THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 10 JULY 1970

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005977559
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 13
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: July 10, 1970

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The President's Daily Brief
10 July 1970
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
10 July 1970
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Recent satellite photography shows much activity at
the missile test center-in Communist China (Page 1)
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The latest military developments in Cambodia are
summarized on Page 3.
In Jordan,
government
agreement between the fedayeen and the
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Discontent in Nigeria's oversized army is said to be
on the rise. (Page 5)
Satellite photography has pinpointed some more earthen
revetments in Egypt big enough to accommodate TU-16
medium jet bombers. (Page 6)
The Soviet relief airlift to Peru is finally under
way. (Page 6)
The situation in Bolivia remains unsettled. (Page 6)
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China
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COMMUNIST CHINA
? Satellite photography of late June shows much
activity at the'Shuang-.cheng-tzu missile test. center.
Within- the.past-two months the Chinese have built a
150-foot service tower at one of two. large launch
pads.,
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COMMUNIST CHINA
A missile launch complex has now been firmly
identified near the Korean border at Lin-chiang,
formerly called I-cho-mao
. Satellite photography in
late June showed a missile transporter there which
resembles transporters observed earlier at the
guided missile production plant near Peking. A
silo also appears to be under construction at the
pad and a rail-mounted cover for a silo is located
nearby.
It is still unclear whether this will be
a research and development launch facil-
ity or an operational site.
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Cambodia: Current Situation
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CAMBODIA
Communist forces yesterday launched light ground
attacks against the provincial capitals of Kompong'
Thom and Kompong Speu. Few details are available on
the. action at Kompong Speu, At. Kompong- Thom, enemy
forces followed up their almost nightly mortar at-
tacks on the city with a ground probe.which was re-
pulsed., apparently with no government casualties.
The probe may foreshadow heavier assaults;
the Communists continue to maintain a sigr-
nificant presence in the area. There is
no further- information on the six-battalion
Cambodian Army task force - en route by river
from Phnom Penh to reinforce the. city.
Communist troop movements continue in Kompong.
Chhnang Province. In addition to bnety concentra-
tions south of the provincial capital, other troops'
are reported to have moved out. of the .Cardamom Moun-
tains- toward the Cambodian Army's large training
center at Romeas. Cambodian: Communists cut the
Phnom Penh - Battatbang rail, line some six miles
northwest of Romeas on 7 July, The rail: line to the
south of* Romeas was cut two weeks earlier, when the
Communists destroyed a station and considerable
equipment' atTbeng Khpuos,
Communist forces arealso on the move in nearby
Kompong Cham Province. The Viet COng' 271st Regiment
recently moved from Prey Veng, some 20 miles north-
ward to link up with its:parent- unit--the Viet Cong.
9th Division--at a position some 17 miles southwest
of Kompong Cham city.
In ,western Cambodia, intercepted Cambodian mes-
sages indicate that Thai aircraft are inflicting
sizable enemy ,losses in strafing Communist positions
near. Siem Reap city.. The. Thais are also flying in-
terdiction. missions against- enemy traffic along'
Route 6 from Siem Reap to Kompong Thom. Most. of
this road is under Communist control,
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JORDAN
At a meeting on Monday between representatives
of the fedayeen and the government, the fedayeen
agreed to government proposals that would have
drastically restricted their presence in urban
areas, but they then added three conditions of
their own. These conditions are that the army be
withdrawn from Amman and its environs; that any
government offices and agencies hostile to the
fedayeen be disbanded; and that any government of-
ficials deemed to be working against the fedayeen
movement be dismissed.
The King
already has accepted
the mediation of representatives of
other Arab states and has designated pro-
fedayeen members of his cabinet as the
major element in the government's nego-
tiating team. At this stage it would be
difficult for him to reject any terms
agreed to by the mediators and his own
ministers.
the fedayeen believe that all or
most of the new cabinet will resign if
the King does not agree to the fedayeen's
conditions. They seem confident that the
army is not yet prepared to move against
them. Nevertheless, the army appears
determined not to accept further erosion
of its power and authority. Such uncom-
promising attitudes on both sides have
put the King more on the spot than ever.
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NIGERIA
that discontent in the lower
reaches of the army is so intense that junior offi-
cers and NCOs are planning a coup. Their main
grievance is that senior officers are preoccupied
with getting rich and that many have succeeded.
A further irritant is that many junior officers who
received battlefield commissions during the war
have recently been reduced in rank.
General Gowon is probably aware of the
dissatisfaction within the army, and
quite possibly knows of the coup plotting.
Key senior officers are loyal to Gowon
and seem capable of suppressing any coup
attempt by junior officers. There might
well be a general deterioration of disci-
pline within the largely idle 2003000-man
army, however, and isolated mutinies
could occur.
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NOTES
Egypt-Sudan-USSR; The most recent satellite
photography shows 15 new earthen revetments large
enough to accommodate TU-16 medium jet bombers at.
Wadi.Natrun Northeast Airfield in Egypt.. Forty-nine
of these protective works-have been built at air-
fields in-Egypt and the Sudan since the first-of
this-year, bringing the total in the two countries
to 99.. Egypt has 16 operational TU-16s and the So-
viet-naval reconnaissance squadron in Egypt has ten..
Bolivia: The fate of armed forces commander
General-Torres still- has not been settled, and the
political situation remains uncertain. TheA.overn-
ment has not given final, approval to the reorganiza-.
tion.of the military high command through which
Torres' position-would be abolished., and- Torres con-
tinues to follow his normal routine. It is still
quite likely that Torres will be removed from his
post--the army commander, General Miranda, is de-
manding_Torres' head and is backing up his demand
with threats of force.
USSR-Peru: After several false starts, the So-
viet relief airlift finally got under way yesterday
with the departure of the lead aircraft from Moscow.
It is scheduled to reach Lima on 11 July. Another
batch of aircraft is to take off for Peru today.
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