THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 6 OCTOBER 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005974050
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: October 6, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
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DAILY BRIEF
6 OCTOBER 1967
1. South Vietnam
2. France
3. .Peru
The campaign officially opens to-
day for the 22 October lower house
election. A total of 1,240 candidates
are running, an average of about nine
per seat. So far, no clear-cut politi-
cal divisions have come to light among
the candidates. The contests will prob-
ably be influenced more by local factors
than by national issues.
Tension between angry farmers and
the government remains high.
Protesting increased feed prices
and decreased cattle prices, these
small livestock farmers are caught be-
tween the hammer of De Gaulle's EEC-
based pricing policy and the anvil of
their inherent farming inefficiency.
De Gaulle may offer a few minor
concessions. He is unlikely, however,
to make any real changes in agricultural
policy.
The government faces a censure mo-
tion next Tuesday over economic and
social policies. The _farmers' revolt
may cause some defections from the Gaul-
list ranks, but probably not enough to
carry the motion.
The Peruvians are trying to cover
their own tracks with false charges
that Chile has bought missiles and
other military hardware from the Soviet
Union. Chile has not. Peru is con-
tracting to buy supersonic fighter-
bombers and tanks from France.
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4. Brazil
5. Greece
The Brazilians too are negotiating
for French military jets. Rio hopes to
get a package deal that would include
20 fighters and an aircraft factory on
long-term credit. If the US F-5s which
Brazil has tried to purchase are not
forthcoming, the deal may well go through.
Constantine showed "distaste and
regret" when he told Ambassador Talbot
on Wednesday that the military junta has
decided to stay in power for four years.
The King intends to work to get this de-
cision revised downward. We doubt he
will have much luck.
The junta of late has chosen to ig-
nore the King's suggestions. It is pos-
sible that a showdown between the King
and the regime is shaping up. Constan-
tine, however, is not likely to bring it
on without a better power base than he
seems to have now. In the end, we sus-
pect the King will have no choice but to
learn to live with the junta.
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6. Communist China There are more si ns of an upcoming 50X1
Chinese nuclear test.
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Special Daily Report on North Vietnam
for the President's Eyes Only*
6 October 1967
I. NOTES ON THE SITUATION 50X1,
Preparations for Observance of the Soviet Fiftieth
Anniversary: Now that the celebrations of Chinese-Na-
tional Day are over, Hanoi is beginning to beat the
drums in preparation for even larger celebrations of
the 50th anniversary of the Soviet Revolution next
month. Having already adopted resolutions on the anni-
versary, published articles about it in the party
journal, and sent delegations to Moscow for prelimin-
ary ceremonies, Hanoi is now commencing its propaganda
outpouring for the festivities. A broadcast on 5 Oc-
tober carried instructions to all the armed forces in
North Vietnam on the celebration of the 50th anniver-
sary. The instructions declared that the key point of
the celebration was the promotion of the study of
Marxism-Leninism among all party members. All army
units are to hold discussions, talks, and book and
newspaper readings, and to launch short-term "emula-
tion drives" with the aim of defeating the US aggres-
sors.
Hanoi's commemoration of the Soviet anniversary
probably will be quite extensive and as a result will
cause a good deal of irritation in Peking. Perhaps to
forestall Peking's anger, Hanoi's celebration of Chi-
nese National Day this year was much more elaborate
than in previous years. Hanoi included two Politburo
members in its delegation to the festivities in Peking;
last year no delegation was sent.
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The Educational System Carries On: Another of
Hanoi's efforts to demonstrate that the bombings, while
causing serious damage, have not destroyed the ability
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of the state to carry on was clearly evident in a
statement on 4 October by Hanoi's Education Ministry.
After recounting a long list of alleged US bombing
crimes directed against schools and other educational
institutions, the statement declared that despite
"these heavy obstacles" the North Vietnamese educa-
tional service "is developing with every passing day."
To support this assertion, the ministry claimed that
in the present school year (1967-68) the number of
pupils attending primary and secondary school has
risen to over 3.6 million--an increase of 10 percent
over last year. This number, when added to the num-
ber of pupils in other schools, the statement al-
leged, brings to 5.6 million the number of people
attending classes, or about one out of every four
people in North Vietnam.
While our information on the actual number of
pupils enrolled in the country is sketchy, we believe
the above figures are highly exaggerated and probably
include a large number of those enrolled part-time.
Hanoi's own statistics for enrollment of primary and
secondary pupils in 1965-66 was 2.3 million. Since
that time, the regime has closed or dismantled many
of its educational institutions and evacuated the
pupils to the countryside.
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II. NORTH VIETNAMESE REFLECTIONS OF US POLITICAL
ATTITUDES TOWARD THE WAR
A Hanoi broadcast on 4 October in English to
American servicemen in South Vietnam has used some
critical remarks on the war made at a recent Demo-
cratic gathering in California in an attempt to dem-
onstrate that "Johnson's war in Vietnam is the most
unpopular in US history and is being opposed by in-
creasing numbers of his party members."
The article recounted that on 1 October "33,000
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adopted a resolution expressing disagreement with 50X1
"Johnson's policy in Vietnam." The broadcast noted
that the resolution demands "unconditional end to the
US bombing of North Vietnam, and withdrawal of US
troops from Vietnam." Additionally, the broadcast
stated that the Democrats declared they would support
any candidate for the 1968 presidential election who
approves of an end to the US war in Vietnam, and de-
clared their opposition to President Johnson's candi-
dacy. The broadcast closed with the question, "Is
there any valid reason for American GI's like you to
continue fighting this war?"
On 2 October a Hanoi broadcast described the ac-
tions of "people in many countries" who are demanding
an end to the "US aggressive war" in Vietnam. The
broadcast notes that some 320 prominent Americans, in-
cluding scientist Linus Pauling and poets Robert
Lowell and Allen Ginsberg, recently signed a state-
ment condemning "Johnson's war" and supporting "the
antidraft movement among the American youth." The
broadcast also states that the Women's Strike for
Peace has decided to launch "a drive of broad mass
mobilization" to demand that the US Government stop
the war and bring US troops home.
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