THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 10 MARCH 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968828
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: March 10, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
op Secret 10 March 1967
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DAILY BRIEF
10 MARCH 1967
1. North Vietnam
2. SOuth Vietnam
3. Soviet Union
Saigon is beginning to experience
a short-term economic crisis because of
the temporary rice shortage. Stocks in
Saigon are way down. Moreover, deliveries
from the delta to the capital last month
totaled only 17,500 tons--about 12,000
tons short of the February 1966 figure.
Some imported rice is now arriving
and South Vietnamese officials are under-
taking emergency distribution measures.
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4. Soviet Union
5. India
6. Communist China
7. El Salvador
Chances for stable local govern-
ments are slim in at least five of the
eight Indian states where the Congress
Party failed to win a majority. New
Delhi in fact may have to impose direct
rule in some of these states if the po-
litical situation continues to deterio-
rate. Among the grim possibilities is
a breakdown of cooperation between na-
tional and local governments on food
policies.
The situation continues to stabi-
lize both in the cities and the prov-
inces. Peking is quiet; the ,army now
performs most of the police functions
there.
Hong Kong press reports of dis-
turbances in Canton cannot be substan-
tiated. Recent visitors to the city
say little or no ferment was evident.
Ambassador Castro reports there is
every indication that US interests will
not suffer as a result of Colonel Fidel
Sanchez's sweep in the presidential
election last Sunday.
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8, Panama
Foreign Minister Eleta says that
his government definitely plans to
place the treaty negotiations at the
top of the agenda for bilateral talks
during the summit meeting. Eleta is
still concerned about the pace of the
negotiations. He believes the primary
objective is to get Presidents Johnson
and Robles "to agree to do whatever is
required"--even to order up around-the-
clock negotiations--to get signatures
on the treaties by June.
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