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This is the Central Intelligence Agency's President's Daily Brief for 6 February 1968, released in 2019. It reports renewed fighting in Saigon during the Tet offensive and South Korean anger over the Pueblo incident. It also covers Arab frustration with UN emissary Jarring, Soviet advisers in Egypt, the war in Yemen, the Panama election campaign and the British economy. A Special Daily Report on North Vietnam covers Hanoi's rejection of the San Antonio formula, shipping deliveries and AN-2 aircraft. The brief does not mention UFOs.
• Tr'\O ~ I Approved for Release: 2019/01/17 C05974263 I 3 5( ) ~L--~E_TL_________________~ · c .t 0 DAILY BRIEF 6 FEBRUARY 1968 1. South Vietnam (as of 5:00 AM\ . EST) 2. Korea ,Heavy fighting broke out again last night in the outlying Cholon sec- tion of Saigon, where the Viet Cong overran a national police precinct head- quarters. There are signs that the Communists are moving fresh forces into the capital area. US and South Vietnamese troops are slowly increasing their control in Hue. In much of the countryside, the Commu- nist offensive is losing steam. Signi- ficant enemy concentrations and battle preparations, however, point to the possibility of a renewal of widespread military activity. Most elements of the government are now pulling together to deal with the crisis. Thieu has been uncharacter- istically firm. Some members of the upper house are striking sour notes, however, and may press for an investi- gation as to why the government was not better prepared for the Tet offensive. Seoul continues to boil over what it considers US failure to consult on how to handle the-Pueblo incident. There was a small anti-American demon- stration yesterday, along with threats of bigger ones. Yesterday the North Korean radio broadcast a fifth "confession" from a Pueblo.crew.man which, like previous ones, expressed "guilt" over and apolo- gized for intrusion into North Korean waters. T~L__________________-----c-__ Approved for Release: 2019/01/17 C05974263 3.3(h)(2) 3.5(c)
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 10 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.