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Laos _There are a number of signs point- e" - ing to a new round of Communist attacks _ A in the southern part of the country. A significant enemy build-up in the _ Bolovens Plateau region is apparent1y_ under way, and there may be as many as four North Vietnamese regiments cur- rently in the Saravane-Sedone valley _ - area.‘ The Communists are also stepping_ up pressure near Thakhek. 3; Cambodia '3-3(h)(2) _ -\ ::Q|=+sEeR~E+ W s.5(¢) ’ . Approved for Release: 2019/O4/17 CO5974323 _ TA pproved for Release: 2019/O4/17 CO5974323 8-5(¢) \ ~ 4. Soviet Union '3-3(h)(2) 3.3(h)(2) 5. Soviet -. Union . 3.3(h)(2) —?eP—s-EeRET- -\ 8-5(¢) \ . Approved for Release: 2019/O4/17 CO5974323 _ pproved for Release: 2019/O4/17 CO5974323 7 _ - FA —'=|=6-P—S-E6RE‘F s.5(¢) \ 6. Panama The National Assembly ended a four- hour session last night without taking a vote to impeach Robles. After hearing the investigating commission's recommen- dations that the charges against the President be accepted, progovernment deputies asked to have all the documen- tary evidence read into the record--a tactic that may well tie things up for several days. T - "7. Okinawa Local leftists protesting against B-52s at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, have also stirred up publicity about the special reconnaissance aircraft there. \ \ 3.3(h)(2) L4444______Jwe anticipate more headlines and perhaps demonstrations against these planes. Contingency plans at Kadena are already in effect. 8. Poland Student rioting in Warsaw resumed yesterday and now there are signs that the unrest is spreading to other ele- _ ments of the population. The party press, for instance, admits that more than half of those arrested are not stu-_ dents, but does not identify them. There are also rumors that workers in the capi- tal are preparing to strike at the "op- portune" moment to protest against po- lice handling of the disturbances. 9. East - . The East Germans have decreed that West Germany members of the neo - Nazi German Nation- alist Democratic "en- Party, or people _ gaged in neo-Nazi activities," are banned from entering East Germany and transit- ting to West Berlin. In essence, this means the East Germans have devised an- other issue which they can use to inter- fere with traffic to Berlin. Allied ac- cess is not affected. -\ 3-5(°) \ Approved for Release: 2019/O4/17 CO5974323 ,.. Approved for Release: 2019/O4/17 CO5974323 *\ “M r - . 1;, ' 1 ' \.,-1?“. ~*i@“;s T'?J]7~5-r~fi=@¢- Approved for Release: 2019/O4/17 CO5974323 Approved for Release: 2019/O4/17 CO5974323 -‘Pep-See|=et— p 4£1lJQ€ ’f9N:e19‘<7 \c§‘»“TR41; VI 7;;< 4/ 4‘/y \(’ 6'9 gfiy‘ SrATES 0F “ - FOR THE,PRESIDENT’S EYES ONLY l Special Daily Report on North Vietnam —<*—:_ (A,-——~—. p 3_5 Approved for Release: 2019/O4/17 CO5974323 *5‘ Approved for Release: 2019/04/17 C05974323 -31 _ 3 - 5 (C W ‘ I I Special Daily Report on North Vietnam for the President's Eyes Only 12 March 1968 ‘I. NOTES ON THE SITUATION “ Hanoi Official Agrees to Discuss POW Issue: The- chargé of the North Vietnamese Embassy in Vientiane has agreed to meet with US Embassy officials to dis- cuss the prisoner of war issue. Efforts to contact the chargé on the same subject last year were re- buffed. In a conversation at'a reception on 8 March," the deputy chief of the US mission informed the chargé of US plans to release three North Vietnamese sailors in reciprocity for Hanoi's release of three V pilots. When the chargé was told of earlier US ef- forts to contact him, he-invited the US official to meet with him to discuss the POW issue. When asked '. -about his remark to Ambassador Sullivan last montht implying that Hanoi might release additional US pris- oners, the chargé replied that he personally believed - that further releases could be expected in line with the "humanitarian" policy of the Liberation Front; . * * # , 3.3(h)(2) ' * * * _ Hanoi Plays Up Thieu-Ky Friction: Radio Hanoi, in a broadcast to Soufh Vietnam on TU March, zeroed in on political instability in Saigon in the wake of the Tet offensive and attempted to dramatize Western press reports of friction between Thieu and Ky. The 4e|=-seeafi --\ 8-5(¢) \ Approved for Release: 2019/04/17 C05974323 _ Approved for Release: 2019/O4/17 CO5974323 - 8-5(¢) T \ commentary used recent changes in the South Vietnam- ese Army's command structure, the arrest of prominent civilian politicians, and the refusal of the Nation- al Assembly to grant Thieu emergency powers to il- - lustrate_its thesis that the Saigon government is about to collapse. All elements of this government are "quarreling like cats and dogs," according to the broadcast. Vice President Ky was described as’ "pouring everything.into an effort to overthrowti Thieu" and Thieu was reportedly trying to curb KyFs powers. All of these internal problems, ¢on¢1ua¢a¢¢; the broadcast, make the US position in South Vietnam. increasingly difficult. * H ~ » * * * Hanoi Sends Students Abroad; \ 3.3(h)(2) Hanoi is continuing to send large num- _ bers of students abroad for technical training. _The ministry informed the provinces that an estimate of the number of students for study abroad has been de- cided upon and that if the provinces were in agree- ' ment with the figures, student files should be sent to Hanoi during March. The number of students for g» foreign training included 400 from populous Nghe An Province, and 20 each from sparsely populated Lai Chau and Lao Cai provinces. .North Vietnam Shipping Report: Ship arrivalsT and import tonnages reached new Highs in January. -» Ship traffic was so heavy that congestion slowed op- erations in Haiphong harbor. Imports of general car- goes set a new record, and petroleum and bulk food ' imports were near their previous highs. More than three quarters of all goods in January was brought in by Communist ships. . Imports in February were down appreciably, in part.because of congestion at Haiphong. Imports of foodstuffs in particular dropped ' sharply. . North Vietnamese exports, meanwhile, have re- A cently begun to rise." Coal accounts for most of the _2_ 3-5(°) \ Approved for Release: 2019/O4/17 CO5974323 Release" Approved for ' 2019/O4/17 CO5974323 -T 8-5(¢) , \ increase, and in turn=reflects ) this the repairs which have recently been made to the main hold-up in the coal pipeline--processing facilities at Cam Pha,_ * * * 3.3(h)(2) ~ ~ . . * *i * . II. P NORTH VIETNAMESE REFLECTIONS OF US POLITICAL ATTITUDES ON THE WAR »Hanoi Reports Antiwar Activity: In its 9 March English language broadcast, Hanoi radio continued v' its policy of reporting statements and meetings in the US protesting the war. It reported that 20 of the 30 members of the faculty of the University of Chicago Divinity School had signed a statement pro- testing the war and supporting those students who resisted being drafted into the armed forces. A teach-in held on 6 March at Southern Connecticut ' State College and addressed by Yale University chap- lain William Coffin, Jr. was also reported. Coffinv was described as one of the five American intellec- tuals being prosecuted for their antidraft roles. He was quoted as saying that "what is traitorous in this country is not to dissent but to remain blindly submissive." Finally, a press conference held in Washington on 6.March by Boston University profes- sor Howard Zinn (who was involved in the release of the three US pilots) was recounted. 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