THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 5 JULY 1970

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005977549
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: July 5, 1970

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PLS PASS FOLLOWING TO THE PRESIDENT AT SAN CLEMENTE:
HEREWITH.PDB OF 5 JULY:
CAMBODIA
sx) NO MAJOR MILITARY ACTIVITY HAS BEEN REPORTED
IN THE PAST TWENTY-FOUR HOURS./
AROUND
SI.EM REAP CITY, ENEMY FORCES, WHILE ACTIVE IN THE
:COUNTRYSIDE, ARE STILL LARGELY AVOIDING CONTACT WITH
cAMBODIAN UNITS. ACCORDING TO A CAMBODIAN ARMY
INTERCEPT.,::'' THAI AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT WERE TO BE
AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT STEN REAP 'S DEFENDERS BEGINNING
YESTERDAY. TO THIS EtID,44HALAADI*.rgitmHAS BEEN -
SET UP IN SIEM REAP. SOUTH AND EAST OF PHNOM PENH,
GOVERNMENT- FORCES BEGAN MOP-UP OPERATIONS AGAINST
WITHDRAWING ENEMY TROOPS.
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THE BANGKOK POST ALSO CARRIES AN INTERVIEW WITH
MINISTER - THAN OM 'S BROTHER , GENERAL SANGA,
V HO HAS' jUST 'TAKEN OVER '` THE' MMBER NAV IN
THE FOREIGN MINISTRY. SANGA TOOK THE USUAL SNIPES
.AT SEATO, .TERMING IT A "PAPER TIGER" AND A
"FAILURE." SANGA, HOWEVER, APPARENTLY WENT SO FAR
AS TO CALL FOR ITS DISSOLUTION, A PROPOSAL THAT EVEN
THANAT, SEAT*O'S SHARPEST CRITIC, HAS STOPPED SHORT
OF. ?,SANGA ..APPARENTLY BELIEVES THAT THE US COMMITMENT
TO THAILAND cAn. BE SUBSUMED NDER OTHER "MECHANISMS."
HE MAY HAVE IN MIND A BILATERAL TREATY IN WHICH THE
THAI HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST FROM TIME TO TIME, OR
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ACCORDING
TOTHE CAIRO PRESS, THERE HAVE BEEN TWO FORMAL MEETINGS
BETWEEN NASIR AND BREZHNEV, KOSYGIN, AND PODGORNY
IN THE PAST WEEK. A THIRD 'MEETING. TO HAVE BEEN
HELD ON 2 JULY, WAS SAID TO HAVE BEEN POSTPONED
UNTIL MONDAY BECAUSE OF THE SOVIET CENTRAL
COMMITTEE PLENUMOR AGRICULTURE. TWO LOWER LEVEL
'STANDING COMMITTEES ARE REPORTEDTOHAVE BEEN FORMED
TO DEAL WITH MILITARY AND DIPLOMATIC MATTERS
RESPECTIVELY.
? A UPI REPORT FROM 'MOSCOW YESTERDAY QUOTED AN
"AUTHORITATIVE" MIDDLE EASTERN SOURCE IN MOSCOW
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TO THE EFFECT THAT THE JOINT COMMUNIQUE AT:IKE
.:LOSE OF NASIR'S VISIT MAY NOT REJECT OUT OF
.f AND THE 'NEW;:uS INITIATIVE. THIS SOURCE CLAIMS THAT
THE ARABS SEE THEE''POSITIVELEMENTS,. IN THE US
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PROPOSAL AND THAT BOTH THE EGYPTIANS AND THE SOVIETS
,AGREE THAT' WASHINGTON'S UNDERSTANDING OF THE GENERAL
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PROBLEM IS BECOMING "CLEARER." I THOSE ELEMENTS OF THE
US APPROACH THE ARABS LIKE THE MOST INCLODE-SECRETARY
A:OGERS' USE OF THE WORD "PALESTINIANS;" THE RECONNENDA-
TIOW4RATJARRING:RESUME'HIVAISSION; AND THE
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REAFFIRMATION OF THE 1967 SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION
fOR A SETTLEMENT .?.
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THE TALKS ARE EXPECTED TO WIND UP EARLY NEXT
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A 'CATARRHAL AILMENT," AS ANNOUNCED BY TASS
YESTERDAY, MAY BE ONE OF THE REASONS WHY BREZHNEV
IS NOT GOING T B UD A P) TO SUN THE FRIENDSHIP
TREATY, BUT THERE ARE OTHERS. THE ROMANIANS'
OF COURSE BELIEVE-4gOT WITHOUT GOOD REASON--
THAT MOSCOW HAS DOWNGRADED ITS REPRESENTATION?
KOSYGIN WILL GO IN BREZHNEV'S PLACE--A DELIBERATE
SNUB TO CEAUSESCU WHO OF LATE HAS BEEN TALKING
UP ROMANIA'S INDEPENDENCE WITH RENEWED VIGOR
ALSO, BREZHNEV IS NOW INVOLVED IN THE NASIR
1111(5, WHICH MAY HAVE DRAGGED ON LONGER THAN HAD
BEEN EXPECTED. BREZHNEV MAY ALSO WANT 'TO BE IN MOSCOW
WHILE THE REGIME ASSESSES PRESIDENT NIXON'S
REPORT ON INDOCHINA AND HIS TELEVISION INTERVIEW.
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