THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 24 DECEMBER 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968700
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: December 24, 1966

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The President's Daily Brief
December 1966
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DAILY BRIEF
24 DECEMBER 1966
1. Vietnam
2. South Vietnam
3. Communist China
As of 1100 EST today, only minor
and widely scattered violations of the
Christmas truce had been reported. The
number of incidents so far--some 22--
is below the rate of such incidents
during the truce period last Christmas.
Two Marines were killed and seven
wounded when Viet Cong fired on their
positions near Da Nang; one American
was wounded in another incident.
Vietnamese dock workers have dem-
onstrated, as expected, against the
replacement on Wednesday of Vietnamese
stevedores by US military personnel in
the military port. So far, the demon-
strations have been small and peaceful.
Dock work continues undisturbed at both
the military port and the Port of Saigon.
There are signs, however, that some
labor leaders are bent on exploiting
this issue to cause trouble throughout
the whole Port of Saigon. The leader-
ship of Vietnamese labor is badly split,
and the dock workers' grievances have
become an issue between factions.
Latest word is that there will be
at least a partial strike of port work-
ers on Monday or Tuesday.
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4. Communist China
24 Dec 66
Recent rallies held to denounce
officials brought down months ago mark
a new trend in the political infight-
ing going on among the Chinese leaders.
We are beginning to see suggestions that
the Mao - Lin Piao group is threatening
to use more direct methods--execution
or imprisonment--against its enemies.
Foreign correspondents in Peking
say there were mass meetings in the
capital on 12 and 20 December called
to "unmask the crimes" of four former
key members of the leadership. These
included the one-time party boss of
Peking, a former chief of the secret
police and a former overlord of party
propaganda.
Rumors are now flying that three
out of four of these people committed
suicide by poison after the meeting on
the 20th.
It is still unclear whether this
campaign against some of the earlier
"enemies" will lead to moves against
top-drawer members of the current oppo-
sition such as Liu Shao-chi.
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