THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 14 AUGUST 1970

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: August 14, 1970

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The President's Daily Brief
14 August ? 1.970
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
14 August 1970
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
The situation in Cambodia is discussed on Page 1.
In South Vietnam, increased Communist military pres-
sure in the northern portion of the country may be
designed to disrupt the government's pacification
program. On the domestic front, incidents of vio-
lence involving veterans' groups occurred in two
more provincial capitals. (Page 2)
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CAMBODIA: Current Situation
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CAMBODIA
Combat activity remained at a low level yester-
day. In the west, Kompong Thom and Kompong Chhnang
cities were shelled briefly, as was Prey Totung in
Kompong Cham Province.
large numbers
of enemy troops were sighted moving southward toward
Phnom Penh on 12 August along the east bank of the
Mekong. On the same night, a government position at
Kompong Kantuot, just south of the city, received
light Communist harassing fire. One governmentnei-
sage speculates that a large enemy force is planning
to attack the Phnom Penh airport.
We are dubious that the Communists--in any
substantial strength?are closing in on
Phnom Penh. These reports may merely re-
flect the jitters of Cambodian commanders.
provided us with an ac-
count of Communist organizational methods in the
countryside which he claims have been successful in
lining up peasant support in Svay Rieng Province.
He attributes this ?success to Viet Cong advisory
teams from Tay Ninh Province in South Vietnam. Their
primary task is to establish pro-Sihanouk committees
at village, district, and. provincial levels. The ad-
visers remain in the background but make all the im-
portant decisions. The positions of chairman and
section chiefs are occupied exclusively by Cambodian
Communist party members.
the Viet .Cong wanted
to organize a battalion-sized combat unit at the
province level, and company-sized units for the dis-
tricts, but were having trouble in fleshing out these
units. The general population also is being organ-
ized by the Communists into farmers', women's, or,
youth associations. Special emphasis is placed on
recruiting Buddhist monks, whom the Communists view
as potentially important propagandists. Money and.
rice is gathered by "voluntary donations," and each
village must set-aside two acres of rice land for
cultivation by the Communists.
Parts of Svay Rieng Province, particularly
the Parrot's Beak area, have long been used
by the Communists as military sanctuaries,
and this familiarity probably has made the
Communists' organizational progress there
easier than it would be in other areas.
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Fighting Picks Up in Northern Provinces
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SOUTH VIETNAM
Fighting continues in the northernmost part of
South Vietnam.. In one of their sharpest assaults
in' the lowlands in weeks, the Communists struck hard
at -a government Popular Forces unit south of Quang
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Tri city on. 12 August, killing ten South Vietnamese
and wounding 31. The South Vietnamese sent in rein-
forcements and, despite their losses, appear to have
fought well. They are credited with killing more
than 60 of the enemy. Several smalleribattles and:
enemy shellings have taken place.in the nearby low-
lands area recently.
The Communists are, also maintaining pressure
against allied positions in the mountains of western,
Quang Tri.and Thua Thien,provinces. A shelling of
Fire Support Base O'Reilly on 12 August, the focus
of much recent enemy attention, reportedly killed
the South Vietnamese major commanding the outpost.
Captured enemy documents have indicated that one. of
the 'enemy's primary motives in attacking O'Reilly
and other nearby bases has. been to divert allied
force and thus. create openings for thrusts into the.
populated coastal areas of Quang Tri and Thua Thien
provinces.
These Communist aotions appear intended to
undermine the government pacification pro-
gram which has been relatively successful
along the northern coast during the past
two years. The Communists have not put a
high military priority on this region
since 1968, and tens of thousands of South
Vietnamese civilians have been gathered
behind a shield of territorial security
forces. If the Communists keep up the
pressure in the mountains, while at the
same time making additional forays along
the coast, government security gains could
face quite a challenge.
Veterans' groups in two more provincial capitals
have resorted to force since the clash between vet-
erans and police in Nha' Trang city last week'. In
ChaufDoc, veterans seized hostages and fired on a
South Vietnamese Army officer after an attempt to
arrest two of their colleagues. This was followed
by an armed clash by two rival veterans' factions.
in Bien Hoa city. One group subsequently seized the
provincial headquarters without opposition from se-
curity officials.
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Despite rumors attributing responsibility
to Vice President Ky there is no firm evi-
dence of any central direction of the vet-
erans ' agitation, and the causes of the in-
cidents are dissimilar. Many veterans
around the country, however, are concluding
that they can use force with relative im-
punity to get what they want. The Saigon
government remains reluctant to crack down
on veteran protesters because of the sym-
pathy they enjoy in the army. If the vio-
lence continues to spread, the government
will be forced to adopt tougher measures
to bring the situation under control.
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