THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 30 OCTOBER 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005974091
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• Document Page Count: 12
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: October 30, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
30 October 1967
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Soviet Union
LATE ITEM
Early this morning, the Soviets
launched what appears to be another
unmanned Soyuz-type spacecraft. We
suspect there will be an attempt to
rendezvous with the Soyuz capsule now
in orbit. All this looks very much
like a dress rehearsal for a manned
event, perhaps within the next few
days.
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DAILY BRIEF
30 OCTOBER 1967
1:.North Vietnam
2. Soviet Union
Phuc Yen airfield appears to be
back in service, at least for limited
fighter operations. A first look at
high-altitude photography from a mis-
sion flown early Saturday morning shows
all craters on the main runway filled
and the runway apparently usable. In-
tercepted messages scheduling MIG-17
flights out of Phuc Yen on Saturday and
Sunday back up the evidence in the pho-
tography.
While fighters may, be able to land
and take off from Phuc Yen, there are
not many left around to do so. Judging
from the photography, there may have
been only six MIGs in North Vietnam ca-
pable of getting into the air Saturday
morning. The weekend flight schedules
out of Phuc Yen indicate some of those
have gone to China.
Aside from one bomb crater in the
area, there was no visible damage to
the Hanoi power plant. No smoke, how-
ever, was coming from any of the boiler-
house stacks.
The Canal des Rapides and Lang Son
bridges were both heavily damaged, with
spans destroyed.
.The Soviets have made no attempt
to bring down the unmanned Soyuz-type
spacecraft they launched on Friday.
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3. Soviet Union
4. South Vietnam
5. Jordan
On Saturday the Soviets had another
successful test of their fractional or-
bit bombardment weapon, the SS-X-6. The
payload made nearly a full revolution
around the earth before it was brought
down in the Soviet Union. This shot is
the seventh success in a row.
Thieu is still revising his inau-
gural address, but he intends to steer
clear of using the speech to commit his
government to a detailed set of goals.
He told an American official on Satur-
day that the Vietnamese people have
listened to too many speeches loaded
with promises later broken. Thieu said
his address would be brief and touch
only lightly on general policies.
Thieu hopes to get the new cabinet
installed about 3 November, and at that
time he plans to issue a statement out-
lining government programs for the next
four years.
?There is still some chance that
the militant Buddhists may try to em-
barrass the government during the inau-
guration
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FOR THE PRESIDENT'S EYES ONLY
Special Daily Report on North Vietnam
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Special Daily Report on North Vietnam
for the President's Eyes Only
30 October 1967
I. NOTES ON THE SITUATION
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II. NORTH VIETNAMESE REFLECTIONS OF US POLITICAL
ATTITUDES ON THE WAR
Hanoi-Rehashes "Week of Protest": Hanoi radio
on 25 October carried commentary on antiwar activities
in the US during the 15-21 October "week of protest"
for the benefit of its domestic audience. It called
?antidraft activities of American youth "most remark-
able," and went on to note specific events across the
country.
.The 'broadcast said "our people highly appreciate
the strenuous struggle of the American people" against
the war and consider it a "precious contribution to
our fight against the US aggressors." By "coordinating
our efforts on two fronts, we will certainly defeat...
the US ruling clique in Vietnam."
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Hanoi on Recent US Antiwar Events: Hanoi's in-
ternational broadcast on 28 October covered several
recent manifestations of US opposition to the war,
but without commentary. The broadcast noted a peace
march in Hawaii on 22 October, the hunger strike of
some of the Pentagon demonstrators, the release of
folk singer Joan Baez from an Oakland jail, and US
?student protests against the Dow Chemical Company
for making napalm for use in Vietnam.
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Hanoi on Vice President's Trip to Saigon: In
a sarcastic commentary, a Hanoi broadcast in Vietnamr
ese to South Vietnam ridicules Vice President Hum-
phrey's trip and hints darkly that he will be in dan-
ger. The broadcast says "other people have reminded"
the Vice TPresident that there are "not only rotten
eggs and tomatoes in Vietnam but some terrible things,"
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and that "people should take precautions." The broad-
cast concludes by warning that "Mr. Humphrey had
better be ready to get away quickly, for, who knows,
this thorny land might be the place to bury not only
his reputation but his career."
This is standard stuff for such a visit.
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I.,iberationFront Praises US Antiwar Group: Hanoi
radio's international service on 28 October reports ,
on a message sent by the chief of the National Liber-
ation_Front congratulating the National Mobilization
Committee to,End the War in Vietnam on the "week of
protest." The Front's message praises the "valiant
struggle" in the US as an "active contribution to the
:South.Vietnamese people's struggle for national inde-
pendence and peace." It condemns US authorities for
"repressing" the struggle and for "strangling" demo-
cratic freedoms in the-US. .The message promises that
the Communists will "unite closely with progressive
-people in North America to compel the US government
to end its aggression in South Vietnam."
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