THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 2 DECEMBER 1970

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005977829
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 14
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: December 2, 1970

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The President's Daily. Brief
2 December 1970
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
2 December 1970
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
At the SALT talks Semonov-proposed a separate agree?
ment for ABM systems? (Page 3)
The latest report on the Ban Ban operation appears
on Page 6.
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SALT
In yesterday's meeting, Semenov proposed that
ABM systems be singled out for a separate agreement
"in the immediate future." He said that the details
of the Soviet proposal would be provided at Friday's
meeting. Semenov stated that a separate agreement
on ABMs would not preclude further negotiations on
strategic offensive weapons, but might, in fact,
serve as a "substantial impetus" for reaching sub-
sequent agreements on offensive systems. He cited
the difficulties the latter have posed so far in
the negotiations as justification for the new pro-
posal. And in an apparent allusion to US plans for
Safeguard, he contended that failure to act soon
on Moscow's initiative might further complicate the
problem of reaching an ABM accord.
Soviet officials have been dropping hints
about a Limited agreement for some time,
but their motives in advancing the ABM
proposal at this time are not entirely
clear. The Soviets are undoubtedly con-
cerned about US plans for the Safeguard
system. In the face of US resistance to
consideration of forward-based systems,
they may also see their proposal as a
means of advancing the pace of negotia-
tions. On the other hand, they have re-
ceived no encouragement on this score in
their informal probes of US delegates,
and should anticipate a cool response.
By tabling a Limited agreement on ABMs
now, the Soviets may simply be trying to
put the US on the defensive through the
remainder of SALT III,
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NOTES
Laos: Government forces in the vicinity of
Ban Ban are continuing to make slow progress toward
their objectives; the enemy has yet to counterattack.
The four-battalion force moving toward Ban Ban from
the south has reached the perimeter of the San Tiau
airstrip, having pushed aside two small enemy units.
Mexico: Echeverria's cabinet appointees appar-
ently do not include even the token "anti-Yankee" in
ministries involved with US relations, which was a
feature of recent cabinets. The new foreign minister
is Emilio Rabasa, the current ambassador to the US
and a close friend of Echeverria. Rabasa's prede-
cessor in Washington, Hugo Margain, was retained as
minister of finance. The only long-term holdover
is Attorney General Sanchez Vargas, who has worked
closely with the US in the fight to control narcotics.
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