THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 18 JUNE 1969

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005976833
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: June 18, 1969

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The President's Daily Brief
18 June 1969
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MAJOR PROBLEMS
- VIETNAM
Communist military forces staged a series of shellings
and ground assaults against allied military targets through-
out South Vietnam yesterday.
It is too early to ascertain if these actions are a pre-
lude to the widely anticipated Upsurge of offensive action ex-,
,pected before next weekend. Additional indications of another
round of widespread enemy activity lend credence,
that another "highpoint" is imminent.
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Sihanouk's aim. almost certainly is to pressure the Commu-
nists to reduce their presence in Cambodia and otherwise to
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limit their activities. High-level talks with the Communists
have been under way in Phnom Penh for several weeks. Although
little is known about these talks, Sihanouk's recent statement
on resuming relations with the US suggests that Hanoi has not
been forthcoming.
SOVIET AFFAIRS
The international Communist conference ended yesterday
with adoption of a much worked-over basic document on the extent
of the "imperialist threat" and the "unity" of the Communist
world. The communique acknowledged that five of the 75 attend-
ing parties--including the Italian--did not sign all or part of
the document. There are reports. that seven other parties ex-
pressed reservations about some portion of it.. Several of them--
including the Romanian--will probably find ways of dissociating
themselves from objectionable sections. The document has just
been made public this morning and will be reported further when
analysis has been completed.
Soviet military activity in the Far East apparently is re-
turning to normal levels after two weeks of extensive operations.
Most of the transports and many of the combat aircraft that flew
to the Far East in the last few weeks are returning to home bases
in the Western USSR and the naval units which deployed into the
Sea of Japan have largely returned to port. Although ground
forces field training in the southern Maritime Province is con-
tinuing, it is at a reduced level.
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Czechoslovak party leader Husak, at a press conference in
.Moscow on Monday, said that Prague and Moscow would continue
to consult about problems of "normalization," which suggests
that the two have not reconciled their respective interpreta-
tions of the term. Husak implied, for example, that disagree-
ment exists over whether the presence of Soviet troops in
Czechoslovakia will remain necessary to Warsaw Pact security.
Husak indirectly denied reports that President Svoboda
would go to Moscow later this month to negotiate a troop with-
drawal' or a Soviet loan. He said that no date has yet been
set for such a visit, and there was .a clear implication that
negotiations would be protracted.
These remarks will disappoint Husak's countrymen and may
add to political tensions in Czechoslovakia. Pro-Soviet con-
servatives probably will be encouraged in their campaign to
return the country to a more orthodox system.
MIDDLE EAST
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There is nothing of significance to report on Europe.
II, OTHER IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS
BRAZIL
No violence was reported anywhere in Rio de Janeiro yester-
day when Governor Rockefeller arrived there on the second leg of
his Brazilian stop. Police and security precautions were heavy
but not particularly conspicuous. In many cases police wore
civilian clothes and used civilian state agency trucks.
Sao Paulo, where the Governor moves today, was also calm
and no definite plans for violence have been uncovered. Se-
curity is likely to be heavy and effective. All news coverage
of the visit has been favorable, with some complimentary head-
lines, and no accounts of hostile activities.
URUGUAY
Violence is increasing as Governor Rockefeller's arrival
late this week approaches., Students and workers plan to con-
tinue the antigovernment demonstrations and strikes they have
been staging. for a month and the large and well-organized
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Communist Party hopes to follow up, during the visit, last
Friday's vandalization of the US Embassy. In an effort to
deny students ready access to school areas and thus prevent
agitators from arousing an otherwise passive majority,
President Pacheco yesterday closed all schools, including
the university, in the Montevideo area until 30 June
using the pretext of the existence of .a flu epidemic. Al-
though security forces can I probably cope with localized
agitation, they will be hard pressed to maintain order if
violence were to break out in several places at once.
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