THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF - 1967/11/25

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The President's Daily Brief
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Special Daily Report on North Vietnam
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Special Daily Report on North Vietnam
for the President's Eyes Only
25 November 1967
NOTES:ON'THE SITUATION
US Congressmen Interested in Hanoi Trip: Con-
gressmen Fred Schwengel (R. Iowa) and William Cowger
(R. Ky.) told the US Embassy in Saigon yesterday
that they are going to ask the North Vietnamese for
permission to visit Hanoi. The congressmen plan to
cable Pham Van Dong from Bangkok, where they are
stopping briefly.
�Doumer Bridge: The Paul Doumer Bridge on the
main rail-highway route from China to Hanoi appears
open to truck traffic again after being closed by
the bombings on 25 October.
Photography of 17 November showed what appeared
to be prefabricated concrete spans across the gap
created by dropping two spans last month. The con-
crete spans apparently are intended to support rail
as well as truck traffic.
Death of Indian ICC Soldier: After the Indian
ICC sergeant was killed last week, Hanoi wasted no
time in passing out photographs of the body and the
death certificate. Both made front pages all over
the world. The certificate, signed by an Indian
army doctor attached to the ICC, gave the cause of
death as wounds from "shrapnel of a US missile."
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II. NORTH VIETNAMESE REFLECTIONS OF US POLITICAL
ATTITUDES ON THE WAR
Comments on Four Sailors: In an English language
broadcast on 22 November, Hanoi reported the activi-
ties of the four US sailors who deserted from the
Intrepid. The broadcast quoted the seamen as condemn-
ing the war in Vietnam and claiming that if the US
desired peace it could simply withdraw its troops
and let the Vietnamese settle their own affairs.
Campus Comment: In a brief English language
broadcast on 23 November, Hanoi recounted the details
of a demonstration on 20 November at San Jose State
College. It said the protest was against "Johnson's
war in Vietnam" and the recruiting activities of
the Dow Chemical Company. The broadcast reported
that the demonstrators burned the American flag and
a large three-headed effigy labeled "Dow, LBJ, and
Military." "Reactionary" US authorities sent 17 car-
loads of policemen to the campus to put down the
"heroic" students, according to the broadcast.
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-Viet Cong Brands US Leaders"Optimism. Peddlers":
-Liberation Front Vietnamese language broadcast on -
21 November accused Ambassador Bunker and General
Westmoreland of concealing the "chaotic situation", in
South Vietnam. .The broadcast saidthat "no one among
the American people" wants to believe what they have
to say. . Citing the,New York Times, Liberation Radio
reminded listeners that in November 1963 General_Har-
kins also stated that victory in Vietnam was only:a
matter of months away.
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-Viet Cong Brands US Leaders"Optimism. Peddlers":
-Liberation Front Vietnamese language broadcast on -
21 November accused Ambassador Bunker and General
Westmoreland of concealing the "chaotic situation", in
South Vietnam. .The broadcast saidthat "no one among
the American people" wants to believe what they have
to say. . Citing the,New York Times, Liberation Radio
reminded listeners that in November 1963 General_Har-
kins also stated that victory in Vietnam was only:a
matter of months away.
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