THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 10 OCTOBER 1969

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005977031
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: October 10, 1969

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The President's Daily Brief
10 October 1969
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
10 October 1969
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
The Chinese Communists may be preparing to resume'
roadbuilding in northern Laos. (Page 2)
Xuan Thuy is on his way back to Paris. (Page 5)
King Husayn is again taking a tougher attitude to-
ward the fedayeen. (Page 5)
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LAOS - COMMUNIST CHINA
The Chinese may be getting ready to resume
roadbuilding in northern Laos after the long rainy
season stand-down. Recent aerial photography shows
road survey troops some five miles south of Muong
Sai, a major Pathet Lao military and administrative
center.
This is the first hard evidence of possible
future road construction activity south of Muong
Sai, although reports from villagers
have
tnat it would eventually be undertaken.
indicated
The Chinese may be calculating to reopen
an old French logging trail that at one
time linked Muong Sai with Muong Houn
and Pak Beng on the Mekong River. This
would give them a head start southward.
A road southward into the Pak Beng Val-
ley would be of use in the support of
Pathet Lao and North Vietnamese units
fighting government guerrillas in Saya-
boury and Luang Prabang provinces. It
would also facilitate Chinese support
for Communist elements in northern Thai-
land, although the armed insurgents there,
who are not very numerous, probably do
not need a motorable supply route from
China.
Before moving into a new area, the Chi-
nese who have about 6,000 engineer and
support troops in northern Laos, may
first finish the work they began last
year. Until construction slowed in early
May, they were building a road north from
Muong Sai toward Muong Khoua, the termi-
nus of a motorable road from North Viet-
nam. Once completed, this road will,
for the first time, enable the North Viet-
namese to directly support their units in
northwest Laos.
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VIETNAM
Xuan Thuy arrived in Moscow Thursday on his
way back to Paris, according to TASS. The news is
out in Paris, but Hanoi has yet to publicize his
return, and the Chinese as usual ignored his pas-
sage through Peking.
We do not think Thu' brings any new initi-
atives back with him. Such a change might
be anticipated if Le Duc Tho were noted
on his way back to Paris, but he remains
in Hanoi.
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BRAZIL
The US embassy in Brasilia has received three
threatening letters in the last day or so, and anon-
ymous callers have told the city's radio and tele-
vision stations that the embassy's principal officer
is to be killed. The embassy in cooperation with
local security officials is taking all practicable
precautions.
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These threats may be related to earlier
reports from the Brazilian security ser-
vice that terrorist leader Carlos Marighella,
whose principal lieutenant was one of the
men behind Ambassador Elbrick's kidnaping,
is planning further actions. Marighella
also is said to be preparing to establish
a rural guerrilla force.
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NOTE
Jordan: Last Saturday's abortive coup which
involved some fedayeen has prompted Husayn to adopt
more stringent internal security measures, partic-
ularly toward the terrorists. While it seems un-
likely that he will extend this effort to the point
of challenging the major fedayeen organizations,
a period of increased tension, with overtones of
martial law, seems to be in the offing.
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