THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 17 APRIL 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005973734
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: April 17, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
--Top?Storrrt-- 17 April 1967
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DAILY BRIEF
17 APRIL 1967
1. North Vietnam
2. South Vietnam
3. Ghana
Yesterday was the third and final
Sunday of voting for village and ham-
let officials. Early reports suggest
that Viet Cong harassment was somewhat
greater this time. Three lightly de-
fended villages northeast of Saigon
were attacked just before the polls
were to open and several Revolutionary
Development workers were executed.
Early this morning a group of
young officers moved against the generals
who threw out Nkrumah in February 1966.
While the picture is still murky, there
are no indications that the coup leaders
intend to bring Nkrumah back from exile
in Guinea or shift Ghana's generally
pro-Western orientation.
General Ankrah, who headed the
government until this morning, has asked
for asylum in Ambassador Williams' resi-
dence. The ambassador reports no sign
that Americans are in danger.
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4. India
5. Guatemala
6. South Korea
7. East Germany
New Delhi is most unhappy with our
decision to resume sale of spare parts
for lethal items of military hardware.
The Indians are afraid Pakistan will
come out ahead in this deal. For their
part, the Pakistanis have mixed feel-
ings. They are not at all pleased about
the end of military aid, but they do want
the spare parts--particularly for their
F-104s.
Communist terrorists are threaten-
ing to assassinate US Embassy personnel
in retaliation for recent government
successes against the guerrillas. Both
the embassy and Guatemalan security offi-
cials are aware of these plans and have
taken precautionary steps.
South Korean jets sank a North
Korean ship in the Yellow Sea this morn-
ing. Seoul has announced the North
Korean ship was engaged in espionage
operations. This incident will further
raise the tensions that have built up
as a result of recent North Korean
forays across the Demilitarized Zone.
Not much of real substance is ex-
pected from the Communist Party congress
opening today in East Berlin. However,
it will be interesting to see how the
Communists handle the hot potato Chan-
cellor Kiesinger pitched into their laps
last Wednesday when he publicly called
for improved relations between the two
Germanies. Party boss Ulbricht probably
will try to appear responsive to Kiesinger
but such a gesture will not come easily
to him.
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