THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 29 DECEMBER 1969

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005977217
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: December 29, 1969

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The President's Daily Brief
29 December 1969
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
29 December 1969
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Jordan
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The Saigon government's campaign against opposition
elements continues. (Page 2)
Prime Minister Sato's party won an impressive vic-
tory in Japan's national elections. (Page 3)
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SOUTH VIETNAM
The Saigon government is maintaining pressure
on opposition elements. A Buddhist newspaper was
closed on 27 December for publishing an article which
allegedly incited dissension and promoted religious
discrimination. Another round of demonstrations
against the National Assembly's Lower House is
planned for early this week unless the chamber acts
against the three deputies accused by the government
of pro-Communist affiliations and activities. A
special committee of the House has completed its in-
vestigation of government charges and will report to
the full chamber on 30 December.
There are no solid indications that the
House intends to make the three deputies
available to government prosecution by
lifting their parliamentary immunity. Re?
gardZess of how the affair is resolved it
is certain to further impair relations be-
tween the executive and the legislature.
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JAPAN
The landslide election victory of Prime Minister
Sato's Liberal Democratic Party exceeded the most
optimistic forecasts of the party leadership. The
total strength of the Liberal Democratic Party in z/
the 486-seat lower house was boosted to 300 when a
dozen successful independent candidates joined the
party following the election. The Socialist Party,
the largest opposition group, suffered a humiliating
defeat, winning only 90 seats as compared with 140
in the 1967 general elections.
Ruling Liberal Democratic leaders will in-
terpret these results as a mandate for
maintaining Sato's policies of continued
close security ties with the United States
and as approval for the agreement on re-
version of Okinawa to Japanese control.
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