THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 22 FEBRUARY 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: February 22, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
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22 February 1967
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DAILY BRIEF
22 FEBRUARY 1967
1. Indonesia
Djakarta radio announced this morn-
ing that Sukarno had stepped down as of
Monday and turned over all powers to
General Suharto. So far, we have only
the bare bones on this, but it does ap-
pear to be a bona fide capitulation.
In any case, with Sukarno's record
for bouncing back, it is still too early
finally to count him out. There is even
a slim possibility that some of his sup-
porters might now try to use force to
keep him on.
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2. South Vietnam
assembly
the constituent
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vote on
presidential
age--he must be at least 35--
amounts
to an endorsement
of Ky's candi-
dacy.
a
majority h d
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favored
40 as the minimum
age, but
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Ky had changed some minds
by a series o
"very clever" informal meetings.
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3. Communist China
Our embassy, however, interprets
the vote as the assembly's decision to
let the army choose between Ky and Thieu.
In a press interview today, Ky reversed
himself for about the umpteenth time and
said he would not be a candidate.
Peking's weather vane continues to
move toward moderation in the "cultural
revolution." One major factor seems to
be a real concern about disruption of
the economy--particularly now that spring
planting is about to begin. On Monday
the Central Committee, in effect, started
telling the peasants and rural work team
bosses to shelve the revolution for the
time being and get back into the fields.
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4. Congo
5. France
22 Feb 67
Elements of the Congolese and
Burundi armies pulled off a successful
joint operation against Congolese
rebels in the border area earlier this
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It looks now as if the Gaullist ma-
jority will be considerably reduced
after the legislative elections next
month. Recent polls show a 4.5 percent
drop in the popularity of the Gaullist
candidates over a two-week period; they
also indicate a continuing high percent-
age of undecided voters.
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