THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 19 JULY 1965

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005967790
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: July 19, 1965

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
19 JULY 1965
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DAILY BRIEF
19 JULY 1965
1. Vietnam
2. South Vietnam
3. Greece
The newly constructed airfield near
the Sino-Vietnamese border at Ningming
has apparently been activated. Communi-
cations intercepted yesterday indicated
that area familiarization flights were be-
ing made by a minimum of 14 aircraft, prob-
ably jet fighters.
It is unclear how many fighters are
now based at Ningming, but at least 17 may
have been transferred there from Canton
on 14 July. Ningming was instructed to
suppress all radar tracking reports on
that date.
South Vietnamese forces are continu-
ing road clearing operations along stra-
tegic Route 19 in Binh Dinh and Pleiku
provinces. For the first time since late
May, two large government convoys yester-
day successfully transited the 100-mile
stretch from the post of Qui Nhon to the
isolated II Corps headquarters at Pleiku
city without incident.
Final results of a road clearing
operation in Quang Nam Province during
15-16 July indicate heavy losses for
both sides. For the Viet Cong the re-
port is 174 killed, 145 suspects detained,
and a quantity of ammunition and equip-
ment seized. Government losses were 67
killed, 39 wounded, 96 weapons captured,
and one helicopter destroyed.
The crisis continues.
The latest signs are that Premier
Athanasiadis-Novas will drop his efforts
to get parliamentary support for his gov-
ernment, and that former deputy premier
Stephanopoulos will be selected as premier.
Stephanopoulos' task, however, would
be arduous, for at last report former pre-
mier Papandreou was not prepared to see
him step in.
The army and security forces are
still on the alert to keep pro-Papandreou
demonstrations from getting out of hand.
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4. USSR
5. USSR
Moscow has announced that Zond-3,
the space probe launched on 18 July, has
been placed in an orbit around the sun
to conduct investigations in space and
test the operation of the spacecraft's
system.
Proton-1, the satellite launched
16 July, is still in orbit. US radar
sightings show it to be a large vehicle,
providing some support for the Soviet
claim that it weighs 27,000 pounds.
Rumors are coming out of Moscow
that yet another space venture is immi-
nent. While there are no specific in-
dications, the Pacific instrumentation
ships are moving,possibly to take up new
space support stations.
Analysis of weather data showing be-
low-average rainfall in the New Lands,
the major producer of spring wheat, in-
dicates that prospects for the Soviet
grain crop have deteriorated in recent
weeks.
The situation does not appear to be
as bad as that in 1963, which led the USSR
to import some 12 million tons of wheat,
but if the drought continues the Soviets
will still need significant imports.
Minister of Agriculture Matskevich
acknowledged as much in talking to Am-
bassador Harriman. He said the Soviets
would probably buy more wheat this crop
year than last. The 1964 crop was good,
but even so the Soviets had to contract
for some 3.5 million tons for delivery
in 1965, of which about one million tons
are known to be allocated to meet Soviet
export obligations.
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6. Space
7. Congo
The tension between Premier Tshombe
and President Kasavubu has edged up an-
other notch,and Tshombe is now talking,
at least, of resigning.
This latest flareup arises from
Kasavubu's appointment of his own ad-
herent to the vacant Interior Ministry
post--a post which Tshombe said last
Friday he would take over "temporarily"
himself.
Army commander Mobutu, who sees
both men as necessary to the Congo, is,
however, doing his best to keep Tshombe
from flying off the handle.
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