THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 31 JANUARY 1967

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January 31, 1967
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? Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24: CIA-RDP79T00936A005000020001-9 The President's Daily Brief ---T`q?Stelagt1 January 1967 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A005000020001-9 50X1 23 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A005000020001-,9xi DAILY BRIEF 31 JANUARY 1967 1. South Vietnam 2. Communist China Chief of State Thieu continues to act very much like a candidate. Last night he threw a reception for 200 news- men and, speaking without notes, prom- ised to shorten the war, bring peace and prosperity, and generally, square things away. He stressed that the ?sacking of General Co was a move against corruption. 50X1 Recent letters from the mainland convey some idea of the fear and con- fusion gripping China. The view from Peking may not be any less murky. Editorials are acknowledging divisions in the pro-Mao ranks and urging the "revolutionaries" not to attack each other. 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A005000020001-9 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A005000020001-9 OUX1 3. Rhodesia 4. Malta 5. El Salvador 31 Jan 67 It is too early, for the UN's man- datory sanctions to have affected Rho- desia's imports and exports. A large number of countries .say they will en- force the UN actiom and the British appear determined to-track down viola- tors. We believe, however, that eva- sions, will be widespread, largely , because of the failure of South Africa and Portugal to cooperate, and that the sanctions will not hurt Rhodesia very much. In a world where troops of a colonial power are usually urged to get out of a former colony within hours of that colony's independence, Malta stands unique. The Maltese, whose economy is cen- tered almost entirely, on the British forces based on the island, are seething over London's plans to reduce those forces. To cap this topsy-turvy situa- tion, the Maltese are now threatening to throw the British off the island-- unless they promise to stay in full force. 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A005000020001-9 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A005000020001-9 Top Secret Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A005000020001-9