THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 20 SEPTEMBER 1969

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005976997
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: September 20, 1969

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The President's Daily Brief
20 September /969
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SOVIET UNION - COMMUNIST CHINA
Meanwhile, Peking appears increasingly concerned with the
need to alert the Chinese people to the possibility of a Sov-
iet attack and to counter Soviet political maneuvers. Kosygin's
trip is probably viewed by the Chinese, according to the con-
sul general in Hong Kong, as designed to fix on them the re-
sponsibility for any further border clashes. Moreover, the
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Chinese may fear that Moscow's announcement of a halt in in-
cidents leaves the Soviets in a position to make any future
clashes seem all the more serious, thus justifying military
measures against the mainland itself.
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
The party presidium met yesterday and announced that the
on again - off again plenary session of the central committee
will be held next Thursday "to discuss a report--on the pres-
ent situation and tasks facing the party." The session is
certain to deal with the fate of Dubcek and Smrkovsky. The
presidium accepted an "invitation" of the Soviet central com-
mittee and government for a Czechoslovak party and state dele-
gation to visit Moscow in October--probably to report the re-
sults of next Thursday's meeting.
SOVIET AFFAIRS
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EUROPE
The most recent British Gallup Poll, conducted- late last
week, asked the national sample whether Britain should join
the Common Market or drop the idea altogether. The result:
Try to join
Drop the idea
Don't know
26 percent
57 percent
17 percent
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