THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 8 FEBRUARY 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005968775
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: February 8, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
Top Secret 8 February 1967
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DAILY BRIEF
8
FEBRUARY 1967
1.
Sino-Soviet
Moscow
is
being pressed to the
Relations
point where
it
may have no choice but
to withdraw
its
diplomatic personnel
2. Soviet Union
from Peking.
the Chinese have
European diplomats to stop carrying
supplies into the Soviet Embassy, still
under siege after two weeks.
now warned East
While Moscow may finally be obliged
to "suspend" diplomatic relations ?with
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Peking, we still feel it wants to avoid
a formal break.(
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3. Soviet Union
4. Vietnam
5. North Vietnam
8 Feb 67
Some parts of the Soviet equation--
their internal security system for in-
stance--have changed markedly over the
years. Others, such as the way of
handling elections, have changed hardly
.a whit,/
During the first 20 hours of the
ceasefire, there were 14 major and 31
minor incidents reported. A major in-
cident is defined as one resulting in
casualties or a heavy, volume of weapons
fire. This represents an increase over
corresponding periods during the Christ-
mas and New Year truces.
? Not unexpectedly, coastal shipping
in the southern part of North Vietnam
increased greatly following the Tet
standdown
Soviet shipping to North Vietnam
during January was slightly higher than
the monthly average of last year. The
number of Soviet ships arriving or .en
route so far this month indicates that
the higher volume will continue into
March.
The over-all figures on imports to
North Vietnam by sea during 1966 were
up by about 34 percent, mainly because
of stepped-up aid deliveries from the
Russians. Free world shipping dropped
off last year.
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6. Eastern Europe
7, Nicaragua
8. Chile
8 Feb 67
The Warsaw Pact foreign ministers
are meeting in Warsaw, but only after
strong Rumanian objections forced a
change in site and agenda.
The-Rumanians agreed to go
to Warsaw only on condition- that there
be no criticism Of their recognizing
West Germany. Only a deputy foreign
minister from Bucharest is attending
and he will stage a walkout if this
proviso is violated. -
'ThUs the Rumanians have bottled
up discussion of the issue uppermost
in'the minds of most of the other
East Europeans.
With about two thirds of the bal-
-lots counted, General Somoza has a
substantial andgrowing lead--a whop-
ping 72 percent at last count. Elec-
toral fraud was widespread, obvious--
and unnecessary to assure the General a
solid victory.
President Frei continues to have
problems with an obstreperous senate.
The signs now suggest, however, that
it has no intention of again humiliating
him by refusing him permission to leave
the country.
The senate is now stalling on the
constitutional amendment Frei proposed
following the cancellation of his US
trip. The amendment, which would per-
mit a president to dissolve congress
and call new elections, had been ap-
proved by the lower house. Senate in-
action may kill it.
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