THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 29 MAY 1969

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005976799
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: May 29, 1969

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The President's Daily Brief
29 May 1969
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MAJOR PROBLEMS
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EUROPE
Poher is slipping at the polls, but this reflects gains
for leftist candidates rather than for Pompidou. The latest
tallies of the reputable French Institute of Public Opinion
show Pompidou holding at. 41 percent, Poher down to 27 percent,
Duclos rising to 16 percent and Defferre with 8 percent. A
run-off on 15 June between Pompidou and Poher remains' almost
certain. Poher still looks like the winner on this second
ballot unless the Gaullists can scare enough centrist votes
away from Poher by raising the spectre of Communist strength
on the Left, but the odds are evening up.
There is nothing significant to report on the Middle East
and Soviet Affairs.
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II. OTHER IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS
SUDAN
The new regime is making a clean sweep of virtually all
persons holding important posts under the former government.
Nearly all senior army officers have been retired and most
members of the previous cabinet are under house arrest. More-
over, Major General al-Numayri, who heads the new revolution-
ary council, has hinted that nationalization of banks, fac-
tories and other economic enterprises may be in the offing.
These measures will further alienate the important Ansar and.
Khatmiyya sects, whose followers comprise some two-thirds of
the army. The head of the Umma Party, the political arm of
the Ansars, is reported to have fled from Khartoum to a tra-
ditional Ansar stronghold upcountry, presumably to rally op-
position to the new regime.
CAMBODIA
Sihanouk, upset by the increasing use of Cambodian ter-
ritory by Vietnamese Communist forces is mounting a greater
effort to limit their activities. Cambodian military mes-
sages now reflect almost daily clashes in nearly every border
province--most of them begun by the Cambodians. In addition
to public protests against Communist border violations, Si-
hanouk has ordered representations made to Vietnamese Commu-
nist diplomats in Phnom Penh.
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Sihanouk has also taken pains to make it clear he is
willing to meet the Communists half-way. Several recent steps,
such as the raising of the NLF's representative in Phnom Penh
to ambassadorial status, seem aimed at reassuring Hanoi that
Cambodia's sympathy for its effort in South Vietnam has not
changed.
BOLIVIA
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