THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 27 MAY 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005973824
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: May 27, 1967

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/09/10 : CIA-RDP79T00936A005200020011-6 The President's Daily Brief --.74.9"-Seffe-t-27 May 1967 23 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/09/10 : CIA-RDP79T00936A005200020011-6 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/09/10 : CIA-RDP79T00936A005200020011-6 GULF OF AQABA \ISRAEL./ i Bar .1 N.Aqaba JORDAN %anal ? View from Ras Nasrani toward Tiron Island UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC SINAI PENINSULA RAS NASRANI Nuwaybi al Muzayyinah . SAUDI ARABIA Lab Shaykh . Harnid. Eg= c. .. .,trabq ----..'".. Profile line Grafton russage Sharm ash-Shaykh Ras Muhammad 1)41 s'ANAFIR ISLAND RED SEA MILES 20 Enterprise passage 950 feet deep U.A.R. PROFILE OF THE STRAIT OF TIRAN Grafton passage 240 feet deep Reefs and shallows with single channel 54 feet deep S: TIRAN ISLAND/ AATIA ? 2 4 MILES 12 66721 5-61 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/09/10 : CIA-RDP79T00936A005200020011-6 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/09/10 : CIA-RDP79T00936A005200020011-6 DAILY BRIEF 27 MAY 1967 50X1 1. Arab States - No challenge to the blockade ap- Israel pears likely ?today and there have been (As of 5:45 AM EDT) no new military developments overnight. A tanker is due at Eilat about 31 May, but may be diverted as was a sister ship yesterday. A cargo vessel may enter the Gulf on 30 or 31 May. U Thant may propose that all nations temporarily hold up strategic cargoes (including oil) normally shipped through the Gulf. a two-week hiatus on stra- tegic shipping was one of two proposals made by the UN Secretary General during his visit to Cairo. The second proposi- tion was that he send a permanent and personal representative to the Middle East. The Egyptians bought both propos- als, Moscow is still dodging a definitive position on the blockade. remarked that the Arabs will have a difficult time defend- ing the blockade from the international point of view. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/09/10 : CIA-RDP79T00936A005200020011-6 50X1 bUAl 50X1 5nxl 50X1 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/09/10 : CIA-RDP79T00936A005200020011-6_xi 2. South Vietnam General Thieu seems to regard the presidential race as one he cannot quit and he cannot win. Talking with Bui Diem, South Viet- nam's ambassador to the US, Thieu said Thursday that he did not believe he could be elected president, yet he felt personal prestige required him to run. Recounting this conversation to Ambas- sador Bunker, Diem said he does not think Thieu has actually made a decision on his candidacy and that something might be worked out between Thieu and Ky in the month remaining before candi- dates must declare themselves. Thieu also told Ambassador Bunker yesterday that he did not think he could win an election. Thieu is bitter over his lack of support in the military, but he assured the ambassador that he would do nothing to endanger the unity of South Vietnam's armed forces regardless of what transpires on the election. Ky, meanwhile, made it quite clear yesterday that he intends to run no matter what Thieu decides. 3. Hong Kong Quiet. 4. Communist China The Chinese are dickering with the Australians for 1.5 million tons of wheat and will soon have Canada signed up for large quantities. These pur- chases will go toward import needs for the year beginning in July, during which Peking will probably need upwards of 5 million tons. 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/09/10 : CIA-RDP79T00936A005200020011-6 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/09/10 : CIA-RDP79T00936A005200020011-6 5. Panama Small bands of Communist students are again roaming the streets of Panama City looking for trouble, supposedly to show their opposition to the canal treaty. The National Guard is making arrests Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/09/10 : CIA-RDP79T00936A005200020011-6 50X1 50X1 50X1 ' Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/09/10 : 1:Qxi ANNEX 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/09/10 : CIA-RDP79T00936A005200020011-6 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/09/10 : CIA-RDP79T00936A005200020011-6 Top Secret Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/09/10 : CIA-RDP79T00936A005200020011-6