THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 6 JANUARY 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: January 6, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
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DAILY BRIEF
6 JANUARY 1967
1. North Vietnam
2. Laos
3. West Germany
A Hanoi broadcast today accused
"some Western radios and newspapers"
of releasing ".'Aelidentious commen-
taries" on Harrison Salisbury's ac-
count of his interview with Pham Van
Dong. The radio went on to say that
it was authorized to state that Pham
Van Dong "actually told Mr. Salisbury
that the four-point stand of the North
Vietnamese constitutes the basis for
a settlement."
This formulation is the standard
one used by the Vietnamese all along.
Its emphasis here seems intended to
discount the impression that Pham Van
Dong's remarks signaled a softening
in Hanoi's terms. By attributing the
"tendentious" commentaries to un-
named sources, Hanoi avoided casting
aspersions upon Salisbury himself.
Communist troops, including sub-
stantial numbers of North Vietnamese,
struck in battalion strength at a
forward government base in northern
Laos this morning. At last report,
the Na Khang base was still in friendly
hands, but the air strip was lost to
the enemy. More on the military situ-
ation in Laos is at Annex.
Willy Brandt is now comfortably
settled in his new saddle and the For-
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series of moves aimed at the establish-
ment of diplomatic relations with
Eastern European governments.
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4. Dominican Republic Internal squabbling has flared up
again in Juan Bosch's Dominican Revolu-
tionary Party as he continues his peace-
ful sojourn in Western Europe. Several
prominent former party officers are now
defying the present radical party leader-
ship by accepting jobs with the Balaguer
government. One result may well be the
early formation of a rival party by the
moderates now leaving Bosch's party.
5. Macao
6. Israel
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Disarray is also growing among
the Communist and pro-Communist parties.
There were three such parties during
the 1965 revolution. Now there are five.
The beleaguered Portuguese governor
has capitulated to still more Communist
demands. These are supposed to be the
"final" ones, but that remains to be
seen.
Tel Aviv has publicly warned Syria
against further "encroachments" along
the border. So far, there have been
no casualties in this area, though small
fire fights have become almost a daily
affair.
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ANNEX
The War in Laos
The attack on Na Khang today signals another
enemy effort to clear the government's guerrillas
from the northern part of the country. This is
now an annual effort timed with the end of the
rainy season. Like, most of the fighting in Laos,
however, the results are rarely conclusive.
At about this time last year, for instance,
this same base came under fire--and was eventually
overrun. It was retaken, however, after only a
few weeks. We doubt that the Communists could hold
on much longer this time.
All the same, other Communist strikes are
likely to take place in the north at any time.
Attacks have already been reported north of Na Khang;
several government positions were overrun there
earlier this week.
To the south in the Laos panhandle, military
movements so far this season have been light. Our
roadwatch teams report considerably fewer trucks
going south than last year at this time. The reasons
for this are not altogether clear, but an unusually
long rainy season is probably a factor. In any case,
the amount of work being done on the roads indicates
that they will shortly be in heavy use again--perhaps
above the level of 1966.
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