THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 8 DECEMBER 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005974161
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 11
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: December 8, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
8 December 1967
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DAILY BRIEF
8 DECEMBER 1967
1. South Vietnam
2. France
The arms deal with Iraq that the
press is talking about could be part
of a grand scheme to get Mirage fight-
ers, which are said to be included, to
Jordan.
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3. Cyprus
4. Yemen
5. India
The Turks are not amused by
Makarios' diplomatic maneuverings,
which they see as attempts to wriggle
out of the recent agreement. Ankara
is especially insistent that the UN
force somehow be allowed to monitor
the withdrawal of Greek troops, sched-
uled to begin today.
The Turks also insist they still
have a fundamental right to intervene
on the island, and say they will do so
if there are any more incidents like
the one that touched off this crisis.
The special Turkish invasion force,
still concentrated along Turkey's south
coast, gives spine to these words.
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6. Brazil
7. Bolivia
8. Congo
Foreign Minister Magalhaes Pinto,
an opportunist who is quick to exploit
anti-US sentiment, has taken it upon
himself to say publicly (and in writing)
that Brazil's position on Vietnam is
one of "complete neutrality and absten-
tion." This statement is at variance
with the position taken privately by
both the Brazilian ambassador to the
US and Costa e Silva himself.
Evacuation of the white mercen-
aries in Rwanda on a Belgian plane is
apparently imminent. Our embassy in
Kinshasa believes the Congolese reac-
tion will be shrill, but limited to
propaganda and diplomatic moves.
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FOR THE PRESIDENT'S EYES ONLY
Special Daily Report on North Vietnam
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Special Daily Report on North Vietnam
for the President's Eyes Only
8 December 1967
I. NOTES ON THE SITUATION
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Carmichael and De Gaulle: Carmichael is loose
in Paris only because De Gaulle personally inter-
vened. Airport police picked up the militant Negro
when he arrived Tuesday. They were going to deny
him entry and put him on a US-bound plane. Accord-
ing to a reliable source of the US Embassy, the
matter was appealed to De Gaulle. The General or-
dered that he be released and admitted to France.
Wednesday night Carmichael repaid the General
by calling him an imperialist and throwing him into
the same category as the US.
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French News Agency on Current Bombing Respite:
The French news agency today broadcast a report from
its correspondent in Hanoi concerning North Vietnam-
ese exploitation of the eight-day bombing respite
caused by the bad weather. The report states the
last air raid alert was on 28 November.
First and foremost, the report says, the rice
crop is being harvested, and preliminary estimates
indicate it will be "quite good." Secondly, the
respite has permitted the North Vietnamese to im-
prove their transport and communications system.
Road travel has been improved and travel time cut.
Thirdly, an intensive phase of "physical and tacti-
cal training," political education, and "strengthen-
ing of morale" is said to have been instituted for
self-defense units, uninterrupted by air raid alerts.
The North Vietnamese are said "to have no illusions
...as soon as the sky clears, the American planes
will be back to wreak new destruction. But it will
have been time won, anyway."
II. NORTH VIETNAMESE REFLECTIONS OF US POLITICAL
ATTITUDES ON THE WAR
Nothing significant to report.
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