THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF

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FOIA [1]

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FOIA Collection [2]

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15886958

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RIPPUB

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March 9, 2023

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March 31, 2021

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F-2018-00781

Publication Date:

February 29, 1968

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Approved for Release: 2021/03/25 005974303 The President's Daily Brief op Secrei 29 February 1968 23 (b)(3) Approved for Release: 2021/03/25 005974303 TOP SECRET Approved for Release: 2021/03/25 C05974303 (b)(3) DAILY BRIEF 29 FEBRUARY 1968 2. North Korea NR Reco Pyongyang's thinking on the Pueblo af- (W(1) fair, a North TEWFR de- (b)(3) fec tor speculate about prevailing attitudes and about upcoming moves from the North. This man's views are worth considering since he defected for personal reasons and still retains his Communist outlook. These are his conclusions: --The talks can progress only when the US representative signs a document admitting and apologizing for intrusion into North Korean territorial waters. --The Communists undoubtedly have made detailed plans through several stages in the exploitation of the inci- dent. They will mobilize all their propaganda means and carry out brain- washing activities and interrogations. rd �rerP�S-EC�RE (b)(3) Approved for Release: 2021/03/25 C05974303 TOP SECRET Approved for Release: 2021/03/25 005974303 NR Record (b)(3) 4. Soviet Union Only five Soviet surface ships-- down from 15 earlier this month--are now tailing US naval forces off Korea. The Russian surface units continue to patrol the entrance to the Sea of Japan and to follow the US carriers; air surveillance is still on an almost daily basis. (b)(1) (b)(3) (b)(3) Approved for Release: 2021/03/25 005974303 Approved for Release: 2021/03/25 005974303 NR Record Approved for Release: 2021/03/25 005974303 NR Record Approved for Release: 2021/03/25 C05974303 Approved for Release: 2021/03/25 C05974303 Approved for Release: 2021/03/25 C05974303 Top Secret Approved for Release: 2021/03/25 C05974303 Approved for Release: 2021/03/25 005974303 NR Record Approved for Release: 2021/03/25 005974303 NR Record Approved for Release: 2021/03/25 005974303 Approved for Release: 2021/03/25 005974303 NR Record Approved for Release: 2021/03/25 005974303 Approved for Release: 2021/03/25 005974303 NR Record Approved for Release: 2021/03/25 C05974303 Approved for Release: 2021/03/25 C05974303 NR Record Approved for Release: 2021/03/25 005974303 Approved for Release: 2021/03/25 005974303 NR Record Approved for Release: 2021/03/25 005974303 Approved for Release: 2021/03/25 005974303 NR Record Approved for Release: 2021/03/25 C05974303 Approved for Release: 2021/03/25 C05974303 Approved for Release: 2021/03/25 C05974303 Approved for for Release: 2021/03/25 C05974303