THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 22 JULY 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005973920
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: July 22, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
Top Secret 22 July 1967
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DAILY BRIEF
22 JULY 1967
1. Soviet Union
2. Jordan
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HANOI AREA - Bridge and Rail Ferry Bypass Construction
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Pontoon bridge under construction
Rail and ferry bypass
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3. North Vietnam Hanoi is making elaborate prepara-
tions to keep its key rail lines open.
4. Iraq
5. Hong Kong
Recent photography shows that the
North Vietnamese have already completed
a pontoon bridge and ferry bypass for
the mile-long Doumer Bridge across the
Red River just east of Hanoi--a bridge
that has not been attacked.
Similar precautions have been noted
for the nearby Hanoi Railroad-Highway
Bridge which was damaged by air strikes
in April.
Both of these bridges are on the
line between Hanoi and Pinghsiang--the
chief route for transporting supplies
from Communist China.
The Iraqis intend to press Moscow
for a new arms deal, as well as speeded
up deliveries under a 1966 agreement.
There has been no mass violence
this week, largely because of tough
British action against the militant
leaders and their organization. Hard-
core Communists, however, are deter-
mined to continue the struggle even if
isolated bombings are the best they can
do. Peking's reaction to the stronger
British tactics has been relatively
restrained.
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6. Indonesia
7. South Korea
Suharto, with great publicity, is
reviving the anti-Sukarno campaign. We
do not think Sukarno poses any threat,
and Suharto probably does not either.
But this noisy campaign is drawing at-
tention away from another issue--cor-
ruption in government--where Suharto's
cleanup efforts are making haste slowly.
The opposition's boycott of the
National Assembly has brought legisla-
tive processes to a grinding halt. No
early improvement seems likely, since
opposition hard-liners are still yelling
"we wuz robbed" (in the June elections),
and President Pak is still seething
over opposition pranks that marred his
inauguration. Any proposal to send
more troops to Vietnam would require
Assembly approval, and the government
would be unlikely to act without a
consensus.
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