THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 30 JANUARY 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968758
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: January 30, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
Top Secret 30 January 1967
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DAILY BRIEF
30 JANUARY 1967
1. North Vietnam
2. Communist China
3. Communist World
Hanoi still shows no willingness
to make concessions in exchange for an
end to the bombing. North Vietnamese
spokesmen, however, are trying to ap-
pear more flexible for public:consump-
tion. The current line of sweet rea-
sonableness is that, if the US "uncon-
ditionally" stops bombing, then talks
between Washington and Hanoi "could"
be-held. .As usual, nothing is said
about a reciprocal North Vietnamese
action.
The tumult continues unabated. We
are now seeing signs that in some re-
gions of China the regular military
forces may be resisting the pro-Mao
"revolutionaries." This, of course, is
a risk Mao must have known he was taking
?when he ordered the army to ,support his
partisans in their drive to full power.
The principal areas of most obvious
military resistance to-Mao seem now to
be in the remote regions of Tibet and
Sinkiang in the far 'west of China.
Plans :are moving ahead for a gather-
ing of East and West European Communist
parties./
Ostensibly, the-principal purpose
-would be to discuss questions of European
security. The problem of Communist China
would surely come up, however, and the
meeting would probably be described as an
important step in the-very careful prepa-
rations Moscow-says .are necessary for an
eventual world party conclave on-China.
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4. Japan
5. Israel
6. Mexico
30 Jan 67
Prime Minister Sato must be mighty
pleased with himself today. His party
did better than generally expected in
yesterday's election and is now assured
of a comfortable majority in the lower
house. His own party leadership is also
now more secure.
Sato's principal opponents, the So-
cialists, were the big losers. Their
defeat reflects badly on the party's new
radical leadership. This is the party
which had long been demanding the abro-
gation of the security treaty with the
US.
The election results are to some
degree a popular endorsement of Sato's
publicly avowed support of close rela-
tions with the US. The outcome will
also encourage Sato to expand his modest
program of economic cooperation with
other non-Communist Asian nations.
Israel and Syria failed again yes-
terday to make any progress toward agree-
ment on farming rights in the Demili-
tarized Zone. A third meeting of the
UN's Mixed Armistice Commission is set
for Thursday, but there is no sign that
it will be any more productive.
Another crackdown on extremist
fringe groups is on. Most of these
little groups are led by men excommuni-
cated from the larger, more orthodox
Communist movements. They have taken
on some of the characteristics of the
old-time bandido as they defend the lo-
cal poor against landowners and petty
despots.
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7. Soviet Union
30 Jan 67
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