THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 12 OCTOBER 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005974060
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 12
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: October 12, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
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DAILY BRIEF
12 OCTOBER 1967
?1. Cuba
2. Soviet Union
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3. Congo
4. Communist China
The mercenary evacuation plan is
bogged down. Brussels is being nig-
gardly about financing the operation,
and the International Red' Cross repre-
sentatives seem more interested in "Swiss
thoroughness" than action. Mobutu, now
immersed in other matters, is apparently
not aware of the almost total lack of -
progress.
The leadership has--apparently with
some success--mounted a major campaign
to force rival Red Guard groups into a
united front.
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Tension between Red Guard units
nevertheless remains high and we think
these united front groups will be frag-
ile at best. The army, however, is
taking strong measures to suppress actual
fighting between rival groups.
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. Nigeria
.A new effort is under way to
arrange direct peace talks in London
between Biafra and the federal gov-
ernment: There are signs that Gowon
is willing to send representatives,
but Ojukwu may insist that a cease-
fire precede any meeting. The ap-
parently crumbling condition of the
-Biafran Army, police, and militia,
however, could soon make Ojukwu less
choosy.
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1 2 OCT 1967
SPECIAL DAILY REPORT ON NORTH VIETNAM
FOR THE PRES! DENT'S EYES ONLY
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Special Daily Report on North Vietnam
for the President's Eyes Only
12 October 1967
I. NOTES ON THE SITUATION
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Hanoi Claims Production Increases: Hanoi con-
tinues its efforts to show that it is providing for
the country's essential economic needs, despite US
bombings. North Vietnam's minister of light indus-
try stated recently that production of consumer goods
is increasing to meet the people's demands for food-
stuffs, clothing, and household needs such as sauce,
sugar, salt, cloth, paper and earthenware. The minis-
ter also confidently predicted that the trend would
continue during the rest of the year.
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II. NORTH VIETNAMESE REFLECTIONS OF US POLITICAL
ATTITUDES TOWARD THE WAR
Hanoi on US Opposition: A roundup of antiwar
activities in the US was carried by Hanoi's inter-
national news service on 11 October. It reports on
the "peace torch marathon" in which a gas torch is
being carried from Hiroshima, Japan, to Washington
for the big antiwar demonstration planned for 21 Oc-
tober. It also covers a student demonstration
against "the dirty war in Vietnam" which took place
when Mrs. Johnson arrived in Williamstown, Massa-
chusetts, to address the local college.
Quotes are included from a letter published in
the London Times by an American professor, who con-
demns-US bombings of North Vietnam and accuses the
US of blocking "the road of national self-determina-
tion of the Vietnamese people."
The broadcast also notes briefly the 500,000-
signature petition handed to Congress by the-"Nego-
tiations Now" Group, but for some reason adds that
this was only half the signatures the group planned
to obtain. Hanoi includes no commentary of its own.
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