THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 1 DECEMBER 1965

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968025
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: December 1, 1965

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
1 DECEMBER 1965
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DAILY BRIEF
1 DECEMBER 1965
1. Rhodesia
2. South Vietnam
Prime Minister Wilson today announced
his new, tougher moves against Rhodesia.
US officials in London were told yester-
day that the cabinet is agreed that the
situation cannot be allowed to drag on
and that a "quick kill"-is necessary.
The economic moves include a ban
on imports that covers 99 percent of
what Britain buys from Rhodesia. The
next step is to be selective control
of British exports to Rhodesia. The
British stress that these measures,
especially the export controls, cannot
be effective without considerable US
and other Western cooperation.
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The Communists yesterday appealed
to all residents in and around Saigon to
observe 15 minutes of silence on 19 De-
cember in honor of American "peace"
fighters who have sacrificed their lives
in the struggle against "US imperialism."
Mindful of the failure of their
strike call in mid-October, the Commu-
nists have designated a time around noon
on a Sunday when activity in Saigon would
be sharply down in any case.
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3. Soviet Union
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4. Soviet Union
5. Indonesia
6. Communist China
Top Indonesians seem to expect new
announcements from Sukarno in the next
few days. .Most, including even pro-Com-
munist Deputy Premier Subandrio, say
they expect Sukarno at last to ban the
Communist Party as part of his "politi-
cal solution."
Such a move by Sukarno would not
end his power struggle with the army,
however. Recent clashes between army
units andfanatic Muslim elements in
-East Java may offer Sukarno another ex-
cuse to try to restrict the army's free-
-wheeling.
Peking's quick and adamant refusal
to take part in a world disarmament con-
ference is another sign that the Chinese
are unwilling to agree to any initiative
even remotely associated with the United
Nations.
In this as in other questions, the
Peking leadership evidently believes
that in time both its enemies and its
would-be friends will be compelled to
negotiate on Chinese terms, and that
nothing is to be gained from adopting a
softer line now.
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7. Dominican Republic
8. Ecuador
9. Yemen
10. France
The provisional government has re-
newed its arms-for-pay program, which
was to have expired yesterday. So far,
the government has paid out over $75,000,
and Garcia Godoy says he is encouraged.
One battalion of the 82nd Airborne
Division has begun redeployment to the
US. When the move is completed Friday,
there will be three battalions of US
troops still in the Dominican Republic.
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The remaining members of the mili-
tary junta seem to be keeping control of
the situation following the ouster of
their air force colleague. Civilian poli-
tical groups, however, evidently believe
that there is a crack in the junta that
can be exploited, and are calling on the
military to turn the government back to
civilians.
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11. Czechoslovakia
The Prague government today imposed
new travel restrictions on US.Embassy
personnel. The move is to some degree
a delayed retaliation for restrictions
imposed by the US three years ago on
travel of all Soviet bloc personnel in
this country, but it is also an indica-
tion that the Czechs have concluded that
there is little prospect for improvement
in their relations with the US.
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