THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 3 APRIL 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005973710
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: April 3, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
Top Secret 3 April 1967
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DAILY BRIEF
3 APRIL 1967
1. North Vietnam
2. South Vietnam
3. Soviet Union
:Elections of village councils were
held yesterday in about one third of
the 1,000 constituencies scheduled to
elect councils this month. According
to early reports, the voting was carried
on without serious interference by the
Viet Cong.
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/voier turnout
was heavy--about 80 percent of the
registered electorate. This is compa-
rable to that recorded during the elec-
tion of delegates for the Constituent
Assembly last September.
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4. Communist China Signs that Liu Shao-chi is about
to be formally brought down may well
mean that the cultural revolution is en-
tering an advanced stage. Liu--number
two man in the party until last August
and still chief of state--was the target
of a giant all-day rally in Peking yes-
terday.
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5. Japan
This came immediately after People's
Daily demanded that the "handful of
counterrevolutionary revisionists" must
be overthrown and that the "top party
person in authority taking the capital-
ist road"--an unmistakable reference to
Liu--must be removed. This could come
tomorrow when the next "down with Liu"
rally is scheduled.
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6. Cuba
7. Chile
Castro's running feud with the
pro-Moscow Communist parties of Latin
America is entering the stage of pub-
lic recriminations. The dispute re-
volves around whether to use "armed
struggle" tactics in Latin America;
Castro says that guerrilla warfare is
a must, but the pro-Moscow parties
favor more peaceful "popular front"
maneuvers.
The Brazilian Communist Party has
come out with a strong attack against
Castro for working at cross purposes
with the other parties. The Chilean
Communists and others are likely to
follow suit.
The Soviets are also increasingly
upset. Their efforts to establish
diplomatic relations with Venezuela
and Colombia have been set back by the
recent upsurge in operations by pro-
Castro guerrillas in both countries.
President Frei's Christian Demo-
crats were badly mauled in municipal
elections yesterday
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protest against Frei's "high-handed and
holier than thou" application of his
economic and social reforms, and his un-
willingness to involve himself in the
normal give and take of Chilean politics.
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the summit in a weakened position.
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