THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 13 OCTOBER 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005974062
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• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: October 13, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
13 October 1967
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DAILY BRIEF
13 OCTOBER 1967
1. South Vietnam
2. Thailand
3. South Korea
An overambitious reporter who
garbled his facts was apparently re-
sponsible for yesterday's story about
Thieu's plans to suggest a meeting
with Ho Chi Minh. Embassy Saigon re-
ports the correspondent, a Vietnamese
working for Reuters, called on Thieu's
press officer for a routine review dur-
ing which the subject of talks with
the North came up. The press officer
repeated the position taken by Thieu
last August. The correspondent took
it from there with ruffles and flour-
ishes.
The opposition party's boycott of
the National Assembly, which has blocked
legislative business since June, seems
to be breaking up. Government pressure
coaxed one member of the opposition back
to his seat and others will probably
follow.
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4. Greece
5. Iraq
6. Uruguay
The King is concerned that the
crunch may be just around the corner.
Embassy Athens reports that the junta
has proposed putting Papadopoulos in as
deputy premier but the King refuses.
Some officials have warned Constan-
tine that this move represents the long-
planned "phase two" of the revolution--
a move aimed at increasing Papadopoulos'
control of the armed forces, if not the
country as a whole. These people are
telling the King that he must resist
this gambit.
There is no hint yet as to the next
move from either side.
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The political situation is still
unsettled. So far, five cabinet mem-
bers have resigned over the state of
siege imposed on Monday, but President
Gestido has not stepped in to fill the
vacancies. The government is maintain-
ing its tough stand against the Commu-
nists, and the one-day general strike
on Wednesday was only partially effec-
tive.
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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 Eys Only
13 October. 1967
NOTES ON THE SITUATION
Military Conscription: A North Vietnamese
national recently reported that since January the
authorities in his village in Nghe An Province had
been "very severe" on conscription. All of the
men in his village between the ages of 17 and 35
were required tO take physical examinations; all
except those who were crippled or in very poor
health had to be prepared to serve. Since January,
four villagers had been drafted, including one who
was 35 and had three children. Three of the four
had not been heard from since being drafted.
This report is similar to others, particularly
from the southern provinces of North Vietnam, which
reflect some lowering in draft standards. The re-
ports are believed to reflect local policies, how.-
ever, and cannot be considered indicative of condi-
Lions throughout the country
Indians Know. Not. Whereof They. Speak.:', On 6 Oc-
tober the Indian de-Tense minister stated before the
UN General Assembly that India was sure an end to
the bombing would lead to an international confer-
ence on Vietnam.
this was
but one of a series of ill-advised speeches on for-
eign policy made by Indian officials over the past
few months.
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1. NORTH VIETNAMESE REFLECTIONS OF US POLITICAL
ATTITUDES ON THE WAR
? Hanoi on Domestic Ci.iticism: ? Hanoi propaganda
is takTng note of -the (.urrcTIT-domestie debate on th4...
Vietnam issue. A North -Vie-tham)se broadcast. beamed
to South Vi:etnam.on 10. Ocjohcr quoted Western sources
as?stating that "%Johnson. the top 'warmonger. has again
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I adly defeated and deeplA hogued down in a
ouly_ deadlocked situa-flon,-
The-br-oadcast cent mood by taking?note?-of?'press
.urfficisms of the administration'S position :on the
\vat-, If noted ihitt the New York Times reported on
Uctober'inat 245 prvi.,(:)u.:.?;77y. pro -JiTinson state
eoug-ressmerf have protested.,-johus0, ?.
--war Po'lley,": -Th0 Times. was. .also quotd as saying
.0101: more and mOr(----15-675-file.in-Ameritian?
Circles realize. the failure of th-e "Johnson cii.due
. in Vit.-H-1am."
?Tfnall.,,!. the broadcast reported an 8 October
statement by. "former President Kennedy'.s ?persou.al
representative" (presumably Arthur Schlesinger) to
lne- effect that "Johnson's present: WHY escalation in
-Vietnam.js a tragic-failure." . Th(2-represent'atiVe..:
was further goofed .as saying that thc.American.people??
:should vote to remove Johnson from p-ower unless he. .
abandons I1l escalation of the vial' in Vietnam.
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