THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 8 JUNE 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005973844
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• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: June 8, 1967

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Arab States _
Israel
(As of 5:30 AM EDT)
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The Israelis have just announced
(according to the press) that Egyptian
armored forces have counterattacked
"in force" in an effort to fight their
way out of the Sinai Peninsula. This
could refer to Egyptian troops trapped
in the rapid Israeli advance.
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DAILY BRIEF
8 JUNE 1967
1. Arab States - The UN's ceasefire order is being dis-
Israel regarded. Egypt has officially announced
(As of 5:00 AM EDT) it will not comply, and Nasir has personally
so informed most other Arab governments. The
Israelis may have broken their ceasefire
agreement with Jordan. -
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Early this morning the Jordanian prime
minister told our embassy that Israeli tanks
were moving into northwestern Jordan. The
ultimate aim of such a movement might be to
attack Syria. The embassy also says fight-
ing on the Israeli-Jordanian front picked up
during the night.
On the Sinai Peninsula, the Israelis
have apparently accomplished most of their
military objectives. Yesterday the Israelis
approached the Suez Canal so rapidly that
they probably cut off the major portion of
the retreating Egyptians.
Embassy Cairo believes that public re-
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strong feeling against Nasir, and foreign
diplomats in Cairo consider the Egyptians
are in a state of panic over the military
debacle.
Mobs in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, have
damaged US installations, and our consulate
in Aleppo has been attacked and burned. As
the extent of the defeat sinks into the Arab
countries, danger to US citizens still there
may increase. Refugees from the fighting in
Jordan's West Bank are already streaming into
Amman, where they could cause disorder di-
rected at Americans.
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2. North Vietnam
3. Soviet Union
4. Nigeria
Shipping figures for May show a
new monthly high for seaborne deliveries
to North Vietnam--147,000 tons. Bulk
foodstuffs accounted for nearly half,
and petroleum for about a quarter.
North Vietnamese exports were lower
in May than at any time in the past two
and a half years. This is primarily be-
cause of bomb damage to the Haiphong
cement plant and coal facilities at Cam
Pha.
The British, up to now relaxed about
or even opposed to evacuating their citi-
zens, are advising British women and
children to leave the Eastern Region (or
Biafra, as it is now calling itself).
This reversal comes from the belief that
chances of a Federal invasion are increas-
ing.
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5. Thailand
Embassy Bangkok, in a recent assess-
ment of Communist insurgent activity dur-
ing April, suggests that the insurgents
did make modest gains in several areas.
King Phumiphon(
may paint a somewhat more
. alarming picture, however, when he comes
to Washington.
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