THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 15 DECEMBER 1970

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005977851
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 11
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: December 15, 1970

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The President's Daily Brief
15 December 1970
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THE PRESIDENT S-DAILY BRIEF
15 December 1970
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Satellite photography has uncovered an apparent new,
missile site under construction in China. (Page 1)
The prolonged fighting in the Kompong Cham area has
caused a rift to appear within Cambodia's leadership.
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Thai Communist insurgents are reacting to the gov:
ernment'srelocation of former. Chinese'Nationalist
irregulars into.insurgent areas. (Page 4)
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COMMUNIST CHINA
Satellite photography shows what
we believe is a new strategic missile site under
construction in mountainous terrain at Yen-tou, about
150 miles west of Peking. An oval-shaped clearing on
top of a ridgeline and three nearby support areas
have been identified.
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Cambodia: Current Situation
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CAMBODIA
Government troops have abandoned Prey Totung,
the town on Route 7 that was under attack all-week-
end, and have taken up new positions to the south-
west. Supplies have been airdropped to the troops,
but a substantial portion is believed to have fallen
into enemy hands.
Farther to the west, the situation around the
village of Batheay on Route 6 south of Skoun remains
fluid. Government forces appear to have the upper
hand at present.
a rift within
Cambodia's leadership has developed over the mill-,
tary situation in Kompong Cham. The governor of
Kompong Cham Province, In Tam, tendered his resigna-
tion to Lon Nol last week, apparently because of the
government's failure to reopen Route 7 or to get sup-
plies into Kompong Cham city.
There has been no public reference to In
Tam's resignation, presumably because Lon
NoZ is sitting on it in hopes that Tam
will reconsider. Tam is one of Cambodia's
top political leaders; his departure could
cause considerable embarrassment since it
would mark the first time that an impor-
tant official has openly challen ed the
re -one's conduct o the war.
In Tam's protests and his desire to resign
seem to have been important factors'in
Lon Nol's appeal to Saigon for troops to
help open Route 7. The arrival of South
Vietnamese forces in Kompong Cham yester-
day, could persuade In Tam to change his
mind.
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THAILAND
Communist insurgents along the Thai-Lao border
in northern Chiang Rai Province have reacted strongly.
to Bangkok's recent movement of more than 700 former
Chinese Nationalist irregulars into their operating
territory. Bangkok press reports claim that eight
Chinese have been killed and 28 wounded since the
deployment began several days ago
The Chinese irregulars are remnants of
forces driven from China by the Communists
about 20 years ago. Bangkok's decision to
move the Chinese from the Burmese border
region to the insurgency area is part of a
Long-standing effort to impose tighter
control on the irregulars and to use their
experience to help the Thais in their ef-
forts against the insurgents.
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NOTES
Jordan: The Arab truce committee has succeeded-
in negotiating some additional measures designed to
strengthen implementation of the cease-fire. They
are aimed at restraining the fedayeen militia and
the Jordanian Popular Resistance, two auxiliary or-
ganizations which have been notoriously irresponsi-
ble and have frequently broken the cease-fire. The
new measures seek to force these groups to spread
their forces more thinly and to put their weapons
into supervised caches.
USSR: The Soviet Venus probe, launched in
August, entered the planet's atmosphere early this
morning, but the results of its attempt, ata soft
landing are not yet clear. We believe the probe
was designed structually to improve prospects for
withstanding the extremes of pressure and tempera-
tures that disabled the last three probes during
descent through the planet's atmosphere.
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