THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 26 JUNE 1968

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005976221
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: June 26, 1968

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The President's Daily Brief
?26 June 1968
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THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
26 JUNE 1968
1, Canada
2. Berlin
Trudeau's Liberal Party won handily
in yesterday's election. Complete un-
official returns show that it will have
154 of the 264 parliamentary seatS, end-
ing six years of minority government in
Canada. Trudeau can now move quickly
to set in motion his promised review of
Canada's foreign and domestic policies.
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East Germany meanwhile has denounced
the allied counteraction of imposing fees 50X1
for documentation of East Germans travel-
ing to the West. It is certain also to
take strong exception to plans of the West
German parliament to hold two "work ses-
sions" in West Berlin this fall.
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3. Czechoslovakia
4. Communist China
5. Italy
6. Uruguay
The government's latest liberaliza-
tion move is the abolition of the re-
stricted zone along the East German bor-
der. This is in line with last week's
general easing of restrictions on domes-
tic and foreign travel. The East Ger-
mans also will not mistake Prague's in-
tent to needle them at a time when they
are playing their own game of greater
controls.
Over the last few days 17 decom-
posed bodies, most of them bound hand
and foot, have been found in Hong Kong
waters, They apparently had drifted
downstream from the Cantonarea, where
travelers have reported increasing vio-
lence since May.
The new government of Premier Leone,
sworn in yesterday, is expected to pass
. its first hurdle next week when a vote
. of confidence is taken. Although it is
a minority government composed entirely
,of Christian Democrats, other parties
are not likely to force early elections.
There are signs, however, that the
Communists see a new opportunity in the
present shaky state of affairs, They
had previously worked to contain stu-
dent protests, but Party secretary Longo
now says he hopes that student strife
can be coordinated with a general wave
of worker protest.
President Pacheco threw down the
gauntlet Monday when he ordered troops
to move against striking Communist-led
bank workers. This could lead to more
Strife if students and other labor
leaders challenge the legality of his
move.,
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