THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 20 JANUARY 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968742
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: January 20, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
Top Secret 20 January 1967
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- DAILY BRIEF
20 JANUARY 1967
1. North Vietnam
. Chile
3. Guatemala
Nothing really new has come from
the Chilean political scene since an
angry President Frei announced last
night that he would seek constitutional
authority to dissolve Congress and call
new elections.
This move puts Frei decidedly on
the offensive again, but even so, he
has almost no chance of getting permis-
sion in time for his US trip. In fact,
he said yesterday he might not be able
to attend the inter-American summit con-
ference in April.
The youngbloods in the Guatemalan
Communist Party are feuding with the old
guard over hcm fast and how far to pro-
ceed with a campaign of violence. The
upshot may be a break between the party's
guerrilla arm, which wants action now, and
the more conservative leadership.
Fidel Castro has been stirring things
up behind the scene. He has gotten the
ear of some of the hotheads to insist that
Guatemala is ripe for revolution and that
the only obstacle is the Communist old
guard which should be repudiated and thrown
out.
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4. Communist China An intense poster attack is now
being mounted against one of Lin Piao's
close military associates. This man
only last week had been named deputy
head of the army's purge group. The
posters claim that it was Madame Mao
who put the finger on him. All in all,
the fortunes of Lin Piao seem to have
faded badly in the past few weeks.
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5. Communist China
6. Macao
20 Jan 67
Pressure is up again. Chinese
gunboats are said to have resumed their
position off the colony and local Com-
munists are set to take to the streets.
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7. Congo
8. Ghana
20 Jan 67
The Mobutu government announced
today that foreign technicians will be
forbidden to leave the country until
the end of the current negotiations
with the Belgians. The Congolese will
probably be able to make this stick.
On the face of it, this means that
copper production will continue at
least for the time being, but tension
in Katanga is bound to increase, and
with it the chances for racial incidents.
The military regime is worried
about Nkrumah's plotting a comeback.
Tight security measures have been im-
posed following the disclosure of a
plot to assassinate the eight members
of the ruling National Liberation Coun-
cil, the US ambassador, and the British
high commissioner.
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