THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 20 JUNE 1970

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005977520
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 12
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: June 20, 1970

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The President's Daily Brief
20 June 1970
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
20 June 1970
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Current developments in Cambodia are discussed on
Page 1,
In Laos, the Communists are successfully countering
government moves in the Saravane area. (Page 3)
Communist China has strengthened its ground forces
in northern China. (Page 4)
The Bolivian Government is faced with continuing
student demands and threats of demonstrations.
(Page 5)
The Soviets
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Soyuz-9 experiments will aid Soviet programs to
develop permanent space stations and a manned lunar
landing. (Page 6)
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Cambodia: Current Situation
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CAMBODIA
Kompong Thom city reports fierce fighting
there yesterday. the city was still
encircled
On 18 June
the regional commander asked Phnom Penh for massive
intervention by "allied heliported troops" in order
to save Kompong Thom. Press reports claim that some
enemy forces have pushed to within 200 yards of ma-
jor government strong points in the city, and that
allied aircraft are attacking to relieve the pressure
on defenders,
in areas east of the Mekong River at the Laos-
Cambodia border the Communists have requisitioned
all bicycles, trucks, and boats for use in moving
ammunition to Kompong Thom, and to Siem Reap as well.
The situation at Kompong Chhnang city apparently
has stabilized, at least for the moment.)
Phnom Penh is calm, but government spokesmen
continue to talk of an impending attack on the city.
There is still no evidence any enemy action is in
the offing/
The US Embassy reports that Lon Nol finally has
agreed to the evacuation of? the, government's? two re-
Maining outposts in.Ratanakiri.Province. No time--
table for the evacuation of Labansiek and Bokheo
towns has thus far been set, however.
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Cambodian-Lao discussions on possible joint op-
erations to interdict enemy supply lines have petered
out. A five-man party of Cambodian Army officers
visited Vientiane from 12-15 June and discussed the
possibility of "joint" operations to interdict enemy
supply lines running through southern Laos into Cam-
bodia, in spite of the fact that Phnom Penh currently
has no forces available for such an effort. Officials
in Vientiane were generally agreeable to the use of
Lao troops but were unwilling to make specific tac-
tical commitments or to train Cambodian recruits
which Phnom Penh hoped to make available to the Lao
Army for use in border operations. -The Cambodian
delegation returned home with no firm plans for sub-
sequent meetings. The Laotians did promise, however,
to turn over any French weapons which may be left
in the Lad Army inventory.
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Laos: Current Situation
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LAOS
The Communists continue to frustrate government
efforts to retake Saravane. Press reports indicate
that government defenders have abandoned Ban Nong
Boua, a small base southeast of Saravane which was
to have served as a staging area for the recapture
of the town. Ban Nong Boua had been under inter-
mittent rocket and mortar fire for the past several
days.
The only radio beacon site in south Laos, lo-
cated-a short distance from Ban Nong Boua at Phou
Kate, has also fallen to the Communists. The beacon
had been a valuable navigational aid for air opera-
tions in the southern panhandle.
The military situation in northern Laos remains
relatively quiet, with only minor skirmishes re-,
ported.' Continuing bad Weather southwest of the
Plaine des Jarres has forced yang Pao to postpone,
at least temporarily, his drive to retake Ban Na,
North of the Plaine, Laotian guerrillas recaptured
an important outpost guarding the approaches to the
government's long-besieged base at Bouam Long.
Enemy forces, who had seized the outpost in early
April, did not oppose this action.
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COMMUNIST CHINA
In the past few months Peking has moved several
armies to strengthen its ground forces in north China.
Two armies from east and southeast China, the 27th
and 28th, appear to have moved northward to the Pe-
king area. In addition, there are tenuous sugges-
tions that the 47th Army has moved from south China
to the northwest. A few other armies are also out
of communications but so far there is no indication
that they have redeployed.
A typical Chinese army numbers some 40,000.
Therefore the northern deployment of three
armies may have resulted in an increase of
100-120,000 troops in the north. We had
previously estimated ground forces strength
there at 1 - 1.2 million.
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BOLIVIA
Attempts by the Ovando government to link the
deaths of two Cochabamba university students to al-
leged US "agents" have backfired. Leftist student
and labor groups are using statements by government
leaders to substantiate their charges that foreign
elements were respbnsible for the students' deaths
and to drum up support for further demonstrations
against the government. The students are demanding
that the government expel Ambassador Siracusa and
the US military mission there. Further demonstra-
tions are planned for La Paz and other cities and
US installations could be targets.
The Ovando government has given no evi-
dence that it knows what to do about the
growing student unrest and the students
are interpreting the government's inac-
tion
as weakness. Members of the mili-
tary
are becoming
increasingly uneasy
over
the handling
of the student disor-
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NOTES
USSR:
USSR: Soyuz-9 was recovered yesterday in the
Soviet Union after setting a new duration record for
manned spaceflight of 18 days.
The results
L'IJLainu will. De userui to tne soviets in programs
leading to development of permanent space stations
and a manned lunar landing.
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