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.
“Cooper”9 pages
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President Park on June 4 named former Seoul Mayor Yun Chi-yong to be Acting Chairman of the Democratic Republican Party, replacing Kim Chong-pil (KCP). EMBASSY COMMENT: "Yun's appointment is in keeping with President's desire to preserve DRP unity. Yun is venerable politician who served as DRP Chairman during KCP's first 'exile' and who has held many other public posts in long career. While personally close to KCP, Yun is considered to be neutral in DRP's factional lineup." Meanwhile, Yun, President Park, and KCP himself have made statements unanimously urging Party unity in the wake of KCP's resignation. Park publicly admitted his attempts to dissuade KCP; KCP for his part urged his followers to support the President and put an end to factionalism in the Party. These statements have not, however, lessened the tendency of various rumors about high-level personnel changes to enjoy wide circulation. INR/HEA COMMENT: The curtain has fallen on Act I of this drama, we think, and it already promises to be 1968's top hit. We wonder, however, whether the principals can sustain the audience interest at anywhere near its present level when they move into Act II, which will consist mainly of slapstick scrambling for position and access to the vacuum left by KCP. The players have three years before Act III, the 1971 elections.
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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.