THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 5 JULY 1968

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005976235
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: July 5, 1968

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? THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
5 JULY 1968
1. Brazil
2. Uruguay
3. Soviet Union
The question of how to handle stu-
dent-led unrest is dividing the armed
forces. Some key military figures are
urging Costa e-Silva to make cabinet
changes and to take a harder line against
any further disorders. Others oppose
repression and want educational and so-
cial reforms.
?Costa e Silva has a record of:avoid-
ing such tough decisions, and whether
the prospect of a further, loss of mili-
tary support will Persuade him to act is
problematic. He maintains his narrow
view of the country's problems, seeing
them as products of a "vast, subversive
plot," rather than of any ineptitude on
the part of his administration,
The Communists evidently are de-
termined to continue their campaign of
protests and strikes, and the next week
or two may be critical for the Pacheco -
government.
Brezhnev made-another speech yes-
terday attacking the West. Again, it
.was primarily for the benefit of fellow
Communists, delivered this time to a
Soviet national teachers congress. The
troubles of Western society were em-
phasized to point up his warning to So-
viet artists and educators that they
must beware of efforts to subvert their
faith in Communism.
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4, Czechoslovakia
5, Cuba
? Soviet troops which participated
in the Warsaw Pact exercise are still
in Czechoslovakia, and there are no
signs that they are preparing to with?
draw. Prague continues to maintain,
however, that all foreign troops will
leave.
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6. Egypt-Israel
7, Sierra Leone
.McGeorge Bundy came away from a
meeting with Nasir on Wednesday with the
impression that there is no prospect for
early improvement in the Middle East si-
tuation. On the Arab refugee problem,
Nasir stressed that Egypt was prepared to
accept compensation and repatriation as
a solution--to which Bundy replied that
repatriation was not now a practical al-
ternative.
Nasir said his reason for linking
the Suez Canal and refugee questions was
that until there was a solution to the
Palestine problem, he could not allow Is-
raeli flags to pass through heavily popu-
lated areas of the canal. He had already
told Jarring he was prepared to permit
transit by Israeli cargoes.
Bundy told Nasir this remarks had
indicated an underlying belief.that no
political solution was in sight. Nasir
replied, "Then there is'only one other
solution."
Rumors have swept Freetown that an
American-Belgian mercenary force is about
to invade the country. Prime Minister
Stevens has given credence to them over
the radio and has deployed troops to stra-
tegic points. Wide acceptance of these
rumors will encourage leftist elements
around Stevens to step .up their anti-US
.activities. The arrival of a new Peace
Corps contingent has been delayed at
Stevens' request for "security reasons."
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FOR THE PRESIDENT'S EYES ONLY
1.) Special Daily Report on North Vietnam
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Special Daily Report on North Vietnam
for the President's Eyes Only
5 July 1968
I. NOTES ON THE SITUATION
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Morale: since
the beginning of the Viet Cong - North Vietnamese -of7
fensive in the South and the letup in up bombing,
there has been an air of celebration among the people
?of North Vietnam. The people believe not only that
the war will be over soon but that it will bea defi
mite victory for the North.
?'Hanoi on:Khe Sanh Withdrawal: -Hanoi's army news-
paper yesterday asserted that US Marines at Khe Sanh
are.trying to evacuate the area, but that they "cannot
do it" because of continued Attacks by Communist forces.
The paper calls the withdrawal a "shameful defeat" for
US military commanders and says this course was forced
on them by Communist battlefield successes-. The party
daily Nhan Dan ran a similar item yesterday.
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