THE PRESIDENTS' DAILY BRIEF

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02197590
• Document Creation Date: January 28, 2019

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The President's Daily Brief
Toi ecret 7 February 1968
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DAILY BRIEF
7 FEBRUARY 1968
1. Vietnam North Vietnamese regulars, spear-
(as of 5:00 AM headed by nine armored vehicles be-
EST) lieved to be Soviet T-34 tanks, were
beaten back from the strategic Lang
Vei Special Forces camp near Khe Sanh
last night. The night-long assault
was timed to coincide with a heavy bom-
bardment of the Khe Sanh base. At last
report the enemy force was pulling back.
2. Korea
TO CRET -
This is the first time the Commu-
nists have used armor in South Vietnam.
3.5(c)
The North Vietnamese could be plan-
ning another "first," this one using
aircraft against allied positions near
the Demilitarized Zone. Yesterday
three of North Vietnam's eight IL-28
jet light bombers returned to Phuc Yen
airfield/
/Although the 3.3(h)(2)
IL-28s are old and slow by today's
standards, they could reach the Demili-
tarized Zone from Phuc Yen.
North Vietnam's AN-2 light trans-
ports also have been unusually active.
Some of these aircraft are adapted for
ground attack.
A number of South Koreans demon-
strated against the Panmunjom talks this
morning. The demonstration was at Free-
dom Bridge on the road leading through
US lines to the meeting site. Some of
the demonstrators got across the bridge
where they were met and turned back by
US troops.
There have been no significant de-
velopments in North Korea overnight.
Pyongyang is rebroadcasting the sixth
alleged confession by a Pueblo crewman.
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LAOS PANHANDLE
NORTH
VIETNAM
Thar(h-Hoa
Enemy Control led
Territory
0 25 50 7,0 Miles
0 25 50 715 '