THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 4 MARCH 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968818
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: March 4, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
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DAILY BRIEF
4 MARCH 1967
1. West Germany
2. South Vietnam
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The Saigon embassy understands that
Governor Hanh of the National Bank of
Vietnam has agreed to take over-all
charge of the economic sector. This
would make one man responsible for super-
vising the ministries of commerce, in-
dustry, finance, and communications. Am-
bassador Lodge sees this as a major step
forward.
There will be no public announce-
? ment until the government ?can agree on
replacements for the ineffective minis-
ters of finance and commerce.
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3. Communist China
4. Soviet Union
The army is playing an increasingly
important role in restoring order. Be-
sides knocking Red Guard heads together,
troops have taken over administration of
good-sized portions of the transportation
network.
It is also clear that Peking is
counting on the army to get the crucial
spring planting drive launched. Even an
army drawn from the peasantry, however,
may not be able to clear up the mess
left in rural areas by the "cultural
revolutionaries."
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5. Argentina
6. El Salvador
The Ongania government is leaning
pretty hard on labor following failure
of the recent general strike. Five
participating unions have now been sus-
pended by the government, and government-
owned plants are threatening severe re-
prisals against workers who took part in
the strike.
While these actions seem tempo-
rarily to have cowed labor, they are
bound to leave a bitter aftertaste.
Coupled with forthcoming economic aus-
terity measures, they will seemingly
ensure that the labor-government feud
will continue indefinitely, and this in
turn means pressure on OnganiaAo be-
come more authoritarian.
President Rivera contends that he
will not go to the Punta del Este meet-
ing unless the international coffee
agreement is renegotiated, but reluc-
tance to leave the country in charge of
his vice president, with whom he has
been feuding, may be a more telling rea-
son.
Whatever the case, Rivera's stand
on the coffee agreement is good politics
on the eve of Sunday's national elec-
tions. The government candidate for
the presidency is expected to win handily,
but the lame duck Rivera administration
may have some tidying up to do afterward.
This might also keep Rivera at home.
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