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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.
“Independence Day”3 pages
DEPARTMENT OF STATE INR BRIEFING NOTE GIST: COMMUNIST CHINA: Peking Says Robert Kennedy Assassination in Proof of Deepening Crisis in U.S. The Director, INR DATE: June 11, 1968 TIME: Reg. Morning COMMENTS CONTAINED IN INR BRIEFING NOTES ARE INITIAL AND TENTATIVE. In Peking's initial reaction to the assassination of Senator Kennedy, NCNA June 7 termed the event "another reflection of the continuous deepening of the political and economic crises of U.S. imperialism." According to NCNA, stability in the U.S. has been weakened by the war in Vietnam, by financial and economic crises and by the "struggle of the people at home." Amidst all this, says NCNA, the "dog-eat-dog struggle within the ruling group is more fierce than ever as the political "tools of the monopoly capitalist class" contest for power in the election "farce." INR/REA Comment: Peking's analysis follows its practice of depicting recent American events in terms of Chairman Mao's thesis that the U.S. and the western world generally are in a state of decline. NCHA's commentary routinely treats U.S. major-party politicians--regardless of their positions--as birds of a feather and "tools of the U.S. monopoly capitalist class." Thus, there is no indication that Senator Kennedy's death has had any effect on Peking's analysis of the present or prospective U.S. scene. INR OFFICE AC/AC BRIEFER Thomas/Keogh EXTENSION 4959 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE NW:340978 DocId:33061196 Page 36 (Classification)
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 132 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.