THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 3 SEPTEMBER 1970

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005977661
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: September 3, 1970

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The President's Daily Brief
3 September 1970
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
3 September 1970
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
In Jordan, moderates on both sides are working to
maintain the shaky cease-fire. (Page 1)
The situation in Cambodia is discussed on Page 2,
The Laotian peace talks have foundered over the
makeup of the delegations to the talks. (Page 4)
The Chilean presidential election promises to be
close and the final selection may be left to the
Congress. (Page 5)
Soviet progress in the production of Y-class nuclear
submarines is noted on Page 6.
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JORDAN
The cease-fire established the evening of 1
September appears to be holding, but the situation
in Amman remains tense. Sporadic firing and some
instances of banditry occurred yesterday
The, Jordanian cabinet met yesterday to discuss
the situation, and according to Amman radio, the
government adopted "-effective" measures to restore
order and strengthenthe "ties of fraternity" be-
tween the army and the fedayeen.- A Baghdad-based
commando radio station said that the military.com-
mittee of the Palestine resistance movement met
under Yasir Arafat and made "important decisions"
involving the fedayeen militia and military forces.
No details were given?, but the fact that.
both sidesseem to prefer talking to shoot-
ing suggests that the moderates may suc-
ceed in averting an all-out clash.
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CAMBODIA: Current Situation
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CAMBODIA
The struggle for Srang continued yesterday, as
government forces, supported by air and artillery
support, again were unable to make headway in their
effort to retake the town. A Cambodian Army spokes-
man in Phnom Penh claimed that the arrival of addi-
tional enemy reinforcements had prevented Srang's
recapture. East of Srang, government forces at Tram
Khnar apparently were still, almost completely sur-
rounded by Communist troops. The Communists in the
past two days have also harassed scattered govern-
ment positions and units in Kompong Cham, Prey Veng,
Svay Rieng, and Kompong Chhnang provinces. On 31
August the? enemy captured a ten-truck rice convoy
on Route 5, south of Kompong Chhnang city.
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Laos: Current Military Situation
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LAOS
Just before departing on a two-month trip abroad
yesterday Souvanna invited Souphanouvong to meet him
in Paris this month to discuss the prospects for
peace talks. Souphanouvong had requested the Prime
Minister the day before to name a single plenipoten-
tiary to meet with his representative at Khang Khay.
Souvanna had appointed an 18-man delegation of neu-
tralists and rightists to represent the "government
side" if the talks at Khang Khay materialized in his
absence.
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The Pathet Lao apparently want this stage
of the negotiations to be conducted be-
tween personal envoys of the two princes.
They have agreed, however, that the next
round of talks can accommodate larger dele-
gations, including rightists, but they
probably hope that any such meeting would
be a ratification rather than a negotiating
session.
This disagreement over representation could
cause a temporary breakdown in the dialogue
between Vientiane and the Communists. It
seems most unlikely that Souphanouvong will
accept his half brother's invitation to
meet with him in Paris. Souvanna appears
to be equally unwilling to send a personal
representative to Khanq Khau? but he mat/
soften.
says he asked the Prime Minister recently
if he would send the head of the 18-man
delegation to Khang Khay as his plenipoten-
tiary. Souvanna replied: "No--not for the
moment."
On the military front, government troops have
still made no progress in their extended effort to
take Ban Na. But 15 miles to the north, on the
western approaches to the Plaine des Jarres, an ir-
regular force of 300 men moved on 1 September to the
vicinity of Muong Soui, an important storage and
transshipment point on Route 7 that has been in Com-
munist hands since June 1969. Within the past 24
hours, however, enemy forces have reacted sharply to
the government's foray.
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CHILE
Some three million voters go to the polls to-
morrow in Chile's three-cornered presidential elec-
tion. Conservative former president Alessandri is
considered to have a slight lead over the other
candidates, Marxist Salvador Allende and Christian
Democrat Radomiro Tomic. If none of the candidates
receives a majority, the president will be chosen
from the top two by the 200-member congress when it
convenes on 24 October. The new president is sched-
uled to be inaugurated on 4 November.
It is likely that the election will go to
the Congress, but what happens there is
anyone's guess, especially if the two
front-runners are close in popular vote.
In this case, the 50-day period before
the Congress votes will be extremely
tense.
Allende's supporters fear that the radical
left plans to provoke violence during and after the
election, regardless of the outcome. His backers,
particularly the Communist Party, are publicly at-
tacking plans of the radical Movement of the Revolu-
tionary Left, claiming that violence will trigger
repressive reaction from the right.
There are numerous rumors of sentiment
within the military, to seize power in the
event of an Allende victory or a break-
down in public order. The shortness of
time between the congressional decision
and the inauguration might hamper such
a move, however. Military forces, as
well as the efficient national police
will be on alert tomorrow to prevent in-
terference in the election process, which
is likely to be generally honest.
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Y-class Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarine
Operational Units . . 13
Armament : 16 Si-N-6 A
Ballistic 'Missiles
Missile Ra,nge . 1,300 Tien
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NOTE
USSR: The third Y-class nuclear submarine to
be built in the Soviet Far East was seen in the
latest satellite photography of the Komsomolsk ship-
yard. Another of these 16-tube units was also seen
in the launch basin at Severodvinsk, on the White
Sea coast. This brings the number of Y-class sub-
marines built in the USSR to 19. The operational
force remains at 13 units.
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