THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 27 AUGUST 1968

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005976325
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• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: August 27, 1968

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The President's Daily Brief
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THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
27 AUGUST 1968
1. Czechoslovakia
2. East Germany
The Moscow talks have ended and
Svoboda returned to Prague late last
night. With him were Dubcek and Pre-
mier Cernik.
No communiqu?as been issued yet,
although one may be forthcoming later
today. A Western press report--uncon-
firmed, but sourced to the Czechoslo-
vakian Embassy in Moscow--states the
Czechoslovaks agreed to foreign troops
remaining in the western border area
and to cracking down on the press. The
Russians, according to this report,
agreed the pre-invasion leadership
could keep their jobs.
There were fewer incidents in
Czechoslovakia last night, and Soviet
military equipment in Prague was some-
what less in evidence.
The Ulbricht regime faces growing
defiance as East Germans rally behind
Dubcek and the Czechoslovaks. Through-
out East Germany officials have been
harassed by inflammatory leaflets, hos-
tile wall paintings, and anonymous
telephone calls. There have been resig-
nations from the party in protest over
the German role in Czechoslovakia. Re-
acting in character, the regime is ar-
resting dissenters and tightening the
already formidable security apparatus.
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3. NATO
4. Communist China
5. Nigeria
6. Soviet Union -
Egypt
The invasion of Czechoslovakia
has jarred some NATO members consider-
ably. The West Germans want a review
of the NATO system for advance warning
of attack, and the Italians are call-
ing for a 20-year extension of the
treaty. Both countries have seized on
the Czechoslovak crisis as an excuse
to postpone signing the Nonprolifera-
tion Treaty.
? Federal troops'continue their slow
drive into Biafra, but are meeting
stiff resistance and getting bogged
down in heavy rains. There are reports
the Biafrans are importing 300 French
? mercenaries. If true, this will make
things considerably tougher for the
federals.
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FOR THE PRESIDENT'S EYES ONLY
1.) Special Daily Report on North Vietnam
.) North Vietnamese Reflections of U S
Political Attitudes
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Special Daily Report on North Vietnam
for the President's Eyes Only
27 August 1968
I. NOTES ON THE SITUATION
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Shipping: Hanoi is pricing Japanese oil tankers,
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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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