THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 1 JULY 1970

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005977541
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: July 1, 1970

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The President's Daily Brief
1 July 1970
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
1 July 1970
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Enemy military pressure is increasing in western
Cambodia. (Page 1)
Peking's recent public attacks against the US seem
designed to please its Asian allies at the expense
of Moscow. (Page 5)
Anti-Americanism is on the rise in South Vietnam.
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CAMBODIA
Enemy forces continue to move through western
Kompong Thom Province, propagandizing villagers and
setting up administrations in villages they now oc-
cupy near Kompong Thom city.
on 29 June that enemy troops
are moving toward the town from the west and north;
The Communists have beaten
back a government relief column which was headed to-
ward Kompong Thom on Route 6. The government forces
have been ordered to withdraw south toward Phnom
Penh after running into heavy enemy pressure.
On the night of 27 June, Communist troops in
Siem Reap Province destroyed a bridge between the
capital and the town of Phnom Krom, near the eastern
shore of the Tonle Sap.
Phnom Krom is now held by the Communists, who have
emplaced heavy weapons there. Siem Reap city was
harassed again by light mortar fire during the night
of 29 June, but there were no casualties.
the
enemy plans to replace Vietnamese Communist forces
now occupying the Angkor ruins area with Cambodian
Communist elements. The object is to substantiate
propaganda claims that Angkor is held by Sihanouk's
"army." The Cambodians also allege that Lao Commu-
nist troops are in the Siem Reap - Kompong Thom area,
but we have no confirmation of this.
Enemy attacks on the besieged Lovek munitions
depot in Kompong Chhnang Province continue. South
Vietnamese reinforcements have reached Lovek. Some
Communist troops were said to be. concentrated just
north of Kompong Chhnang city on. 27 June, and an
army message has indicated an. enemy "heavy weapons'
battalion" is moving from western Kompong Cham Prov-
ince toward the,town.
One of the government's last remaining outposts
in Preah Vihear Province was attacked yesterday
About 300
Cambodian Army troops are defending the post at Ban
Phai, near the Thai border. Several Thai border
police platoons have moved into defensive positions
on the Thai side of the border. Some Thai Army
troops are also being moved from Ubon for duty along
this sector.
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There are now eight battalions of the North
Vietnamese B3 Front in northeastern Catbodia. This
shows the importance the Communists attach to secur-
ing lines of communication and areas for resupply
in. this region.
Sihanouk and the Communists
The Soviets for the first time have given
Sihanouk's "Royal Government of National Union" a
public measure of respectability. Yesterday Pravda
identified Thiounn Munn, who is visiting Moscow, as
the "minister of finance and economy" in Sihanouk's
government. Earlier Soviet press treatment of Munn's
visit..was ina lower key, similar to the way Moscow
treats various "liberation movements" that travel to
the USSR. 'Pravda did not mention Sihanouk's atbas-
Sador. in Moscow, however, and Soviet media still re-
fer tO "neutral" Cambodia, which .suggests that the
Soviets are still undecided about recognizing Sihanouk.
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SUEZ CANAL AREA
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ISRAEL-UAR-USSR
Yesterday's action shatters the Israeli
hope that its heavy bombing raids would
prevent the emplacement of fully opera-
tional missile sites along the west bank
of the canal. In addition, the loss of
two Phantoms in one day compared to a to-
tal of 23 aircraft lost over the past three
years may cause a tactical rethink. Never-
theless, Israel's strategic goal, the main-
tainance of air superiority over the canal,
probably will not change.
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COMMUNIST CHINA
Chinese Communist tirades against the US are
increasing in volume and virulence. Recent,state-
ments have charged Washington with continuing hos-
tility and have belittled US efforts to improve re-
lations with Peking. For the first time in over a
year, a Chinese official has publicly declared that
relaxation of tensions is-"out of the question" while'
the US "occupies" Taiwan. Other commentaries have
flailed at the US defense treaty with Taipei, alleged
US support for Nationalist raids against the mainland,
and intrusions into Chinese air and sea space by US
military forces.
With
their problems with Moscow unresolved, the
Chinese have a long-term interest in a dia-
logue with Washington.
Peking's militant line is primarily an at-
tempt to exploit Moscow's cautious approach
to developments in Indochina by playing
heavily on anti-US themes, which are well
received in both Hanoi and Pyongyang. The
Chinese may also calculate that Washington,
preoccupied with events in Indochina, has
put the question of Sino-US relations on
the back burner. One imponderable in the
situation, however, is that the develop-
ments to the south may have for the moment
strengthened the hand of those in the Pe-
king leadership who have argued against
talking to the "imperialists."
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SOUTH VIETNAM
Anti-Americanism has become politically fashion-
able in some Saigon circles.
a number of deputies be-
lieve an anti-American stance will enhance their re-
election prospects in 1971. Asa result, open crit-
icism of the US on the Assembly floor has become
more common in the past two months.
A similar trend is evident in the Saigon press.
One newspaper has increased its circulation by fea-
turing anti-American policy, and two others are fol-
lowing the lead.
Student groups also are using anti-Americanism
in an effort to advance their causes.
anti-
Americanism probably would be the main theme of the
next student demonstration, a tactic the students
did not dare use until recently.
Anti-Americanism has been latent for some
time in South Vietnam, but it has surfaced
rather suddenly to become a convenient
political instrument. By criticizing the
US for the country's problems, opposition
elements count on discrediting the Thieu
administration.
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NOTE
USSR-China: The chief Soviet negotiator at
the deadlocked Peking talks, Deputy Foreign Minister
Kuznetsov, is ill and returned to the USSR yesterday,
according to an official Hungarian news agency report
from Peking. The press report states that both So-
viet and Chinese doctors consulted on Kuznetsov's
case, which suggests that it is not a diplomatic ill-
ness to facilitate Kuznetsov's long-sodght exit from
the negotiations. Kuznetsov's departure may further
complicate the talks which probably will recess un-
til Moscow and Peking agree on how to continue.
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