Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for ReIease 2015 07 24 1 CIA-RDP79T00936A006100020001-7 v5 r I The Pravda 2f Dali y Brief T01 Sac 2 May 1968 50x1 w Declassified in Part Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015 07 24 v Declassified in Part Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015 07 24 THE DAILY BRIEF 2 MAY 1968 LATE ITEM 50X1 Gulf of Tonkin I 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015 07 24 CIA-RDP79T00936A006100020001-7 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015 07 24 -THE DAILY BRIEF 2 MAY 1968 1 South Vietnam 2 South Korea 3 Middle East The National Liberation Front is trying to line up some reputable Catho- lics for the new Alliance of National Democratic and Peace Forces the organ ization which the Communists evidently intend ultimately to use as part of the coalition government they have in mind for the South Security efforts are being Speeded up in the wake of Tuesday night's ter- rorist bombings in-Seoul The defense minister referring to the growing threat from the North announced that he expects larger terrorist raids The Pak government will surely get all the mileage it can out of the lat est incidents in an attempt to silence opposition criticism of pending new se curity legislation The big Israeli parade in Jerusa lem got under way on schedule at about 4 00 AM WashingtOn time So far we have heard of no serious incidents Jerusalem itself is under such tight security wraps that it is hard to see how any trouble could develop there The Arabs everywhere however are so enraged at the provocative Israeli ac- tion that outbreaks of violence could easily be touched off at any of a num ber of places Amman is partiCularly vulnerable especially if the well-armed Arab ter rorist groups have slipped into the city Also border incidents along the Jordan River have been on the up- swing in recent days and may well get worse 50x1 Declassified in Part Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015 07 24 tl Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015 07 24 4 Philippines 5 Soviet Union 6 Poland 7 Panama President Marcos is inwa bad slump politicall 7 He-remains by the six week old scandal involving the secret training camp for anti Malaysian guer- rillas on Corregidor He feels he has already used up about all his political capital in an effort just to stem the continuing erosion of his influence on the home front 50X6 The President is likely eventually to regain his old fire but in the mean time the administration is close to paralysis The measure to extend finan- cing for the Filipino civic action team in-Vietnam is one temporary casualty May Day in Moscow was uninspiring The Speeches were dull and no new weap ons were shown in the parade The country's most eminent actress Ida Kaminska tells Ambassador GronOUSki that she and her family want to emigrate to the US The world renowned 69 year- old star who is a Jew explained frankly that the government's antiaSemitic cam- paign prompted her decision The ambassador is preparing for a flood of similar requests from other talented and able Polish Jews General Vallarino laid it on the - 50X1 line on Monday to a couple of Arias supporters who were pleading for Nation- al Guard neutrality in the 12 May elec tions Arias rip hesaisil 50X1 50X1 Deollassifie d in an Sanitize'dCopy Approved for Release 201 5 07 24 This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu