THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 27 JULY 1968

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005976273
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: July 27, 1968

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The President's Daily Brief
27 July 1968
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THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
27 july-1968
1. South Vietnam
2. North Vietnam
Prime Minister Huong may be plan-
ning major governmental and military
changes which would further the eclipse
of Ky and his supporters.
A special assistant to Thieu says
that Huong wants to appoint Interior
.Minister Khiem .to head both the Defense
Ministry and the,Joint General.Staff.
Khiem is anathema to Ky. The Vice
President and his military supporters
would almost certainly react badly to
Khiem's assumption of top military posts,
and to any meddling in military matters
by the civilian prime minister. Their
ability to do much about it is question-
able.
the departure
of the three US pilots has again been
delayed for a week.
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3. Thailand
4. Czechoslovakia
France
The raid on the US airbase at
Udorn last night--evidently by Com-
munist terrorists--seems to have been
an isolated incident. Late reports
say that several aircraft were damaged
and that six US servicemen were wounded.
At least two of the terrorists were
killed. This is the first such at-
tack against a US military installa-
tion in Thailand.
Dubcek has made another halfway
response to Soviet demands. By ap-
proving the establishment of advisory
councils for radio and television he
has not actually reimposed censorship,
but he has given a nod in the direction
of the Soviet demand for tighter con-
trol over the news media.
The time and place of the meeting
with the Soviets still seems to be
under negotiations. Key figures on
both sides were publicly identified
in their home capitals yesterday.
There are no significant changes
in the status of Soviet forces in and
around Czechoslovakia.
Paris seems to be trying to improve
the atmosphere with Washington. De Gaulle
and some of his ministers, for instance,
have been making positive statements to
US officials about Franco-American rela-
tions. They have also stopped criticizing
US policies in'public. Our military at-
taches have been encouraged by signs of
increased friendliness; the French are
also cooperating much more closely about
security matters for the Paris talks.
We doubt that France wants a genuine
rapprochement at this point, but these
small steps to improve the climate may
point to longer range policy adjustments.
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. Guatemala
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Communist terrorists in Guatemala
are planning another wave of bombings,
shootings and kidnappings--this time in
hopes of disrupting local elections
next month.
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