THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 16 JUNE 1970

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005977512
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• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: June 16, 1970

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The President's Daily Brief
16 June 1970
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
16 June 1970
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Events in Cambodia are discussed on Page 1.
Jordan remains relatively quiet except for sporadic
shooting in settlements near Amman. (Page 2)
The European Allied defense ministers are looking
into ways increased financial support could be pro-
vided for US forces in Europe. (Page 3)
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CAMBODIA
Yesterday, for the first time, an enemy force
attacked the capital of Kompong Chhnang Province.
Communist activity in Kompong Chhnang has increased
substantially recently, and an assault on the capi-
tal has been expected by local government forces.
-On 14 June, the Communists cut Route 5, the main
road in the province, which was also the only re-
maining road linking Phnom Penh with the Thai border.
The situation in Kompong Speu remains unclear.
About 4,000 South Vietnamese troops, backed by heavy
artillery support, are still trying to drive tena-
cious enemy forces out of the center of the city.
No new fighting was reported in Siem Reap, but
a government spokesman claimed that the Communists
have mined the approaches to the main temple at
Angkor Wat, and have dug in and established command
and observation posts in the ruins.r
The Communists are continuing their steady pres-
sure on the government's garrisons in Labansiek and
Bokheo in Ratanakiri Province. Phnom Penh remains
optimistic, however, that its forces in Ratanakiri
can hold out as long as South Vietnamese air support
continues.
Most Communist main force infantry regiments in
the Cambodia - South Vietnam border region continue
to evade allied sweep operations; few major moves
have been noted since early in June. The most sig-
nificant was the recent northwestward shift of the
North Vietnamese 95C Regiment from its border base
camp to join up with the rest of the 9th Division,
concentrated to the south of Kompong Cham. In ad-
dition, an element of the North Vietnamese 1st Di-
vision Headquarters moved some 25 miles to the
northwest where it is probably controlling the North
Vietnamese 101D Regiment around Kompong Speu.
The task force set up by the Djakarta conference
to develop support for reactivating the International
Control Commission and convening a broadly based con-
ference on Indochina visited the United Nations last
week. The next stop is Moscow, where the delegation
is scheduled to talk with Gromyko on 17 June.
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JORDAN
The country remains relatively quiet excep for
a few exchanges of firing in settlements near Amman
last night. There were no reports of gunfire in the
capital itself for the first day in a week and ac-
tivity is returning to normal with repair and clean-
ing up under way. Scattered incidents took place
over the weekend, and they are now being investi-
gated by joint government-fedayeen committees set'
up for the purpose.
Some of the local employees of the US Embassy
have reported that fedayeen representatives are
questioning them about their fellow workers. The
employees are understandably nervous about such in-
cidents, although only one instance of mistreatment
has been reported.
Negotiations are said to be still going
on between the regime and the fedayeen,
but there is no indication whether any
settlement will emerge that deals with
the major issues.
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NOTE
NATO: The European Allied defense ministers--
the so-called Eurogroup--have agreed to look for new
ways to ease the cost of US forces in Europe in order
to forestall or limit possible US troop cutbacks.
They decided to examine how, through better alloca-
tion of defense expenditures, increased financial
support for the US presence could be provided. On
the initiative of West German Defense Minister
Schmidt, the group agreed to explore the possibility
of taking over part or all of the US portion of
NATO's infrastructure expenditures. British Defense
Minister Healey suggested that the Europeans could
be more helpful with the local costs of US forces.
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