THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 1 OCTOBER 1968

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005976385
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: October 1, 1968

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The President's Daily Brief
October 1968
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THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
1 OCTOBER 1968
1. Mexico
2. Tanzania-Nigeria
Troops withdrew from the National
University yesterday, but the students
are still in a defiant mood. Another
rally is scheduled for tomorrow.
3. United Kingdom - Nothing much came of the latest
Rhodesia attempt to reach a meeting of minds.
In recent talks in Salisbury, Wilson's
special emissary found Ian Smith as
dead set as ever against concessions
to black Rhodesians. If Smith re-
mains adamant, Wilson will want this
put on the public record, preferably
by Smith himself.
4. Burma
Ne Win is showing signs of weari-
ness in trying to cope with Burma's
economic mess. He
may finally be ready to leaven his mili-
tary dictatorship with some civilian
"outs." Much depends on the price
these people will put on their partici-
pation". If it goes too high, Ne Win
is likely to fall back on his old circle
of military cronies, whose poor advice
has turned Burma's economy into a sham-
bles.
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5. Communist China
6. Indonesia
During the past week Sukarno had
another degrading session at the hands
of Suharto's interrogators. Although
Sukarno is pretty much whipped by now,
?the army is still trying to tie him
in more firmly with the Communist coup
attempt Of 1965, We still do not ex-
pect him to go on trial, however.
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FOR THE PRESIDENT'S EYES ONLY
.) Special Daily Report on North Vietnam
2.) North Vietnamese Reflections of U S
Political Attitudes
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1 October 1968
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Special Daily Report on North Vietnam
for the President's Eyes Only
1 October 1968
I. NOTES ON THE SITUATION
Foreign Shipping During August: Foreign ship-
ping to North Vietnam in August--34 ship arrivals and
imports of 133,000 tons--was at its lowest level since
.February. Soviet arrivals were down sharply, but Chi-
nese arrivals returned to levels comparable to those
in the first half of 1968./
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De Quirielle Returning to Hanoi: The Quai's North
Vietnam desk officer has told Embassy Paris that De
Quirielle, the French representative in Hanoi who has
been in,FranCe on vacation for the last two months,
will leave for North Vietnam around 9 October._ Prior
to his departure he has an appointment with De Gaulle.
The source felt this should facilitate De Quirielle
having a meeting with Pham Van Dong or Other high-rank-
ing officials upon his return to Hanoi. ,At the request
of the North Vietnamese, who consider De Quirielle a
particularly able representative, the French have ex-
tended-De?Quirielle's assignment in Hanoi despite his
more than two years of service there.
The embassy has been trying to see De Quirielle
during his stay in France but has been toldno direct
contact is preferred. The French fear that if such
contact became known, it might undermine.De Quirielle's
position with the North Vietnamese.
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II. NORTH VIETNAMESE REFLECTIONS OF US POLITICAL
ATTITUDES ON THE WAR
More Attacks on US Leaders: The Vietnam policies
of President Johnson and views of presidential candi-
dates Nixon and Humphrey were denounced in a Radio
Hanoi English language international broadcast on 30
September. The commentary charged that all three men
failed to recognize the Hanoi government's four-point
program--including US recognition of the National Lib-
eration Front "as the authentic representative of the
South Vietnamese people"--as the basis for resolving
the Vietnam problem.
This formulation on the role of the Front is
somewhat harder than that laid down by Pham Van Dong
on 2September and widely quoted in Communist propa-
ganda since that time. The North Vietnamese prime
minister had indicated the Front must be recognized
and consulted, but he stopped short of calling for
acknowledgement of the Liberation Front as the "authen-
tic representative" of the South "Vietnamese.
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