THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 24 JULY 1969

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005976895
• 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 24, 1969

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The President's Daily Brief
24 July 1969
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MAJOR PROBLEMS
VIETNAM
Hanoi Radio announced on 23 July that gifts for US
prisoners in North Vietnam could be sent until 15 August
and that they should be sent to the DRV in care of Moscow.
The radio claimed that gifts originally were to be sent
only between 11- and 25 July. A deadline and routing instruc-
tions Were omitted from Hanoi's announcement of 3 July on
the release of prisoners and sending gifts. They were men-.
tiOned by XUan Thuy during his priVAte meeting with Am-
bassador. Lodge in Paris last Friday, however. The new North
Vietnamese announcement appears to be a direct response to
Ambassador Lodge's strong appeals at that meeting concerning
US prisoners. It is an unusually positive North Vietnamese
gesture, probably intended to underscore Communist interest
in getting on with the negotiations and into serious sub-
stantive bargaining.
SOVIET AFFAIRS
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II. OTHER IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS
LAOS
Government military leaders ?are planning to strengthen
defenses along the Vientiane - Luang Prabang road. Recent
enemy attacks on two positions along this route have pointed
up the government's vulnerability there. The Communists
meanwhile continue mopping-up operations around Muong Soui.
EL SALVADOR - HONDURAS
The cease-fire is still in effect, but high-level offi-
cials Of neighboring countries doubt it will hOld.through the
end of the week. Nicaraguan and Guatemalan spokesmen are
especially pessimistic and have indicated their countries
might join in on the Honduran side if the battle begins again-.
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