THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 4 NOVEMBER 1970

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005977778
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 11
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: November 4, 1970

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The President's Daily Brief
4 November 1970
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
4 November 1970
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
/Israel
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Jordanian Government forces and fedayeen clashed
sharply in Amman yesterday in the most serious
fighting in several weeks. (Page 2)
Page 41 North Vietnan
In Chile, President Allende's new government is
putting Marxists in additional posts. (Page 6)
A longtime confidant of Mao Tse-tung may have be-
come the victim of another round of top-level
factional quarreling. (Page 6)
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Israelis Improving Positions Along Suez Canal
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ISRAEL
? Since the cease-fire went into effect, the Is-
raelis have constructed more than 20 new bunkers in
their "Bar-Lev Line" along the Suez Canal--their
trip wire against an Egyptian invasion of Sinai.
The H-shaped bunkers, which measure nearly 50 by 50
feet, are formed from large pipe sections. The com-
mand and living areas are covered with about 15 feet
of rock, steel netting, concrete blocks,- sandbags,
and earth.
The new bunkers are larger and stronger
than the original positions that were com-
pleted in the spring of 1969. These held
up well during Egyptian artillery barrages,
and few casualties were reported among
troops within them.
Egyptian spokesmen have protested Israeli.
construction work along the canal as a vio-
lation of cease-fire terms.
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JORDAN
Government forces and fedayeen clashed sharply
yesterday in Amman, resulting in five dead and eight
wounded, according to preliminary reports
the fighting began. in
the morning when a government patrol tried to pickup
two armed fedayeen The resulting exchange of fire
spread throughout the capital during the day, but
appeared to be falling off by nightfall.. Just before
midnight the government radio issued a low-key ac-
count of events, claiming that security forces had
cOntained the crisis(
Yesterday's fighting was the most serious
in several weeks. The truce commission's
efforts to prevent its continuation shouZd
be helped by the heavy program of religious
and social events normally scheduled during
the current holy month of Ramadan. So far
this morning there are no reports of a
resumption of fighting.
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ARAB STATES FEDAYEEN
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NORTH VIETNAM
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Unusually heavy rains, however, have temporarily
impeded the movement of both men and supplies through
the Laotian panhandle. Recent severe storms, which
inundated neighboring coastal regions of North and
South Vietnam, have particularly disrupted road re-
pairs and the resupply of logistic forces, accord-
ing to messages from units in the central panhandle.
Now that rains are subsiding, movement
should increase soon. Although last year
the large-scale movement of supplies into
South Vietnam was first noted in early De-
cember, the operations of an expanded lo-
gistic system in southern Laos and in Cam-
bodia will require a greater effort this
dry season.
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NOTES
Chile: Among Salvador Allende's first moves
after assuming the presidency yesterday was to name
a Communist as the second-ranking official in the
vital Ministry of Interior, which is headed by Jose
Toha', Allende's closest companion in his own Social-
ist Party. In naming new provincial governors, Toha
has divided them in much the same proportion as the
cabinet, with the choice posts going to the Commu-
nists and Socialists.
Communist China: Mao's longtime confidant and
personal secretary, Chen Po-ta, has not appeared in
public for three months, and the regime has given
no explanation for his failure to show up with other
ranking leaders on occasions when his presence would
seem obligatory. This raises suspicions that Chen
has become a victim of another round of factional
quarreling at the top levels of the regime. In ad-
dition, Peking's refusal for over a year to provide
an authoritative "pecking order" for the new polit-
buro suggests that the regime is still unable tore-
solve the problems of power relationships within the
present elite. Chen has been a member of the polit-
buro's inner "standing committee," along with Mao,
Lin Piao, Chou En-lai, and Kang Sheng, the political
security chief.
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