THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF (AFTERNOON) 21 APRIL 1969

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005976734
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: April 21, 1969

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The President's Daily Brief
21 April 1969
(Afternoon)
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22 April 1969
LATE NOTES FOR THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF OF
21 APRIL 1969
I. MAJOR PROBLEMS
MIDDLE EAST
Israeli jets made a strike at dawn today against two
radar stations in southern Jordan, according to a military
spokesman in Tel Aviv. The radar sites were said to be under
Egyptian command. Israeli planes also attacked Arab guerrilla
bases in Jordan. (Reuters, 22 Apr)
SOVIET AFFAIRS
A Czechoslovak delegation, led by Gustav Husak, arrived
in Moscow this morning to attend a CEMA meeting. (FBIS 10,
12, 22 Apr)
There is nothing significant to report on Vietnam or
Europe.
II, OTHER IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS
KOREA
Kuznetsov's statement of concern yesterday to Ambassador
Beam over US forces in the Sea of Japan, followed by Dobrynin's
parallel approach here, was low-keyed. Although the Soviets
apparently believe some comment is necessary, the nature of
the representation reflects Moscow's effort not to sharpen
existing tensions. (Central Intelligence Bulletin, 22 Apr)
PERU
Velasco is scheduled to address the nation this evening
on an unannounced subject. The US Embassy in Lima comments
that, in light of Velasco's two previous addresses which
featured IPC matters, it is reasonable to suppose he may be
planning another momentous announcement.
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some additional arguments to back up the Communist re-
jection of the concept of "two-track" negotiations. He
said that:IHanoi could not agree to the idea of US-DRV
talks on military matters proceeding apart from Saigon-
Front negotiations about a political settlement. He
claimed that the US favored this approach as a means of
"isolating" the DRV from the Front. According to Bo,
North Vietnam would never let the Front face the Saigon
government "alone."
Bo's remarks sound like another way of 'making the
point Xuan Thuy made at the plenary session in Paris
last week. Thuy argued that if the Communists accepted
both US proposals for restoring the DMZ and for mutual
troop withdrawal as well as Thieu's suggestions for a
political settlement, Communist forces in South Vietnam
would be left at the mercy of the allies.
This is one reason the Communists have rejected.
allied proposals to date, of course, but it probably is
not their principal motivation in rejecting the US con-
cept of parallel sets of negotiations. For the Commu-
nists, there is substance in the form of the talks. To
them, the idea. of four "equal and independent" delega-
tions means that they have a claim, in the name of the
Liberation Front, on a share of political power in South
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Vietnam. That Hanoi wants four-way private talks was
conveyed to Governor Harriman in January when Le Duc Tho
stated that the US must accept the "reality" that there
are four "belligerents" in the war. Tho went on to say
that if a settlement is to be found, "we must sit to-
gether and in discussion both sides must take into ac-
count reality."
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SOVIET AFFAIRS
Students in Prague and elsewhere in western Czech-
oslovakia staged some nonviolent demonstrations today.
The student parliament--representing the higher schools
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of the capital--met today to discuss further actions, but
no results have yet been reported. Some student leaders
are suggesting a wait-and-see attitude toward Husak, and
Husak in turn may attempt to play on this in hopes of
gaining wider acceptance among student groups.
Husak in Czech means "goose" or "goose-boy." Some
Prague students are carrying signs reading, "Husak is
not the people, and the people are not geese:"
MIDDLE EAST
There is nothing significant to report.
EUROPE
There is nothing significant to report.
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II. OTHER IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS
KOREA
Pyongyang is maintaining its silence on the US re-
sponse to the shootdown./7
In Seoul, the government seems to be making a delib-
erate effort to quiet public concern over the incident.
The prime minister has assured Ambassador Porter that Pres-
ident Pak would not yield to domestic pressures for uni-
lateral retaliation.
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