THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 29 AUGUST 1969

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005976958
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: August 29, 1969

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The President's Daily Brief
29 August 1969
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SOVIET AFFAIRS
Yesterday's Pravda contains another lengthy attack on
Communist China, distinguished by the sternness of its warn-
ing to the Chinese to forego further armed provocations in
the border regions and unique in its appeal to the rest of
the world to recognize the danger presented by China. The
editorial seems to go far beyond what would be necessary to
influence domestic opinion. By alluding to Chinese nuclear
weapons and pointing out that a Soviet-Chinese conflict
"would not leave a single continent on the sidelines," the
Soviet writer conjures up the specter of a full scale nu-
clear war. Pravda also states that "most serious represent-
atives of capitalist countries" are also concerned about
Chinese aggressiveness.
VIETNAM
The Viet Cong have increased their proselyting of South
Vietnamese troops, according to many sources. The problem
seems particularly severe in IV Corps. Documents captured
in the delta have advised Communist cadre to keep an eye
on the morale of South Vietnamese forces and exploit their
general desire for peace and lack of confidence in the Sai-
gon government.
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MIDDLE EAST
As part of its policy of establishing its presence in
the occupied territories, Israel is adding six new settle-
ments to the seventeen or more already set up in the Golan
Heights, the Jordan River Valley, and northern Sinai. The
policy is not universally popular in Israel. Its opponents
argue that such moves undermine Israeli demands for a ne-
gotiated peace, but these arguments have been ignored or
overruled by Defense Minister Dayan and others who claim
that Israel must look to its defenses, for peace is far away.
There are grounds for Dayan's thesis. El Erian, the
Egyptian charge at the United Nations, told Ambassador Yost
that some of the proposed commitments in the US peace draft
would "impose limitations on Arab sovereignty" which would
be "psychologically very difficult for Arabs to accept."
In Jordan, King Husayn complained to a New York Times cor-
respondent about the failure of the US to effect the reopen-
ing of the East Ghor Canal. Husayn's confidence in US abili-
ties to influence Israel has always been subject to ebb and
flow with changing circumstances, but he now seems to have
convinced himself that the US has become indifferent to the
course of events and has "written him off."
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JAPAN
The government apparently has backed away from an
early signing of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. Al-
though publicly uncommitted, it had previously indicated
it would sign prior to the UN General Assembly session next
month. Sato, with an eye toward next year's national elec-
tions, prefers not to add to the conservatives' problems
over Okinawan reversion and extension of the US-Japan se-
curity treaty by going against public opinion on this is-
sue. Opposition to the treaty stems largely from fear that
Japan would permanently commit itself to second class status
by renouncing its nuclear option.
IRAQ
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