THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 29 APRIL 1970

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005977427
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 12
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: April 29, 1970

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The President's Daily Brief
29 April 1970
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
29 April 1970
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
In Cambodia,
Communist military activity has momentarily abated.
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North Vietnam
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The latest information on Soviet ICBM silo construc-
tion is provided on Page 4.
Italy is unenthusiastic About the Spanish-French
scheme for a Mediterranean Pact. (Page 5)
In Laos, some new skirmishing has been reported
around the Plaine des Jarres, but it has not materi-
ally altered the situation. (Page 6)
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CAMBODIA
Communist military activity has tapered off,
but some fighting appears to be continuing around
Angtassom town in Takeo Province. The press reports
that government troops are being sent into Takeo and
Kampot provinces to reinforce government positions
and to clear roads recently blocked by the Viet Cong.
Several of the governments planning to attend
Adam Maliks conference on Cambodia, including Japan,.
Thailand, Australia, and New Zealand, are pressing
Malik to hold a smaller advance meeting at the am-
bassadorial level to work out a draft communique'.
As things now stand, the larger session is to beheld
in Djakarta on 11 and. 12 May.
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COMMUNIST CHINA
Satellite photography shows a mis-
sile on a transporter-erector at the Wu-chai surface-
to-surface missile launch site that is larger than
the MRBMs seen at the Shuang-cheng-tzu test range.
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NORTH VIETNAM
Total troop. departures this dry season were
only about 60,000, as compared with about
100,000 during last year'S dry season.
Over half of the 60,000 were destined for
southern South Vietnam and the adjacent
base areas in Cambodia.
Hanoi is still leaving itself the option
of resuming the troop flow if events in
southern Indochina require it. Recent in-
tercepts indicate the Communists intend
to keep their major logistical stations in
the Laos panhandle open at least through
May.
Madame Binh's announcement yesterday that she
is leaving Paris is one more indication the Viet-
namese Communists intend to put the talks on ice
for the time being. It is not clear from her state-
ment how soon she will be leaving
Her departure will leave Xuan Thuy, her
counterpart in the North Vietnamese dele-
gation, as the only high-ranking Vietnam-
ese Communist official still in Paris.
North Vietnamese spokesmen have hinted
that he too may be Leaving soon.
Madame Binh placed heavy emphasis during
her press conference on the recent Indo-
chinese "summit conference" and on the
mutual solidarity" of the region's three
countries. This strongly suggests that
the Vietnamese Communists think the great-
est advantage in the immediate future is
to be gained from combining military pres-
sure with political action in the Indo-
chinese context, rather than from new
initiatives in Paris or any other inter-
national forum.
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USSR
The latest satellite photography shows one new
group of ten SS-11 silos under construction at the
Yedrovo ICBM complex, one at the Pervomaysk IRBM
complex, and one at the Derazhnya MRBM complex.
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MEDITERRANEAN
? Roberto Ducci, a ranking official in the Italian
Foreign Ministry, told a US Embassy officer last week
that Rome saw little advantage in a tripartite Medi-
terranean pact withParis and Madrid. Not only would
the Italians find such close association with the
Franco government politically unacceptable, but they
do not believe that it is in the Western interest to
divide the Mediterranean into Eastern and Western
zones, as though the Eastern Mediterranean were lost
to the Soviets.
France has been promoting the idea of a
Mediterranean Pact of some sort ever since
De Gaulle became president.
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LAOS: Current Situation
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NOTES
Laos: The situation remains essentially un-
changed south of the Plaine des Jatres, although .
light enemy probes have been reported near Tha Tam
Bleung and Sam Thong. Yesterday four 122-mm, rock-
ets hit near the Long Tieng airstrip; no casualties
or serious damage were reported. North of the Plaine,
the Communists are intensifying the pressure against
Bouam Long, but so far government losses have been
light.
East Germany - West Germany: The two govern-
ments are expected to sign an agreement regulating
and improving postal and telecommunications exchanges
today. This should help the atmosphere for the next
summit meeting between Chancellor Brandt and East
German Premier Stoph at Kassel on 21 May.
Arab States Fedayeen: Yet another fedayeen
organizatibh--the Popular Struggle Front?has tar-
geted US facilities and enterprises A spokesman
hinted that his group may conduct terrorist attacks
within the US. The Front has only tWO?hundred Or so
members, but it has the capability of carrying out
its threats. It was responsible for the bombing of
the offices of El Al and Pan American airlines in
Turkey last weekend.
Guyana: Prime Minister Burnham announced at a
press conference last week that the government intends
to hold discussions with the foreign-owned bauxite
and sugar industries in order to ensure "local mean-
ingful participation" in controlling these industries.
He also said future concessions will require a mini-
mum Guyanese participation of 51 percent.- The total
foreign investment in Guyana is somewhere between
$150 million and $200 million. The US share is about
$55 million.
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