score an early victory in Vietnam is
prompting him to further moves toward
an accommodation with the West.
An indication of a more relaxed
Cambodian attitude toward the US was
the ease with which Pan American Air-
ways negotiated landing rights last
month. /
At the same time, differences be-
tween the Cambodians and the Chinese
have come to the surface. Cambodia
has been particularly upset over Pe-,
king's refusal to back an expanded
International Control Commission for
the Cambodian-Vietnamese border, a
move Phnom Penh has proposed in the
hope of keeping the war from its terri-
tory.
The Vietnamese community in north-
east Thailand is quiet and there is no
sign of disturbances in connection with
the President's visit.
The unfailingly courteous Thais
have pointed out the President's recep-
tion in Bangkok may be subdued. Thais
consider any display of high spirits
in the presence of the King to be in
bad taste. The mood will be quiet cor-
diality.
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