THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 12 JULY 1967

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• 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: July 12, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
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DAILY BRIEF
12 JULY 1967
1. Middle East
2. United Nations
King Husayn's meeting in Cairo
with Nasir and Algerian President
Boumediene broke up yesterday with-
out a formal communique, suggesting
they failed to agree on much. We
doubt that Husayn made much headway
in trying to persuade Nasir to take
the lead in moving toward settlement,
especially in the presence of the
militant Boumediene.
Arab diplomatic activity is con-
tinuing, however, with Boumediene now
in Syria where he publicly called for
a continuation of the war on Israel.
?At the same time Iraqi President Arif
has come to Cairo for talks with Nasir.
At this point, it seems unlikely that
the proposed Arab summit meeting will
actually be held in Khartoum on 15 July.
Prospects that the General Assembly,
which reconvenes today, can come up with
a compromise substantive resolution on
the Middle East are not good. Although
the Assembly would like to wind up on a
positive note, many delegates fear the
gap between last week's unsuccessful
Yugoslav and Latin American resolutions
cannot be bridged.
The Spanish proposal calling for
Israeli withdrawal, asking all parties
not to use force, and requesting the ap-
pointment of a special representative of
the Secretary-General, is not gathering
much support and may not even be intro-
duced.
The Soviets are still working for
an acceptable compromise but may be
ready to fall back on a procedural
resolution simply authorizing appoint-
ment of a United Nations special repre-
sentative and dumping the whole problem
back in the Security Council's lap.
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3. North Vietnam
4. South Vietnam
5. Nigeria
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to commit the full weight of his very
considerable campaign apparatus behind
the Thieu-Ky ticket.
Federal forces are running into
stiff resistance and thus far have
penetrated only a few miles into the
eastern region (Biafra). Biafran
resistance to superior federal fire-
power has been more stubborn than the
Lagos government expected. Both sides
are said to have suffered numerous
casualties.
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6. Panama
7. Brazil
It now appears likely that opposi-
tion leader Arnulfo Arias will sit out
the upcoming debate over ratification
of the canal treaty. Some of his sup-
porters are saying his abrupt departure
for Europe last week reflects Arias'
belief it would be useless to try to
prevent ratification. By staying out
of the country Arias can avoid imply-
ing personal approval of the treaty.
Brazil is said to have signed a
letter of intent on 8 July to buy 20
French Mirage tactical jet fighters at
an attractive price. The Brazilians,
with no modern jet fighters, have for
some time been trying to buy supersonic
F-5's, but in their impatience to get
sophisticated aircraft, they may go
through with the French deal.
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