THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 17 JUNE 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005973860
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: June 17, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
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DAILY BRIEF
17 JUNE 1967
1. ?Arab States
Israel
The opening meeting of the General
Assembly convenes at 9:30 this morning.
The wording of the agenda may well pro-
duce the first controversy of the
session. The Soviets want the assembly
to consider "the liquidation of Israeli
aggression" and the withdrawal of
Israeli forces behind the armistice
lines. The UN Secretariat, however,
is trying to get a relatively bland
formulation--hoping to avoid a long
procedural debate.
The Arab foreign ministers con-
ference, originally scheduled for
today in Kuwait, will apparently be
held in New York instead. The Arabs
undoubtedly decided that they will be
able to accomplish more at the UN than
in Kuwait.
Marshal Zakharov, the Chief of the
Soviet General Staff, has arrived in
Cairo for an unannounced visit. In
addition to checking Oh the Soviet air-
lift, we presume the Marshal's visit
is intended to give the Egyptians some
tangible evidence of Russian concern
over their military defeat.
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2. Soviet Union
3. Soviet Union -
Cuba
4. United Kingdom
Embassy Moscow believes the Soviet
delegation to the General Assembly is
well tailored for talks with the US--
particularly on subjects other than the
Middle East. The embassy also comments
that Kosygin's trip may be a good thing
in itself--he has never been in the US
before and, being relatively undogmatic,
is more likely to draw appropriate con-
clusions from what he sees here than
Khrushchev did or Brezhnev would.
According to a Gallup Poll
published yesterday, the conservatives
lead labor by seven percent. This
continues the steady improvement in
conservative standing over the past
four months and marks the highest
point of public support for the Tories
during labor's tenure in office.
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5. South Vietnam
6. Bolivia
Despite assurances to the contrary
from both Ky and Thieu, armed forces
unity is going to be strained if both
men go in to the presidential campaign.
There is a deepening enmity be-
tween the two men, an enmity particu-
larly noticeable on Thieu's side.
Ambassador Bunker talked with Thieu
Wednesday. After repeating his pledge
to maintain military unity, Thieu
whipped into a bitter condemnation of
Ky's electioneering tactics.
"This is not Ky's government,"
Thieu said, "the Directorate is the
government and I happen to be its
chairman."
Neither US nor Vietnamese media-
tors have been successful so far in
getting Thieu and Ky together to talk
things out and, given Thieu's present
mood, any session would be scratchy.
President Barrientos is thinking
of buying off one of the leading oppo-
sition parties in an attempt to
strengthen his political base. The
price is said to be at least three
cabinet posts, including the Foreign
Ministry, for the rightist Socialist
Falange.
This looks like an attempt by
Barrientos to neutralize the opposition
while he concentrates on the persistent
guerrilla problem. The guerrillas in
recent weeks have shown greater skill
and strength in their sporadic encoun-
ters with government troops; the
public is losing patience with the
ineffective government response.
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