THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 28 DECEMBER 1966

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968704
• 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 28, 1966

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DAILY BRIEF
28 DECEMBER 1966
1. South Vietnam
2. South Vietnam
3. Communist China
Yesterday's attempted assassina-
tion of a constituent assembly member
will generate some unwholesome thoughts
about the military government.
The attempt follows by only 20 days
the assassination of another deputy. We
have no evidence that the two crimes were
linked or that the government was in-
volved in either. But both men were out-
spoken critics of the present military
regime, and some people still have linger-
ing suspicions about the first incident.
It is quite possible that both men
were attacked by the Viet Cong to create
just this sort of effect.
The government is beginning to take
a larger role in dealing with the dock-
workers' strike.
The Ministry of Labor and the Saigon
Port Authority have publicly called on
the workers to return.r
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The government is considering using
Vietnamese troops to help operate the Port
of Saigon.
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4. Bolivia
5. Cuba
6, Soviet Union
28 Dec 66
President Barrientos has been storm-
ing around saying he would not attend an
American summit meeting unless the sub-
ject of Bolivia's access to the sea was
on the agenda. Now, Barrientos shows signs
of give.
What he would like, Barrientos told
a US Embassy officer recently, is an in-
dication from Chile's President Frei
that the two countries could begin talks
about regional integration, including ac-
cess to the sea.
Once Frei broke the ice, Barrientos
said, diplomatic relations could be re-
stored--they were broken in 1962--and
the summit agenda conditions dropped.
? In another conversation, the Bolivian
foreign minister told Ambassador Henderson
that spadework had already been done on
exploratory talks and that at some point
the US may be asked to exercise its good
offices.
Moscow's ambitions for a world-wide
communications satellite system were
underscored yesterday with the announce-
ment that a station will be built in
Cuba. This station will be hooked into
the Molniya satellites which carry tele-
vision as well as commercial and military
communications. France also has agreed
to participate.
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