THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 2 AUGUST 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005973938
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: August 2, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
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DAILY BRIEF
'2 AUGUST 1967
1. Communist China
2. North Vietnam
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Peking has now "pardoned" the de-
fiant military commander of the trouble-
some and important Wuhan military
district. /
/Only
few days before, Peking had ordered
country-wide demonstrations against the
officer.
This back-pedaling looks like a
serious reverse for Mao and Lin, and
will probably encourage other malcon-
tented regional commanders. ?Such offi-
cers picked up unexpected support yester-
day when Red Star, the Soviet military
journal, urged them on by saying that the
Chinese army has been deceived by Mao and
his followers. The article cites the
Wuhan events as proof that "not all of
the army is under the control of the Mao
group."
The need for more skilled adminis-
trators and technicians has led Hanoi to
reverse the policy it had been applying
to members of the former middle class.
These "bourgeois" elements, who had been
denied responsible jobs for some years,
are now to be "allotted positions suit-
able to their capacity"--and paid accord-
ingly.
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3. Indonesia
4. Cuba
5,, Algeria
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Suharto, sensitive to civilian
criticism of the army's political role,
has abolished some of the more obvious
instruments of military control. He
has hardly sold out to the civilians,
however; the army still holds the presi-
dency, the cabinet chairmanship, a third
of the portfolios, two-thirds of the
governorships, half of the ambassador-
ships, and a good half of the lesser
plums.
The 1967 sugar harvest has been
officially completed. Although it was
the third largest harvest ever--over
six million tons--it was below Cuban
expectations. It will not cover Havana's
commitments under barter agreements with
Communist countries.
The Soviet Union will probably again
let the Cubans--who owe a million tons on
last year's agreement--off the hook, but
the East European countries will be more
hard-nosed. This may explain why Havana
actually imported sugar from Mexico-re-
cently
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