THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 8 SEPTEMBER 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005974002
• 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 8, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
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DAILY BRIEF
8 SEPTEMBER-1967
1. North Vietnam
2. Soviet Union
The backlog of foreign flag ships
waiting to unload at Haiphong has been
significantly reduced. This is pri-
marily because there have been .fewer
such ships arriving there in July and
August. August arrivals were up a
little.from July's low, but still be-
low the monthly average during the first
..half year.. Food and petroleum products
continue to dominate the incoming car-
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3. Dominican Republic President Balaguer is moving to
tighten his control over Dominican mili-
tary and security services.
4. Korea
5. Nigeria
6. Poland
Wednesday he replaced both the air
force chief of staff and the head of the
national police with trusted followers.,
In recent months there has been a good
deal of grumbling about Balaguer in the
armed forces and he intends to nip this
before it goes further. There is a fair
chance that some civilian cabinet-level
changes will also be made before Bala-
guer is through.
Sabotage may be the next step in
North Korea's campaign to increase ten-
sion in the South and create public
pressure against any more troop commit-
ments to Vietnam. Tuesday North Korean
agents used explosives to derail a train
north of Seoul. This is the first time
in years that the Communists have tried
this sort of thing, although they have
been very active in recent months ambush-
ing UN troops and infiltrating agents.
The war goes indecisively on with
the federal forces currently holding
a slight edge on their Biafran oppon-
ents. The federals recently recaptured
several important positions taken by
the Biafrans last month.
De Gaulle is drawing large crowds
on his visit to Warsaw. Some Poles may
anticipate another Quebec performance
and are waiting around for the General
to shout for a "free Poland." But,
since this junket is part of De Gaulle's
effort to woo Eastern Europe, we do not
expect obviously discordant sounds.
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7. Ceylon
The Ceylonese are worried lest Pe-
king use the current diplomatic hassle .
between the two countries as an excuse
for not renewing the rice-for-rubber
agreement. It all started over a batch
of Mao buttons confiscated by the Cey-
lonese. The Chinese reacted in typical
fashion and relations are distinctly
cool.
China normally, supplies about 25
percent of Ceylon's rice and if the
deal is not renegotiated at the end of
the year, the Ceylonese will be hard
put to find an alternate source. They
probably would turn to the US.
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SPECIAL DAILY REPORT ON NORTH VIETNAM
FOR THE PRES I DENT'S EYES ONLY
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Special Daily Report on North Vietnam
for the President's Eyes Only
8 September 1967
More from David Schoenbrun: reports
from David Schoenbrun on his trip to Hanoi suggest that
the North Vietnamese were as effective in presenting
their view of the war to him as they were with Harrison
Salisbury last January. Nevertheless, Schoenbrun does
provide some interesting sidelights.
Schoenbrun's report of the North Vietnamese celebra-
tion of national day, for example, gives a good picture
of how the government conducts public functions under
the threat of bombings. This year's celebration of the
2 September anniversary was held on 30 August under a
cloak of secrecy for security reasons. Correspondents
received invitations only at the last minute and were led
to the open air ceremony by a circuitous route.
At the celebration, Schoenbrun had a rare opportunity
for close observation of President Ho Chi Minh. He de-
scribed the 77-year-old leader as "stooped with cowed
shoulders" and as having the appearance up close of being
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"quite feeble." During the ceremonies, however, he par-
ticipated in periodic applause with apparent vigor. In
various conversations with North Vietnamese officials,
Schoenbrun received the impression that Ho had not
lived in the capital since at least
April, although where
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he lives was not specified.
prior
to
not
his appearance
attended any
at the
public
national day festivities he had
function since last spring.
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