SPECIAL DAILY REPORT ON NORTH VIETNAM - 1968/01/26

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Approved for Release: 2018/07/26 005974244 FOR THE PRESIDENT'S EYES ONLY Special Daily Report on North Vietnam Approved for Release: 2018/07/26 005974244 Top ret 3.5(c) 26 January 1968 TOP Approved for Release: 2018/07/26 C05974244 Special Daily Report on North Vietnam for the President's Eyes Only 26 January 1968 I. NOTES ON THE SITUATION Rumanian Visitors: The high-level Rumanian dele- gation in Hanoi this week had been there on an earlier visit only about .a month ago. � This may be part of Premier Maurer's attempt to bring the war to the negotiating table. Shortly after his own return from Hanoi last September, Maurer told Ambassador Davis that Rumania intended to try to push the two sides together. A further Rumanian effort along this line may emerge in high- level talks the Rumanians have scheduled this week with Pope Paul and Harold Wilson and with Soviet leaders. * * * .Peking Warns North Vietnamese About "Peace Talks Fraud": Peking's long-standing concern over the possibility that the Vietnamese Communists may be "misled" into entering negotiations was clearly underscored in China's Liberation Army Daily on 24 January. The article warned the Vietnamese that the US was continuing the "peace talks fraud" and declared that "so long as the Vietnamese continue the war, they will surely win final victory." The article was also in keeping with repeated indications of Chinese displeasure with North Viet- namese moves which could be construed as establish- ing a more reasonable position on the question of talks. This is also currently illustrated by Pe- king's continuing silence on Trinh's "will talk" statement of 29 December as well as on his earlier formulation on the subject issued a year ago. E3*ETOP CRET 3.3(h)(2) Approved for Release: 2018/07/26 C05974244 3.5(c) Approved for Release: 2018/07/26 005974244 Approved for Release: 2018/07/26 005974244 3.3(h)(2) Approved for Release: 2018/07/26 005974244 Approved for Release: 2018/07/26 005974244 3.3(h)(2) Approved for Release: 2018/07/26 005974244 Approved for Release: 2018/07/26 005974244 3.3(h)(2) Approved for Release: 2018/07/26 005974244 * * * II. NORTH VIETNAMESE REFLECTIONS OF US POLITICAL ATTITUDES ON THE WAR Hanoi on Antiwar Activities: Hanoi radio's international service on 24 January carried a routine roundup of assorted American antiwar ac- tivities. It notes that another American soldier has deseried to Sweden and mentions recent state- ments by various antiwar organizations. It says that "thousands of American youths" support an ap- peal to refuse service in Vietnam. It notes pro- tests.against the prosecution of Dr. Spock and others opposing the war, and an appeal from a group of religious personalities calling on the US to stop the bombing of the North. -5- 3.5(c) 3.3(h)(2) TO RET Approved for Release: 2018/07/26 005974244 3.5(c) Approved for Release: 2018/07/26 C05974244 Approved for Release: 2018/07/26 C05974244