THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 21 AUGUST 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005973970
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: August 21, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
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DAILY BRIEF
21 AUGUST 1967
Congo
LATE ITEM
/the Rwandans are refusing to
have anything to do with the mercen-
aries and are insisting they must sur-
render on Congolese soil. Congolese
Foreign Minister Bomboko is seeing
Rwandan President Kayibanda now in an
effort to break through this latest
log jam.
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DAILY BRIEF
21 AUGUST 1967
1. South Vietnam
2. Nigeria
The Communists apparently hope to
strike strategic allied targets before
the elections. Recently captured North
Vietnamese soldiers say their unit--an
artillery regiment trained in rocketry--
is preparing for another bombardment of
Da Nang Airbase. The base was hit by
rockets on 15 July.
Moderate Buddhist and Catholic-
leaders are lining up behind the Thieu-
Ky ticket.
The Catholic bishops made their de-
cision to support the military candidates
at a meeting last week. Tam Chau, who
speaks for the moderate Buddhists, told
an American official on Saturday that he
will not make a public statement on his
position, but he intends to let it be
known that he is voting for Thieu and Ky.
Although neither the bishops nor
Tam Chau can guarantee a bloc vote by
their followers, the support of these
religious leaders will certainly help
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3. Communist China
4. Hong Kong
New signs are cropping up that the
Maoists in Peking are jittery over the
loyalty of the army. Propaganda output
about the army is defensive in tone and
the first Red Guard anniversary, 18 Au-
gust, received low-key treatment.
Peking may also be trying to deal
with its more serious troubles by direct
negotiations with some of the powerful
provincial leaders.
Four days ago the British banned
three pro-Communist newspapers and ar-
rested 53 newsmen. Peking, in a note
delivered yesterday, gave the British
until tomorrow to release the prisoners
and lift the ban--or be responsible for
"all the serious consequences arising
therefrom."
The British are expected to reject
this demand as they did similar ones
last spring. They may,. however, throw
the Chinese some sort of bone that Pe-
king can convert into a paper victory.
These repeated crises are severely
shaking the confidence of Hong Kong's
business community and there has been
a significant flow of capital from the
colony.
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5. Soviet Union
6. Czechoslovakia
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