THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 26 JULY 1969

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005976899
• 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 26, 1969

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The President's Daily Brief
26 July 1969
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MAJOR PROBLEMS
MIDDLE EAST
SOVIET AFFAIRS
The first known armed clash. between the Soviet occupa-
tion forces and the Czechoslovak armed forces may have taken
place in Karlovy Vary on 11 July.
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sides.
there were a number of killed and wounded on both
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Both incidents may have figured in Czechoslovak party
chief Husak's talk with Brezhnev in Warsaw on 23 July.
OTHER IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS
COMMUNIST CHINA
There has been much talk in Chinese domestic propa-
ganda of "war preparations" in the wake of recent border
incidents with the Soviets. We see no signs, however, of
any efforts at military mobilization. Many aspects of the
war readiness theme, moreover, are obviously designed to
further important domestic goals, such as political unity
and discipline and greater industrial and agricultural pro-
duction. At this stage, Peking appears to be preparing its
people primarily for an extended period of heightened ten-
sion with Moscow rather than for any imminent Soviet military
actions.
ITALY
Faced with the continued intransigence of the right-
wing Socialists (PSU), Rumor yesterday abandoned his efforts
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to reconstitute the center-left coalition. The best
bet nowis an all - Christian Democrat government;
the main stumbling block will be the left wing of the
Christian Democratic Party itself, which is still in-
sisting on the inclusion of the left-wing Socialists
even if the PSU refuses to participate.
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