THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 26 AUGUST 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005973980
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: August 26, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
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DAILY BRIEF
26 AUGUST 1967
1. North Vietnam
2. Congo
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Railroad traffic in and out of Hanoi
is now dependent on ferries; all but the
most essential rail shipments will prob-
ably be seriously delayed.
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3. Greece
4. Hong .Kong
5. Arab States
A number of influential Greeks
recently urged the King to make his
trip abroad as brief as possible, lest
"adverse developments" occur during his
absence. After some hesitancy, the
King decided to adhere to his original
schedule.
Papadopoulos' word may be good for
the short haul. We believe, however,
that there is a real prospect that the
,King and the junta will collide--per-
haps later this fall--with possibly
fatal results for one or the other.
Yesterday there were further inci-
dents along the border, but Chinese Com-
munist troops kept the demonstrators
from getting out of hand. Food shipments
from China continue to arrive in the
colony.
The Arab foreign ministers' confer-
ence that opened today in Khartoum is
not likely to be any more successful
than other recent Arab pow-wows. Hence,
the problem of what unified action the
Arabs should, or can, take will be left
for whatever chiefs of state show up at
the summit meeting Khartoum is still
planning to host next Tuesday.
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6. Burma
7. Peru
Rice is becoming scarce, and prices
are skyrocketing. Reports of popular
unrest are increasing, and some govern-
ment stores and warehouses have been
looted. The new crop will not hit the
market until January, and may not help
much anyway.
This could cause serious trouble
for Ne Win's regime, whose economic poli-
cies have reduced Burma from the world's
largest exporter of rice to its present'
penury. The general will prob-
ably weather the storm--barely.
The constitutional impasse drags on.
The Senate president, whose disputed
election started the hassle, is deaf to
pleas even from his own party that he re-
sign. This probably suits President
Belaunde fine--he seems to be running
things very well without the opposition-
controlled Congress.
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