THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 24 JULY 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005973922
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: July 24, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
Top Seciyt 24 July 1967
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DAILY BRIEF
24 JULY 1967
1. Egypt
2. Soviet Union -
United Nations
3. Jordan -
Iraq
The only thing really new in
Nasir's long-winded speech yesterday
was his call for an Arab summit con-
ference. Nasir had been throwing cold
water on the idea, pushed most avidly
by King Husayn. We cannot be certain
what caused his change of heart, but
a desire to get the ball back from the
hardliners--Algeria and Syria--may be
part of the Answer.
Foreign Minister Gromyko went
home empty-handed from the unsuccess-
ful General Assembly session--but with
a pocket full of problems for Moscow's
Middle East policy.
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4. South Vietnam
5. Communist China
6. Rumania
The electorate will have its work
cut out for it in the September senate
elections. Even after some pruning by
the central election council, 48 lists
of ten men each are still in the running;
only six lists will be elected. Since
most candidates are from the Saigon area,
the senate will have a definite urban
cast whoever wins.
The peasants will be better repre-
sented in the lower house to be elected
in late October or early November. Lo-
cal candidates will stand for these
seats, and the number from each prov-
ince will depend on its population.
Rumanian party boss Ceausescu has
been getting a lot of advance billing
for a speech he will give the Rumanian
National Assembly today. He may not
live up to some of the wilder rumors
about what Rumania will do next to
show its independence, but Moscow is
clearly worried. Yesterday Pravda
made it clear that in the Soviet view,
the Rumanians have strayed too far
already.
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7. Nigeria
Lagos seems about ready to try am-
phibious landings in the Port Harcourt
area of the Eastern Region. Some 2,000
troops and such naval craft as the
Federal government owns are being as-
sembled for the purpose. In the mean-
time Federal forces along the northern
front are supposed to step up the pres-
sure--if they can.
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