THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 22 JUNE 1970

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005977522
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 11
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: June 22, 1970

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The President's Daily Brief
22 June 1970
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LATE ITEM
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A late report from the Associated Press states
that President Velasco of Ecuador has assumed dicta-
torial power
It is also reported that the army has begun a roundup
of leftist leaders and that paratroopers have occu-
pied university campuses.
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
22 June 1970
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
The situation in Cambodia is discussed on Page 1.
Communist forces have captured another government
guerrilla base in southern Laos. (Page 3)
Ecuador
(Page 4)
Arab leaders are meeting in Libya. (Page 5)
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CAMBODIA
Phnom Penh dispatched five-army battalions by
road yesterday ? to reinforce battered government de-
fenders at Kompong Thom.- Although there was no major
attack on the city on. the night of 20-21 June, the
Communists continue to control areas east and south
of the city. An intercepted Cambodian Army message
claims that all light, water, and, power. facilities in
the city are now inoperative. Communist prisoners
captured at Kompong Cham say they were .assigned to a
North Vietnamese Army regiment, which:is now located
east of Kompong Thom. The prisoners-probably are
members of the Viet Cong 275th Regiment. They also
said-the regiment is a unit that specializes:in-at7
tacking heavily populated areas.
Captured enemy documents indicate that the Viet
Cong 275th Regiment was reorganized and split into
two regimental-sized units on 15 June.. Personnel. for
one battalion of the 275th were recruited from Cam-
bodian Communist insurgents and local Vietnamese
The documents' also state. the 275th is now carrying:
out the "first phase" of guerrilla warfare in Cam-
bodia, and coordinating' closely with psychological
and propaganda activities in. accordance with COSVN'
plans against' the Lon NO1 regime.
Another major Communist push against' the provin-
cial capital of Kompong.Cham is under way, with the
enemy making ground and' artillery attacks on the
city. Two battalions of Khmer Ktom troops at Tonle
Bet town, on the east bank of the Mekong opposite
Kompong Cham, are also under attack by sizable Com-
munist forces supported by artillery fire. Elements'
of the Viet Cong 9th Division apparently. are involved
in these attacks. Press reports indicate the ferry
at Kompong Cham is not operating, and all, roads sur-'
rounding the city-have been cut by the Communists.
South Vietnamese Army units' areno longer operating'
near Kompong Cham.
In Prey Veng Province, 100 enemy troops attacked'
a South Vietnamese Army battalion just north' of: the
provincial capital on 20 June. Elements of the Viet
Cong 271st Regiment are' believed to be operating in
that area.
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Intercepts show that- several important elements
of the Communist B-3 Front have redently moved from
the central highlands area in South Vietnam to posi-
tions that: threaten the government's two remaining
posts in the northeast; Labansiek and'Bokhecr. , The
headquarters of the North Vietnamese 24th Regiment
was Iodated a few miles east.of Labansiek on 20 June,
and a battalion from the Communists"95B Regiment
was several miles south of the town. Previously, a
battalion of the North Vietnamese 24th Regiment and
two battalions under 133 Front control had been
spotted moving into this generalregion.
The US Embassy in Taipei reports that' the Chi-
nese Nationalists are prepared' to send immediately
to. Cambodia those military items for which US con-
currence is not required; in addition, Taipei has
requested US approval to provide Cambodia with-M-14
rifles, M-60 machine guns, and backpack radios.
The deputy chief of staff of the
that on 16 June the Chinese National-
ist ambassador there informed Prime Minister Thanom
that Cambodia had tentatively accepted Taiwan's offer
to provide it with sufficient light and medium equip-
ment for two divisions, but that thus far Phnom Penh
had not made the necessary arrangements to receive
them. Thanom told the ambassador that he would urge
Lon Nol to send representatives to Taiwan to work out
the details.
The second problem broached by the ambassador
was transportation ofthe equipment, including weap-
ons, from Taiwan to Cambodia. Thanom suggested ship-
ping the material. either through KOmpong-Som (Sihan-
otkville) and then overland to Phnom Penh, or through
Bangkok and then by rail or truck to the Cambodian
capital. He also said he would ask, for US help to
transport. the material.
moving e materia o nom en via :.. ? ? ?? ase
this route was more secure and less likely to be de-
tected by Western iournalists in Cambodia.
would be amenable to
any US transportation plan. He also-indicated that
Bangkok wanted to take possession of the Chinese
Nationalist arms, equip' Cambodians to be trained in
Thailand with some of them, and "hold" the rest until
Phnom Penh needed them. Thailand, he said would
also be "glad" to furnish a ship to move them- to
Bangkok, provided the Thai Government was reimbursed
in full by the US.
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Communists Continue Pressure in Southern Laos
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LAOS
a govern-
ment guerrilla base some 15 miles north of the Com-
munist-occupied provincial town of Saravane fell to
enemy forces on 18 June. The base stands astride
Route 233, which runs from Route 92 to the Toumlane
Valley; if improved, Route 233 would offer the enemy
another alternate infiltration route to the south.
At least three other government bases in the Sara-
vane area have been overrun by the Communists within
the past week.
The Communists may soon expand their o -
erations further in this region.
enemy patro s
have been selecting firing sites for rocket
attacks against the Mekong River town of
Pakse, the most important government
stron hold in southern Laos.f
Southern leaders are un-
happy over what they consider to be Vientiane's in7
adequate response to the deteriorating military
situation in their region. (
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NOTE
Arab States: Some leaders attending the current
Arab conference in Libya are taking advantage of the
gathering to promote their own interests. Nasir
probably is trying to sell his ideas for a unified
command structure, and undoubtedly will again make
a pitch for more effective military coordination on
Israel's easternfront to ease the pressure in the
Suez Canal area./
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