THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 25 NOVEMBER 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005974139
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• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: November 25, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
25 November 1967
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DAILY BRIEF
25 NOVEMBER 1967
1. Cyprus
2. Great Britain
The gap between the two sides has
narrowed a bit, but not enough to assure
that the Turks will not move.
The Greeks now say they are will-
ing to start evacuating their troops
from the island--repatriating 500 at
once--if Turkey will reduce its mili-
tary preparedness to the precrisis level.
From the Turkish side,
Ankara will drop its demand
for immediate withdrawal of all Greek
"illegals" if Athens will furnish an
"exact schedule" for gradual withdrawal,
and if the departures are thoroughly
supervised.
the
Demirel government cannot hold out
much longer against public pressure for
a quick solution to the dispute.
There has been no change in the
military posture of either side.
There has been no word yet this
morning on Mr. Vance's current talks in
Ankara.
activity in the London gold
market has reached panic proportions.
Friday sales totaled about 260 million
dollars, bringing the total for this
week to around 580 million dollars. The
major factor in the run on gold is the
French Government, which evidently be-
lieves that this is a good time to in-
tensify pressures on the dollar.
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3. France
4. Soviet Union
5. Aden
6. Iran
De Gaulle's next semiannual press
conference will be on Monday. Paris
journalists say he has been working on
it for the past six weeks and that it
will be devoted largely to foreign pol-
icy--the Common Market, the Middle East,
devaluation, and Vietnam.
During his three-hour talk with
Governor Harriman on Wednesday, the
Shah disclosed that Kosygin will be
visiting Iran soon--probably in Janu-
ary.
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FOR THE PRESIDENT'S EYES ONLY
Special Daily Report on North Vietnam
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25 November 1967
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Special Daily Report on North Vietnam
for the President's Eyes Only
25 November 1967
NOTES:ON'THE SITUATION
US Congressmen Interested in Hanoi Trip: Con-
gressmen Fred Schwengel (R. Iowa) and William Cowger
(R. Ky.) told the US Embassy in Saigon yesterday
that they are going to ask the North Vietnamese for
permission to visit Hanoi. The congressmen plan to
cable Pham Van Dong from Bangkok, where they are
stopping briefly.
?Doumer Bridge: The Paul Doumer Bridge on the
main rail-highway route from China to Hanoi appears
open to truck traffic again after being closed by
the bombings on 25 October.
Photography of 17 November showed what appeared
to be prefabricated concrete spans across the gap
created by dropping two spans last month. The con-
crete spans apparently are intended to support rail
as well as truck traffic.
Death of Indian ICC Soldier: After the Indian
ICC sergeant was killed last week, Hanoi wasted no
time in passing out photographs of the body and the
death certificate. Both made front pages all over
the world. The certificate, signed by an Indian
army doctor attached to the ICC, gave the cause of
death as wounds from "shrapnel of a US missile."
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II. NORTH VIETNAMESE REFLECTIONS OF US POLITICAL
ATTITUDES ON THE WAR
Comments on Four Sailors: In an English language
broadcast on 22 November, Hanoi reported the activi-
ties of the four US sailors who deserted from the
Intrepid. The broadcast quoted the seamen as condemn-
ing the war in Vietnam and claiming that if the US
desired peace it could simply withdraw its troops
and let the Vietnamese settle their own affairs.
Campus Comment: In a brief English language
broadcast on 23 November, Hanoi recounted the details
of a demonstration on 20 November at San Jose State
College. It said the protest was against "Johnson's
war in Vietnam" and the recruiting activities of
the Dow Chemical Company. The broadcast reported
that the demonstrators burned the American flag and
a large three-headed effigy labeled "Dow, LBJ, and
Military." "Reactionary" US authorities sent 17 car-
loads of policemen to the campus to put down the
"heroic" students, according to the broadcast.
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-Viet Cong Brands US Leaders"Optimism. Peddlers":
-Liberation Front Vietnamese language broadcast on -
21 November accused Ambassador Bunker and General
Westmoreland of concealing the "chaotic situation", in
South Vietnam. .The broadcast saidthat "no one among
the American people" wants to believe what they have
to say. . Citing the,New York Times, Liberation Radio
reminded listeners that in November 1963 General_Har-
kins also stated that victory in Vietnam was only:a
matter of months away.
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