THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 1 AUGUST 1968

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005976281
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: August 1, 1968

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THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
1 AUGUST 1968
1. Czechoslovakia- The confrontation at Cierna goes
Soviet Union into its fourth day
2. Mexico
The meeting between Czechoslovak
and Soviet leaders resumes at Cierna
this mornigg. It had looked as if the
talks would wind up late yesterday,
.but some snag developed, possibly over
the wording of the final communiqu?
Brezhnev, incidentally, recovered from
whatever illness he was suffering and
returned to the conference table yes-
terday afternoon.
Prague's reporting on the talks
has been guardedly optimistic, although
providing little substantive informa-
tion.
Relative calm prevails in Mexico
City this morning, but the atmosphere
remains tense. A student march is
scheduled for this afternoon
There have been demonstrations in two
provincial capitals with two students
killed.
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3. Cambodia
4. India
5, Nigeria
6. Nepal -
North Korea
Food production hit a record high
this year. It will not be enough to
assure an adequate diet, but widespread
? famine is not the threat it was last
year. The government estimates produc-
tion for the crop year ending 30 June
? at about 96 million tons and plans to
import another 7.5 million tons.
The French statement yesterday
supporting Biafra, and coming as the
two sides are about to sit down for
peace talks, will do nothing to help
matters. In fact, it could well pro-
long the war by encouraging the Biafrans
to stand fast. ?
Operating with a boorishness more
attuned to meetings at Panmunjom than
to the niceties of diplomacy, a North
Korean "good will" delegation to Nepal
has queered the prospects for closer
ties between the two countries.
The North Koreans arrived in Kat-
mandu last week and began demanding
things--an audience with the King, dip-
lomatic relations with Pyongyang, and
official status for the delegation.
When the delegation's leader got a
chilly reception, he refused to keep .
any further appointments. The attitude
of the delegation makes any gestures
to North Korea unlikely at this time.
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7. Middle East
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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
1 August 1968
I. .NOTES ON THE SITUATION
Reconnaissance Report: A high-altitude photo-
graphic mission was flown on 26 July. These are
some points of interest:
--The number of MIG-21s continues to increase. In
an 18 Julyjnissioiii photography combined with inter-
cepts showed.a total of 23 MIG-21s. On 26 July,
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28 MIG-21s were photographed and intercepts indicate
that several more were in the air at the time of the
mission. It is possible that Hanoi is replacing some
or all of its MIG-17 force with MIG-21s. Only about
20 MIG-17s were photographed and many of these were
heavily damaged.
--At Haiphong port, there was no appreciable
change in the level of material in open storage
since 18 July. The turnover of cargo continues to
be high. A minimum of accumulation from newly ar-
rived material was evident in the port area.
--Good coverage of the major rail network was
obtained. No activity was evident at the Vinh end
of the Hanoi-Vinh rail line. Six trains were seen
en route to Hanoi from Haiphong, more than have been
seen before at one time.
--Photography of industrial installations shows
that the pace of repair activity on damaged plants
has increased.
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II. NORTH VIETNAMESE REFLECTIONS OF US POLITICAL
ATTITUDES ON THE WAR
'There is nothing of significance to report
today.
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