THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 24 JUNE 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005973872
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: June 24, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
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United Nations
LATE ITEM
? Kosygin is scheduling a press
conference at the UN for 8:00 PM EDT
tomorrow.
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DAILY BRIEF
24 JUNE 1967
1. United Nations:
2. Lebanon
All eyes were on Glassboro
yesterday with little of substance ac-
complished on the banks of the East
River.
So far, commentary on the New
?Jersey summit meeting has been almost
all favorable and optimistic. Those
UN delegates who have expressed them-
selves have taken heart from the
cordiality of the meeting and from the
announcement it will continue tomorrow.
The Western press has been laudatory;
as yet there has been no real comment
by Communist or Arab news media.
The General Assembly, stands re-
cessed until Monday. Jordan's King
Husayn is to address the Assembly
either Monday or Tuesday.
Husayn arrives in New York tonight
and he apparently has some specific
proposals to broker there and in
Washington. For one thing, Husayn
seems to be thinking in terms of trying
to get Israeli occupation troops re-
placed by UN forces. In exchange,
Husayn would urge such Arab concessions
as right of passage through the Strait
of Tiran.
Pro-Western Christian elements
have asked the US and British embassies
for arms to protect themselves against
anticipated attacks by radical Moslems.
No commitments have been made to these
groups, but the US charg?omments
that our position in Lebanon would
suffer badly if these pro-Western fac-
tions lose out to Nasir's supporters.
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3. South Vietnam
4. South Vietnam
A thoroughly embittered Foreign
Minister Do told a US Embassy officer
this week that he has just decided to
resign. He explained that he can no
longer work with Prime Minister Ky,
who he is convinced is fast becoming a
dictator. Do said he will probably
file as a candidate for the upper
house before the 1 July deadline.
Do has been one of the most
effective members of the cabinet. His
present mood is partially a result of
the Ky-Thieu rivalry; he has made no
secret of his sympathy for Thieu.
The price of rice went down again
in Saigon during the second week of
June. This is good news, but the type
used by the working class still costs
over 40 percent more than it did at
the beginning of the year.
5. West Germany Kiesinger's friendship for D
Gaulle shows si?ns of coolin
Our Embassy believes Kiesinger's
new look at De Gaulle has left him more
convinced of the need for keeping US
troops in Germany and, perhaps, has
given him a healthier appreciation of
the offset arrangement.
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6. France
7. Panama
8, Soviet Union
De Gaulle did little to win friends
with his petulant statement Wednesday
linking the Middle East and Vietnam.
Even normally pro-Gaullist French
newspapers were critical and the only
support came from the French Communist
Party paper. French diplomats at the
UN, including Couve de Murville, were
caught off base and embarrassed.
Ambassador Bohlen comments that
the statement seems to reflect De Gaulle's
bruised ego--his realization that, despite
his ambitions for a grand French role in
international affairs, major issues will
be settled in Washington and Moscow, not
in Paris.
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