THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 11 NOVEMBER 1968

• 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: November 11, 1968

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The President's Daily Brief
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THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
11 NOVEMBER .1968
1. South Vietnam
2. Soviet Union
The Soviets launched another unman?
ned.circumlunar probe from Tyuratam last
night.
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3, Hungary
40 Spain
5, Venezuela
6, Haiti
Cyrus Sulzberger was able to get
an interview with Kadar in Budapest
last week.)
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this week.
The Spaniards are taking :a realis-
tic approach in their preparations for
resumption of negotiations for the US-
Spanish bases agreement.
a small num-
ber of Cuban and Cuban-trained guerril-
las have made two landings in eastern
Venezuela since mid-September. They
are now trying to join up with the Cas-
tro-supported Movement of the Revolu-
tionary Left operating in ?that area.
Although relatively quiet recently,
these people have clashed twice this
month with government troops, who claim
to have killed a few guerrillas and cap-
tured several others.
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FOR THE PRESIDENT'S EYES ONLY
1.) Special Daily Report on North Vietnam
2.) North Vietnamese Reflections of U S
Political Attitudes
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Special Daily Report on North Vietnam
for the President's Eyes Only
11 November 1968
I. NOTES ON THE SITUATION
:Nhan Dan on Saigon's Position: In an article in
Nhan Dan on 10 November, Hanoi rejected Saigon's ?
formula for expanded negotiations at Paris. Nhan Dan
saw the move as an attempt to ignore the Liberation
Front, the "genuine representative of the South Viet-
namese people."
Although Hanoi apparently is still having some
difficulty coming to grips with Saigon's refusal to
come to Paris, its latest response is less cautious
than its first reaction. The current article charges
Saigon with trying to sabotage the quadripartite Paris
conference and with challenging President Johnson's
decision to talk with the Front. The "Thieu-Ky-Huong
clique" has become increasingly arrogant toward its
"lame-duck" masters in Washington, says Nhan Dan.
Saigon thus is the "main obstacle," but the article
insists that the US must still bear "full responsibili-
ty."
Liberation Radio came down even harder on Saigon's
recalcitrance. It noted that the Thieu government's
position is the subject of increasing ridicule around
the world and has even "infuriated a number of US
rulers."
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II. NORTH VIETNAMESE REFLECTIONS OF US POLITICAL
ATTITUDES ON THE WAR
:Nhan Dan on the Elections: In a 'Nhan Danarticle
of 9'November, Hanoi abandoned its relatively mild po-
sition on the US elections. Its hard-hitting analysis
saw Nixon's victory as .a repudiation by the American
people of the policies of the Democratic Party, Ac
cording to Nhan?Dan, the Great Society is in reality:a
"society of sickness, suffering, and death."
The Republicans did not escape Hanoi's vitupera-
tion, however. Nhan.Dan went on to observe that the
"oppressive policiesTr?o-f the Democratic administration
were merely 'adopted from the previous Republican admin-
istration; It concluded that Republican policies are
in no way different from those of the Democrats.
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Liberation Radio Comments: Liberation Radio also
indulged in some vituperative commentary on the elec-
tion.
:In a broadcast of 8 November At attributed
the closeness of the vote to the perplexity of the
electorate. It claimed that the American people saw
more clearly than ever that "no matter who becomes
President of the United States, the US Government's
policy remains unchanged. Whether he is of the Re-
publicanParty or the Democratic Party, the US Presi-
dent onlr.represents the interests of different_US
monopoly capitalist factions." The broadcast claimed
that since "a very obdurate, cunning, and cruel fox"
like President Johnson could not avoid a stalemate
President-elect Nixon would not be able to rescue his
cause from ."inevitable defeat,"
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