THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 27 SEPTEMBER 1968

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005976379
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: September 27, 1968

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THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
27 SEPTEMBER 1968
, Panama
2. Mexico
. Guatemala
4. Dominican Republic
The students are getting set for
another large demonstration today. For
the first time, there are signs that .
they are beginning to get significant
labor support.
President Mendez has extended the
state of siege for another thirty days.
He says he will keep the siege in ef-
fect until Ambassador Mein's killers
are caught.
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Czechoslovakia -
Soviet Union
6. Yugoslavia
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister
?ICuznetsov slipped quietly back toHMos-
cow yesterday concluding a special
three-week fact-finding mission in
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Czechoslovakia. We presume that be-
fore leaving he presented the Czech
leadership with a final demand to live
up to the Soviet view of the .Moscow
agreement. As for the Czechs, their
top men were closeted yesterday in an
:all-day strategy Session.
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, Tito has sent a "Very tough"
letter to Soviet President l'odgorny
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:"even Stalin would not have gone this
far" and warned that any similar action
against Yugoslavia would meet fierce
resistance-"even exceeding our efforts
against the Germans in World War 11.7
. Greece
8. Nigeria
A new draft constitution will be
put to the electorate in a referendum
on Sunday; a favorable vote seems as-
sured. This almost surely will bring
more pleadings from Athens for warmer
US-Greek relations--particularly the
resumption of Military assistance ship-
ments.
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FOR THE PRESIDENT'S EYES ONLY
.) 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 September 1968
I. NOTES ON THE SITUATION
Propaganda: Hanoi's domestic service on .24 Sep-
tember broadcast a scathing denunciation in Vietnamese
of US insistence that the Saigon government must even-
tually be included in the Paris talks. The broadcast
was a transmission of a Nhan Dan article which charac-
terized the Thieu government ig?"marionettes" and "yes
men" whom the US had tried to "daub with new paint."
The article, which was full of sarcastic references to
Saigon leaders, claimed that the US was using this
group to stonewall the progress of the Paris talks.
The article also took several swipes at Vice President
Humphrey, claiming that he deserved as much of the
blame for the "abscesses and rottenness of the puppet
government" as President Johnson. did.
The vindictive tone of the commentary can be
'partly explained by the fact that it was intended
for Vietnamese audiences--Hanoi's international propa-
ganda is usually more subtly stated--but it does serve
to point up North Vietnam's strong public opposition
to Saigon's presence at the peace talks.
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Hanoi Social Notes: Hanoi is refurbishing some
of its public meeting and exhibition halls
Special effort apparently went into preparation for
national day celebrations early this month. "Every
house and building in the drab and dirty streets of
Hanoi" was reportedly draped with colorful flags.
Ba Dinh hall?used for a reception of more than 2.,000
people--was decorated with flowers, bright costumes,
and glittering draperies.
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.Children to Cuba: Amid much publicity, 200 young
North Vietnamese arrived in Havana recently for study..
Although Hanoi has been sending large numbers of stu-
dents to Eastern European countries in the past year,
not much publicity has been given to Cuban efforts to
. train North Vietnamese. The press .stories give no in-
dicationof the type of training involved. The lan-
guage used, however, indicates that they are very young
children, and it is possible that they are being sent
for some type of secondary education, perhaps to de-
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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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