THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 25 NOVEMBER 1969

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006146482
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: November 25, 1969

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The President's Daily Brief
25 November 1969
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
25 November 1969
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
In Japan, Sato may parlay public satisfaction with
the Okinawa settlement into a general election.
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The Soviet government is preparing to commemorate
Stalin's ninetieth birthday. (Page 2)
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JAPAN
Sato
may dissolve the Diet in early December and call
for general elections later in the month, if the
debate in the Diet over the Okinawa agreement goes
satisfactorily. This timetable would take maximum
advantage of favorable public reaction to settle-
ment as well as of the "law and order mood" preva-
lent in Japan following recent leftist student ex-
cesses.
Opposition elements, in an effort to cast
doubts on the government's handling of
the Okinawa issue, will probably subject
Sato to close questioning during the ex-
traordinary Diet session beginning on 29
November. Sato, however, is adept at
handling opposition interpellations, and,
with popular opinion generally behind
him, he should have little difficulty de-
flecting criticism.
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USSR
Press reports from Moscow suggest that Sta-
lin's birthday on 21 December will be officially
commemorated this year for the first time since
1955. The celebration will be low-keyed, consist-
ing mostly of a photographic display in Moscow and
some press and TV coverage.
The intent seems to be less to honor
Stalin than to warn the liberal intel-
lectuals against persisting in their
efforts to keep the anti-Stalin Zine
going in literature and scholarship.
The present government recently has
emphasized the positive aspects of
Stalin's regime., primarily his war
record.
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NOTE
India: The split in the Congress Party has
been formalized, and Prime Minister Gandhi remains
as strong as ever. Over the weekend, Mrs. Gandhi's
faction deposed the old-guard party president,
selected an interim president, and has begun to set
up administrative units to oversee the party's ac-
tivities. The old guard has adopted the name "Or-
ganization Congress Party," and probably will fight
hard to continue its control of party funds, party
records, and the vote-getting election symbol--two
yoked oxen.
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