THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 27 FEBRUARY 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968807
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: February 27, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
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DAILY BRIEF
27 FEBRUARY 1967
1. Vietnam
2. Indonesia
3. Haiti
Now that he has stripped Sukarno
of just about everything except the fig
leaf of his presidential title, Suharto
is not anxious to go any further.
Suharto is trying to get Congress,
when it meets next week, to settle for
a resolution which, while explicitly ex-
cluding Sukarno from further governmental
or political activity, would allow him
to keep his title.
Suharto's principal concerns are
to keep the armed forces together and
avoid possible violence in pro-Sukarno
areas. In view of pressures ?from anti-
Sukarno groups, however, he might allow
Congress to take one more step and ac-
tually suspend Sukarno from office.
The consensus in Port au Prince is
that President Duvalier will not attend
the Punta del Este summit meeting. Papa
Doc is expected to cite an "unprecedented
carnival" to be held in observance of his
60th birthday on 14 April, or to come up
with some equally persuasive reason why
he must send his regrets.
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4. Cuba
5. Britain-NATO
27 Feb 67
Castro is relying heavily on credit
guarantees from Western European govern-
ments to obtain much-needed industrial
and agricultural equipment.
In recent months such credits have
enabled Cuba to buy roadbuilding equip-
ment and locomotives in support of the
sugar industry and more than a dozen
large merchant ships from Spain.
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So far, Cuba has met its credit pay-
ments on time, a good performance which
the Soviets are no doubt encouraging.
Some of the permanent representatives
in the North Atlantic Council have criti-
cized Wilson's agreement with Kosygin to
work toward a friendship treaty.
They complain that a UK-USSR treaty
would have a highly divisive effect in
NATO, putting member countries in the un-
comfortable position of having to de-
cide whether to get in a race to the Krem-
lin's door. Even the French representa-
tive shed a few crocodile tears, piously
terming Wilson's undertaking "not really
compatible with alliance obligations."
Some of the anxiety expressed by
these worthies can be attributed to the
fact that the British did not consult
their governments. r
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