Declassified in Part Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015 07 24 CENTRAL DAILY BRIEF 50x1 10 MAY 1965 23 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015 07 24 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015 07 24 CIA-RDP79T00936A003700040001-2 - SANTO DOMINGO II fmpaiudor Principal Rebel-Hold Area a I o I I Bb l lnfulltated Area 3 gum-r mus 5OX1 3'0 Atlantic Ocear' DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 0 Mexico A AW 5 A- Mum mm d manna - Plow ct- bound 9 mun-I II Pia-ulna- unim - Road a CUBA cm 20 so rum I ICAH 20 40 Kilo- mu as 6'9 Pu n'ro P s mtmu m I 30 Qmiauu a Conbbean Sea - '1 Emmi CARIBBEAN SEA 6 505 07 553 lulu-nu mu-nu nu-nu nun-um - Declassified in Part Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015 07 24 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015 07 24 CIA-RDP79T00936A003700040001-2 50x1 1 DAILY BRIEF 10 MAY 1965 LATE ITEM Information as of 5 00 p m EDT Dominican Republic Wessin Wessin has refused to leave the country according to a late cable from Santo Domingo He told Ambassador Bennett that he might accept retirement but would not depart There are conflicting reports on the the struggle 1 50x1 _U_f Our em bassy believes that the rebels are now playing for time waiting for the possible arrival of Munoz Marin and former Costa Rican president Jose Figueres as OAS rep resentativesywhich they believe would boost their cause 1 Continued soundings of the country side are turning up scattered reports of local sympathy for Bosch and the rebels This feeling has not been translated into any visible material support There are reports however that the rebels are try- ing to stir up the rural people and to smuggle arms to the The French ambassador told our em- bassy in Santo Domingo yesterday that France has no intention of recognizing any Dominican government at present -He said recogn on would come only when a government establishes effective con- trol over its national territory Soviet behavior thus far during the Dominican crisis appears to reflect a de sire to keep open lines of contact with the US The Russian delegation the United NationS' has not given the impres- sion ofwwanting speedy or hostile action Moscow's propaganda has not been excep- tionally shrill or unusually extensive Soviet authorities have also refused to allow Latin American students to demon strate outside the US Embassy or to hold a protest meeting at Lumumba University in Moscow 50x1 Declassified in Part Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015 07 24 CIA-RDP79T00936A003700040001-2 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015 07124 Pig-1 50 15 Mucus Sing Udon - ulna Nan-on Sun-n an crfma - 9 Slaloouhvll'll Edit I x-Duo ansic-h on K'un-mi S a'lna 2 pm poem Meng uu nun - - 3 - - do '55 Lou Burl Nathan Rate nim- 42 1 NGKOK sums SIB-II an I CA PHNOM Pguno KU Una-Iii 1 - u-l'lnn xx- 7 NanAning Clo Ban -- n_ min Air iu' who'd 'fl'l'l Lll'll 1 alphang - GULF OF TONKIN tun-LIN WLOON I - MACAO Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015 07 24 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015 07 24 DAILY BRIEF 10 MAY 1965 1 North Vietnam 2 South Vietnam 'sessment__ Ithe rise i 50x1 The US command in Saigon has jointly with the South Vietnamese reappraised and raised its estimate of Viet Cong forces These are now believed to total 47 000 regular combat troops 17 600 non- combat support troops and apprOximately 80 100 000 self defense and militia ir- regulars This reappraisal_represents a reas- 5OX1 rather than any recent increase in Strength on the ground Heavy fighting has been reported 30 miles northwest of Saigon in the Binh Duong Hau Nghia Province-area where five government battalions initiated an opera- tion against a Viet Cong stronghold on 7 May Communist military activity gen _erally continues its upward trend toward the level prevailing before the March April lull Tensions between South Vietnamese Buddhists and_Catholicsyappear_to be_on l'Kpprehen 'sive over Buddhist intentions toward Catholics in the government and the mil- itary they are charging that government resistance to Communism is weakening A Buddhist appeal for a cessation of at- tacks on Buddha's birthday 15 May by both the government forces and the Viet Cong may add fuel to this fire 50x1 150x1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015 07 24 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015 07 24 NEW MISSILES DISPLAYED DURING VICTORY DAY PARADE 9 MAY 1965 505m 6505092' TACTICAL MISSILE ON SELF-PROPELLED CARRIER Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015 07 24 CIA-RDP79T00936A003700040001-2 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015 07 24 CIA-RDP79T00936A003700040001-2 50 3 Communist China 4 USSR X1 50x1 The missiles paraded in_Moscow on_ Fundayl H50X1 - - - IDUAI See graphic The shorter ICBM some 60 feet long was described by the Soviets as a three stage solid fuel missile which could be launched from a silo It may indeed be a candidate for some of the single silos seen in satellite photography the most recent photography brings the_count_to l 138 F50X1 The largest missile about 108 feet long and probably liquid fueled also has not yet been identified It was said by the Soviets to be used in launch- ing manned space craft as well as in a 5 weapons role However as paraded it does not match what is known 50x1 of the 88 6 the first Soviet ICBM 50x1 'whibh has always been used for manned space launches The self-propelled taCtical missile may be a solid fuel follOw On to the Send ISO-mile liquid-fuel tactical mis sile now in the hands of Soviet and satellite forces 5OX1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015 07 24 CIA-RDP79T00936A003700040001-2 5 USSR 6 India Pakistan 7 Cyprus 1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015 07 24 50x1 50x1 The border situation with forces of both countries alerted and deployed still adds up to an uneasy and fragile standoff The British in New Delhi said this morning they had hopes that at least the Indians would agree by tomorrow to British proposals on a solution for the Rann of Katch Indian Prime Minister Shastri is due to leave for Moscow the next day_for a week's visit and probably would like to announce some settlement before he E093 50x1 Talks between Greek leaders and Archbishop Makarios in Athens late last week accomplished little except for a general agreement that the Greek Cypriots would avoid upsetting the present uneasy calm This suggests that despite strongly voiced Turkish desires little progress will be made toward a Cyprus solution during the London NATO talks this week Makarios refused to halt procure ment of surface-to-air missiles and other Soviet weapons and refused to accept any solution based on Cypriot concessions to Turkey He has no objection to conces sions by Athens however 5OX1 Declassified in- Part - sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015 07 24 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015 07 24 CIA-RDP79T00936A003700040001-2 TOP SECRET TOP SECRET Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015 07 24 CIA-RDP79T00936A003700040001-2 This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu