THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 5 JUNE 1969

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005976811
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: June 5, 1969

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The President's Daily Brief
5 June 1969
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MAJOR PROBLEMS
VIETNAM
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SOVIET AFFAIRS
The international conference of Communist parties, in
the planning stage for over five years, will convene in Mos-
cow today with representatives from more than 70 parties in
attendance. Several of the ruling parties will not be present,
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although the Soviets achieved a breakthrough of sorts in per-
suading the Cubans to send a delegation of observers.
This conference, the first since 1960 when 81 parties
unanimously approved a lengthy and largely ambiguous state-
ment of principles, will probably produce a document which
Moscow believes can serve as a source of doctrine suitable
to the times and amenable to its purposes. This will cer-
tainly be loyally supported by the overwhelming majority of
parties,-if the central problem of China can be settled by
the use of language interpretable as placing Peking beyond
the pale without openly making Chinese apostasy an issue in
the conference.
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MIDDLE EAST
The terrorist group which blew up the oil pipeline run-
ning through Israeli-occupied Syrian territory last week now
says that this action is the beginning of a campaign to de-
stroy all US "interests" in the Arab world. This probably
translates as a pledge to attack US-owned oil installations
and perhaps commercial aircraft in the area. This group is
one of the most active and the most irresponsible of the
fedayeen organizations--it masterminded the various attacks
on Israeli El Al airplanes last year--and it is apparently
undeterred by the almost universal condemnation of its action
against Tapline by Arab governments of all stripes. The fed-
ayeen organization is a small one, but both the oil installa-
tions and commercial aircraft transiting the Middle East are
highly vulnerable to hit-and-run attacks.
There is nothing significant to report on Europe.
II. OTHER IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS
LATIN AMERICA
Opposition forces in Brazil will be encouraged by the
Chilean Government's decision to cancel the visit of Governor
Rockefeller scheduled for later this month. Radical Brazilian
students, according to a CIA report, are ready to try to stage
demonstrations against the mission even if they bring down
heavy government repression. The students not only want to
harass the US but also show their opposition to the Costa e
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Silva administration, thus proving that they are as militant
as students in other countries. While Brazilian security
forces and public apathy will probably combine to make na-
tionwide demonstrations unlikely, even limited agitation could
encourage terrorist groups to act on their own.
Meanwhile, Chile's cancellation of the visit following
two days of anti-Rockefeller student riots in Santiago and
Venezuela's postponement of the scheduled visit to Caracas
will probably cause other Latin American governments to take
a harder look at their situation and perhaps also suggest
cancellation or postponement of the Rockefeller mission.
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