THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 6 NOVEMBER 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005974105
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: November 6, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
6 November 1967
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DAILY BRIEF
6 NOVEMBER 1967
1. South Vietnam
2. Congo
3. South Arabia
Part of the Kinshasa garrison has
been flown down to Katanga Province.
This leaves the Congolese capital vul-
nerable to a direct attack by mercen-
aries still in Angola. So far, how-
ever, there has been no solid indica-
tion that a move on Kinshasa is immi-
nent.
The military situation in Katanga
remains murky, with the small mercenary
band
apparently holed-up wait-
ing for reinforcements.
To the north, efforts are being
made to get Schramme and his troops
out of Rwanda, where they fled Satur-
day night. Counting the mercenaries,
their Katangan allies, and assorted
hangers-on, about 2,000 people are in-
volved. The evacuation is still ham-
pered by-ashortage of aircraft and by
Mobutu's demand that the entire
Schramme force be returned to Congo-
lese authority.
Rival Arab nationalists are now at
each other in a "war of extermination."
At least 70 persons have been killed
and 250 wounded in the last two days,
and the hoodlums are ignoring their
leaderships' pleas for a cease-fire.
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4. Yemen
5. Spain
6. Ecuador
The men who overthrew President
Sallal's regime yesterday have consid-
erably more tribal support than did the
deposed president. This may provide
some sense of unity among republican
Yemenis and, once the Egyptians are
gone, a basis for dealing with the
royalists, many of whom share the same
tribal allegiances.
Yemen's new leaders are all former
republican cabinet officers who have
resented the strong Egyptian hand in
Yemeni affairs. In time they may look
to renewed relations with the US.
Rumors that Franco's health is
failing are going the rounds in Madrid
again.
Ambassador Duke notes various
stories that the Generalissimo has had
a stroke, or suffers from fainting spells,
or has circulatory problems. The ambas-
sador also notes that the 75-year-old
-Spanish leader keeps a fairly active
public appearance schedule, which prob-
ably would not be the case if he were
really in bad shape.
There are some indications, how-
ever, that Franco's hand is less firm
on the throttle when it comes to the
details of government operations. As
the ambassador put it, "there are signs
of drifting."
President Arosemena, who has never
been very popular with the military, is
trying to curry favor in that quarter
by offering to buy French 50X1
Mirages. In view of Ecuador's limited
financial resources, Arosemena will get
little support from the civilian side
of the government. Even the Ecuadorean
air force is somewhat chary and wants
time to compare the French fighters with
the F-5.
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Special Daily Report on North Vietnam
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Special Daily Report on North Vietnam
for the President's Eyes Only
6 November 1967
I. NOTES ON THE SITUATION:
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Ho Chi Minh Gets Award: As part of the Soviet
50th anniversary celebrations, Moscow has given its
highest award--the Order of Lenin--to Ho Chi Minh.
In announcing the award Saturday, the Soviet press
called Ho an "outstanding revolutionary and leader
of the world Communist movement, consistent fighter
for socialism and for strengthening Soviet-Vietnam-
ese friendship." Hanoi has made no comment as yet
on the award.
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No Comment: Neither Hanoi nor the Liberation
Front has as yet offered any commentary on Ambassa-
dor Goldberg's proposal to include the Front in any
UN Security Council debate of the Vietnam problem.
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II. NORTH VIETNAMESE REFLECTIONS OF US POLITICAL
ATTITUDES ON THE WAR
More From the Women for Peace: Hanoi is contin-
uing to ?broadcast statements on the war by leftist
Americans who have recently been in North Vietnam.
These broadcasts are in English and beamed to US
troops in South Vietnam. The latest such broadcast
was on 3 November and comprised remarks attributed
to Dagmar Wilson, national chairman of "Women Strike
for Peace." Mrs. Wilson was in Hanoi in early Oc-
tober.
The broadcast consisted of her views of Ameri-
can "antiwar activities." Mrs. Wilson expressed
the belief that the best way to support the boys in
Vietnam is to bring them home and related how people
like herself must try to turn the minds of people who
support the war effort. This was being done, she
claimed, by making heroes out of the young men who
have refused to fight. Mrs. Wilson said she believes
it is more important to live and work for what you
believe in than to "sacrifice and die."
In another broadcast in English to American
servicemen in the South, Hanoi on 3 November car-
ried excerpts from what is described as "letters
left behind on the battlefield." These were letters
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from a mother to a young Marine who, the broadcast
pointed out, died on 22 April, less than one month
after he had been promoted.
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Hanoi on the President's Press Conference:
Hanoi has denounced President Johnson's 1 November
press conference statement that US objectives in
Vietnam are limited. A Hanoi broadcast in English
on 4 November claimed that the President's declara-
tion actually means the US wants South Vietnam to
be "a new type colony and a US military base for
aggression." "This colonialist stand of the Johnson
administration," the broadcast asserted, "has shed
more light on his hypocritical announcement about a
peaceful settlement, his readiness to negotiate,
and the conditional cessation of the bombing." Be-
cause of this "hypocritical policy," the broadcast
said that the protest against US policy in Vietnam
has mounted throughout the world.
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