THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 29 NOVEMBER 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005974145
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: November 29, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
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DAILY BRIEF
29 NOVEMBER 1967
1, Cyprus
2. United Kingdom
3. Soviet Union
There is no word yet this morn-
ing on Mr. Vance's discussions in
Nicosia with President Makarios. We
have seen nothing overnight to sug-
gest that the Archbishop will be any-
thing but difficult to deal with.
The latest London Sunday Times
opinion poll showed 68 percent pro-
fessing little or no confidence in
the government and 57 percent in favor
of an immediate election. If an elec-
tion were held, 42 percent would vote
Conservative, 30 percent Labor, and
9 percent Liberal.
The Russians have evidently
given up any idea of another attempt
soon at the major s ace event that
failed last week.
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4. Cambodia
5. Gabon
6. Jordan
Prince Sihanouk is saying that the
war may soon be extended into Cambodia.
He told a press conference on Sunday
that recent US newspaper reports of
Vietnamese Communist activities in Cam-
bodia are a form of pressure on Washing-
ton to extend the war. He praised
President Johnson for exercising re-
straint but went on to warn the Cambodi-
an people to be prepared for a "struggle
to the death against the Americans."
Sihanouk issued the standard denial
about permanent Communist facilities on
Cambodian territory, but acknowledged
that Communist units pass through iso-
lated border areas. He also admitted
that Cambodia had made a "verbal agree-
ment" to sell rice and other nonmilitary
goods to the Viet Cong.
The transfer of power to Albert
Bongo--President Mba died yesterday--
will probably be orderly. Bongo is
only 32, but has been groomed for the
presidency by the French ever since Mba
became seriously ill more than a year
ago. There is some uneasiness because
Bongo lacks Mbais stature, but Paris
will undoubtedly take whatever steps
are necessary to keep a pro-French re-
gime in power in its uranium-rich ex-
colony.
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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
29 November 1967
I. NOTES ON THE SITUATION
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British Group Plans Visit to North Vietnam: A
25-member British "peace group" plans to leave on
23 December for a visit to North Vietnam, according
to a British press report. A spokesman for the group
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stated that they planned to "share the dangers" of
bombing with the Vietnamese people and to bring medi-
cal supplies for those injured in air raids. He
claimed that the group did not align themselves with
the "military objectives of either side" but said that
they hoped their presence in North Vietnam would
"bring home to people the killing of human beings who
want peace and an end to suffering." The group is
currently trying to raise funds to finance the trip.
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II, NORTH VIETNAMESE REFLECTIONS OF US POLITICAL
ATTITUDES ON THE WAR
Viet Cong Message to US Navy Deserters: On
25 November the Viet Cong's committee for "solidarity"
with the American people sent a message to the four
US Navy deserters from the aircraft carrier Intrepid.
The message
welcomes the "courageous act" of the sailors and
their statements "unveiling the truth" about the US
Government's "unjust, immoral, and illegal war" in
Vietnam. The Viet Cong expresses confidence that
the deserters will be supported by youths in the US,
as well as young American servicemen still serving in
the armed forces.
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More on Dissent: A 28 November Hanoi interna-
tional broadcast in English has listed a series of
antiwar demonstrations in the US without providing
any further comment. The broadcast reported that
100 veterans of the Vietnam war--including many offi-
cers--claimed that the war was "unjust and against
the interests of the American people." According to
Hanoi, the 100 ex-servicemen demanded that the Ameri-
can Government immediately end the war in South
Vietnam and withdraw American troops.
A "Black GI" in San Francisco was quoted as say-
ing that he would risk a five-year prison term rather
than fight in the "war of aggression in Vietnam.
America is the black man's battleground," he report-
edly declared. Finally, the broadcast reported that
more than 250 students paraded on the campus of the
University of Wisconsin on 20 November "in spite of
wet snow" to protest against interviews by US Navy
and Marine personnel recruiting "for the aggressive
war in Vietnam."
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