THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 12 MAY 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005973798
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: May 12, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
Top Secret 12 May 1967
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DAILY BRIEF
12 MAY 1967
1, Communist China
2. Hong Kong
The Hong Kong government and Pe-
king's apparatus in the colony are mov-
ing toward a test of strength. The
Communists have sharply increased their
agitation in recent months. Yesterday
this resulted in a clash between police
and hundreds of rioters engaged in a
demonstration against "foreigners."
The local government, no longer
able to avoid the challenge,
must take a hard line
erosion of its authority.
has the example of_Mac.ao in
to prevent
It clearly
mind.
Peking is out to embarrass the
local authorities in Hong Kong, as it
did the Portuguese. In this case, how-
ever, the Chinese have more to lose;
they probably do not now want to jeopard-
ize the considerable economic benefit
they get from continued British control
of the colony.
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3. Western Europe
4, Iraq
5. Iran
6. Guatemala
Brezhnev has been urging West Euro-
pean Communist leaders to adopt "united
front" tactics.
In his off-the-record bilateral
contacts during the recent European Com-
munist party conference in Czechoslovakia,
the Soviet leader pressed for a broad
anti-German "peace front." This, he said,
should bring together not only political
parties but also youth groups, labor ac-
tivists, intellectuals, and religious
organizations.
The Shah has angrily "suspended"
plans for his US trip next month. He
is reacting to fragmentary press ac-
counts of uncomplimentary references to
him during recent closed hearings of
the US Senate Disarmament Subcommittee.
Ambassador,Meyer hopes he can calm
things down when the official US record
arrives, but he is not sure
Rightist vigilantes are retaliating
for Communist terrorism with their own
campaign of assassinations, kidnapings,
and bombings. They have been increasingly
active in recent days. Their targets,
unfortunately, include.a number of moder-
ate leftists and labor leaders who prob-
ably have no connection with Communism.
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