THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 5 JULY 1969

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005976863
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: July 5, 1969

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The President's Daily Brief
5 July 1969
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MAJOR PROBLEMS
SOVIET AFFAIRS
A major Soviet unmanned space launch toward the moon on
3 July ended in failure as a result of an explosion on the
launch pad or an early inf light failure of the launch vehicle.
Deployment of Soviet recovery ships in the Indian Ocean
indicated that the spacecraft was intended to return to earth.
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claimed that the USSR
would launch a rocket to the moon and bring back samples of
lunar soil before the scheduled launch of the Apollo 11 mis-
sion. Whether this operation was intended to land on the moon
and bring back samples' cannot be established at this time, but
it is within Soviet technical capabilities to attemptsuch a
mission.
VIETNAM
Citing poor landing conditions, Hanoi turned back yester-
day's ICC flight which might have brought out the three US
prisoners whose release has been promised. The flight is re-
ported to have been rescheduled for 8 July.
Hanoi could be planning to follow the previous pattern
of turning the captives over to a peace group, thus delaying
their departure even longer. Last year, the North Vietnamese
also announced on 3 July an impending release of prisoners
but did not permit their departure until early August.
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MIDDLE EAST
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EUROPE
A political crisis in Italy was precipitated yesterday
by Pietro Nenni's resignation as leader of the Socialist Party.
A grbwing split in Socialist Party ranks, which more conserva-
tive party members claim arose over the question of coopera-
tion with the Communists, apparently led to Nenni's decision
to resign. Although he has retained thus far his position as
foreign minister, several right-wing Socialist Party members
are said to have resigned ?their posts in ?the cabinet.
II, OTHER IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS
CHINA
The ex?planation of the Nationalist raid off the main-
land coast, as given to Ambassador McConaughy by Vice Premier
Chiang Ching-kuo, is that it was a small-scale probing action
designed to test the Communists' coastal defenses as well as
to boost the morale of the specialized personnel who carried
out the mission. The operation had no military objective,
and the three boats said to have been lost by the Communists
were of no military value.
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ARGENTINA
Acting under the state of siege imposed last Monday, po-
lice have arrested more than 300 labor officials, students,
lawyers, and opposition politicians. The interior minister
has said publicly that leftist labor leaders--the main target
of the crackdown--would be released only "when tensions sub-
side."
The unrest of the past two months probably has convinced
the Ongania government that it is futile at this time to con-
tinue negotiations with the unions for political support. The
death of labor chief Augusto Vandor, one of the key figures in
the negotiations, will make it even more difficult to renew the
dialogue.
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