THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 8 JULY 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005973896
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: July 8, 1967

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DAILY BRIEF
8 JULY 1967
1. Congo
2. Nigeria
3. Israel
Mobutu's troops regained control
of Bukavu yesterday. The Congolese
apparently have also retaken Kisangani
(Stanleyville), and at least one plane-
load of mercenaries from there has
reached Rhodesia.
At Lubumbashi (Elisabethville),
nine Europeans were bayoneted by Congo-
leseAroops on Thursday; there have
been several other reports of incidents.
This kind of violence could subside as
quickly as it began, but it could also
get worse and bring on a European exodus.
Federal Chief Gowon has ordered
his troops to start the long-awaited
invasion of the Eastern region. Lagos
has already announced the capture of
two important towns inside the Eastern
border, but this is anything but firm.
US citizens still in the border
area--dependents were evacuated last
month--are being sent out. There is
evidently no particular danger for US
personnel at the present time.
Prime Minister Eshkol openly crit-
icized Defense Minister Dayan yesterday
and this may well lead to Dayan's resig-
nation and .a more flexible Israeli posi-
tion on terms for a settlement.
Dayan is unlikely to remain silent
in the face of Eshkol's statement that
the defense minister's "self praise is
not honorable." Dayan's political
strength, however, is not up to his
popularity. He may therefore choose
to withdraw for now, but he will remain
a strong contender for eventual leader-
ship of Eshkol's Mapai party and the
government.
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4. North Vietnam
5. Communist China
6. Morocco
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Hanoi announced yesterday that
Nguyen Chi Thanh--a four-star general
and a member of the North Vietnamese
Politburo--is dead of a heart attack.
Thanh was the Viet Cong commander-in-
chief and a noted hardliner in the
Hanoi leadership.
King Hassan is giving every indi-
cation that he intends to preserve his
country's pro-Western stance despite
mounting criticism of his regime. His
choice of a new premier on Thursday--
a man friendly to the US--is the most
recent case in point. All in all,
Hassan is clearly stepping up to his
responsibilities.
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7. South Africa
The closure of the Suez Canal has
given South Africa an opportunity to
demonstrate its importance to the West.
A substantial number of ships which
formerly transited the Canal are now
using the route around Africa, and
South Africa's ports are the only ones
large enough to bunker and provision
them.
The South Africans indeed are
boasting about their dependability in
contrast to many Afro-Asian countries
in the Mid-East crisis. Although this
will probably not change South Africa's
relations with its old enemies, it will
undoubtedly make the major industrialized
countries even more reluctant to support
demands for sanctions against the South
Africans.
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