THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 8 JULY 1970

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005977555
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: July 8, 1970

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The President's Daily Brief
8 July 1970
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
8 July 1970
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
The situation in Cambodia is discussed on Page 1.
Bucharest is angry over. Moscow's premature publica-
tion of a summary of the new Soviet-Romanian friend-
ship treaty. (Page 4)
The lead flight of the Soviet relief airlift to Peru
has been rescheduled for 9 July. (Page 5)
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Cambodia: Current Situation
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CAMBODIA
Continuous air strikes and government rein-
forcements have failed to dislodge Communist forces
from staging areas on the outskirts of SaanT. Vil-
lagers reported on.7 July that hundreds of Viet'
Cong were marching on the townfrom the east and
south. The garrison commander has urgently re-
quested. additional ammunition.
Southwest of Phnom Penh, the Communists appear
to be preparing for another major attack on the
provincial capital of Kompong Speu. The city has
been shelled intermittently for the past several
.weeks. Cambodian villagers report that the Commu-
nists are moving weapons and munitions northward
toward' the city. In addition, the headquarters of
the North Vietnamese 1st Division recently moved
from the South Vietnamese border to a position some.
20 miles south of the city. The mission of the
headquarters may be to control -operations by ele-
ments of the.101D,Regiment, two sapper battalions,
and two unidentified battalions that are all now
located in the vicinity of KOmpong.Speu.
In nearby Koh Kong Province, Communist forces
are' reported to be concentrating on both sides' of,
Route 4, the overland' artery that links Phnom Penh
with Kompong Som (Sihanoukville).
numbers of
Viet Cong and Cambodian Communist troops are lo-
cated near the government's command post at Kompong
Seila, which came under enemy attack on 5 July.
In the northeast, some' North Vietnamese main
force units subordinate to the Communist B-3 Front
have drifted back to their border base areas from
positions in the Cambodian interior, These units
may be returning to re-establish their. logistic
system.
The' government has undertaken a city-wide
search in Phnom Penh for Communist agents,'sympa-
thizers, and munitions, caches. The operation thus
far has turned up very little. Cambodian police
have' had' little practical experience in dealing
with Communist infiltrationand concealment tech-
niques in urban areas, and South Vietnamese officers
who have been in Phnom Penh are appalled at CaMbo-
dian security practices.
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ROMANIA-USSR
Studious efforts on both sides to maintain a
facade of cordiality fell apart at the end of Soviet.
Premier Kosygin's visit to Romania for the signing
of a new treaty of friendship and mutual assistance.
TASS promptly published a summary of the treaty's
contents, including a provision obliging each side
to come to the assistance of the other, if it is at-
tacked by any enemy. If this is a true rendering,
then Romania's mutual defense commitments to the So-
viets have been extended beyond Europe. There was
no hint, however, that the Romanians accepted inclu-
sion of the Brezhnev-doctrine in the agreement.
The Romanians vigorously protested publication
of the Soviet version., angered by what apparently
was a violation of a previous agreement to publish.
the,texts simultaneously in Moscow and Bucharest to-
day. TASS has rescinded its summary.
It is possible that TASS made a mistake,
but it is equally Likely that a deliberate
affront to the Romanians was intended,
just as Brezhnev's last-minute boycott of
the treaty signing appears to have been,.
Although the treaty is designed as the
basis for correct relations between the
two, the circumstances of the signing may
Leave Romanian-Soviet relations less
friendly than before.
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NOTES
USSR-Peru: The USSR has again canceled the lead
flight for its relief airlift to Peru, but has indi-
cated that it will take place tomorrow if "meteoro-
? logical and technical conditions" are satisfactory.
Opening of the 65-plane airlift must await the lead
flight that is expected to carry the necessary air-
craft handling and maintenance personnel. The So-
viets now have secured landing rights and fueling
facilities en route.
North Vietnam - Laos:
Jordan:
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