THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 12 JULY 1966

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FOIA [1]

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President's Daily Brief 1961-1969 [2]

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0005968414

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September 16, 2015

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September 16, 2015

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July 12, 1966

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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004600100001-5 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 12 JULY 1966 -T'OtE3-&EG-RZI_ 23 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004600100001-5 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004600100001-5 5 ca 1 DAILY BRIEF 12 JULY 1966 1. South Vietnam 2. Vietnam 3. Communist China There is still some question about what the Buddhists will do about the elec- tions scheduled for September. The Bud- dhist Institute--which our embassy feels is still controlled by the extremists-- has made no official statement recently on the elections. It may not get around to defining a position, for fear of in- ducing splits in the movement which would dissipate such political influence as it retains. Mao has made his second appearance-- again in a ceremonial role--since last November. Peking announced today that he had received the visiting Nepalese crown prince. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004600100001-5 50X1 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004600100001-5 4. Egypt Nasir's talks with Mrs. Gandhi ap- pear to have been unproductive. 5. Iran 50X1 50X1 Mrs. Gandhi's press conference be- fore her departure--she arrived in Mos- cow today--was brief and her answers short. several 50X1 questions provided opportunities to elab- orate on Vietnam, but she came up with only brief replies. The Shah has now admitted to Ambas- sador Meyer that he has contacted the So- viets about an arms purchase. Although apparently "shaken" by the ambassador's warning that such purchases would complicate his military relations with the US, he said he would now have to hear the Soviets out or be branded a US puppet. He insisted, however, that he would carefully watch the activities of Soviet technicians accompanying any equipment he might buy. The Soviets apparently have not yet made known their terms. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004600100001-5 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004600100001-5 5 ca 1 6. Ecuador 7. Africa A general strike in one of the high- land provinces is presenting interim-- and reluctant--President Yerovi with what our embassy calls the "knottiest problem" yet. The strikers are demanding abroga- tion of a government tax measure. Ye- rovi, however, has rigorously enforced all previous tax decrees, and the army is prepared to back him and break this strike. The danger is that the presi- dent may weary of the whole mess and carry out earlier threats to resign, plunging the country into protracted unrest. Yesterday, Nationalist China and struggling little Malawi established diplomatic relations. About the only significance of this is that it evens the score in Africa-- 16 states now recognize the Nationalists, and 16 the Communists. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004600100001-5 50X1 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004600100001-5 TOP SECRET TOP SECRET Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004600100001-5