THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 22 NOVEMBER 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005974133
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: November 22, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
2 November 1967
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DAILY BRIEF
22 NOVEMBER 1967
1. Cyprus Time appears to be running out for
peace on the island.
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2. Israel-Jordan
Although feverish diplomatic efforts
to defuse the critical situation continue
in Athens and Ankara, the Turkish war
machine--already in a high state of readi-
ness--is being geared both to move rapidly
into Cyprus and to respond to any counter-
move by Greek forces.
The Greeks and Greek Cypriots, 50X1
for their part, remain determined, de-
spite Turkish military superiority, to
resist any Turkish military move.
Jordan's interest in discouraging ter-
rorism along its borders has been shaken by
the artillery pounding it got from Israel
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3. North Vietnam
4. USSR-Yemen
5. Cuba-USSR
6. Nigeria
The main rice crop now being har-
vested looks as if it will be below
average. A combination of bad weather
and disruptions brought on by bombing is
responsible. In a normal year, North
Vietnam can expect a three-million ton
fall harvest. This year's may drop
200,000 tons below that mark. With this
shortfall, Hanoi will have to maintain
its already high level of food imports
and perhaps increase them.
Negotiation of the Soviet-Cuban
trade protocol for 1968 seems to be
going reasonably well despite the ten-
sions between Moscow and Havana.
A peace-seeking mission of the Or-
ganization of African Unity (OAU), au-
thorized last September, is due to
arrive today in the federal capital of
Lagos. Its prospects are less than
good, however, in view of the opposition
of federal authorities to any OAU media-
tory role.
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7. South Korea
The five-month political impasse
in the National Assembly has moved a
step nearer resolution.
Opposition representatives have ex-
pressed willingness to end their boycott
of the Assembly. For its part, the gov-
ernment party has promised that steps
will be taken to satisfy opposition griev-
ances, largely growing out of irregulari-
ties in last June's elections. But the
protagonists ducked some of the major
issues at stake--such as the number of
seats to be "corrected." These omis-
sions, along with factional struggles in
both parties, could make for some further
delay in seating the opposition.
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FOR THE PRESIDENT'S EYES ONLY
Special Daily Report on North Vietnam
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Special Daily Report on North Vietnam
for the President's Eyes Only
22 November 1967
I. NOTES ON THE SITUATION
Report on Situation in Hanoi:
the city's defenses remained alert de-
spite the lull in bombing raids, and that security
orders were strictly observed. Loudspeakers
continued to announce the approach of enemy planes.
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II. NORTH VIETNAMESE REFLECTIONS OF US POLITICAL
ATTITUDES ON THE WAR
Hanoi Broadcast Encourages Negroes to Desert:
A 20 November Hanoi broadcast in English to US
troops in South Vietnam encourages Negro GI's to
"rise up and oppose this Johnson war." Hanoi as-
serts that there are no reasons to justify Negroes
fighting in Vietnam since "the Johnson administra-
tion does nothing good for Negroes." The broadcast
goes on to claim that the Viet Cong has consistently
treated prisoners well and notes the recent release
of three US soldiers as an example. Therefore,
,Hanoi concludes, "the best way for the Negro GI is
to let himself be taken prisoner rather than be
killed."
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