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This is a compilation of Department of State Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) briefing notes to the Director of INR, mostly dated June 12, 1968, with some from June 6, 1968. The notes cover world events, including student riots in Paris, East German passport and visa rules for West Germans, a UN resolution on South West Africa, a change of Komsomol leadership, Sino-Nepalese relations, and the Colombian presidential resignation crisis. Unrest in Senegal and Somalia is also covered. None of the notes discuss UFOs.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE GIST: Hanoi Courts the Western European Shipping Market INR BRIEFING NOTE DATE: June 6, 1968 TIME: 10:00 The Director, INR COMMENTS CONTAINED IN INR BRIEFING NOTES ARE INITIAL AND TENTATIVE. SOURCE(S) CLASS./CONTROL(S) CINCPAC cable June 5, 1968 SECRET/MFD In mid-May of this year, the Director of the Commercial Section of the North Vietnamese delegation to Paris (Mai Ngoc Anh) reportedly investigated the West European shipping market to determine if Western flag ships are now willing to begin trade with Hanoi. Apparently, the results of his campaign were favorable, and the North Vietnamese expect British, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish and Finnish owners to "start in a short time" to send their vessels to MVN. One ship has reportedly already been offered to Hanoi by a West German agency in Hamburg for purchase or time charter. It is the LOUSSIOS, a Greek-owned, Liberian-flag ship. INR/RSE CONTENT Free world shipping to North Vietnam has increased sharply this year, as we reported previously. Our latest figures show that during the first five months of 1968 there were 61 arrivals compared to the 28 arrivals of the corresponding period last year - an increase of over 100%. Imports carried by free world ships to North Vietnam increased by 1.50% - from 103.3 thousand metric tons in the first five months of 1967 to 257.3 thousand tons in the same period this year. Free world countries whose flag ships have called at North Vietnamese ports thus far in 1968 now include: United Kingdom (Hong Kong-owned ships) Cyprus Italy Japan Lebanon Singapore INR OFFICE BRIEFER EXTENSION RSD-EE Evans 4882
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 132 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.