THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 24 FEBRUARY 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968803
• 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 24, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
Top Secret 24 February 1967
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DAILY BRIEF
24 FEBRUARY 1967
1. North Vietnam
2. Soviet Union
Moscow seems to be having some
trouble getting its lines straight on
the question of antiballistic missile
deployment.
Last week's shift of emphasis in
Pravda on the issue has not yet been
clarified. So far only the editorial
writer has been reprimanded; no revision
of the "mistaken piece" has appeared.
This week Soviet military leaders
have been talking boastfully about So-
viet air defense prowess. But most ad-
mit that they cannot guarantee the
destruction of all incoming missiles
in a nuclear war.
Just what all this means we cannot
tell for sure. It does, however, seem
that Moscow has decided to keep all
its-Options open, at least until it has
a better idea of what the US might be
willing to offer in any talks on the
question.
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3. Communist China
4. India
5. Uruguay
6. Venezuela
24 Feb 67
Premier Chou En-lai seems to be
exercising his growing authority at the
expense of Lin Piao, Mao's heir apparent.
Chou is not only exercising the preroga-
tives of his own office, but also those
which would normally belong to Lin Piao
as defense minister.
The news is still bad for the Con-
gress Party as the votes are slowly
tabulated and announced. The upset de-
feat of several prominent and capable
party leaders and cabinet ministers will
make it even harder for the party to
pull itself together in the aftermath.
Factionalism had been a serious problem
for it even before the elections.
First reports indicate that the
Communist-led 24-hour general strike
today was quite successful, at least in
Montevideo. More of the same, if not
worse, will be facing president-elect
Gestido after his inauguration next
week. Labor grievances are genuine and
the Communists are proving adept at ex-
ploiting them.
The threat of a new clash at the
Central University in Caracas is build-
ing up. Classes resumed this week after
?an interruption of more than two months.
Student demonstrators are now becoming
more and more audacious in protesting
the government's tough new controls.
So far the police have kept hands off,
but this cannot last much longer if the
provocations continue.
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