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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SOURCE(S) CLASS./CONTROL(S) FP'S 01, June 7 OUO On June 6 AFP correspondent Le Mauff filed a story out of Hanoi describing the contents of a June 6 edition of the English and French language paper Vietnam Courier. According to Le Mauff the Courier "concludes by demanding that Harriman set the date for the cessation of bombings; only on this condition can the conversations progress." FBIS 16, June 7 OUO However, he reports the weekly as also saying that: "Certain of these problems which fall within the scope of the official conversations between the two sides will, if necessary, be seriously examined when the US has unconditionally ceased the bombings and all other acts of war against the DRV." Hanoi VNA also runs an article from the Courier outlining the history of US "intervention." VNA does not include the paragraphs cited by Le Mauff. It appears to describe another article from the same issue. The Courier asks if "it is to be supposed that NVN will look on with arms folded at the massacre of their (sic) brothers." It also charges that Governor Harriman "is now attempting to achieve through diplomatic channels what the 'McNamara line' and US special forces stationed on the SVN frontiers with Laos and Cambodia were unable to achieve." FBIS 51, June 7 In a June 7 interview with Prensa Latina of Havana, Xuan Thuy said: "Here we reiterate our position: all bombings and all other acts of war against the DRV must cease before peace talks begin. When the United States announces and proves that it has ceased the bombings, we can discuss other things." "We truly want serious talks to solve the problems, but they are resorting to diversion and pressure. No concession is possible." "The length of these conversations, depends on the circumstances. We will exercise all our patience, but patience can have its limits."
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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.