THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 8 MAY 1969

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005976763
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: May 8, 1969

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The President's Daily Brief
8 May 1969
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MAJOR PROBLEMS
MIDDLE EAST
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SOVIET AFFAIRS
Two Soviet intelligence collection ships have resumed
close-in (2-6 miles) operations off the shores of Guam and
Virginia, after a 15-month hiatus. This decision apparently
reflects Moscow's feeling that the precautions it took after
the Pueblo incident, when the ships were ordered to operate
at least eight miles offshore, are no longer necessary.
Moscow has announced that President Podgorny will visit
North Korea later this month. He will doubtless seek to re-
assure the.North Koreans that Moscow's actions at the time of
the EC-121 shootdown were. in their interest, but he will also
probably try to discourage further such, adventures.' Podgorny,
will be the highest ranking Soviet, official to go to Pyongyang
since 196.5.
? VIETNAM
Intercepts of 3 and 5 May show that at least two bat-
talion-sized units have entered the infiltration pipeline
in southern North Vietnam. They are headed for South Viet-
nam's II Corps and should arrive there in July. These are
the first groups noted coming into the top of the pipeline
since 22 March.
EUROPE
Speculation that the German mark, will be revalued soon
gained momentum on the foreign exchanges yesterday and the
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Bundesbank took in about $650 million in foreign exchange.
This was the heaviest day of trading since last November's
currency crisis. The flow of foreign exchange into West
Germany since De Gaulle's resignation has reached about $2
billion. With the central bankers going to Basel this
weekend for their regular monthly meeting, speculative
fever ?can be expected to rise today and Friday.
II, OTHER IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS
There is nothing significant to report.
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