THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 7 APRIL 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005973718
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: April 7, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
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DAILY BRIEF
7 APRIL 1967
1. Vietnam
2, Communist China
Communist forces have during the
last two days launched a series of
heavy--and obviously well-coordinated--
attacks against allied positions in
South Vietnam's two northernmost prov-
inceS. These actions may be the open--
ing gambits in a Communist plan to pin
down and overextend major allied forces
in the area.
We have been expecting something
of the sort. Captured documents, de-
fector reports
have for several weeks been
pointing to Communist preparations for
something big south of the Demilitarized
Zone
The campaign against Liu Shao-chi
continues to mount and is now beginning
to involve other key officials. Posters
attacking both foreign minister Chen Yi
and the finance minister have been put
up nearly every day this week. Other
posters denouncing three top military
men have appeared since Tuesday.
These and other developments sug-
gest that the radicals in the leadership
are attempting to resume the purge of
Mao's opponents and to reverse the pol-
icies associated with Chou En-lai. He
and other moderates had been trying in
recent weeks to subdue militant Red
Guards and restore some measure of order
and sanity. In sum, there is every in-
dication that the fight at the top con-
tinues.
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3. Communist China
4. Soviet Union
5. Dominican Republic
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has been busy filing stories that a
civilian will be named to succeed
Malinovsky as Soviet defense minister.
The most fre-
quently mentioned name is Dmitry Ustinov--
a party secretary who is also the top
expert on armaments--but there is nothing
firm on this.
The new Minister of Police and In-
terior is threatening to quit because of
the influence of "Trujillista" officials
on President Balaguer. If this happens,
the outcry is apt to be shrill--perhaps
even leading to cooperation between the
anti-Trujillo right and left in opposi-
tion to the President.
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6, Peru
7, France
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