THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 2 JUNE 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968344
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: June 2, 1966

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
2 JUNE 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
2 JUNE 1966
1. South Vietnam
Yesterday's "compromise agreement"
is fast coming unstuck. Buddhist leaders
in Saigon, including the relatively moder-
ate Tam Chau, are saying today that the
agreement included a commitment for Gen-
eral Thieu to step down as chairman when
the directorate is enlarged on Monday.
The generals are adamant to the contrary.
Ky told Ambassador Lodge today that
there was no written understanding with
Buddhist leaders yesterday, and that
there will be none. He regards the gov-
ernment changes he agreed to then to be
for the benefit of all groups, not just
the Buddhists.
One of the problems is the power
struggle that seems to be developing
among the Buddhists. There have been
signs that Tam Chau and others may genu-
inely want to ease up in the pressure
against the government. However, more
militant leaders under Tri Quang's in-
fluence are resisting any compromise.
The First Division commander moved
?some of his units back into Hue today,
but this was far from being a decisive
reassertion of Saigon's authority there.
The First Division units now in Hue seem
more disposed to back the "struggle forces"
than Saigon and took no action to stop
mobs from sacking several more houses
in Hue.
The US consul in Hue believes the
situation there will continue to deteri-
orate until Saigon makes a genuine ef-
fort to re-establish its authority.
The "strugglers," he reports, now have
more weapons than ever.
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2. North Vietnam Ho Chi Minh has apparently visited
Peking recently, or may be there now.
3. Communist China
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Ho has, in fact, been out of public
sight since 15 May, and there have been
some special flights between Hanoi and
Peking since then which could ITie car-
ried him. A trip by Ho to Peking now
could be related to problems between the
two countries, such as the flow of vital
Soviet equipment for Hanoi through China.
Most of the top leaders have been
out of sight for three weeks, presumably
in connection with the current leader-
ship shake-up, which has so far toppled
Peng Chen, previously fifth or sixth in
the power structure.
There have been some signals that
the highly militant Teng Hsiao-ping may
be supplanting Liu Shao-chi as Mao's
chosen successor. Mao's personal posi-
tion seems still untouched, and he ap-
peared healthy and alert in movies taken
during the visit of an Albanian delega-
tion in early May.
New charges against lesser officials
in the provinces and in Peking are now
appearing in the Chinese press. This
was the technique used to build the case
against Peng, and suggests that more
senior ?heads will roll.
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4. Congo
5. Somalia
6. France
The carrying out today of Mobutu's
order to give the four coup plotters a
"fair trial and then hang them" will not
provoke much popular unrest in the Congo.
Rather it will add to the "I run the
Congo" image he seems more and more de-
termined to create. It will also under-
score'Mobutu's dependence on the top
echelon of army officers.
Relations with Ethiopia are again
strained. This time the Somalis claim
the Ethiopians have been building roads
in Somali territory and have moved a 500-
man military force across the disputed
border--a chronic trouble spot where
there were extensive military clashes
in early 1964 (see map).
Some fighting could result, since
the problem created by the border dis-
pute and the large ethnic Somali popu-
lation in eastern Ethiopia is a highly
charged issue in both countries.
Last Sunday the moderate Somali
prime minister shouted at Ambassador
Thurston for two hours, trying to blame
the tension on US military aid to Ethi-
opia. On the other hand, Haile Selassie,
/last month, flatly blamed
the trouble on Soviet military aid to
Somalia.
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7. Indonesia
8. Dominican Republic
The agreement reached at Bangkok
by Foreign Minister Malik and Malaysian
Deputy Prime Minister Razak will require
further detailed negotiations before con-
frontation can actually end.
Razak is reportedly now preparing
to go to Djakarta, presumably to discuss
implementation. Malik for his part still
has to cope with obstructionist elements
in Indonesia, including Sukarno.
Balaguer has a strong lead-56 per-
cent, with half the estimated vote tabu-
lated--and appears on the way to victory.
He has already issued a victory state-
ment.
Bosch has made no public statementi
There were no major incidents dur-
ing the balloting. There may yet be vio-
lence, however, when Bosch's strong-arm
supporters in Santo Domingo learn of
Balaguer's lead. There are reports that
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The Central Electoral Board seems
to be deliberately slowing down the re-
lease of returns in order to damp down
just such activity.
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