THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 4 APRIL 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005973712
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: April 4, 1967

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DAILY BRIEF
4 APRIL 1967
1. North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Hanoi's great debate about the
relative merits of building up the
main forces or the irregulars is con-
tinuing. The whole question is re-
argued in an article in the February
issue of the party journal.
This article tries to find a
middle ground. In one place it comes
down fairly hard in favor of strength-
ening the irregulars, arguing that
"this task has not yet kept up with
the developing war's requirements."
Later, the author goes on to say that
mere guerrilla activity will not win
the war; powerful main force units must
still wage major battles in which the
enemy will be "annihilated."
The article also suggests that
Hanoi has upped its estimate of the
number of US forces it may ultimately
have to face to a million, as opposed
to the 500,000 figure generally men-
tioned in the past.
When Chief of State Thieu promul-
gated the new constitution on Saturday,
he did not announce the "national re-
conciliation" program, as had been ex-
pected. r
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3. Greece
4. Nigeria
5. France
Premier Kanellopoulos, leader of
the largest conservative party, and
his cabinet were sworn in yesterday.
He will presumably try for a vote of
confidence next week, and we think his
chances are slim.
If Kanellopoulos fails, the King
has authorized him to dissolve parlia-
ment and prepare for elections within
45 days. Such action, however, would
run him afoul of ex-premier Papandreou's
demand that elections be carried out
by an "impartial" premier. Papandreou
is unlikely to consider him impartial,
having already described his appoint-
ment as a "gross scandal."
Supreme commander Gowon and East-
ern leader Ojukwu continue to snap at
each other's heels. Over the weekend
Ojukwu issued an "edict" designed to
give him control of revenue collection
in the East, and Gowon is taking counter-
measures to foil this scheme. The
quarrel is likely to simmer along on
this back burner, since we doubt that
the military governors of the other
regions would support any really force-
ful measures against Ojukwu.
The French have confirmed
that they are planning a
clear test series in the Pacific
this summer
flu-
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