THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 15 JUNE 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005973856
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: June 15, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
15 June 1967
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DAILY BRIEF
15 JUNE 1967
1. Arab States There have been no significant de-
Israel velopments overnight.
? The Soviets may be doing some art-
ful dodging with their latest UN gambit.
By moving the crisis into the General
Assembly, the Russians give up the veto
they have in the Security Council. They
can do as much shoe pounding as they
want in the assembly, but, in the end,
they can let themselves be "pressured"
by the majority into a more tenable--
and reasonable--position.
The Arabs, meanwhile, are unbending
in their opposition to direct negotiations
with Israel and the Israelis are just as
adamant that there must be such negotia-
tions. Yesterday the Egyptians said the
Suez Canal would not be opened until the
Israelis left the eastern shore.
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2. South Vietnam Thieu announced yesterday that he
will run for president.
3. Communist China
4. South Korea
5. Canada
6. Ecuador
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Student demonstrations over election
irregularities are spreading. Some uni-
versities have been closed and troops may
be needed to control the situation. We
see no immediate threat to the government,
however.
Ambassador Butterworth feels the
Pearson cabinet is drifting more and more
toward neutralism. Reviewing Ottawa's
foot-dragging performance on mutual de-
fense matters, the ambassador comments
there is a definite and growing Canadian
tendency to shirk military responsibil-
ities and to slide away from close co-
operation with the US. "While our re-
quests meet with stalling today, they
could well meet with outright no's to-
morrow."
One of President Arosemena's most
outspoken critics was elected mayor of
Guayaquil in Sunday's election; he may
well go after the presidency next year.
As mayor of Ecuador's largest--and most
turbulent--city, Assad Bucaram can be
expected to make trouble for Arosemena.
As president, however, he probably would
not be much of an improvement over his
political arch-enemy.
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7. Venezuela
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The Venezuelans are giving serious
thought to going after Castro with some-
thing more substantive than talk.
President Leoni is angry because
other Latin American nations have shown
little enthusiasm for his effort to get
some action out of the Organization of
American States on the issue of Cuban
subversion.
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after Cuban soldiers were captured on
Venezuelan soil last month and said, in
effect, "we did it and we'll do it again."
Besides commando raids on Cuba, the
Venezuelans are considering economic
sanctions against countries trading with
Havana.
8. Dominican Republic Dominican security forces are prob-
ably up to handling an uerrilla out-
break
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