THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 11 SEPTEMBER 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005974006
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: September 11, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
11 September 1967
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DAILY BRIEF
11 SEPTEMBER 1967
1. South Vietnam
2. Communist China
Some of the defeated civilian
presidential candidates are losing
their enthusiasm for contesting the
election. The Revolutionary Dai Viet
Party has decided to accept the re-
sults and participate in the govern-
ment if asked. Candidate Tran Van
Huong also has dropped plans to pro-
test.
One official complaint on the
senatorial elections has been lodged.
This was by Tam Chau, the moderate
Buddhist leader, who supported Presi-
dent Thieu's candidacy. He feels the
Catholics got far too much representa-
tion. Tam Chau assured US officials,
however, that he had no intention of
organizing demonstrations to pr6ss
home his point. The militant Bud-
dhists have so far taken a wait-and-
see attitude.
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3, Communist China A late June item in the/
press/
4. Congo
mentions some 600 doctors and
nurses leaving Peking for Sinkiang (i.e.,
Lop Nor) to care for "casualties" from
China's sixth nuclear test earlier in
the month.
This is the first report of casual-
ties from any of the tests, but Chinese ,
movies of the first three showed troops
rushing into the test area immediately
after detonation. It is possible that
in June some zealots dashed in too soon
or with inadequate preparation.
A reputable West German correspon-
dent, fresh from 17 days with Schramme
and his mercenaries in Bukavu, has given
our embassy in Rwanda some of his impres-
sions. These are the main points he made,
and they ring pretty true:
--Schramme will not drive south to-
ward Katanga, but may take over
some eastern Congo towns such as
Goma.
--Schramme is convinced that Mobutu's
government is on the verge of dis-
integration from factors other than
the mercenaries' capture of Bukavu.
Hence, Schramme believes he is
making progress merely by staying
in Bukavu and letting his "oil
spot" spread. He is capable of
waiting it out there for many months
if necessary, having recently re-
ceived a "monster load" of munitions.
--The Congo Army around Bukavu is fall-
ing apart, with large numbers coming
over to the mercenaries.
--There is no Communist influence on
the mercenaries.
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SPECIAL DAILY REPORT ON NORTH VIETNAM
FOR THE PRESIDENT'S EYES ONLY
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Special Daily Report on North Vietnam
for the President's Eyes Only
11 September 1967
Hanoi Condemns UN Role: A commentary in yester-
day's issue of the party paper Nhan Dan made it unmis-
takably clear that Hanoi will have no part of any
United Nations initiative on Vietnam.
The commentary accused the US of a "shopworn
plot" to "legalize its war of aggression against Viet-
nam." As on previous occasions, Nhan Dan insisted that
the United Nations has no right whatsoever to "inter-
fere" in Vietnam. The Vietnamese question, the paper
stated, can only be settled on the basis of the four-
-point stand of the North Vietnamese government and the
five points of the Liberation Front.
Barrier: No Hanoi comment has yet been noted on
Secretary McNamara's announcement about the barrier.
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