THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 14 APRIL 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: April 14, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
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DAILY BRIEF
14 APRIL 1967
1. South Vietnam
2. Korea
3. Communist China
There are several reports that the
Viet Cong are planning a combined mortar
and rocket attack against US installa-
tions at Da Nang for the middle of the
month. Rocket launchers and what may
have been rocket launch positions were
seen recently south and east of the base.
Another clash on Wednesday in the
Demilitarized Zone came after an intrud-
ing North Korean platoon encountered a
South Korean security patrol. The in-
cidents of recent weeks reflect both an
increase in the number of North Korean
penetrations and intensified patrolling
by United Nations forces.
The North Koreans are probably out
to embarrass the Pak government, which
is facing elections next month, and to
discourage it from sending more troops
to Vietnam.
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4. Communist China
5. Greece
6. Iran
The mammoth anti-Liu rallies con-
tinue almost daily in Peking. Signs
point to continuation of this bizarre
campaign for some time. Earlier this
month Chou En-lai said he was postpon-
ing a trip abroad because there would
be "great events" in China during the
next two months.
Communist-inspired strikes and
demonstrations are shaking the already
precarious political balance. The Com-
munists, like ex-Premier Papandreou's
Center Union Party, are demanding Pre-
mier Kanellopoulos' resignation and the
installation of a nonpolitical govern-
ment to supervise elections.
Kanellopoulos, with strong backing
from the King, is not about to give in.
He may or may not go through the futile
exercise of seeking a vote of confidence
from parliament today. He most probably
will dissolve parliament and call for
new elections under his own supervision.
This tactic will surely provoke in-
tensified demonstrations which, in turn,
could provide the King with the pretext
for postponing--or cancelling--elections.
The Shah says the high-powered So-
viet economic delegation now in Iran is
continually making sweeping offers "to
satisfy any of Iran's needs." So far,
the Soviet mission has referred publicly
only to its agreement to help in the ex-
pansion of Iran's oil industry. This
presumably means Soviet assistance in
oil exploration in the off-shore areas
of the Caspian Sea.
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7. Nicaragua
8. Rhodesia
9. Angola
The death of ex-President Luis
Somoza last night
has removed
an
im-
portant moderating
influence
from
the
political scene
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Ian Smith is under growing pres-
sure from men in his own party who think
he is too moderate. They want the coun-
try declared a republic as quickly as
possible and they want an end to all
thought of renewed talks with London.
these ex-
tremists may have the strength to unseat
Smith during the party congress later
this month.
A new and unusually effective na-
tionalist organization is emerging in
Portuguese West Africa. Called the Na-
tional Union for the Total Independence
of Angola, it has established a more or
less self-sustaining organization inside
the colony, where it seems to be growing
rapidly.
The new group may never be able to
defeat the Portuguese militarily, but
Lisbon could be right in regarding it as
the greatest long-term menace to contin-
ued Portuguese rule in Angola.
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