THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 3 JULY 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: July 3, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
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DAILY BRIEF
3 JULY 1967
1. South Vietnam
2. North Vietnam
Information is still coming in on
the armed forces meetings last week which
hammered out the agreement between Thieu
and Ky. At this point, it seems that ,
Thieu's uncompromising attitude may well
have alienated some of the key generals
while Ky's behavior generated consider-
able admiration among them.
Just what this may mean for the
future is still unclear, but it does
add to other signs that the Thieu-Ky
alliance may well continue to be an un-
easy one for some time to come.
With the Thieu-Ky rivalry, at least
temporarily laid to rest, the Directo-
rate was almost immediately faced with
another awkward development. The.Assem-
bly formally validated "Big"'Miph's
application as a presidential candidate.
The generals show every sign of stick-
ing by their decision to keep Minh out
of the country, but this will now
more difficult for them to .justify.
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3. Arab States -
Israel
4. Soviet Union
5. Communist China
The Israelis do not give much im-
portance to the minor clashes with
Egyptian troops that took place over
the weekend on the banks of the Canal.
More such clashes have occurred today.
The UN General Assembly is expected
to vote this afternoon on the rival
Middle East resolutions. The Soviets,
with French support, were working hard
all weekend on the African delegations
and we think there is some chance that
the "nonaligned" resolution may get the
required two thirds vote.
Soviet President Podgorny, in Cairo
last week, has been in Damascus since
Saturday and is scheduled to go on to
Baghdad today. We presume the talks
focus mainly on military aid.
Liu Shao-chi may have been formally
"overthrown" as head of state, as the
US newspapers are saying, but this signi-
fies little. He was deprived of all
meaningful authority months ago.
The turmoil continues in many parts
of the country. (
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6. France
7. Cyprus
The third and final atmospheric
nuclear test in this year's series
took place in the South Pacific yes-
terdav
Makarios and company have good
reason for suspecting the new govern-
ment in Athens of working behind their
backs to hammer out a deal with Turkey
to "settle" the Cyprus problem.2
/Greek-
Turkish talks about Cyprus were re-
cently resumed and may be making head-
way.
The military rulers in Athens would
surely like to tidy up this problem
which has for years been a dangerous
irritant in Greek-Turkish relations.
If they can get together with the Turks
on a formula for Cyprus' future, the
Greeks will not balk at forcing it down
the throats of the Cypriots--even if
this requires the overthrow of the
Makarios regime.
An Athens broadcast on the weekend
carried an announcement from "authorita-
tive sources" which seems to threaten
just that. It accused "persons holding
the highest positions in the Cypriot
state" of insisting on such unrealistic
conditions for union with Greece as to
make this impossible. Now, the announce-
ment went on, these persons must be
isolated and forced out.
The US Embassy in Athens has no
hard information that action is im-
minent, but does note that the Cyprus
problem was being discussed at the
highest levels of the government last
week.
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8. Congo
9. Nigeria
It looks very much like Moise
Tshombe has finally come to the end
of his road. President Mobutu(
doubtless intends to execute the former
premier if--as is likely--the Algerians
agree to extradite him.
Mobutu can probably clamp ?down
hard enough to control any adverse re-
action in Katanga, Tshombe's old strong-
hold. The Belgians, however, will be
especially angered by Mobutu's action
and will be less willing to help him
financially.
News that secessionist Biafra has
acquired at least one bomber has prompted
General Gowon of the federal government
to make urgent requests to the US and
Britain for military assistance, mainly
aircraft. Gowon is just as determined
as ever to crush Biafra and is under
growing internal pressure to begin mili-
tary action quickly.
The pressure on Gowon was intensi-
fied on Saturday when the country's
largest oil producer, the Shell Company,
decided to hand over to Biafra a portion
of the oil payment due Nigeria this
month.
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