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

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Tet Declassified
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 05974115
• Document Creation Date: July 27, 2018

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The President's Daily Brief
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FOR THE PRESIDENT'S EYES ONLY
Special Daily Report on North Vietnam
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Special Daily Report on North Vietnam
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11 November 1967
I. NOTES ON THE SITUATION
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II. NORTH VIETNAMESE REFLECTIONS OF US POLITICAL
ATTITUDES ON THE WAR
Interviews with Captured US Pilots: The Hanoi
press yesterday carried interviews with Lieutenant
Commander McCain, son of Admiral McCain, commander
of US Naval forces in Europe, and another captured
pilot, Air Force Colonel John Flynn.
. McCain was quoted as having said, "The morale
of the Vietnamese people is very high. The Viet-
namese people are very strong--present events.are
moving to the advantage of North Vietnam, and the
United States appears to be isolated."
Both pilots are said to have commented on the
density and accuracy of antiaircraft fire over
Hanoi. Flynn was quoted as saying, "Your ground-
to-air missiles are really dangerous. As for your
MIGs, we could hardly tell where they were coming
from, and after firing, they disappeared."
Flynn is also said to have remarked that young
US pilots, despite their outward bravado, were
frightened at having to fly over the North, partic-
ularly Hanoi. "Many young pilots want to leave the
Air Force to become civilian pilots, and the old
pilots like me want to retire and return to our
families."
These excerpts were broadcast by the French
Press Agency. Texts of the articles are not yet
available.
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