THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 27 JUNE 1970

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005977532
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• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: June 27, 1970

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The President's Daily Brief
27 June 1970
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THE PRESIDENT S DAILY BRIEF
27 June 1970
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
A roundup of events in Cambodia begins on Page 1.
A Soviet party plenum probably
will review the agenda for the first session of the
legislature on 14 July. (Page 4)
An increase in enemy boat construction in south Laos
suggests that the Communists plan to take advantage
of the Se Kong River system to transport supplies.
(Page 5)
In West Germany, the Free Democratic Party convention
reaffirmed its support for the Brandt coalition.
(Page 6)
Libya is threatening to nationalize the holdings of
Occidental Petroleum Company. (Page 7)
Student militants and Buddhists may launch new demon-
strations this weekend in Saigon. (Page 8)
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Cambodia: Current Situation
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CAMBODIA
The Communists are continuing to attack in areas
north and west of Phnom Penh. Enemy forces in Kom-
pong Chhnang Province resumed ground and mortar at-
tacks on the town of Lovek and the nearby munitions
depot yesterday.
There is evidence that more Communist forces are
moving into the province. The enemy destroyed an-
other train station and a bridge on the railway to
Bangkok in the southern part of the province on 24
June. Government forces are now running a clearing
operation in that area.
The Communists yesterday also made a five-hour
night-time mortar and ground attack on a provincial
office and a military barracks in the town of Kompong
Speu, but government casualties apparently were light:
The headquarters of the North Vietnamese 101D Regiment
was located in a mountainous area some 25 miles west
of Kompong Speu on 25 June, and the headquarters of
its subordinate 7th Battalion was about 12 miles
southwest of the city.
The Communists may be planning new attacks
closer to Phnom Penh, A Cambodian Army
message claimed on 25 June that a "large"
enemy force was moving into positions just
northeast of the capital. Sizable enemy
forces are also reported in other areas
around Phnom Penh, including the force
which apparently still holds the river vil-
lage of Prek Tameak.
More reinforcements have arrived in Kompong Thom,
and others are moving in by road. Their progress has
been slowed by frequent enemy harassment. The city
itself remains firmly in government hands.
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In northern_Svay Rieng Province, an army message
indicates that the Communists have been stockpiling
substantial quantities of munitions, rice, and other
supplies near the South Vietnamese border. A Cambo-
dian military spokesman announced early today that
the government's. garrisons in Labansiek and Bokheo
in Ratanakiri Province have ,been safely evacuated..
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USSR
the Soviet press an-
nounced that the tirst session ot the newly elected
Supreme Soviet would be held on 14 July.
The first session of the Supreme Soviet,
as the nominally highest governing body,
formally approves the composition of the
council of ministers. A party plenum al-
ways precedes this session to approve its
agenda and any personnel changes which are
contemplated.
The plenum should also announce the date
of the already overdue 24th Party Congress.
The Soviet leadership is publicly committed
to holding the congress this year; the date
is usually announced six months in advance
to allow adequate time for preparations.
Difficulties in working out preliminary
guidelines for the next five-year plan
(1971-1975) have accounted in part for the
delay in scheduling the congress. The
plenum may also discuss agricultural mat-
ters or science and technology, subjects
which have been cited _ as
topics for discussion at the next central
committee plenum.
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Communists May Increase Use of Se Kong Waterway
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Contested territory
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LAOS
the Communists now have
boats operating between Ban Phone and Attopeu and
river craft shuttling supplies to the Cam-
bodian border along the lower portion of the Se Kong.
Intercepted messages indicate the Communist logistic
units in the panhandle were constructing river craft
as early as mid-May.
The Communists have been free floating
supplies down the Se Kong for some time.
Now that they have improved their control
of south Laos by seizing Attopeu and Sara-
vane, they apparently are planning more
ambitious logistic operations to include
the Se Kong and possibly the Mekong River
to transport supplies south.
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WEST GERMANY
The Free Democratic Party (FDP) and its chair-
man, Foreign Minister Scheel, received a temporary
reprieve at the FDP convention early this week. .
Prior to the convention-, former FDP chairman Erich
Mende tried to organize a return to conservative
policies. The moderates and the left wing reacted
by endorsing the coalition and. Ostpolitik, while
censuring Mende by a vote of 233 to 102.
State elections in Bavaria and Hesse- next
November will provide another hurdle for
the FDP and the coalition
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LIBYA
Yesterday an Algerian official told the US
charge that President Boumediene has been informed
that Libya has decided to nationalize Occidental
holdings in Libya in the next few days.
It has been difficult to determine who
has been calling the shots in Libya's
price negotiations with American firms.
While President Qaddafi and the chairman
of the negotiating team, Maghribi, were
on a Middle Eastern tour, Deputy Premier
Jallud made some conciliatory offers that
were considerably below previous govern-
ment demands. At the same time, however,
he stressed that a prompt settlement was
desired and that the companies should not
force the government to "do something it
does not want to do." The companies made
counteroffers and, as of last weekend, had
hopes of a mutually satisfactory settle-
ment.
Qaddafi and Maghribi--a bitter adversary
of Occidental--are now back. They will
not be as accommodating as Jallud, and it
is possible that the government has chosen
to sacrifice Occidental in order to bring
the other companies to heel. On the other
hand, the government may be using nation-
alization threats as a device to hasten a
settlement.
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NOTES
South Vietnam: Two funeral processions this
weekend may provide theoccasion for new demonstra-
tions in Saigon. One is for a Buddhist monk alleged
to have died of injuries during a factional clash
early last month, the other for a disabled veteran
said to have died after being shot by a policeman
recently. Student militants are trying-to.persuade
various groups to join the Buddhist procession, and
some are reported planning- to fire bomb AMerican in-
stallations, The militants have not had much suc-
cess assembling demonstrators lately, and the police
Will no doubt act forcefully to keep large crowds
from coming together..
Somalia:. The government has not officially
commented on its detention-yesterday of a US geolog-
ical survey ship, but in view of the current strains
in US-Somali relations Mogadiscio may exploit the
incident for propaganda purposes:. The ship was en
route to Durban, South Africa to conduct seismic re-
cordings for oildeposits when a patrol boat forced
it into the port of Chisimaio. Intercepted messages
indicate that police and security personnel have been
instructed by the Mogadiscio naval command to make a
detailed report on the ship's violation of territo-
rial waters and its failure toobserve the interna-
tional maritime code. The crew has been interrogated
and is being kept in a hotel under surveillance,
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