THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 5 OCTOBER 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: October 5, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
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DAILY BRIEF
5 OCTOBER 1967
1. South Vietnam
2. Yemen
Ky's main duty in the new govern-
ment will be rooting out corruption and
incompetence, Thieu told an American
official yesterday. In pursuing this
objective, Ky would use the authority
of the president and would be empowered
to investigate the province chiefs.
Thieu admitted such a role "will neces-
sarily involve more power than what is
provided for in the constitution."
A couple of high province officials
in Quang Ngai got into trouble yester-
day with Revolutionary Development work-
ers. Corruption in the provincial gov-
ernment appears to be behind the inci-
dent, although political factionalism
may also have played a part. In any
event, the two officials got their heads
shaved--a sign of disgrace.
Truong Dinh Dzu was released from
prison yesterday morning. The defeated
presidential candidate had been arrested
last Friday. He still remains under
sentence for illegal financial activities.
The Yemeni republicans'are.scream-
ing "sell out" over the withdrawal of
Egyptian troops (over 700 have already
left). On Tuesday, a demonstration
protesting the withdrawal grew into a
riot in which the Egyptians killed five
Yemenis and wounded 25 before restoring
order. .Such antics are unlikely to de-
ter the Egyptians, who now plan to
finish the evacuation by 1 January.
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3, Communist China
4. Soviet Union
. Nigeria
Further analysis of Sunday's Na-
tional Day celebrations strengthens our
impression that a shift in the Peking
power balance has occurred.
Military figures, including many
who had been-out of view for a year
and some who have been under political
attack, were given unusual prominence.
The Cultural Revolution group, given
high billing during most of the year,
was not even mentioned.
High-level political and mili-
tary meetings appear to have been going
on for some days now. As best we can re-
construct things, some sort of policy
turn was made in late August and these
meetings are to pass the new line and
implement a drive for social order.
Enugu apparently fell to federal
forces yesterday, and Ojukwu and other
top Biafran leaders have dropped out of
sight for the moment. Guerrilla re-
sistance will probably continue, but
some Ibo officers may now be in the mood
to dump Ojukwu and negotiate with Lagos.
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6. Egypt
7. Cameroon
The army has no money for its
usual large scale anti-insurgent op-
erations during the rainy season now
at hand. Expenditures for the quar-
ter were locked into the government's
new computer by its French keeper,
who then left for leave in Paris. No
one else in the country knows how to
readjust the Monster--which keeps re-
jecting frantic requests for extraor-
dinary expenditures.
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