THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 25 SEPTEMBER 1969

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005977005
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: September 25, 1969

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The President's Daily Brief
25 September 1969
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VIETNAM
North Vietnam filled its two top government positions by
moving 81-year-old Ton Duc Thang from the vice presidency to
the presidency and assigning the vice-presidential chair, to
party stalwart Nguyen Luong Bang. Unfortunately, these moves
give no real clue to the government's policies or intentions.
The new president is likely to be a mere figurehead. Bang
was one of the founders of the party and has served ably in
a number of party posts. He's not had much to do with govern-
ing, however, so his policy predilections are unknown.
CANADA-USSR
Gromyko will apparently now stop off. in Ottawa after all.
The latest word is that he will squeeze the visit in during
the first three days in October on his way home from the UN
session. The Canadians have a number of things to talk about--
the wheat agreement, technical and scientific exchanges, Euro-
pean security, the Middle East, Asian collective security,
and Vietnam. They might also touch on their efforts to estab-
lish diplomatic relations with Communist China and on the
treaty to limit military uses of the seabeds. The invitation
to Gromyko serves another purpose for the Canadians--it will
help to deflect recent Soviet overtures for a high-level Cana-
dian visit to Moscow.
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KOREA
South Korea's improved coastal defense operations have
thwarted three North Korean infiltration efforts over the
past week.
Thus far this year, there have been 22 encounters with
North Korean sea infiltrators, compared with 19 last year
and 46 in 1967. Activity along the Demilitarized Zone has
been relatively low, however. Pyongyang's emphasis on agent
infiltration, rather than commando raids, suggests that the
North Koreans are hoping to exploit unrest over the third
term issue and build up their subversive apparatus in the
South.
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CZECHOSLOVAKIA
The party' 183-man central committee may drop as many
as 60 members--all of them reformers--in today's meeting.
They may even be expelled from the party. Dubcek, however,
seems to rate a little better treatment. The moderates, led
by Husak, cannot prevent Dubcek's demotion, but they may pre-
vent his expulsion.
BOLIVIA
BRAZIL
The army high command reportedly has offered the presi-
dency to four-star General Emilio Medici, the favorite candi-
date of President Costa e Silva's followers and probably of
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the majority of the army generals. Three-star General
Albuquerque Lima, a nationalist with strong support from
younger officers, can still give Medici some tough opposition,
however, for the army's decision must be ratified by the
armed forces joint command. Albuquerque Lima still may be
able to sell the idea that military unity is more important
than the traditional factors of rank and seniority.
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