THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 9 AUGUST 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005973950
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: August 9, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
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DAILY 'BRIEF
9 AUGUST 1967
1. South Vietnam
2. Soviet Union.-
Arab States
3. Soviet Union
-The .government has closed down .a
_well-known newspaper after its pub-
lisher and.a.reporter were arrested. on
-suspicion .of Communist activity. .The
:case against these two looks.good,.but
closing.Ja.newspaper .at this point in
the campaign ds_very:likely to bring
on more_charges_of government press
censorship.,and unfair tactics.
Disruption .of the.electionlias
been made .a top .priority mission .for
'Viet Cong.units. ?The Communists have
.tried.to.break.up-elections before .and
have been markedly unsuccessful. We
doubt-their chances are any better now.
Several Soviet journalists -say
Moscow is about to agree to submission
of a joint US-Soviet draft nonprolifera-
tion treaty to the Geneva disarmament
conference--with the crucial provision
on safeguards left open. One of the
journalists says the Soviets will then
propose that debate continue in Geneva
until the delegates agree on an accept-
able formulation on safeguards. This
tactic would avoid getting.the UN General
Assembly in on the act.
Moscow hopes
final agreement will coincide with the
Soviet Union's 50th Anniversary celebra-
tions in November.
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4. Southeast Asia
5. Soviet Union
A new five-nation -regional organi-
zation will apparently be a loose
grouping working, for economic coopera-
tion. Called the Association of South-
east Asian Nations, it is composed of
Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines,
Thailand, and Singapore. It was a ?Thai
idea, but the Indonesians were early
backers.
The pact is a step in the right di-
-rection, but. old rivalries will -continue
to plague relations among its members.
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6. Panama
7. Cuba
8. Uruguay
Ratification of the Canal treaties
may have to be deferred until after the
May 1968 elections. President Robles
told Ambassador Adair on Monday that
there is now simply not enough time to
call a special session of the legislature
for the purpose. As for the regular ses-
sion beginning in October, the president
said he would have to wait and see what
the climate is then.
?He may well be reluctant to hazard
ratification by the regular session in
what is likely to be a supercharged pre-
election atmosphere.
Robles is still optimistic over
ultimate ratification, but feels the
issue is too important and too sensi-
tive for Panama to deal with hastily.
Stokely Carmichael is apparently
staying in Cuba longer than he had
planned. We do not know yet how he is
spending his time there, but Cuban
radios assert that he has been very im-
pressed by some of the anti-US propa-
ganda shows being put on for the benefit
of Havana's foreign visitors.
There is no sign of any break in
the dangerous confrontation between the
government and the Communist-dominated
unions. The present "truce" was agreed
to by the Communists only to demonstrate
their "reasonableness." They continue
to press for 40 percent wage hikes for
public employees and intend very soon to
resume their campaign of strikes, slow-
downs, and demonstrations.
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