THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 1 SEPTEMBER 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005973990
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: September 1, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
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DAILY BRIEF
1 SEPTEMBER 1967
1. North Vietnam
2. South Vietnam
3. West Germany
Celebrations in Hanoi yesterday
of the twenty-second birthday of the
North Vietnamese regime were notable
chiefly for the first public appear-
ance of Ho Chi Minh since last spring.
Premier Pham Van Dong made the major
speech, which was routine.
The two most important civilian
candidates for president say they will
launch formal protests if the Thieu-
Ky ticket wins. Tran Van Huong, who
is still considered likely to be runner-
up in Sunday's election, expects to lose
but claims he has "hard evidence" of
irregularities on behalf of the Thieu-
Ky ticket. He hopes to document hiS
charges after the election to a special
legislative commission as well as to
both houses of the US Congress and the
foreign press.
Candidate Phan Khac Suu also in-
tends to complain against Thieu and Ky--
presumably charging them with fraud--
if they win. His complaint would be
made through existing legal machinery
in the somewhat unrealistic hope that
the legislature would eventually invali-
date the elections.
The feeling is growing in Bonn that
the year-long economic recession has
passed its low point. Optimism, though
still cautious, is buoyed by a substan-
tial decline in unemployment and a healthy
upswing in industrial orders.
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4. Arab States
5. Japan
Nasir has at least come part of
the way toward accepting King Husayn's
call for reason. He is now said to
have implied to his fellow Arab leaders
that the time has come to look for some
kind of an accommodation with Israel.
As usual, however, he is careful to
evade responsibility for pushing this
line. He claims that reluctance on the
part of some Arabs to press on with the
war has foreclosed another military
round.
The Soviet leaders' message to the
Arab chiefs of state contained the usual
unspecific expressions of support for
their cause, but seemed to appeal for
caution and moderation.
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6. Paraguay
7. Vietnam
General Stroessner, already Latin
America's most durable president, how
has the way cleared for two more five-
year terms. It was arranged by the con-
vention that has just finished rewriting
the constitution.
The President feels so secure on
the home front that he intends to press
on with his program of political liber-
alization. This has already brought on
an aura of "coexistence" in the once
violently hostile relations between the
country's two traditional parties.
Hanoi radio continues to broadcast
Carmichael's revolutionary rantings and
yesterday claimed he had been received
by Premier Pham Van Dong. The man's
actual whereabouts, however, are clouded
by what looks very much like a purpose-
ful effort to hide his departure date
from Hanoi. He may or may not still be
there.
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