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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 INR BRIEFING NOTE The Director, INR DATE: June 6, 1968 TIME: regular morning SOURCE(S) CLASS./CONTROL(S) Tokyo's 8959, Confidential 6/5/68 The Chief of the China section of the Foreign Ministry has told an Embassy Officer that so long as Sato is Premier, Japan is not likely to recognize the Chinese People's Republic. However, GOJ is unlikely to pressure the Canadians to refrain from recognizing the Peking regime. Should Canada proceed to recognize Peking, the Chief of the China Section predicted that the political opposition and anti-Sato groups in the Liberal Democratic Party would attack the Sato government as "even more slavish in its attitude toward the US than the Canadians." REA Comment: So far neither the Japanese press nor the parliamentary opposition has played up Prime Minister Trudeau's comment that he wants to recognize the Chinese Communist government. At the moment the press and the opposition are having a field day with the alleged radiation of Sasebo harbor and the crash of a US fighter aircraft at Kyushu University in Fukuoka. As interest in these issues wanes, attention is likely to focus again on the Sato government's position with regard to the recognition of Peking. Canadian recognition -- particularly if followed by the establishment of diplomatic relations -- would probably strengthen the political exposition of those factions of the Liberal Democratic Party who favor the establishment of relations with Peking and consequently usaken Sato's prospects for retaining the premiership following the elections for Party President in December.
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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.