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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INR COMMENT: Thien may prove to be an extremely effective Minister of Information as long as he remains in the good graces of the regime. After having studied at Michigan State U in the mid-50's, he served as Ngo Dinh Diem's press secretary. In recent years as an "outsider", he has been one of the bitterest critics of US involvement in Vietnam, and has not hesitated in expressing himself in his newspaper (banned for a time), visiting US dignitaries, and over CBS-TV. As a member of the "in" group, he will probably now channel his strongly nationalist efforts toward constructive ends. Immediate canvassing of police special branch officers for their reaction to the appointment of Col Tran Van Hai dinjoo disclosed no marked resentment of Gen. Loan's ouster. An informant believed the move will be welcomed by the career police officials and will weaken the influence of the military security service officers. General Loan's condition continues to improve but a quick recovery is not expected. INR ORDER REA BRIEFER Kobayashi/Keogh EXTENSION 4909 MW 31097 DocId:33061196 Page 65 (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.