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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 R BRIEFING NOTE GIST: SOUTH VIETNAM: Weekend Roundup TO: The Director, INR DATE: June 9, 1968 TIME: COMMENTS CONTAINED IN INR BRIEFING NOTES ARE INITIAL AND TENTATIVE. SOURCE(S) CLASS./CONTROL(S) ## C/LIMDIS Tran Van Don Asked To Form New Front Group LIMDIS - BACKGROUND USE ONLY Senator Tran Van Don said President Thieu has asked him to form a new front of all political groupings (1) to show united support from Thieu when he goes to the US, and (2) to strengthen the government generally vis-a-vis Hanoi and the NLP. A preliminary meeting will be held June 9. When asked about VP Ky's attitude, Don said Ky had favored such an effort and proposed it to Thieu months ago. Embassy Comment: A front of this kind could be very helpful in generating and demonstrating Vietnamese unity, but Ky's attitude is unclear and without his support, the new organization will of course be less than fully convincing. ## Dan's Alleced Statements in California Minister Phan Quang-Dan's alleged statements re negotiations with the NLF have generated strong and widespread opposition. Press and government reaction strongly indicate that if Dan made the statements as reported he will probably be asked to resign. Some Vietnamese suspect the US is behind Dan's remarks, that as a "well-known US favorite," he might be stating the "real" US position. ## MinInfo Thien To Strengthen Information Services MinInfo Ton That Thien said with evident pride that one of his first acts on May 30 was to end press censorship. He said he had arranged to have Everett Martin (NEWSWEEK correspondent ousted last January) to return. Thien did not think there has been any significant deterioration in Saigon morale following the recent attacks, and advocated one bomb on Hanoi for each rocket on Saigon, one US or ARVN division in DRV for each NVA division in south. He said he plans to beef up the GVN information services abroad, especially in France and the US (e.g. send Lt. Col Tran Van Dao, recent Communist defector to Paris). Embassy Comment: Thien clearly dominated the conversation, and contracts markedly with his wild and bitter remarks to Sen. Clark last January. (Continued) INR CICE REA/SA BRIEFER Kobayashi/Keogh EXTENSION 4909 NW 31097 DocId:33061196 Page 64 SECRET/LMDIS (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.