THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 13 SEPTEMBER 1968

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005976355
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: September 13, 1968

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The President's Daily Brief
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THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
13 SEPTEMBER 1968
1. Mexico
2, South Vietnam
3. Czechoslovakia
Student strikers are determined
to continue their challenge to the
government. All schools of the nation-
al university have rejected an appeal
to return to classes. The strike com-
mittee, in expectation of a government
crackdown, is making plans for a secret
second team of leaders and underground
printing presses.
A "silent march" to the capital's
main plaza is scheduled for today. An-
other clash with security forces prob-
ably would result in the strike's
spread to other universities throughout
the country.
Ky has accused "foreigners" (by
which he means the US) of plotting to
overthrow the present government so
that a coalition with the Communists
can be formed.
his remarks, as
quoted in the Vietnamese press, look
more like another intemperate outburst
than the rationale for a move against
Thieu. Given Ky's temperament, he
might try it some time, but his power
base has been pretty well eroded.
Prague is moving to fulfill some
of its commitments under the Moscow
agreement. The National Assembly con-
venes today to consider press legisla-
tion even more restrictive than the
censorship of Novotny days. Foreign
Minister Hajek is reported about to re-
sign, and there may be other cabinet-
level changes.
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4. Soviet Union
5. Common Market
6. Philippines-
Malaysia
7. Bolivia
Another attempt at an unmanned
circumlunar flight probably will be
made within the next few days. Both
previous firings--in November 1967 and
April 1968--failed when the booster of
the vehicle malfunctioned.
The dispute over Sabah is still
simmering. Marcos has little political
?choice but to sign the bill asserting
Philippine right to the territory, and
Malaysia has warned that a break in re-
lations may follow.
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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
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Special Daily Report on North Vietnam
for the President's Eyes Only
13 September 1968
I. NOTES ON THE SITUATION
Facing Up to Internal Problems: The North Viet-
namese may be starting to tackle some of the domestic
problems which have been neglected during the war
years. There is an increasing amount of fragmentary
evidence that planning of this kind has begun.
For example, some highly critical comments on
important North Vietnamese internal problems and poli-
cies have surfaced in the party press./
\The speech
was re-
cently carried in the party theoretical journal and
over the domestic radio, suggesting that the problems
he addressed are national in scope.
The first half of the speech was concerned with
agricultural planning. Le Duan offered extensive ad-
vice on how the country's economic development, par-
ticularly agricultural production, should be improved.
His comments had a distinct postwar flavor, doubtless
in part because he was addressing an area no longer
subject to US bombing.
In the second half of his talk, Le Duan took
party members to task for a wide variety of sins, in-
cluding mismanagement, incompetence, and failure to
keep up with the times. He accused some unnamed
party leaders--at least at the provincial level--of
improper personal conduct, and of misunderstanding
and misinterpreting party policy. He recommended ex-
panding the party's ranks to include young people
trained in economic management.
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II. NORTH VIETNAMESE REFLECTIONS OF US POLITICAL
ATTITUDES ON THE WAR
Liberation Radio Commentary: Following Hanoi's
lead, Liberation Radio has come out with a critical
commentary on the US political scene. A broadcast on
2 September insisted the Vice President would closely
follow President Johnson's policies and the Communists
could hope for no change for the better in January.
Nothing was said about Mr. Nixon.
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