THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 29 APRIL 1969

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005976748
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: April 29, 1969

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The President's Daily Brief
29 April 1969
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30 April 1969
LATE NOTES FOR THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF OF
29 APRIL 1969
I. MAJOR PROBLEMS
MIDDLE EAST
Israeli commandos struck deep into upper Egypt this morning.
According to the Israeli communique', the commandos hita.
vbltage line feeding power to Cairo, and several Nile River
bridges. The strike sites, according to Cairo Radio, included
Naj Hammadi, which the Israelis hit last October, and Idfu,
which is some 60 miles north of the Aswan Dam.
Cairo has initially sought
to play down this raid, but Nasir will likely be under consider-
able pressure to take some face-saving retaliatory action.
(Central Intelligence Bulletin, 30 Apr)
Golan
ISRAEL
Tel Aviv-Val?
Heights
Damietta
Gaza
Alexandria
Port Said
*Amman
JORDAN
Dead
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Cairo
Suez,
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Sinai
Israeli-occupied territory
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Israeli commandos strike
high-voltage line to Cairo
and several bridges
HARM
ASH-SHAVKH
SAUDI
ARABIA
NAJ HAMMADI
Red
Sea
IDFU
ASWAN HIGH DA
.Aswan
Res Banes
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The Quai has instructed French ambassadors in Arab coun-
tries to take the line that De Gaulle's departure will not
produce any change in French Middle East policy during the
interim period and probably not even after the election of a
new president. The ambassadors are also instructed, however,
to get the message over that Paris' current policy will continue
only so long as the Arab states act responsibly.
VIETNAM
There is nothing significant to report on any other area.
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MAJOR PROBLEMS
MIDDLE EAST
VIETNAM
Interparty rivalries are preventing Thieu's mObiliza-
tion .of South Vietnam's political parties and groups from
getting off to a fast start, but the effort nevertheless
seems to be moving ahead at a steady pace.
The important Greater Solidarity Force, a Catholic
group, stayed away from the preliminary organizational
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meetings held last Friday and Sunday, apparently in an at-
tempt to secure promises of spoils of office in return for
its support. Thieu's aide, Nguyen Van Huong, who chaired
these meetings, made it clear to all prospective members,
however, that cabinet posts will not be handed out in ex-
change for support.
Another group, the Vietnam Nationalist Party (VNQDD)
failed to attend because its three factions still have not
been able to patch up their differences and decide on a joint
policy toward the confederation.
The ten groups that did participate, however, agreed to
cooperate in the confederation. They also agreed that the
presidium of the new body would actually be advisory in na-
ture and that Thieu would have full power to make decisions
for the confederation after consulting the presidium.
EUROPE
There is nothing of significance to report.
SOVIET AFFAIRS
There is nothing of significance to report.
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Thai Insurgents Developing Secure Area in North
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II. OTHER IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS
THAILAND
The Communists are making further headway in devel-
oping secure base areas in the north. The insurgents ap-
parently are strengthening their hold in the villages as
government forces pull back from advanced positions into
garrisons in the valleys.
The Communist effort is receiving substantial assist-
ance from North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao elements in
Laos. Recent evidence has provided new details
standing infiltration and support organization,
run by a Thai
that includes
supply trails
on
a long
apparently
Communist Party headquarters group in Laos,
training camps, forward support bases, and
leading into each of the.main operating
areas in the north.
such assistance has increased in recent months.
The government has made little progress either in
training friendly tribal self-defense forces and reset-
tling refugees, or in coping with unfriendly tribal in-
surgents. Thai troops in the north central area are now
bogged down in defensive positions. The government ap-
parently is gambling that it can afford to write off the
insurgent areas, while it builds security in the lowlands
NIGERIA
For the past few weeks, arms supplies have been
flowing into Biafra at an unprecedented rate. Many of
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these have come from France at the urging of Ivory Coast
President Houphouet-Boigny. Continued support on the
present scale by De Gaulle's successors is by no means
certain, but the Biafrans should be able to manage nicely
with what they have for a while.
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