THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 30 AUGUST 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005973986
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: August 30, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
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DAILY BRIEF
30 AUGUST 1967
1. North Vietnam
2. South Vietnam
3. Congo
Hanoi has finally seen fit to an-
nounce Stokely Carmichael's visit. A
broadcast yesterday said Carmichael had
come to North Vietnam at the invitation
of the Vietnam Afro-Asian Solidarity
Committee. The broadcast left the im-
pression Carmichael had just arrived.
Actually, we believe he has been there
for a week. Carmichael was quoted as
expressing "warm militant solidarity"
with the Vietnamese.
The Provisional Assembly has re-
jected a government proposal to keep
the polls open for an extra two hours
on election day. The Military Direc-
torate had asked for the extra time to
assure maximum voter participation. On
3 September voting hours will be from
7:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
Mobutu is back-peddling on his
stand that only a Congolese military
victory over the mercenaries can erase
the stain of dishonor. The General,
who vacillates a good deal in time of
crisis, apparently has remembered that
his army is an improbable instrument
for victory and would be more likely to
take to the bush than to take Bukavu.
Mobutu is now saying that he would
negotiate with the mercenaries if Schramme
alone would "disappear."
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4. Communist China
5. Egypt
6, Aden
?Peking is taking further steps to
curb the spread of violence, including
the deployment of troops into at least
one problem area.
This directive may backfire and
cause still more violence. Local au-
thorities, which have sometimes delib-
erately misinterpreted such orders in
recent months, may use it to justify
disarming Maoists and supplying their
own supporters with weapons,/
although
the directive has been widely publicized
in Canton, killing and fighting continue.
Last Friday night Nasir broke up
a coup attempt: he simply invited the
organizer, former chief of the armed
forces Abdul Hakim Amir, to dinner and
arrested him in the presence of the
other guests. Some 150 of Amir's high-
ranking collaborators have since been '
picked up.
Nasir may now feel temporarily se-
cure. The arrest of Amir, long a favor-
ite of the army, may in time have seri-
ous repercussions. At the moment, how-
ever, the army appears too demoralized
and leaderless to take up the gauntlet.
The South Arabian Army, to which
the British had hoped to turn over
power and then leave, has declined the
offer. London seems, however, to be
going ahead with plans to get out, ap-
parently hoping that the conflicting
groups will themselves somehow come to
an arrangement. ?
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