THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 5 SEPTEMBER 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005973996
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: September 5, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
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DAILY BRIEF
5 SEPTEMBER 1967
1. South Vietnam
2. Indonesia
Final but still unofficial figures
give Thieu and ',Ky About 35 percent of
the vote, better than a two-to-one lead
over the runner-up ticket led by Truohg
Dinh DZu. The vociferous Dzu, probably
feeling a bit heady over his unexpected
showing, has scheduled a press confer-
ence for tomorrow. He has promised a
list of electiOn irregularities, but we
doubt that he can come up with anything
very solid.
Some protest demonstrations..are
probably in the offing. .Militant Bud-
dhists and Saigon students are apparently
gearing up for nonviolent demonstrations
this week and some of the defeated can-
didates may send their supporters into
the streets.
Election returns from the Senate
races are still incomplete and probably
will not be tabulated until late today.
The Indonesians and Malaysians,
who formally re-established diplomatic
relations last week, are now working
toward much closer military cooperation
in the drive against the guerrillas
still operating along their common bor-
der in Borneo. Economic relations are
also fast developing between the two
countries, both members of the recently
formed Association of Southeast Asian
States.
,Mutual suspicions still linger,
particularly in Malaysia, but it is
clear now that Sukarno's old policy of
"confrontation" has been relegated--
along with its author--to the trash heap.
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. Communist China
4. Soviet Union
5. South America
The upheaval inside China is be-
coming more intense and much bloodier.
Not long ago, fists and rocks were the
principal weapons. Now rifles, machine-
guns, and even artillery and tanks are
being used in hit-and-run battles in
widely scattered parts of thecountry.
Posters
seen in Canton claimed last week that
2,000 people had died there in recent
fighting.
The disorders are interfering in-
creasingly with transportation, commu-
nications, and other government services.
Some weather stations, including ones
that had been supplying information for
military use in the Vietnam border area
have apparently been shut down.
The regime continues issuing pro-
nouncements designed to restore order,
but with no apparent effect.
On Saturday, Moscow announced the
closure of two zones in the Pacific
for eight weeks. The next day, an-SS-9
was fired into one of the zones from
Tyuratam. It looks like another series
of ICBM practice shots is in the works
(see map).
High ranking Argentine and Peru-
vian army officers have been meeting to
discuss the possibility of sending
troops to help defeat the Cuban-supported
guerrillas in Bolivia. Things would
have to get very much worse in Bol.ivia,
however, before President Barrientps
swallowed his pride and permitted foreign
troops to come in.
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6. Arab States
7. Nigeria
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Ghana, alarmed by growing Soviet
influence in Nigeria, has invited six
African states to meet in Accra to
search for a solution to the Nigerian
civil war. African pressure for an end
to the war is also building elsewhere
on the continent, and the issue is likely
to come up during the sessions of the
Organization of African Unity now under
way in Kinshasa.
The Nigerian Government, however,
continues to insist that its struggle
with Biafra is an internal matter and
that outside mediation is not welcome.
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