THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 6 JUNE 1969

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005976813
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: June 6, 1969

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The President's Daily Brief
6 June 1969
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MAJOR PROBLEMS
VIETNAM
Current Communist military activity is confined to
sporadic ground attacks and occasional shellings. A single
enemy rocket round struck the Tan Son Nhut Air Base early
this morning local time following a rash of terrorist in-
cidents in the Saigon area yesterday. First reports in-
dicate that the rocket caused no damage, but the terror at-
tacks killed two civilians and wounded nine others.
MIDDLE EAST
Rumored demonstrations in the Arab countries on the
second anniversary of the six-day war failed to materialize.
In Israeli-held Arab territory, however, planned "strikes"
by businessmen and students met with spotty success. Two
Israeli soldiers were killed in Gaza; another was wounded
in Jerusalem./
If Tapline officials cannot work out arrangements with
the Israeli authorities for repair of the oil pipeline, the
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company will be obliged to shut down oil deliveries to Jor-
dan's Zerqa refinery, since supply of small quantities of
crude to Jordan alone would be uneconomical for Tapline.
The Jordanian armed forces and virtually the entire Jordanian
economy are dependent on the Zerqa refinery output, and the
Jordanians are understandably upset about the situation.
SOVIET AFFAIRS
As the conference of Communist parties opened yesterday,
Soviet propaganda did not reflect a high degree of confidence
in the outcome. Soviet contacts of the US Embassy privately
have also displayed pessimism; one journalist has claimed
that the conference organizers are themselves uncertain as to
its results. The Embassy feels that it is highly unlikely
that the meeting will heal existing breaches in the interna-
tional Communist movement. It could even exacerbate them or
place Moscow's pretensions to leadership in further question.
There is nothing significant to report on Europe.
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II. OTHER IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS
URUGUAY
The government has asked for a postponement of Governor
Rockefeller's visit until at least early July, ostensibly
because it needs more time to develop the Governor's program,
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demonstrations keyed to the Governor's visit, while initially
likely ?to be small, could quickly turn into major disorders.
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OKINAWA
Yesterday's labor demonstration outside a US installation,
while pretty small stuff in itself, resulted in the wounding
of a moderate Okinawan legislator by an American military po-
liceman. Leftist elements may use the incident to drum up
support for a general strike protesting the presence of B-52s.
According to Chief Executive Yara, there already has been talk
of such a strike this month or next. Last February, Yara
averted a general work stoppage by claiming that the B-52s
probably would be removed by midyear.
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