THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 13 NOVEMBER 1969

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006146461
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: November 13, 1969

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The President's Daily Brief
13 November 1969
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
13 November 1969
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Vietnamese Communists are setting up attacks to
coincide with this week's antiwar demonstrations.
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A Pravda editor's remarks provide an insight into
Soviet concernabout US reaction to Nasir's belli-
cose speech. (Page 2)
Mrs. Gandhi's opponents' efforts to throw her out
of the party may cause an irrevocable split.
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SOUTH VIETNAM
The Communists are moving to make the most o
this week's antiwar demonstrations in the LIS.(
There are likely to be widespread shell-
ings and some limited ground attacks.
The Viet Cong's Liberation Radio has called
for a major effort to encourage desertions from al-
lied forces, and reports from several provinces in-
dicate an attempt will also be made to stir up an-
tiwar demonstrations.
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ISRAEL - ARAB STATES
An Israeli Phantom?one of the eight delivered
to Israel in the past two months--shot down a MIG-21
on 11 November. It was the first time the Israeli
Air Force has used a Phantom in combat.
A Pravda editor, on his return to Moscow from
Cairo, dropped in for a chat with a US Embassy of-
ficial. He discounted Nasir's warlike speech on 6
November as "the usual rhetoric" to assuage Arab
public opinion, and he urged the US to intensify its
efforts for a peaceful settlement.
The editor's remarks appear to express
genuine Soviet concern that the US might
overreact to Nasir's speech. The semi-
official approach suggests that Moscow
does not want to see negotiations for a
settlement break down.
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INDIA
Mrs. Gandhi was expelled yesterday from the
Congress Party by her opponents in the party's
working committee, but received an overwhelming
vote of confidence from a meeting of the parlia-
mentary party members today. All of the members
present--330 out of 432--endorsed her leadership.
Mrs. Gandhi is also likely to be success-
ful in her bid to remain prime minister
when Parliament reconvenes on Monday.
Even if as many as one third of Congress
Party legislators defect, which now seems
unlikely, she should still be able to
arrange a vote of confidence with the
help of opposition parties. She could
thus continue to govern, however unstead-
ily, with patchwork support, and would
not necessarily have to form a coalition.
Mrs. Gandhi's supporters meanwhile continue
to prepare for a meeting of the All India Congress
Committee, which she has called for 22-23 November.
Party President Nijalingappa, who presided over her
ouster, in turn has termed this meeting illegal and
expects to preside at his own faction's version of
this assemblage in December.
It is too soon to forecast political
events in India beyond the opening of
Parliament. It is clear, however, that
the Congress Party will lose its majority
position. This has been coming for a
long time, and means that Indian politics
at the national level will be increasingly
unstable and Indian policy more erratic.
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WEST GERMANY
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NOTES
Bolivia: There are now at least two factions
in the military that oppose the President. 4 so-
called radical faction believes Ovando is too timid
and vacillating .to carry out the "revolution" ef-
fectively. It apparently is led by armed forces
commander in chief General Torres, who-
is working closely with
the-leftist extremist Minister of Mines Quiroga.
The other, faction, made up of more moderate of
objects to having the armed forces associated
with recent government actions. There is as yet' :
no evidence that either faction is preparing tcp.?
move against Ovando in the near future,, but both
groups undoubtedly will try to move their men into
strategic positions.
Colombia: The failure of last week's party
conventions to choose a National Front candidate
for next year's presidential elections has touched
off a political imbroglio that might go on for a
month before a candidate is selected. The National
Front system of government provides for alternating
presidencies and equal sharing of political offices
between the country's two major parties. Most pol-
iticians agree that if they do not get together,
the National Front may end before its scheduled
date in 1974 and result in further political dis-
integration.
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