THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 14 JANUARY 1970

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005977244
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• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: January 14, 1970

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The President's Daily Brief
14 January 1970
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
14 January 1970
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
General Gowon seems dedicated to the peaceful recon-
struction of Nigeria(
(Page 1)
Hanoi may be preparing for special air operations
in the southern part of North Vietnam. (Page 3)
Recent Israeli air strikes near Cairo seem designed
to make Nasir's domestic position uncomfortable.
(Page 4)
Communist China's first major rail construction in
over a decade is under way. (Page 5)
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NIGERIA
General Gowon is determined to disarm all the
secessionist soldiers and to establish a federal
presence throughout Biafra
Most, if not all, of Biafra's major towns have al-
ready been captured. Any remaining Biafran troops
in the field should soon run out of ammunition or
possibly just dissolve into the bush.
Gowon has so far ignored Biafran leader Effi-
ong's offer to send an emissary to negotiate Biafra's
return to the federation. Gowon probably wishes to
avoid giving any hint that Biafrans will be given
special status in the federation. Effiong yesterday
made a second appeal to Gowon to stop the federal
advance.
The Nigerian Government has directed that all
foreign relief be channeled through federal authori-
ties. The Nigerians are clearly sensitive about
foreign concern over the relief problem. In an ef-
fort to capitalize ?on this Nigerian sensitivity,
the Soviets have charged that Western relief aid is
interference in Nigeria's affairs.
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SOUTH V I ETNAM
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NORTH VIETNAM
The North Vietnamese appear to be preparing for
special air operations and improving their air de-
fenses in the southern part of their country. Com-
munications intelligence indicates that fighter air-
craft--perhaps including nine MIG-19s--will soon be
redeployed. They seem to be destined for Vinh air-
field in the southern panhandle of North Vietnam.
Two late-model MIG-21s and a high-level ground con-
trol intercept team recently arrived at the same
airfield. These moves coincide with the position-
ing of some heavy antiaircraft guns and surface-to-
air missiles in the panhandle near the Laotian border.
If the additional aircraft do indeed ar-
rive at Vinh airfield, it could mean that
Hanoi is planning hit and run attacks
against US aircraft, including B-52s op-
erating over Laos.
Since our last report on infiltration (The
President's Daily Brief of 8 January), only one
clearly identifiable battalion-size replacement group
has been noted on the move in North Vietnam.: Its
numerical, designator suggests, however, that two
others are also moving south. During the-same-pe-
riod,.three units of battalion size were detected
in communications intelligence, but their numerical
designators were not intercepted. Thus it is not
clear whether these units include the two mentioned
above. If there are six units, they would number
about 3,600 troops. This would not be out of line
with:the trends of the past two months, which show
infiltration at a level well below that for the
same time frame in 1968 and 1969.
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Israeli Aircraft Strike Closer to Cairo
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ISRAEL-EGYPT
Recent Israeli air strikes near Cairo appear to
be part of a campaign to create serious domestic
problems for Nasir, which Tel Aviv hopes will even-
tually result in.his downfall. The air strikes are
intended to demonstrate Israel's ability to fly al-
most unmolested over Egyptian territory. It will be
difficult for Nasir to minimize these Israeli mili-
tary actions--as he has done others?because they
are visible to Cairo's populace, The Israelis are
also anxious to lure the Egyptian Air Force into
combat.
Most Israeli leaders apparently are con-
vinced that Nasir is the primary obstacle
to a satisfactory peace settlement and the
main instigator of Arab hostility toward
Israel. Whether this is true or not, Is-
raeli conviction that it is so-governs
their policy.
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COMMUNIST CHINA
Satellite photography of December 1969 has re-
vealed the first major new rail construction in more
than a decade. When completed, the 400-mile line
will traverse one of the China's most densely popu-
lated but least developed regions between the Yellow
and Yangtze rivers.
The new line parallels China's main north-
south Zine, which has ample capacity to
handle national traffic and rail borne
supplies transiting to the North Vietnam
border. Its construction probably indi-
cates that China is returning to long-term
economic planning after the upheavals of
the Cultural Revolution.
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