THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 14 MAY 1966

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President's Daily Brief 1961-1969 [2]

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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004500070001-0 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 14 MAY 1966 50X1 70?P-&EGI;PT-EZ- 23 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004500070001-0 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004500070001-0 DAILY BRIEF 14 MAY 1966 1. South Vietnam. . 2. North Vietnam The principal labor confederation today threatened to call a general strike in the Saigon area on Monday unless the government acts against the police for recent alleged antilabor acts. The US Embassy notes that the confederation's specific demands this time are "unques- tionably reasonable" and believes the government will give in. The strike threat seems to be a re- sult of an accumulation of grievances by this generally progovernment labor group. On the political scene, a prominent Buddhist monk referred publicly today to Ky's statements regarding his continu- ation in office for another year. He said simply that, for the moment, he cannot take these remarks seriously. The high-level Rumanian visitors to Hanoi seem to have accomplished little if anything. Reading between the lines of the joint communiqu? issued on their departure leaves the im- pression of important areas of disagree- ment. The communiqu?ncluded the usual mutually gratifying language, but omitted the. customary reference to a "complete identity of views." The Rumanians very likely tried to budge the North Vietnam- ese on the issue of negotiations and got nowhere. , Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004500070001-0 50X1 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004500070001-0 3. Rumania 4. Poland Soviet leader Brezhnev s talks in Bucharest this week with Rumanian leaders suggest that differences between the two countries are indeed basic. These differences are illustrated by the highly nationalistic tone of a recent speech by Rumanian party chief Ceausescu, widely reported in this morning's press. Contrary to the press, however, we believe this speech was in- tended to make the Rumanian position clear before Brezhnev arrived, rather ?than being the cause of his visit. The trip was scheduled as early as April. More to the point, there is good evidence that the Russians have been con- cerned with Rumania's apparent independent efforts to widen its neutralist role in Asian affairs, both in the Sino-Soviet dispute and in seeking for the first time to establish a role for itself in the Vietnam situation. The other major issue between Mos- cow and Bucharest is probably Rumania's long efforts to reduce its role in Warsaw Pact affairs and perhaps to disengage from the Pact coincident ?with France's decisions concerning NATO. Warsaw yesterday demanded that three of the four US defense attaches there leave the country. Although not billed as such, this action was in retaliation for the 4 May expulsion of a Polish attach?rom the US, which in turn was in retaliation for harassment of US attaches in Poland. The delayed response came hard upon news of the House Ways and Means Committee's re- fusal to consider the East-West trade bill this year. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004500070001-0 50X1 50X1 50X1 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004500070001-0 50X1 5. Rhodesia the Lon- 50X1 don which talks with Rhodesian representatives, began on Tuesday, are off to a slow start. There is much sparring and reluctance to come to grips with the problems. 50X1 .6. Guatemala Meanwhile, the Portuguese are con- vincing themselves that Britain intends to dump the blame for the continued sur- vival of Rhodesia at their door. They contend that, because of economic self- interest, London cannot bear down on South Africa. This hypothesis also in- cludes the notion that Britain intends to invade Rhodesia through Mozambique. Lisbon is in fact reinforcing its already substantial forces in Mozambique, but this is at least in part directed against growing African insurgency there. Terrorists in Guatemala City yes- terday machine-gunned a police patrol car, killing one officer and wounding two. The terrorists escaped. This may not have been a planned incident, since it appeared that the terrorists simply panicked when halted for an ordinary traffic violation. There is still no clue as to the whereabouts of the government officials kidnaped last week, Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004500070001-0 50X1 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A004500070001-0 7. Bolivia Developing political tensions may force postponement of the 3 July national elections. There is squabbling among the four parties composing the electoral alliance of General Barrientos, who is still the only presidential candidate. Student hostility, agitation in the tin mines, and opposition of most other political parties to the elections are further muddying the waters. 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