THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 19 APRIL 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005973758
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: April 19, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
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DAILY BRIEF
19 APRIL 1967
. South Vietnam
. Communist China
3. Burma
Yesterday afternoon Ky told
General Lansdale that the generals
have decided to back him for presi-
dent. The word was even then being
passed to the still-hospitalized
Thieu. .This sentiment on the part
of the generals does not surprise
us--and probably was not altogether
news to Thieu.
There are strong signs that
the-MaoLin.Piao-Chou En-lai alliance
.is beginning to crack'. Red Guard
groups close to Lin Piao are mounting
a scathing attack on Foreign Minister
Chen Yi. Chen Yi, we feel quite sure,
is under the wing of Chou En-lai.-
Signs are mounting that General
Ne Win is considering major modifica-
tions in his highly doctrinaire
"Burmese Way to Socialism." Something
drastic is surely needed if he is to
save the country's rapidly sinking
economy.
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4. United Kingdom
Soviet Union
6. France
London has reopened the ques-
tion of pulling its forces out of
Singapore and Malaysia. One Foreign
Office official says the cabinet
wants to leave the Southeast Asian
mainland completely by the mid-1970s.
Foreign Secretary Brown will likely
bring this up during his talks in
Washington this week.
Moscow and its East European
allies have come up with an agree-
ment to establish a communications
satellite system open to world-
wide membership. This is probably
not meant as a direct challenge to
the US-sponsored International
Satellite Consortium (INTELSAT).
There is evidence instead that the
Soviets hope to link the two sys-
tems together.
After checking with Couve de
Murville, Herve Alphand says the
French Government will do everything
possible to prevent the Bertrand
Russell trial from being held in
France./
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