THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 16 SEPTEMBER 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: September 16, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
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South Vietnam
.LATE ITEM
Preliminary press accounts
state that senior military officers
today announced the dismissal of four
generals and one province chief.
This looks like the beginning of a
long-awaited purge aimed at weeding
out officers considered
corrupt or inefficient.
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DAILY BRIEF
16 September 1967
1. South Vietnam
2. Egypt
We keep getting reports of bitter-
ness between Thieu and Ky--despite
protestations from high ranking Viet-
namese that the differences between the
two men are being exaggerated.
Cairo's official news Agency re-
ports the suicide Thursday of former
Field Marshal Amir, Nasir's erstwhile
alter ego who was recently arrested
for plotting against the regime. This
presumably:will increase the resentment
of disgruntled military elements who
have viewed Amir as their leader, and
Nasir as his persecutor.
3. Soviet 'Union We expect at least one Soviet
space operation in the near future.
/We believe these will parti-
cipate in a test of an unmanned Soyuz
vehicle.
Other ships continue to move into
the Indian Ocean for what will prob-
ably be a circumlunar flight.
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. Italy
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5. Poland
6. Nonproliferation
Treaty
7. Communist China
Unrest in the Polish armed forces
over the regime's efforts to counter
pro-Israeli sentiment has eased some-
what.r
The basic question of Poland's
automatic commitment to Soviet policies
remains topical)
The foreign minister has
publicly that Brazil would accept
limitation on military nuclear develop-
ment only within a treaty obligating
all countries of the world.
said
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SPECIAL DAILY REPORT ON NORTH VIETNAM
FOR THE PRES! DENT'S EYES ONLY
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Special Daily Report on North Vietnam
for the President's Eyes Only
16,September.1967
. Hanoi's Religious Problems: .The regime con-
tinues to have problems with uncooperative elements
among its diverse religious communities, especially
the Catholics. .Some concern that these problems'
may be affecting efforts to mobilize the population
behind the war was expressed in the August issue
of the Communist party journaLHoc Tap. The arti-
cle reviews the history of Vietnam's religious
groups and concludes that great progress has been
made in reconciling their religious convictions
with the demands of. the revolution, but that
"reactionaries" and "counterrevolutionary" elements
still exist and are .able to sow discord harmful to
the cause of national unity.
The author accuses "US imperialists" of "tak-
ingadvantage of religion" for espionage and
psychological warfare activities, and implicitly
.acknowledges this as fertile ground for such
efforts. Although claiming that counterrevolu-
tionary influence among followers of religion has
."weakened markedly" in recent years, the article
notes :that there are '?some "vulnerable spots."
The article does not suggest that religious
divisions in North Vietnam are significantly
?greater now than in the past, or that Hanoi is
seriously concerned with the issues themselves.
Hanoi readily acknowledges its problem with reli-
gious minorities as one which can only be overcome
with time and persuasion. The Hoc Tap article
also cautions overzealous cadres agrist letting
measures designed to overcome religious problems
end up aggravating them.
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US Bombings Reported Affecting Rice Production:
the North Vietnamese were complaining that
US bombings were affecting their capability, to
harvest two annual rice crops. The North Vietnam-
ese also claimed that they were required to in-
crease their rice imports to offset a growing
deficit,
vegetables were in short supply but the
shortage of clothing material was apparently hurt-
ing morale more than the tight food situation.
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Hospitals Reorganized:
with the
exception of hospitals in Haiphong and Hanoi,
hospitals in North Vietnam have been reorganized
into small clinics and mobile units servicing rural
areas. The reorganization was reported to have
lowered the standard of medical treatment but had
brought medical aid to areas never before visited
by medical teams.
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