THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 3 JULY 1969

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005976859
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: July 3, 1969

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The President's Daily Brief
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3 July 1969
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MAJOR PROBLEMS
VIETNAM
Hanoi radio announced today that, North Vietnam would re-
lease three American prisoners of war, apparently pilots, and
allow others to receive gifts from their families on 4 July,
"on the occasion of the American People's Independence Day."
MIDDLE EAST
The Israeli Air Force has made arrangements
to buy 67 Canadian-manufactured
F-86 Sabrejets and 72 additional engines for US $4 million.
These 20-year-old planes will give Israel a cheap means of
expanding its ground support aircraft inventory, which was
found to be inadequate during the Six Day War.
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SOVIET AFFAIRS
Preparations for a major Soviet lunar operation are
nearly complete. One space support ship has reached Havana
while others are heading for their re-entry positions in the
Indian Ocean.
and ships in the south Atlantic have already con-
ducted practice sessions
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According to a press report_ from Moscow, unofficial 50X1
Communist sources, perhaps inspired by. the Soviet space
agency, revealed plans late yesterday_for the launch of an
unmanned lunar probe on 10 July. The probe, which would
thus be six days prior to the scheduled launch of Apollo 11,
would attempt to return a sample of the lunar surface to
earth.
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EUROPE
In the Course of a tour d'horizon with Austrian Chancel-
lor Klaus in Stuttgart last Sunday Kiesinger said that he
was confident the CDU would win a plurality in the September
elections. He also reported that a'recent poll showed the
German public want's the Grand Coalition to. continue and that
35 percent want Kiesinger to head the next government--about
twice the percentage of the next choice. Franz Josef Strauss
got about 6 percent.
II. OTHER IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS
There is nothing of significance to report,
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