THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF - 1968/01/04

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• Document Creation Date: July 27, 2018

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The President's Daily Brief
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DAILY BRIEF
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1. Vietnam
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North Vietnamese took advantage of the
New Year's cease-fire, as they did of
the Christmas truce, to step up supply
movements through the southern prov-
inces. During the 36-hour stand-down,
about 400 trucks were observed moving
in the southern part of North Vietnam.
This number of trucks could move up
1,200 tons of cargo.
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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
4 January 1968
I. NOTES ON THE SITUATION
More on Hanoi and Negotiations: The Communist
press has begun to provide publicity support for
the North Vietnamese foreign minister's statement
on 30 December committing Hanoi to "talks" in ex-
change for a bombing cessation. On 2 January, Mos-
cow replayed the statement without commentary in
both its domestic and foreign radio broadcasts.
Radio Prague has also publicized it.
The US consul general in Hong Kong notes that
Foreign Minister Trinh's 30 December statement is
a flat contradiction of the Chinese Communist po-
sition as expressed in an official China News
Agency article of 28 December. This article, a
long and virulent one, warned against the "Johnson
peace talk trick," and predicted that all US
"schemes to extend the war and play peace talk
tricks will be completely smashed by the Vietnam-
ese people." The consul general feels Trinh's
statement represents a restating and widening of
Hanoi's policy differences with Peking over "talks."
The consul general surmises that this reflects a
lessening of North Vietnamese confidence in the Chi-
nese Communists' ability to deliver on their commit-
ments or deter further escalation.
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II. NORTH VIETNAMESE REFLECTIONS OF US POLITICAL
ATTITUDES ON THE WAR
There is nothing of significance to report.
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