THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 16 FEBRUARY 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968789
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: February 16, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
16 February 1967
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DAILY BRIEF
16 FEBRUARY 1967
1,. Soviet Union
2. Vietnam
3. North Vietnam
There has as yet been no reaction
by Soviet naval or air units to the
presence of two US destroyers in the
Black Sea. Yesterday, Moscow told the
Turks it would be obliged "to use all
available means" to deny passage to
one of the ships--the USS Hawkins--
which is armed with antisubmarine rock-
ets.
The Hawkins and a conventionally
armed destroyer passed through the
Bosporus this morning. They are to
spend three days in the Black Sea and
will stay at least 40 miles from the
Russian coast.
One of the first documented cases
of friction between Viet Cong and
North Vietnamese army troops came to
light among the papers captured during
Operation CEDAR FALLS. The trouble,
noted in a Viet Cong report of last No-
vember, arose in integrated Viet Cong -
North Vietnamese units. The troops re-
tained their regional ties and "did not
really unite."
Hanoi is scheduled to import more
grains during the first three months of
this year than it did during all of
1966 This is an
outgrowth of the country's exception-
ally poor rice crop last year. The
shipments should permit Hanoi to avoid
a major food crisis this year.
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4. Communist China
5. Israel-Syria
16 Feb 67
The Syrians--badly split among
themselves--today cancelled a fourth
meeting with the Israelis to discuss
border problems. This could well mean
that the talks are finished. Border
incidents meanwhile have started up
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