THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 6 AUGUST 1970

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005977610
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: August 6, 1970

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The President's Daily Brief
6 August 1970
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
6 August 1970
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
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In Cambodia, fighting continues in the Kompong Thom
area and the enemy may be preparing another assau,lt
on Kompong Cham city. (Page 2)
The North Vietnamese continue to take advantage of
Laotian waterways to move supplies south. (Page 3)
Representatives of five Arab states are meeting in
Tripoli amid signs of dissension within the Arab
world over the prospective Middle East cease-fire.
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CAMBODIA
The battle for control of Kompong Thom continues.
Some enemy elements were still holding out in the
northern sector of the city yesterday and a large
concentration of enemy troops is reported to be south
of Kompong Thom. All roads to the city have been
blocked by the enemy, but Cambodian and South Viet-
namese helicopters continue to shuttle supplies to
the isolated city.
In Kompong Cham Province, Skoun'remains in Com-
munist hands Government forcesi supported by air.
strikes, were maneuvering east and west. of the town
yesterday amid signs of increased enemy strength in
the area. East of Skoun, some enemy forces had in-
filtrated parts of the small town of Prey TOtung, on
Route 7, but a Cambodian Army spokesman announced
early today that this town had been recaptured..
We have word that Kompong Cham city was sub-
jected to harassing fire by 122-mm, rockets on 3
August?without damage. Although this report has not
been. confirmed., a villager previously claimed there
were nine launching positions for such weapons lo-
cated north of the city. The Communists have not
used .this weapon before in Cambodia. ThereAaave
been recent signs that the Communists are preparing,
for another assault on Kompong Cham city, which was
last attacked in mid-May.
Elsewhere, a large government convoy from the
recently dbandoned post of Thmar Keo in northwest
Kompong Speu Province continues its slow movement
southward toward Route 4. Communist:harassing at-
tacks have destroyed 14 vehicles in the convoy. Gov-
ernment relief forces trying to move north from
Route 4 to.link up. with the Thmar Keo evacuees also
have been slowed by enemy attacks and muddy roads..
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Communists Making Increased Use of Waterways
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Enemy communications indicate that Communist
supplies entering the Laotian panhandle by truck
have shown a steady decline from 65 tons a day dur-
ing May to about six tons a day during July. In-
stead the Communists are making increased use of
Laotian waterways to move supplies south.
Between 1 and 24 July the Communists attempted
to free-float 40-50 tons of rice and gasoline each
day down the Se Bang Hieng River to Tchepone. Enemy
messages indicate that three percent of the rice and
13 percent of the gasoline were destroyed during
that period, mainly by air strikes, and the efforts
have fallen short of the Communist goal of moving 55
tons a day.
Further south, the Communists are making in-
creased use of the Se Kong River to bypass rain- and
bomb-damaged roads between Ban Bac and the Cambodian
border. Since 22 June, however, guerrilla teams
have reported destroying 38 small boats carrying sup-
plies and personnel along this river.
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ARAB STATES
A five-nation conference of Arab foreign and
defense ministers finally convened in Tripoli yes-
terday despite the refusal of Iraq and Algeria to
attend. Originally slated to open last Monday, the
conference was postponed while Libyan Prime Minister
Qaddafi unsuccessfully tried to persuade Iraq to
participate.
Egypt's semiofficial newspaper Al Ahram
has said that the talks would concern ways
of bolstering the "eastern front' against
Israel, and that the US peace plan would
not be the primary topic. The partici-
pants--representatives from Libya, Egypt,
the Sudan, Jordan, and Syria--will almost
certainly attempt, however, to hammer out
some kind of joint strategy regarding the
prospective cease-fire and negotiations.
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