Documents / FOIA release
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's account of signing of new economic aid agreements with Poland manages to refer to military aid ten times, refers to Polish shipping to DRV and quotes Polish leaders on both. TO: The Director, INR DATE: 11/6/66 TIME: 3:30 PM COMMENTS CONTAINED IN INR BRIEFING NOTES ARE INITIAL AND TENTATIVE. SOURCE(S) Hanoi VNA in FDIS book 6/10 pp G1 - G5 "Poland". Hanoi quotes Gomulka that Poland will do its utmost to assist "politically, militarily, economically and diplomatically". It says agreements signed include supplementary nonrefundable economic and military aid for 1968, nonrefundable economic and military aid for 1969, and agreement on "Poland's long-term loans to Vietnam." Quotes Cyrankiewicz on active deeds of Polish officers and sailors of cargo ships bound for Vietnam and Deputy Premier Jaroszewicz that US imperialists are "our common enemy". It speaks of specific documents signed by representatives of the DRV army logistics and department and Polish planning commission. INR CHOICE ESB/ES BRIEFER Irene Jaffo EXTENSION xh924 NW 31097 DocId:33061196 Page 23 FORM DS-1118 6-66 (Classification)
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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.