THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 3 JULY 1968

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005976231
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: July 3, 1968

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The President's Daily Brief
3 July 1968
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THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
3 JULY 1968
1, Communist China
2. Czechoslovakia
3. Supersonic
Transports
Recent satellite photography has
provided good evidence that China is
producing medium range ballistic mis-
sies at .a plant just outside of Peking.
There are still no signs that any
of the Russian military units deployed
from the Soviet Union into central
Czechoslovakia for the Warsaw Pact ex-
ercise have withdrawn. Some of the So-
viet elements which deployed into west-
ern Czechoslovakia from East Germany,
however, have returned to their bases.
Either the Soviet TU-144 or the
Anglo-French Concorde may, have the
distinction of being the first super-
sonic transport to fly. The TU-144
is scheduled to fly before the end of
the year, probably in the Jail. The
Concorde is at a comparable stage of
development.
Both programs are already well
behind their original schedules, how-
ever, and further delays could well
crop up.
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4: Philippines
5. Greece
6. Mexico
Marcos is making little effort to
assure a continued Philippine presence
in Vietnam. We see no sign, for instance,
that the is really trying to get the ,Phil
ippine Congress to act on an appropria-
-tion bill for the Vietnam contingent. In
fact, Embassy 'Manila quotes Marcos as say-
ing that he will merely, ask for a con-
gressional decision on this "one way or
the other."
The military rulers are evidently
badly divided over certain provisions Of
their draft--conStitution-.-particularly
those defining the role of the King, .The
embassy believes thatyreMier.PapadOpoulos
now Stands virtually alone against those
in the junta who oppose any position Of
power for Constantine. The embassy caw
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tions that this situation could provoke
some of the hot heads in the leadership
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The Institutional Revolutionary
Party (PRI) of President Ordaz faces a
severe challenge in elections for gov-
ernors and other officials in Chihuahua
and Durango next Sunday.l
Last month the party evidently lost local
elections in Tijuana and Mexicali, but
the PRI-controlled state legislature
voided both contests.
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FOR THE PRESIDENT'S EYES ONLY
.) Special Daily Report on North Vietnam
2.) North Vietnamese Reflections of U S
Political Attitudes
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Special Daily Report on North Vietnam
for the -President's Eyes Only
3 July 1968
T. .NOTES ON THE SITUATION
.Peking Breaks Silence on Vietnam: On 28 June
Peking broke its silence on the Vietnam war by re-
porting Hanoi's claimed shootdown of a 3Q00th US
plane. On 2 July the Chinese followed this up by
reporting a press conference held by the Wirth Viet-
namese ambassador in Peking publicizing the event.
Out of respect'for Chinese Sensibilities, the am-
bassador made no reference to the Paris talks but
stressed the Vietnamese people's determination to
"win even greater victories."
The highlighting of the alleged North Vietnam-
ese shootdown and the coverage of the North Viet-
namese press conference represent the first signi-
ficant.Chinese media coverage of Vietnam since Hanoi's
agreement to peace talks. It seems clear that both
Peking and Hanoi, despite their differences over the
tactic of negotiation, .are attempting to counter re-
cent :reports of increasing serious friction in Sino-
North Vietnamese relations.
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II. ,NORTH VIETNAMESE REFLECTIONS OF us POLITICAL
ATTITUDES ON THE WAR
There is nothing of significance to report t
day.
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