THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 9 OCTOBER 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
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• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005974054
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• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 11
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: October 9, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
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DAILY BRIEF
9 OCTOBER 1967
1. South Vietnam
2. Philippines
3. Hong Kong
Relations between Thieu and Ky have
improved considerably, and the two are
getting on with the business of planning
their new government. They apparently
have agreed on a Ky prot?, Nguyen Van
Loc, as prime minister, and they are
considering a major revamping of the
revolutionary development program which
would include abolishing the ministry
itself and transferring its functions
to a special staff in the president's
office.
The militant Buddhists called off
a scheduled protest march yesterday
when it became apparent that the govern-
ment would move forcefully to back up
its prohibition of illegal demonstra-
tions. A letter from Thieu, portrayed
by the Buddhists as "conciliatory," pro-
vided a face-saving way to postpone the
march.
Chances for keeping the Philippine
Civic Action Group in Vietnam are im-
proving. A bill to provide the neces-
sary funds will come up in the January
session of Congress/
Tuesday is the big Nationalist Chipa
holiday celebrating the anniversary of
Sun Yat-sen's 1911 revolution. Nation-
alists in Hong Kong are planning more
festivities than usual, and authorities
in the colony are somewhat concerned
that groups of more militant Communists
may make trouble.
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4. Jordan -
Soviet Union
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5. Soviet Union The Soviets are working on a new
6. Hungary
naval ballistic missile.
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There has been some progress in
arranging for the departure of Cardinal
Mindszenty as a result of negotiations
?between the Vatican and the Hungarian
Government,
?The Hungarians are willing to let'
the Cardinal go in peace if he will prom-
ise not to make antiregime statements
once he is in the West and if he will re-
nounce-all rights over his diocese. The
Cardinal has agreed to the first of these
conditions, but so far is refusing to re-
nounce his diocese. The Vatican represen-
tative who saw Mindszenty in Budapest on
5 October believes he can persuade the
Cardinal to accept this point too.
,The Cardinal, meanwhile, still in-
sists-he will walk out the door of the
US Embassy when Ambassador Hillenbrand,
arrives. The ambassador's arrival is
tentatively scheduled for 10 October.
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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*
9 October 1967
I. NOTES ON THE SITUATION
More Bloc Aid: Hanoi announced that on 6 Octo-
ber agreements had been signed in Budapest on
Hungary's economic and military aid to North Viet-
nam. The announcement did not specify the types of
'material the North Vietnamese would receive. . Seven
other Communist countries, including the Soviet Union
and Communist China, have recently signed new aid
and trade agreements with Hanoi.
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II. NORTH VIETNAMESE REFLECTIONS OF US POLITICAL
ATTITUDES TOWARD THE WAR
Viet Cony on Antiwar Sentiment in 11S
"Resolution 13"--the
document describing Viet Cong military, economic, and
political goals, this res-
olution also discusses antiwar sentiment in the US.
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The resolution also states, as a matter of Viet
Cong policy, that the longer the war goes on, the
stronger the US doves will become. The Viet Cong
therefore say they are inclined to fight at least
until the 1968 election, which they feel President
Johnson will lose to a dove candidate.
This line almost certainly is not an accurate
reflection of Vietnamese Communist capabilities to ex-
ploit the US protest movement, or of their expecta-
tions from it. The Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese
use evidence of antiwar sentiment in the US mainly as
a propaganda device aimed at boosting the morale of
their people. In private they have shown a more
realistic understanding of the character and depth
of the US opposition.
Hanoi on War Protests in the US: In a broadcast
to a domestic audience on 4 October, Hanoi radio
rounds up a series of reports from the US concerning
protests against the war. The broadcast takes note of
the demonstration planned for Washington on 21 October
and quotes Mrs. Dagmar Wilson of the "Women's Strike
for Peace" as predicting that American mothers will
voice their protest against sending their sons to
fight in Vietnam.
The broadcast also claims that the recent confer-
ence of "Businessmen for Peace in Vietnam" condemned
the "aggressive policy of the Johnson clique" and de-
manded an end to the war.
It also cites a resolution of 21 American bishops
opposing the war, the sixth national congress of the
"Women's Strike for Peace," and the actions of indi-
viduals refusing induction into military service as
examples of the antiwar effort in the United States.
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