THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 2 AUGUST 1968

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005976283
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: August 2, 1968

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The President's Daily Brief
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1. Czechoslovakia - The Cierna meeting evidently re-
Soviet Union sulted in some formula that will per-
mit the Czechs and Soviets to step
back from their direct confrontation.
President Svoboda intimated yes-
terday that the Czech side had gone
some way toward meeting Soviet demands
for a strengthening of Prague's links
with the Warsaw Pact. We think this
could include agreement for an extended
Soviet military presence. Svoboda said
the Russians in turn sanctioned Czecho-
slovakia's domestic reform program.
How this will work out remains to be
seen.
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THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
2 AUGUST 1968
2. Mexico
A further meeting in Bratislava
has been called for Saturday. This
will involve the East Germans, Poles,
Hungarians, and Bulgarians, in addition
to the Soviets and Czechs, and it is
probably meant to tie down the terms of
the Cierna arrangement.
Last night's massive march of stu-
dents and teachers in Mexico City was
largely peaceful. Further disorders are
possible, however, when news of earlier
student deaths spreads.
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3. Philippines
4, Israel-Jordan
5. France
New Israeli accusations of terror-
ist raids may be setting the stage for
another retaliatory strike against Jor-
dan. A Tel Aviv spokesman yesterday
claimed that there have been 32 terror-
ist ambushes within the past two weeks,
with many casualties, and accused Jor-
danian Army troops of cooperating with
the terrorists.
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6. Communist China -
?North Vietnam
7. Southern Yemen
8.. Guatemala
Widespread tribal disorders are
still plaguing the countryside. The
government's problem of containing the
dissidence has been compounded by the
defection of its security chief to
Yemen along with some army and security
officers. Aden remains outwardly calm,
but antigovernment comments are in-
creasingly heard.
The wounding of three rightist
political leaders in Guatemala City
yesterday apparently was part of a
Communist plan to set off a vendetta
between the ruling party and its major
rightist opposition.
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FOR THE PRESIDENT'S EYES ONLY
1.) Special Daily Report on North Vietnam
2.) North Vietnamese Reflections of U S
Political Attitudes
Top Secret
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2 August 1968
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Special Daily Report on North Vietnam
for the President's Eyes Only
2 August 1968
I. NOTES ON THE SITUATION
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II. NORTH VIETNAMESE REFLECTIONS OF US POLITICAL
ATTITUDES ON THE WAR
There is nothing of significance to report today.
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