THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 2 NOVEMBER 1970

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005977774
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: November 2, 1970

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The President's Daily Brief
2 November 1970
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
2 November 1970
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
North Vietnam/
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Soviets want the four-power talks on Berlin
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A countrywide drive is under way in North Vietnam to
enlarge the armed forces. (Page 3)
Chile
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In Laos, government forces have been driven from
Phou Seu, Mountain, the highest elevation on the west-
ern perimeter of the Plaines des Jarres. (Page 5)
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NORTH VIETNAM - CHINA - USSR
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USSR - WEST GERMANY
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at a four-power meeting of ambas-
sadors' advisers in Berlin on Friday, the Soviets
were affable and businesslike but substantive prog-
ress was meager. The Soviets did express an in-
terest in a more forthcoming communiqug following
the next ambassadorial meeting on 4 November and
frankly admitted they were looking for something
"cosmetic" in view of the forthcoming West German
state elections.
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NORTH VIETNAM
Official statements appearing in the North
Vietnamese press indicate that a countrywide drive
to enlarge the armed forces is in full swing.. The
statements convey a sense of urgency and suggest
that the mobilization is aimed at meeting both im-
mediate and long-range requirements for the war.
One statement urges that mobilization and recruit-
ing "be stepped up in every respect in each'local-
ity...to constantly assist the frontline in human:
resources." In another., officials in a province
near Hanoi promise to "further- accelerate" their
effort to "promptly meet.the demands of the present
situation"; they in turn are praised for raising'
reserves suitable for duty at the front and for the
dispatch with which they enlisted youths for the
regular army.
There are signs that Hanoi anticipated diffi-
culties in getting local officials and organizations
to respond to its manpower levies and took steps to
secure fast results. Statements stress the need
for tight party control and supervision all down
the line, to the extent that in one province "key
cadres" have been sent to take direct charge in
some locales. Two ranking party officials have
journeyed to the provinces to underscore the high
priority being given to mobilization. Defense Min-
ister Giap stressed its "extreme importance and
strategic significance" in one province, and fellow
politburo member Le Thanh Nghi delivered a similar
message in another.
Hanoi called during the summer fora
build-up of the home guard and regular
army. The activity reflected in the press
is clearly the effort by regional author-
ities to implement this call.
There never has been direct and clear evi-
dence of the draft and recruitment rate in
North Vietnam. The press items, however,
along with the Communist need for more
manpower to maintain even the low level
of activity in South Vietnam and to meet
requirements in Laos and Cambodia, suggest
the draft is extensive. This is likely
to be reflected in a higher rate of in-
filtration over the next several months
than occurred during the same period a
year ago.
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CHILE?
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LAOS: Current Situation
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Contested territory
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CAMBODIA
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NOTE
Laos: Last night Communist forces recaptured
the government position on Phou Seu Mountain, the
highest elevation on the western perimeter of the
Plaine des Jarres. Previous efforts by the Commu-
nists to retake Phou Seu, which fell to Vang Pao's
irregulars two weeks ago, were beaten back with the
aid of heavy air strikes on 29 and 30 October. The
Communists are now in abetter position to challenge
the government's hold on Ban Na and Muong Pot--out-
posts which guard the approaches to Vang Pao's head-
quarters at Long Tieng. There is no evidence of
impending enemy attacks against these objectives,
however.
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