THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 16 OCTOBER 1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005974066
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: October 16, 1967

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The President's Daily Brief
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DAILY BRIEF
16 OCTOBER 1967
1. Hong Kong
2. Congo
3. Nigeria
The violence of the past two days
indicates that the more moderate Com-
munist leaders in the colony are in-
creasingly hard put to keep the mili-
tants in line. This latest terrorism--
four killed and some 50 wounded since
Friday--is largely the work of the Com-
munist labor unions. Their leaders
have been in conflict with Communists
in commercial circles who want to carry
on a long-term political struggle in-
stead.
Peking has yet to comment on these
latest incidents.
Rebel leader Schramme's backers in
Angola have stepped up their efforts to
mount a military operation against Kin-
shasa.
The ability of the plotters to
mount such an incursion is still ques-
tionable, but if it does get under way,
Mobutu will have real trouble stopping
it.
Secret talks between federal and
Biafran representatives may begin in
London this week. At this stage, both
sides regard any discussions as purely
exploratory.
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4. Singapore
5. Communist China
Ambassador Bruce reports that Lee
.Kuan Yew has been telling people in
London that he is somewhat concerned
about his US trip. He feels that he
"might be put on the spot" to commit
himself publicly on Vietnam to .a greater,
degree than he would like.
Peking has announced that Chinese'
scientists have just built a "huge
transistorized universal computer."
For its first performance, it has been
programmed to sing "The East is Red,
the Sun is Rising, China has produced
a man called Mao Tse-tung." Later,
the computer will be put to work on
more mundane tasks such as the problems
of the national economy and advanced
weapons development.
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TOP SECRET
1 6 OCT 1967
SPECIAL DAILY REPORT ON NORTH VIETNAM
FOR THE PRESIDENT'S EYES ONLY
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Special Daily Report on North Vietnam
for the President's Eyes Only
16 October 1967,
I. NOTES ON THE SITUATION
. ,Doumer Bridge:
Photography of 4 October indicates that the repaired
rail supports may not be as strong as the original
trusswork but are probably adequate to carry light
loads at reduced speeds.
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Return of French Dead: The French Foreign
Ministry has informed the US Embassy in Paris that
the remains of 120 French soldiers buried in North
Vietnam will be dug up from two cemeteries in the
city of Nam Dinh this week, and that a similar op-
eration will take place at Hai Duong. Shipment of
the remains to France will take place at the end
of the year.
After considerable negotiation, France suc-
ceeded in conducting a similar evacuation in the
spring of 1966. All in all, this is another small
sign of improvement in Hanoi's relations with the
French.
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.Le Duan to Moscow: The US Embassy in Paris
learned from the French Foreign Office on Friday
that North Vietnamese Party Secretary Le Duan was
currently in Peking and scheduled to travel from
there to,Moscow. The purpose of the trip is to dis-
cuss North Vietnam's representation at the Soviet
50th anniversary celebrations next month with Soviet
and Chinese officials. The French speculated that
Le Duan will tell the Soviets and Chinese that Hanoi
will send a high-level delegation to the celebrations
only if it can be assured that no Sino-Soviet recrim-
inations will develop as occurred during the recent
Chinese National Day festivities in Hanoi. Although
this is the only report of such a trip thus far,
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Hanoi's continuing efforts to illintain a balanced
position in the Sino-Soviet controversy may well
have prompted such advance preparations.
II. NORTH VIETNAMESE REFLECTIONS OF US POLITICAL
ATTITUDES ON THE WAR
Nothing significant to report.
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