THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 16 JANUARY 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968734
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: January 16, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
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DAILY 'BRIEF
16 JANUARY 1967
1,-SouthVietnam
2. North Vietnam
3. Israel-Syria
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Ky, whose desire tp run for presi-
dent is becoming ever more compelling,
is worrying now over how best to weasel
out of his earlier pledge to back Chief
of State Thieu for the office.
unless Thieu soon de-
cides on his own not to make the race,
the two men will be obliged to have it
out between them./
Disruptions of rail traffic in
China continue widespread. We have no
evidence that these difficulties are
having an impact on North Vietnam, but
?the lines and junction points affected
include some through which Soviet aid
to Hanoi must pass.1
Conditions along the border are be-
coming increasingly explosive. UN ob-
servers report that both Israel and
Syria have been moving armor and artil-
lery into forward areas during the?past
week.
.Israeli Foreign Minister Eban said
today that his country,has no.intention
of turning:the-problem over to:the-UN
,Security Council. He implied that re-
course to the UN has :always been futile.
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4. Macao
The Portuguese say the situation is
"very uncertain"; the Chinese still in-
sist that the Portuguese acknowledge
their "crimes."
A Portuguese delegation crossed into
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a new version of their "apology," but it
is still not known whether it met the Chi-
nese demands.
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5.
Soviet Union
We believe Moscow's recent release
on bail of jailed US tourist Buel Wortham
is related directly to Soviet interest
in passage of the proposed East-West
trade bill.
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the French
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France
are about to raise new obstacles against
membership in the European Economic
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Community. The thinking is that Paris,
preferring to avoid an open veto of Brit-
7. Australia
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ain's bid, will insist as a precondition
that London detach itself from US poli-
cies in Southeast Asia and support French
efforts to raise the price of gold.
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