THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 10 JANUARY 1968

• 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: January 10, 1968

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The President's Daily Brief
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10 JANUARY 1968
1. North Vietnam
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2. Soviet Union
3. Communist China
4. West Germany
A retired Soviet general was hauled
off to jail in Moscow yesterday in full
public view, just as he had finished giv-
ing Western newsmen copies of a new peti-
tion supporting the country's beleaguered
intellectuals. The incident points up
the awkward dilemma that confronts Brezh-
nev and company as they try to cope with
growing restiveness in the intellectual
community. The problem is examined in
today's Annex.
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5. Philippines
6. Caribbean
7. Greece
Marcos is having cabinet troubles.
He has accepted the resignation of his
defense under secretary after the lat-
ter's wife got implicated in a smuggling
incident. There also is friction be-
tween Marcos and Vice President Lopez,
who concurrently is secretary of agri-
culture.
Lopez submitted his resignation
as agricultural secretary when Marcos
gave a lesser official control of profit-
able forestry concessions--always a sure
source of income in the Philippines.
Marcos talked Lopez out of going through
with his resignation, but relations be-
tween the two men remain distinctly
chilly.
Papadopoulos has threatened to
step on a group of his erstwhile mili-
tary supporters if they do not stop
agitating for extreme measures.
the radicals are demanding aboli-
tion of the monarchy, tougher action
against Communists, and a gloves-off
dictatorship. this
group of officers is criticizing his
regime more openly now, but he
confident he could handle them when and
if the time comes.
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8. Yemen
9. Poland
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ANNEX
The Dilemma Posed by the Soviet Intellectuals
Soviet leaders are getting themselves into hotter
and hotter water as they pursue their drive against
dissident intellectuals. The four young intellectuals
who went on trial this week for "slandering the state"
are no mere oddballs. Behind them is the moral back-
ing of the overwhelming bulk of the country's top
creators and thinkers in many fields. They include
the Soviet Union's most able writers, historians,
artists, composers, chemists, biologists, and physi-
cists. Several are Nobel prize winners; one is
known as the father
of the Soviet H bomb.
Well over a hundred of these men have signed
public petitions of protest against the efforts So-
viet leaders have made in the past two years to
limit freedom of expression in the country. These
efforts got under way nearly two years ago with the
celebrated trial of the two Soviet novelists
Sinyavsky and Daniel. The current trial, and three
others during the past year, stemmed directly from
that trial. Expressions of support for Sinyavsky
and Daniel and protests against the system that per-
secuted them have prompted new efforts by the re-
gime to enforce its will. These, in turn, have
sparked new protests. The problem continues spiral-
ing upward and both sides clearly mean business.
One sign of the gravity with which the intellec-
tuals view the issue is the open admission some of
them have made that they too share responsibility
for Stalin's terrorism--because they dared not pro-
test it. These men have vowed never to be so cowed
in the future.
The intellectuals did taste one brief period of
relative freedom during the Khrushchev days.
Khrushchev was an innovator and he often used intel-
lectual dissent as a way of bringing pressure against
conservatives in the party who were dragging their
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feet, resisting the changes he thought were necessary
to revitalize the Soviet system. Khrushchev's succes-
sors are quite another kettle of fish in this respect.
The biggest concern of today's collective leadership
is to keep a united front on immediate problems;
They have not tried any long-term solutions and re-
sent anyone trying to rock the boat. To them, the
dissidence in the intellectual community is a trouble-
some distraction.
Some Soviet intellectuals have occasionally
hinted that somewhere in the upper reaches of the
party are men who sympathize with, or at least under-
stand, their aims. No one in the present party
leadership, however, has yet stepped up to support
them openly.
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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
10 January 1968
I. NOTES ON THE SITUATION
The Paul Doumer Bridge: The mid-December bomb-
ings--67-7177TUUT?EZUEFF?UFidge caused the most exten-
sive damage yet to the crossing. Photography of
5 January confirms earlier indications that at least
seven spans, or about 2,000 feet, of the mile-long
bridge were dropped in the bombings of 14-22 December.
Three bridge piers also were destroyed in the same
air strikes.
the Doumer bridge was not in
use on 26 December. There are, however, as many as
eight alternate crossings within six miles of the
bridge.
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Conditions in Hanoi During the Holiday Truce
Periods: A Western observer who travels frequently
to Hanoi has reported on the situation in the North
Vietnamese capital during the two recent truce
periods. During the Christmas standdown, he claimed
that the North Vietnamese sounded air raid warnings
to support their claims of allied violations of the
truce.
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North Vietnamese Trade in December: Cargo de-
livered to North Vietnam by all foreign flag ships
in December totaled about 128,400 tons. This is
equal to the high monthly average during the first
half of 1967 and some 38,000 tons above the July-
November average./
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II, NORTH VIETNAMESE REFLECTIONS OF US POLITICAL
ATTITUDES ON THE WAR
Hanoi Exploits Dr. Spock: Hanoi, in its initial
comment on the charges filed against Dr. Spock and
four other prominent antiwar demonstrators, has
claimed that "their prosecution by the Johnson admin-
istration has aroused indignation among large numbers
of American people." The statement, broadcast in
English on 9 January, reported in detail Dr. Spock's
remarks about the legality of the antiwar movement,
and quoted other comments by antiwar leaders and by
the lawyers who will defend Spock and his four asso-
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