THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 3 JULY 1970

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005977545
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 12
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: July 3, 1970

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The President's Daily Brief
3 July 1970
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
3 July 1970
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
In Cambodia, the struggle continues while Lon Nol
attempts to make his government more efficient and
tries to get some effective help from his neighbors.
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Libya expands the threat of nationalization to in-
clude two more US oil companies. (Page 4)
Violence is an increasing problem in the Dominican
Republic,
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little more information on the Soviet airlift.
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Cambodia: Current Situation
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CAMBODIA
The enemy shelled the provincial capital of Svay
Rieng yesterday, causing 12 military and civilian
casualties. Aground attack on Svay Rieng may be in
the offing. Cambodian Army messages report consid-
erable numbers of Communist troops to the northeast
and east of the city. The enemy also directed spo-
radic fire against the Neak Luong ferry crossing yes-
terday.
Cambodian troops skirmished yesterday with an
unknown number of Communists during a clearing oper-
ation on Route 6 southeast of Kompong Thom city.
The enemy destroyed a bridge before being forced to
withdraw.
Cambodian Army messages describe the situation
at Siem Reap as calm but indicate that Communist
troops have moved into position as close as two miles
to the city. Allied air strikes continue against
enemy gun positions that have been harassing Siem
Reap from time to time.
The Communists may be intensifying their activ-
ities in Oddar Meanchey Province. Small enemy groups
have been sighted by Cambodian forces near two vil-
lages south of the provincial capital of Samrong.
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Intercepts show that the headquarters of both
the Viet Cong 9th Division and the North Vietnamese
95C Regiment were deployed near Tonle Bet town in
Kompong Cham Province on 1 July. Twenty-four Cambo-
dian Army battalions, including some Khmer Krom units,
are now assigned to the province. In addition, some
South Vietnamese Army troops are still operating
along sections of Route 7.
In addition to his recent cabinet shakeup, Lon-
Nol has revealed plans to reduce the administrative
load on the ministries by establishing 12 general
commissariats. The new organizations will be manned
by technical experts who will be responsible for
running program details. The exact relationship be-
tween the commissariats and the concerned ministries
is unclear.
Lon Nol promises more sweeping reforms in the
way in which Cambodia is governed. He has made a
special point of indicating his government aims to
better the lives of Cambodian villagers.
A Cambodian delegation is scheduled to leave
for Djakarta this week to work out thefl details for
the training of Cambodian military personnel in Indo-
nesia. The group will meet with President Suharto
in addition to Indonesian military
officials.
Indonesia has sent several teams of military
advisers to Cambodia since April, but the question
of Indonesian supply of other military assistance,
such as arms, has caused some contention in Djakarta.
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In an interview with Ambassador Bunker on 1
July, President Thieu said he foresaw a long war. in
Cambodia, with the Communists pursuing a classical
struggle in the countryside and harassing Phnom Penh
to keep the government off balance.
Thieu says he intends, for the immediate future,
to maintain pressure to keep the Communists out of
their former sanctuaries along the border and that
his forces may set up bases near the Parrot's Beak
and Fishhook areas. Another base will be maintained
at the Neak Luong ferry in order to facilitate the
continued repatriation of Vietnamese refugees. One
of the most troublesome problems that South Vietnam-
ese forces have run into in the Cambodian interior
so far, Thieu said, has been the need to furnish Cam-
bodian forces with helicopters and other air support.
Cambodian requests for helicopter lifts have been
especially urgent due to the insecurity of many of
the roads in the Cambodian countryside, and the South
Vietnamese do not have enough helicopters to provide
this kind of movement.
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LIBYA
The threat of nationalization continues to hang
over US-owned oil companies. Occidental
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and Marathon, are threatened.
Local newspaper and radio commentary has been
in a similar vein.
Such threats help to build more pressure
on Western oil firms during the current
price negotiations and serve also to under-
line the opportunity that nationalization
of companies would present to
the Libyans,
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ISRAEL UAR-USSR
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WEST GERMANY
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
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Since 26 June, there have been eight killings
in Santo Domingo--six of them having political over-
tones. President Balaguer is determined to reduce
the level of violence, and to that end has insti-
tuted special military and police patrols.
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USSR-PERU
The start of the Soviet airlift of relief aid
to Peru has been moved up one day and now is to begin
on 6 ,July. A western oil firm in Iceland (Esso) has
been re uested to refuel the Soviet aircraft.
]the Soviet shipment will consist
of prefabricated homes, road-building equip-
ment, and a family hospital. A group of
75 doctors is said to be scheduled to ar-
rive in Peru early in July for a two-month
stay.
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