THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 28 MAY 1969

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005976797
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: May 28, 1969

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The President's Daily Brief
28 May 1969
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I. MAJOR PROBLEMS
VIETNAM
Stepped-up Communist shellings were reported yesterday
in the northernmost provinces for the second day in a row.
These forces could play a much greater role in any upcoming
summer offensive than in the spring campaign in late Feb-
ruary and early March. Elements of the North Vietnamese
325th Division have recently become more active in the DMZ
area and two independent regiments are moving south in the
Laos panhandle toward the I Corps area.
President Thieu was "welcomed" on his state visit to
South Korea by North Korean gunfire along the DMZ, a standard
procedure according to the Defense Ministry in Seoul. It
was the eighth small battle along the buffer zone this month.
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EUROPE
Chancellor Kiesinger, during his visit to Japan last
week, told Premier Sato that Bonn would certainly not.sign
the NPT before .the national elections in September. Although
other German leaders have said as much, this is the first
time that Kiesinger himself has been quoted, from an author-
itative source, on the subject.
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MIDDLE EAST
An extended exchange of gunfire took place yesterday
along the normally.peaceful Syrian-Israeli cease-fire line.
Rockets were also fired by the Jordanians at Israeli points
along the border, including the city of Jericho last night.
The Suez Canal area remained relatively quiet. Although
small-arms fire continues, the heavy artillery duels of the
last few weeks along this area have ceased--at least tempo-
rarily.
There is nothing significant to report on Soviet Affairs.
II, OTHER IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS
-COLOMBIA
Tight security measures prevented any untoward incident
at Governor Rockefeller'S arrival in Bogota. The crowd at
the airport was of respectable size and basically friendly
but there were few onlookers along the pre-selected route to
the presidential palace. Last night he participated in a
working dinner with President Lleras Restrepo. Meanwhile,
there were student demonstrations in Bogota, Barranquilla,
and other parts of Colombia but none got out of hand and
none got near Rockefeller. These demonstrations are expected
to continue today.
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Soviet aid will certainly be one of the subjects dis-
cussed when Premier Kosygin pays a three day visit to Ra-
walpindi, beginning tomorrow, on his way home from Afghan-
istan. This visit was announced in today's Pakistan Times,
which stated that Kosygin was coming because he could not
accept an earlier invitation after his visit to New Delhi.
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