THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 22 SEPTEMBER 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005974026
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• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: September 22, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
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DAILY BRIEF
22 SEPTEMBER 1967
1. Vietnam
2. South Vietnam
Former minister of economy and
one-time presidential'candidate Au
Truong Thanh was taken into custody
this morning.
Police Director Loan took part yes-
terday in a raid on Thanh's home. The
raid involved some manhandling of Thanh
and several foreign correspondents.
Loan would say only that he wished to
question Thanh about US visas which he
had requested.
Thanh attempted to enter the presi-
dential race as a "peace candidate," but
was disqualified early on suspicion of
pro-Communist sympathies. Heavy-handed
police measures toward Thanh, following
closely upon the conviction of presiden-
tial runner-up Truong Dinh Dzu, will un-
doubtedly give rise to charges that the
government is out to suppress opposition.
A recent defector, probably a Viet
Cong major, claims that the Viet Cong
were in fact ordered to get out the vote
for Dzu. He says a directive applying
to the entire country, issued nine days
before the election, required all Viet
Cong cadres not otherwise occupied to
urge people to vote for Dzu. The defec-
tor added that the order was given be-
cause of Dzu's stated wish to follow
?the road of peace and neutrality.
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3. Soviet Union
4. Middle East
5. Communist China
The Soviet satellite reconnaissance
program has achieved a considerable level
of sophistication. Satellites are rou-
tinely launched about twice each month
from Tyuratam or Plesetsk.
The oil crisis caused by the Arab-
Israeli war has passed. World-wide pro-
duction of oil last month exceeded the
level reached in May before the crisis,
and the movement of oil to importing
countries is nearly normal. The supply
of tankers is still tight, but should
catch up with demand early next year.
? Peking has commented publicly on
Secretary McNamara's announcement of a
limited US antiballistic missile system.
In a broadcast on Wednesday, Peking
radio said that this was "another anti-
Chinese measure" adopted to intepsify
Washington's "collusion" with Moscow.
It added that China had never been afraid
of "blackmail," and now that the Chinese
have their own nuclear weapons, Peking
"certainly" would not be intimidated.
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6. Communist China
7. Nigeria
The internal situation is in no
way improving. During the past week,
a train was blown up on the Shanghai-
Nanking railroad, fighting temporarily
closed the Chang-chun airfield, and
heavy fighting with machine-guns and
artillery continued around Chungking.
Canton city has been relatively quiet
the past few days but clashes continue
in the suburbs.
The African "consultative" mis-
sion set up to try to help solve the
Nigerian crisis is not likely to get
to Lagos until late October. Two of ,
the heads of state involved have other
commitments this month and Mobutu says
he cannot leave the Congo as long as the
mercenaries remain. On top of this, the
federal Nigerian Government itself is
cool to the whole idea--especially now
that its military position is improving.
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SPECIAL DAILY REPORT ON NORTH VIETNAM
? FOR THE PRES I DENT'S EYES ONLY
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Special Daily Report on North Vietnam
for the President's Eyes Only
22 September 1967
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Canadian on Life in Hanoi: Canadian International
Control Commission member Dier, in Saigon after a two-
week visit to Hanoi, had a long talk with Senator
Symington and Ambassador Bunker on 17 September. Among
other things, Dier said the center of Hanoi had become
a sanctuary for truck repair and maintenance because
it was free of bomb attacks. He saw few signs of a
power shortage and noted there seemed to be thousands
of auxiliary generators in operation. At no time during
his visit was the power off for more than an hour. Dier's
observations probably were confined largely to the diplo-
matic quarter, however, where we know the North Vietnam-
ese make a special effort to maintain power.
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A doctor connected with the Control Commission
in Hanoi told Dier that there were signs of malnutri-
tion showing up in small children.
/We think he
exaggerates the effects of food shortages and that he
probably bases his remarks on limited observations
rather than on direct clinical examination. Other ob-
servers see evidence of food shortages, but nothing
severe enough to cause signs of malnutrition.
Dier was shown an area of bomb damage in Hanoi
in which 17 buildings were destroyed and 69 persons
killed. '?He assumes this was caused by a bomb jetti-
soned over the city.
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Women Visitors in Hanoi: Three women from the
Women's Strike for Peace group, including Mrs. Dagmar
Wilson, were in North Vietnam while Dier was there
and he traveled with them both to and from Hanoi. He
said the women had been taken all over the country, in-
cluding places he could not go, and they returned more
convinced than ever that the US was wrong. Dier at-
tempted to rebut their unquestioning acceptance of the
North Vietnamese line, but without results.
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