THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 17 SEPTEMBER 1968

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005976361
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: September 17, 1968

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The President's Daily Brief
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THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
17 SEPTEMBER 1968
1. Czechoslovakia -
Soviet Union
2. Soviet Union
3. Communist China -
India
Pravda yesterday gave Moscow's
.guarded approval to the trend of de-
velopments in Czechoslovakia. It re-
ported favorably on the repressive .
measures recently adopted by the 'Prague
regime, citing a growing -"tendency" to
understand the "only.correct.and pos-
,sible. course." At the 'same time, how-
,ever,,Travda alleged that "antisociali$t
forces" stillhad considerable influ-
ence on the populace and attributed .
.hostility shown the occupation .forces
to "subversive activity"
It appears the unmanned circum-
lunar spacecraft will arrive in the
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vicinity of the moon earlv.tomorrow.
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4. Portugal
5, South Vietnam
6, Burma
Salazar had a sudden and severe
relapse yesterday, and the possibility
of his recovery seems remote.
President Thomaz, as a loyal Sala-
zar man, would be expected to consult
with the major power groups supporting
the regime before naming any successor.
Should Salazar die, former minister of
the presidency Marcelo Caetano seems
most likely to be appointed as a tran-
sitional prime minister pending a con-
sensus on a permanent successor. For
the present, Salazar's duties have been
shouldered by Minister of State Antonio
da Mota Veiga.
? Saigon may have taken the first
tentative step toward better relations
with Cambodia.
Foreign Minister Thanh recently
sent a personal representative to take
soundings in Phnom Penh. The emissary
saw Prime Minister Penn Nouth, who was
quite optimistic about the prospects
for improved relations. Thanh plans
to send his man back to Phnom Penh
later this fall to pursue the subject.
Thanh is carrying a fragile glass,
and almost any outburst by South Viet-
namese leaders or by Sihanouk could
shatter it.
Rangoon, long plagued by numerous
insurgent groups, may have some good
news for a change,
the anti-Communist Kachins,
who have been fighting for their auton-
omy, have declared war on the pro-Peking
White Flag insurgents. The Burmese
Army has been hit hard by the White
Flags recently and would welcome any di-
version that the Kachins could provide.
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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
17 September 1968
I. NOTES ON THE SITUATION
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II. NORTH VIETNAMESE REFLECTIONS OF US POLITICAL ?ATTI?
TUDES ON THE WAR
Hanoi on Vice President: The Vice President's
recent remarks on Vietnam were picked up by Hanoi on
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Sunday. In a commentary broadcast for the North Viet-
mamese audience, the Vice President was charged with
"trying to pretend that his policy is different from
that of Johnson." Mr. Humphrey was described as "John-
son's faithful lieutenant."
Citing subsequent statements by the Vice?Presi-
dent inA20enver'and Los Angeles, the broadcast claimed
.Mr...Humphrey,had backed down on the troop withdrawal
and bombing issues. "After being slapped in the face
...he cancelled his previous glib statements," Hanoi
said.
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