THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 19 DECEMBER 1969

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005977203
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 13
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: December 19, 1969

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M President's Daily Brief
19 December 1969
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
19 December 1969
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
North Vietnam is having trouble recruiting qualified
men for its army. (Page 1)
Turkish students are protesting the Sixth Fleet visit
to Izmir. (Page 2)
Egyptian troops are in Libya. (Page 3)
New Soviet fighter beginning operational training.
(Page 4)
Romania
Bolivia
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NORTH VIETNAM
During the past year, Hanoi has put special
emphasis on programs to ensure the army of an ade-
quate supply of qualified and well-motivated man-
power. An authoritative North Vietnamese editorial
on 15 December indicates that Hanoi once again is
trying to get out the recruits. In calling for ed-
ucation of the people in "love of country" and the
"great requirement of the battlefield," the edito-
rial suggests that there has been some slippage in
programs to round up military manpower for duty in
South Vietnam.
An even more difficult problem for Hanoi,
however, is to overcome growing realiza-
tion in the North of the dangers and hard-
ships which Communist forces in South
Vietnam must suffer. The return of thou-
sands of wounded from southern battle-
fields during the past year and a half,
in particular, probably has had a pro-
found impact. Accounts of the real sit-
uation in South Vietnam undoubtedly have
contributed to the growing problem of de-
sertion and draft dodging in North Vietnam
during the past year.
The evidence to date does not suggest that
Hanoi is having difficulty fulfilling its
draft quotas--the regime's instruments of
control almost certainly are capable of
providing the raw manpower needed by the
army, if necessary through reliance on
stronger coercive measures. Nonetheless,
it is clear that North Vietnam, whose
well-disciplined and indoctrinated troops
have provided the Communists with one of
their strongedt assets in the past, is
facing new problems of morale and motiva-
tion among those segments of the popula-
tion it must rely on most to carry on the
war in the South.
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TURKEY
Anti-US demonstrations by Turkish students ap-
pear almost certain during the three-day visit, be-
ginning today, by units of the Sixth Fleet to the
port of Izmir. Student organizations from as far
away as Ankara and Istanbul may send representatives
to participate
The students are free to do so because they are in-
volved in a nationwide boycott of classes over aca-
demic grievances. Izmir officials believe the dem-
onstrations will be nonviolent, but they have warned
that individual extremists may try to provoke inci-
dents with sailors on shore leave.
Both Izmir and Istanbul were the scenes
of anti-US demonstrations early this year
during similar visits by US naval vessels.
If substantial numbers of out-of-town stu-
dents come to Izmir, Turkish Army units
might have to be called to help the local
police.
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LIBYA
Embassy Tripoli has received additional reports
confirming that a movement of Egyptian troops into
Libya is under way. These reports also suggest that
they are bringing antiaircraft guns with them.
there are rumors in
Tripoli tnat an indetinite number of Egyptian war-
ships are momentarily expected in Libyan waters, al-
legedly to participate in joint Egyptian-Libyan naval
exercises.
These troops are probably being brought
into Libya to shore up the regime of Pres-
ident Qaddafi. It is possible that plans
for their movement into Libya were made
during an unpublicized visit Qaddafi made
to Cairo earlier this month.
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Soviet FOXBAT Enters Operational Training
Length 65 feet
Span 44 feet
Gross weight 65,000 pounds'
Combat radius 420-800 nm*
Maximum speed 1700 knots
Combat altitude
ceiling 75,000 feet
Armament 2-4 air-to-air
missiles
*Range varies with armament, speed, and altitude. External fuel
tanks may add 160 to 300 more miles.
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USSR
Foxbat fighter aircraft--the most expensive
and one of the largest interceptors thus far devel-
oped by the Soviets--have been conducting
practice
on a daily basis
Com-
puted ground speeds of 1,500 knots and altitudes of
70,000 feet have been noted on some flights.
The flight activity indi-
cates the Foxbat has completed interceptor
weapons testing and has begun operational
training. The number of flights and the
relatively brief period between them indi-
cates that operational testing and train-
ing is being conducted rather than research
and development. Series production of the
Foxbat probably began early in 1969. Op-
erational deployment of the Foxbat is ex-
pected to begin by mid-1970.
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BOLIVIA-ROMANIA
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NOTES
USSR: The latest satellite photography shows
the start of a sixth group of SS-13 silos at the
Yoshkar-Ola.ICBM complex about 400 miles east of
Moscow. This is the second SS-13 group begun this
year and maintains the deployment rate of two groups
per year for this missile system. Completion of the
six groups at Yoshkar-Ola--the sole SS-13 deployment
complex--will bring the total number of launchers to
60. Two of the groups are now operational and the
other four should be operational by the end of 1971.
USSR:
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SOUTHEASTERN NIGERIA
Abakaliki
Onitsha
Afikpo
fillAF4AN
CO TROLLED
Owerri
Urn atua
erri N a
Bende
lkot Ekpene
Ahoada
Calabar
Degema
Port Harc
'Bonny
Avt. Site of heavy fighting
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BIGHT OF BIAFRA
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South China Sea:
Nigeria: The over-all military situation re-
mains essentially unchanged, although Federal troops
have made further inroads on Biafra's southern front
and are keeping up the pressure on the secessionists.
Fighting in the north remains at a low level
Meanwhile, Emperor Haile Selassie's latest at-
tempt to get the two sides together'has broken down
over procedural problems. A Biafran delegation left
Addis Ababa after the Emperor publicly linked the
negotiations to the Organization of African Unity,
which has consistently backed federal Nigeria. De-
spite the Biafrans' refusal to negotiate under OAU
auspices--a position consistent with their past pol-
icy--their willingness to go to Addis Ababa should
give them a propaganda victory. The Federals failed
even to send a delegation to Addis Ababa.
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