THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 14 MAY 1968

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005976146
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: May 14, 1968

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The President's Daily Brief
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THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
14 MAY 1968
. Panama
2. Czechoslovakia
3. North Korea
Announcement of the official re-
turns of Sunday's election has been
postponed following violence in the
capital yesterday. Mob attacks broke
out as supporters of opposition leader
Arias retaliated for a shooting in-
volving partisans of Samudio, the gov-
ernment candidate. Both contenders are
claiming victory on the basis of their
own widely differing unofficial tallies.
There has been no substantial
change in the Czechoslovak-Soviet situ-
ation. F----
In Prague,
Dubcek and his colleagues are restating,
in low key, their intent to pursue their
reform program.
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. Communist China
5. Indonesia
Recent satellite photography of
the Shuang-Cheng-Tzu missile test cen-
ter shows work under way on two new
tactical or submarine missile systems.
Little progress is evident, how-
ever, in the medium-range missile pro-
gram. Also, the ICBM launch area is
still torn up, and major modifications
under way there mean that ICBM testing
is postponed for several months.
President Suharto is again feel-
ing the rough edge of public criticism.
His recent effort to reduce subsidies
of petroleum products and public utili-
ties by raising their prices has led to
other price increases, particularly of
textiles and rice. All this has brought
renewed grumblings from the politicians
and from student groups.
Some anti-inflationary measures
planned for this year have already been
postponed because of these political
pressures. Suharto may also find it
necessary to silence some of his crit-
ics by offering them posts in the new
cabinet to be formed by early July.
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FOR THE PRESIDENT'S EYES ONLY
1.) Special Daily Report on North Vietnam
2.) North Vietnamese Reflections of U S
Political Attitudes
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Special Daily Report on North Vietnam
for the President's Eyes Only
14 May 1968
I. NOTES ON THE SITUATION
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.Hanoi Claims New-Victories in South: Hanoi's
International Service in English on 11 and 12 May
broadcast editorials praising the People's. Libera-
tion Armed Forces for having created a "new develop-
ment in the new situation" in South Vietnam through
their concerted attacks over the last several days.
The editorials spoke of significant victories
throughout the country. They singled out for special
praise, however, the fighters in the Saigon area for
their "daring, successful attacks," and claimed that
they had seized and now controlled many quarters of
Saigon after decimating their opposition.
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II. NORTH VIETNAMESE REFLECTIONS OF US POLITICAL
ATTITUDES ON THE WAR
There is nothing of significance to report today.
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