THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 28 JANUARY 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968756
• 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 28, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
Top Secret 28 January 1967
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DAILY BRIEF
28 JANUARY 1967
1. Communist China
2. Czechoslovakia
Moscow's recent ridiculing of the
cultural revolution seems to be getting
under Peking's skin..
The Chinese appear to have deliber-
ately provoked Wednesday's clash in Red
Square between transiting Chinese stu-
dents and Soviet authorities.'
At all events, the incident has
triggered a propaganda assault of un-
precedented bitterness against the So-
viet Union. Peking has berated the
Soviet leaders for "fascist atrocities,"
and has for the first time claimed a
"blood debt."
The Chinese probably figure they
can do this without bringing on a break
in relations--a move that would cost
Moscow its last vestige of political
presence in Peking and seriously compli-
cate Soviet efforts to aid North Vietnam.
US citizen Kazan, kidnapped last
October from a Soviet plane during an
"emergency" landing in Prague, will be
tried, sentenced--and then expelled
from Czechoslovakia.
.So, at least, says a source our
embassy suspects the Czech foreign
ministry may be using as an informal
channel. The source added that this
"firm decision" would be altered only
if US statements or actions before or
during the trial suggest further US
pressure on Czechoslovakia.
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3. Ecuador
4. Nationalist China
5. France
28 Jan 67
The government has ordered extra
police protection for the US and Peru-
vian embassies/
The
po ice may not have their hearts in
their work, however, as they have had
no pay since November and no allowances
for months before then. Our embassy is
battening down the hatches just in case.
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6. South Vietnam
7. Saudi Arabia
28 Jan 67
The, time of decision is approach-
ing on the selection of the military's
candidate for president. Premier Ky
clearly wants the job, but he is by no
means a sure bet.
During Ky's recent absence in
Australia and New Zealand, Chief of
State Thieu was touring the delta in
what looked very much like a campaign
junket. He made many speeches, handed
out money to wounded soldiers and prom-
ised land titles to over a hundred
families.
At this point, the two men seem
about evenly matchedj
The Saudis claim that yesterday's
bombing of a Saudi border town by
Egyptian bombers from Yemen has been
followed by two more raids.
This morning, Faysal's foreign
affairs adviser asked Ambassador Eilts
what action the US proposes to take in
accordance with its assurance against
unprovoked aggression.
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