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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 TO: The Director, INR DATE: June 9, 1968 TIME: 6 p.m. SOURCE(S) CLASS./CONTROL(S) SOVIET UNION Moscow tel 4161 June 7 LOU Soviet press and TV are attempting to portray the US as a place where racism, gangsterism, and aggressive war have become common place. The campaign thus far stops short of alleging specifically that there was an officially-inspired plot to eliminate Robert Kennedy. But there is innuendo to this effect. Isvestiya June 7 asserted, re Arab origin of Sirhan, that the US press was trying to shift the blame from the US way of life by emphasizing anti-Israeli feelings of Sirhan; article stated Sirhan is a naturalized US citizen. The Embassy comments that the Arab-origin aspect continues to be not useful to Soviet propaganda. Soviet signers of the Embassy's condolence book as of COB June 7 were: Foreign Ministry Secretary General Zamskov; Foreign Ministry US Affairs Chief Kornienko; two local employees; Yevtushenko, Aksenov, Brodskiy, and 2 companions (a strange threeseone among Soviet poets and writers—one an "official liberal," another a liberal criticized by the regime, and the third a victim of regime harshness, having once been exiled to hard labor); and one Soviet who was detained by the militia standing outside before being allowed to enter. FBIS 79 June 7 (TASS international June 7) UNCL Another TASS commentary by Igor Orlov June 7 on the shooting, after talking about alleged military hysteria and intensified activity of ultra-rightist organizations in the US, states: "connivance and even sympathy on the part of certain officials of central and local authorities facilitates the operation of these organizations and is a contributing factor to political crimes." Orlov also asserted that reactionaries were using RFK's assassination "as a pretext for whipping up anti-communist hysteria," which was to camouflage the launching of a campaign against all progressive movements, such as the anti-war movement, civil rights movement, and poor people's march. He noted Mayor Yorty's remarks re Sirhan's connection with "the local DuBois club, a progressive youth organization, and that he allegedly showed sympathy for the communists. A US Communist Party spokesman denied this absurd invention." FBIS 29 June 8 (TASS international June 8) UNCL A commentary by Kerionov in Pravda June 8 asserted the shootings of JFK and RFK were "directed" because they dared disagree with "the rockless foreign course of imperialist reaction." "It is now clear to everyone that the shots in
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