THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 6 MARCH 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968820
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: March 6, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
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DAILY BRIEF
6.MARCH 1967
1. France
2. Venezuela
3. Communist China
De Gaulle followers made out well
yesterday in the first round of voting.
They received almost 38 percent of the
vote. In the first round of the 1962
election they polled about 36 percent.
The Communists maintained about
the level of 1962, while the Leftist
Federation fell short of its expecta-
tions. The Federation's slippage will
encourage the Communists to stay in the
race for the second round next Sunday--
a development that can only help the
Gaullists.
Communist terrorists have again
shown their ability to stage something
spectacular. The murder of the brother
of Venezuela's foreign minister caused
the government to suspend constitutional
guarantees on Saturday, only two days
after they had been restored. Nonethe-
less, government operations since mid-
December have probably disrupted the
terrorists' ability to mount a major
campaign--at least for the present.
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4. Indonesia
5. China-Japan
6. Canada
The Congress, Indonesia's top
policy-making body, meets in special
session starting on Tuesday to decide
Sukarno's future. General Suharto will
probably work for a "consensus" instead
of an open vote in the Congress--a tough
job involving not only the accommodation
of pro- and anti-Sukarno forces but also
adjustments between military and civilian
groups.
The Congress convenes at a time of
increasing distrust and rivalry between
the military commanders and civilian po-
litical elements. Thus the real ques-
tion at issue is not so Much the -
posal of Sukarno as the relations of
these two main groups in the post-Sukarno
period. Indeed, there is some possibility
of a lasting--and probably disastrous--
-political split.
Peking is delaying the renewal of
visas for Japanese newsmen in China; the
object is to force the correspondents to
sweeten up their reporting of China's
cultural revolution. Peking has already
warned the Japanese that their reporting
of events on China--the most detailed and
informative of any correspondents--is
"unfriendly."
The Canadian government is concerned
that Castro may decide to represent Cuba
at "Expo 67" in Montreal. Ottawa has al-
ready warned Havana informally of the
security problem which would arise.
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7. Vietnam
8. North Vietnam
To date, Communist propaganda has
not given extensive coverage to Senator
Kennedy's Vietnam speech. Hanoi has
claimed, however, that even the Western
press sees the speech as an example of
the "continuous and severe criticism"
which President Johnson faces on Viet-
nam from within his "own political fac-
tion."
Moscow's only commentary took a
different tack. Saturday Izvestia quoted
.its correspondent in Washington to the
effect that the senator's disagreement
with US policy should not be exaggerated,
that opposition in the US Senate is
"irresolute and small," and that it does
not influence the White House.
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