THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF (MORNING) 7 APRIL 1969

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005976708
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: April 7, 1969

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The President's Daily Brief
7 April 1969
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I. MAJOR PROBLEMS
VIETNAM
President Thieu's special assistant, Nguyen Cao Thang,
has been in Paris seeking to open secret talks with the North
Vietnamese and Liberation Front delegations. Thang has told
Mr. Habib of the US delegation that he has not yet made di-
rect contact with the Communists but that an "intermediary"
has carried his message to Ha Van Lau, an old friend of Thang's
from the Viet Minh days. Thang claimed that the intermediary,
whom he would not name to Habib, had told him that the North
Vietnamese were checking with Hanoi about possible direct con-
tact with Thang and that word would be forthcoming around 14
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fairs in the French Foreign Ministry told a US Embassy official
that the Communists had informed the French that there was no
point in holding private talks as long as the US insisted on
dealing with military and political issues separately.
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Saigon has voiced no objections to the prospect of
US declaration recognizing Cambodia's borders, although South
Vietnamese leaders hardly seem enthusiastic. Thieu offered
no comment when Ambassador Berger notified him of the pend-
ing US action, Foreign Minister Thanh asked whether the US
would issue a follow-up statement assuring that it was not
supporting Cambodia in bilateral border disputes with its
neighbors. Thanh also raised the Cambodian sanctuary prob-
lem. He agreed; however, that an improvement in US-Cambodian
relations was one way of getting at the problem.
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In Laos, Prime Minister Souvanna Phouma has reacted to
the US decision with equanimity. Thai leaders, who have been
away from Bangkok, have not yet been informed.
MIDDLE EAST
There is nothing of significance to report in Europe or
the Soviet area.
II. OTHER IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS
COMMUNIST CHINA
The Chinese have imposed a virtually complete news black-
out On the ninth party congress. This is a sharp departure
from the fanfare usually accorded such gatherings in China and
other Communist countries. We assume that the congress has be-
come the scene of heated debates Which the leadership wants to
conceal from the public.
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