THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 7 JANUARY 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968720
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: January 7, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
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DAILY BRIEF
7 JANUARY 1967
1. South Vietnam
2. New Zealand
3. Soviet Union
There is good evidence of hanky-
panky on the Saigon waterfront involv-
ing collusion between union officials
and the big stevedoring companies.
Officers of these companies have
been hinting broadly that the US Army's
dockside labor troubles would be over
if stevedoring contracts are renewed on
"favorable terms" when they expire
30 January. It seems more than coinci-
dental that this also is the date men-
tioned in recent warnings of another
labor flare-up.
Next month's visit by the Australian
prime minister, a rare event in New
Zealand, will coincide with .a period of
soul searching there on whether or not
to increase New Zealand's military aid
to Vietnam. The Holt visit could well
swing the balance in favor of an early
increase.
The Soviets are about to issue ?a
major announcement of some sort. The
evening paper Izvestia was not published
today. It will appear tomorrow morning,
along with Pravda and other papers, to
carry simultaneously a declaration by
the party's Central Committee.
Our best guess is that the announce-
ment will concern China. Various Soviet
leaders have been out in the hustings
lately explaining the perfidies of the
Chinese leaders and preparing the pub-
lic for a step-up in Moscow's propaganda
war against Peking.
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4. Communist China
7 Jan 67
One of China's most important rail
lines has been cut off for all or most
of this week, apparently because of some
new violent spasm of the "cultural revo-
lution."/
/press reports that the break
took place between Shanghai and Peking
on or about 27 December (see Map). Pas-
senger service between these two lead-
ing cities had not been restored by
4 January.
Japanese reporters claim that the
rail service was suspended because of
"bloody clashes" between worker and Red
Guard groups at a place 40 miles from
Shanghai. The reporters say they have
seen Red Guard posters in Peking explain-
ing that the suspension was caused by
violent outbreaks instigated by the mayor
of Shanghai.
Nanking, a major city on the Shang-
hai-Peking railroad, is also reported to
be the scene of heavy fighting.
on 5 and .6 January thousands of
workers and Red Guards clashed in pitched
battles that resulted in hundreds of
casualties.
There are other signs of accelerating
disorder inthe "cultural revolution" now
convulsing China. A Reuters correspondent
in Peking observed a weird competition
between friends and enemies of Premier
Chou En-lai. Some were carrying placards
urging that Chou be "burned." Others
carried slogans demanding the heads of
those who dared attack him.
Events of the past week clearly mark
an even higher level of political tension
and frantic activity, but they do not in-
dicate that any resolution of the power
struggle is in sight. Rather they suggest
that the swordplay between the Mao-Liu
faction and its enemies has become faster
and bloodier. Perhaps the most important
thing is that for the first time we are
beginning to see a significant breakdown
in public order, at least in some areas,
and are beginning to wonder whether this
will take on the shape of civil war.
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5. Panama
6. Nigeria
7 Jan 67
Various patriotic groups are plan-
ning four days of special events and:
demonstration's beginning on Monday to
commemorate the 1964 riots.
The meeting of Nigeria's leaders in
Ghana this week did at least break the
deadlock on some of the most immediate.'
problems Of patching the interim military
government back together. Much more dif-
ficult issues will have to be faced and
hard compromises made before the govern-
mental crisis is solved. The leaders
seem to be in no hurry. No date has been
fixed for their next get-together, though
they did agree that it will be held Some-
where in Nigeria.
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