THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 27 JUNE 1969

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005976849
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: June 27, 1969

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The President's Daily Brief
27 June 1969
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MAJOR PROBLEMS
MIDDLE EAST
The Soviets are maintaining the rate of their military
deliveries to the Middle East at close to last year's levels.
Egypt, Syria, and Iraq are receiving a wide variety of equip-
ment, and the Sudan, as we noted earlier, apparently has been
added to the group of regular Soviet clients.
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SOVIET AFFAIRS
A major space launch seems in the cards for early July.
The movement of Soviet space support and recovery ships sug-
gests that the mission will be an unmanned circumlunar-flight
similar to Zond 5 and 6 last year. Since the successful
flight of Zond 6 in November 1968, the Soviets have attempted
three lunar operations. Two of these failed
EUROPE
The French have announced that the test firing of their
land-based IRBM on 24 June was successful, and that the mis-
sile is completely satisfactory. This clears the way for
production of operational missiles, which the French must
start soon if they are to meet their scheduled deployment
date of late 1970 for the first nine IRBMs. Further testing
and modification of the missile and its components will take
place both before and after deployment.
There is nothing significant to report on Vietnam.
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II, OTHER IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS
LAOS
Communist troops again attacked Muong Soui early today.
Large numbers of the government's neutralist troops deserted,
and the base's defensive perimeter was further reduced. The
headquarters compound and the Thai-manned artillery outpost
are still being held.
Lao military leaders must soon choose whether to give up
Muong Soul or send in reinforcements. Even with more troops,
however, the situation will be difficult to salvage if the
Communists continue to press their attack. i
Loss of the base would put the Communists in abetter po-
sition to move westward and re-establish themselves in north-
ern Vientiane Province, from which they were driven several
years ago. The attack in any case will deflate the recently
raised hopes of Lao leaders of reaching some political set-
tlement with Hanoi.
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PERU
The government began to implement its agrarian reform pro-
gram yesterday by taking over the eight largest sugar plantations,
including those of W. R. Grace & Co. Government administrators
were sent to the plantations and the companies' business offices
in Lima, and the firms' bank accounts were frozen. By moving
first against foreign-owned lands, the government apparently hopes
to generate nationalistic support for the land reforms and thereby
counter expected opposition from wealthy Peruvian landowners.
LATE ITEM: LAOS
Ground commanders decided today to evacuate all progovern-
ment troops from Muong Soui. As of midafternoon local time, the
airlift of troops out of the area had begun.
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