THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 26 OCTOBER 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005974084
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: October 26, 1967

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/07: CIA-RDP79T00936A005500210001-3 The President's Daily Brief 26 October 1967 2r't Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/07 : CIA-RDP79T00936A005500210001-3 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/07 : CIA-RDP79T00936A005500210001-3 50x1 DAILY BRIEF 26 OCTOBER 1967 1. North Vietnam 2, South Vietnam 3. Peru The 137 deputies elected to the lower house last Sunday seem to cover a broad spectrum of religious, occupation- al, regional, and political colorations. Thirty-five are Catholics and 46 are Bud- dhists. Only a few of the latter are clearly identified with either the mili- tant or the Buddhist moderate factions; most may be just nominal Buddhists unre- sponsive to either faction. By regional origin, 32 are North Vietnamese, 44 come from the central part of the country, and 57 from the area around Saigon and the Delta. Ac- tive or retired military men account for only 34 of the 137 total. President Belaunde told Ambassador Jones on Tuesday that Peru would not back out of the deal to buy French Mi- rage fighter-bombers. Belaunde said it was a waste of time to discuss substitu- ting F-5s. He added that if this meant an end to economic relations between Peru and the US, the sooner he knew about it the better. 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/07 : CIA-RDP79T00936A005500210001-3 � Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/07 : CIA-RDP79T00936A005500210001-3 50X1 4. Egypt 5. Chile 6. Greece Eyewitnesses describe the destruc- tion at the Suez refinery as "extensive if not total." Production facilities are completely out of commission, at least temporarily, and perhaps half of Egypt's storage capacity has been de- stroyed or damaged. Rebuilding may take two years. Petroleum provides about two thirds of Egypt's total energy requirements, so a very large share of the country's re- maining industrial production will suffer. To keep its present level of consumption, Egypt would have to import about $5 mil- lion worth of refined products each month. All in all, the damage done by Is- raeli shelling is a major blow to the Egyptian economy. We are expecting some anti-American demonstrations in Chile early next week when assorted youth groups hold a three- day "conference" on Vietnam. These groups represent various shades of the political left; Communist organizers have been imported. While there report- edly will be an effort to restrain vio- lence, volatile Latin youngsters could get out of hand very quickly. The few Communist extremists who have not yet been caught in the junta's nets may try to stir up trouble Saturday when Greeks celebrate "Oxi" Day. Oxi means "no" and is a national hol- iday marking the date in 1940 when Musso- lini's ultimatum was rejected. The mili- tary regime will be very much on the alert. 50X1 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/07 : CIA-RDP79T00936A005500210001-3 . Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/07 : CIA-RDP79T00936A005500210001-3 5oxi 7. Communist China 8. Congo 9, United Kingdom There are one or two hundred Euro- pean mercenaries in Portuguese Angola, and Ambassador McBride in Kinshasa is quite concerned they may invade the west- ern Congo. These mercenaries could move north and take the Congolese capital with little opposition, but so far they have given few indications of when--or if-- they plan to move. The ambassador's con- cern is sharpened by the slow, bureau- cratic pace with which the International Red Cross is working on evacuation of �Schramme's mercenaries from the eastern Congo. The meeting of the European Commu- nity's Council in Luxembourg earlier this week left the sides as sharply drawn as ever over Britain's bid for membership. Without flatly saying no, the French left no doubt as to their strong and continu- ing opposition. The other five members all support the British. ( 50X1 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/07 : CIA-RDP79T00936A005500210001-3 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/07 : CIA-RDP79T00936A005500210001-3 ^ Top Secret Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/07 : CIA-RDP79T00936A005500210001-3 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/07: CIA-RDP79T00936A005500210001-3 Top Secret FOR THE PRESIDENT'S EYES ONLY Special Daily Report on North Vietnam Top Secret 50X1 � - 15 26 - Octobet 1967 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/07 : CIA-RDP79T00936A005500210001-3 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/07 : CIA-RDP79T00936A00550021000-3 50X1 Special. Daily Report on North Vietnam for the President's Eyes Only 26 October 1967 I. NOTES ON THE SITUATION Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/07 : CIA-RDP79T00936A005500210001-3 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/07 : CIA-RDP79T00936A005500210001-3 5oxi Photography of North Vietnam: photo- graphs showed no unusual buildup of supplies in Haiphong. This indi- cates that the North Vietnamese had still been able to move supplies out of the port city. The pictures do show, however, that the Hanoi-Haiphong rail line remains blocked at Haiphong and at a point midway be- tween the two cities. ,The mission found no evidence of surface-to- surface missile deployment. * * * AFP on Bombings in Hanoi Area: The French news agency correspondent in Hanoi has reported on yester- day's bombing raids near the city. The article states that US planes dropped their loads straight above the center of the city, but that the bombs angled north, falling around the Paul Doumer Bridge and farther north. The report claims that bombs fell in a residential area and states that it was announced that a projectile hit offices of the Government Cul- tural Services. The article also notes that the pop- ulation of Hanoi watched as two planes were shot down, one by a surface-to-air missile and the other by antiaircraft fire. The correspondent said one span of the Doumer bridge had "sunk sideways into the water." * * * -2- 50X1 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/07 : CIA-RDP79T00936A005500210001-3 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/07 : CIA-RDP79T00936A005500210001-3 NORTH VIETNAMESE REFLECTIONS OF US:POLITICAL ATTITUDES ON THE WAR Further Hanoi Commentary on US Antiwar Movement: North Vietnam is maintaining a drumbeat of propaganda on the antiwar movement in the US.. The Hanoi daily .Nhan Dan, in a.25 October editorial, asserts that the movenigiff "has taken an important step forward" through the recent week of nationwide protest. The editorial notes the "unprecedented scale and fierceness" of the demonstrations and claims that the American people have made it clear that the US is Conducting an "im- moral.and criminal" war in Vietnam. Hanoi exults that President Johnson's administration has shown "utter confusion" in the face of the widespread dem- onstrations,..and predicts "still stronger development" of the antiwar movement in the months ahead. The Nhan Dan editorial concludes with an assertion that "57-E6oTfainating actions and "stepping up the struggle" the Vietnamese and American people can defeat the US "aggressors." TheArmy daily,.Quan Doi Nhan Dan, in a 24-Octo- ber article, also glo-a7g-over the recent demonstrations. The article claims that they have occurred in more: than 30 majOr US cities and have dealt "new stagger- ing blows" to the US administration. .The administra- tion is described as "frenzied and panic stricken" and the article claims that "flagrant and barbaric .terrorism and repression" were used against the dem- onstrators. -A.25 October Hanoi broadcast in.English reports that .a mass meeting was held in Hanoi the previous evening to "welcome the success" of the antiwar dem- onstrations :in the US. .The keynote speaker at the 'Meeting stated that the US antiwar movement is a . "great encouragement" to the Vietnamese people and is "driving US imperialism into further isolation." The meeting sent a message to an antiwar group in the US, hailing their recent success and condemning the "fascist suppression" of the demonstrations by US authorities. -3- 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/07 : CIA-RDP79T00936A005500210001-3 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/07 : CIA-RDP79T00936A005500210001-3 Toti Secret Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/07 : CIA-RDP79T00936A005500210001-3