THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 9 JANUARY 1971

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• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: January 9, 1971

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The President's Daily Brief
9 January 1971
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
9 January 1971
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Gromyko's protest yesterday against anti-Soviet.dem-
onstrations in the United States was unusually blunt,
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Jordan's army clashed with the fedayeen in several
areas yesterday. (Page 2)
Themilitary situation in southern Laos is discussed
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Uruguayan authorities have not received any demands
from the kidnapers of therBritish aMbassador. (Page 4)
Industrial and domestic consumers have been hurt by
East German power shortages. (Page 5,)
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Gromyko delivered a very strong official pro-
test to Ambassador Beam yesterday against the cur-
rent anti-Soviet demonstrations in the United States
and Washington's alleged failure to take the neces-
sary measures to stop them. He warned that if the
US did not ensure safe conditions for Soviet offi-
cials, the Soviet:people may do something that the
US would "not want and may not expect." Gromyko
repeatedly stated that Moscow does not care how the
US may choose to evaluate anything which might hap-
pen from the Soviet side. According to Ambassador
Beam., Gromyko. was in a grim mood, and his tone was
unusually blunt. And to punctuate his remarks, the
foreign minister announced at the end of the meeting
that Ambassador Dobrynin would be returning to Mos-
cow. "for a brief period" on 10 January.
This is the most serious demarche that
the Soviets have made regarding the rash
of anti-Soviet incidents in the US. Grom-
yko's oral protest should not be inter-
preted as less serious than a written
presentation; it appears that time was a
factor. The Soviets seem almost at wit's
end in this matter. The way they 'see it,
their gradual responses in the face of in-
creasing threats to their official repre-
sentatives have been to no avail. Almost
certainly, they genuinely believe the US
can stop these attacks. Now, they appear
to be threatening a more striking demon-
strative act.
Among their options are a major demonstra-
tion against the US Embassy, an ostenta-
tious postponement of any of a number of
upcoming bilateral talks (or a more pointed
threat of such a step), or some other loud
political gesture. Gromyko's statement
that the Soviets would not care how the
US would evaluate any Soviet move of this
sort, if and when it occurs, is partic-
ularly harsh.
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JORDAN: Areas of Fighting
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JORDAN
Early yesterday the Jordanian Army moved
against ,fedayeen centers north and east of Amman.
In Rusayfah, about ten miles northeast:of the capi-
tal, the army claims it blocked a sabotage plot by
seizing a cache of arms./
/ Later the fighting spread to a hilly
part of the Salt-Suwaylih-Mastabah triangle north-
west of Amman and continued into the night.
The Central Committee
of the Palestine Liberation Organization was sched-
uled to meet last night and perhaps again today to
develop a.. coordinated fedayeen position.
Decisions reached at these meetings are
not likely to control various fedayeen
elements that are becoming less and Less
responsive to leadership. The army also
is becoming more inclined to Launch in-.
dependent actions and the departure Of
cease-fire supervisor Ladgham on Thursday
apparently has given the army additional
incentive to settle old scores
Ladgham is still involved, however, even though
he is in Cairo. Yesterday he got in touch with Jor-
dan Premier Tal and asked him to allow observer
teams to visit combat areas.
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Activity Increases on the Bolovens Plateau
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LAOS
Military action continues to pick up in the
northern and eastern areas of the Bolovens Plateau
in southern Laos. Yesterday two newly deployed
irregular battalions repulsed a heavy enemy attack
against Ban Houay Sai, about 15 miles north of Pak-
song. Heavy tactical air support was used to beat
back the estimated three-battalion enemy force.
Only one irregular was killed, while 116 enemy
bodies were found.
The attack may have been carried out by
elements of the NVA 9th Regiment which
moved onto:the northern portion ofthe
plateau last month., The size of the as-
sault force suggests that the Communists'
intend to press southward. The-enemy
may have concluded that if they can
threaten Paksong, the government would
pull back from, the bases along the east-
ern rim of the plateau.
We continue to believe that the irregular
bases on the eastern rim of the plateau -
are still the enemy's main target. These
bases?especially Sites 433 165, and 22--
have been used to launch harassing raids
and intelligence gathering operations
against the Ho Chi Minh 'trail.
Enemy probes and attacks near these positions'
continue, but in recent weeks the. government has
improved the defenses of the bases and has brought
in fresh reinforcements. 0n7 January some of
these reinfordements reoccupied Site 172, which
had fallen into Communist hands two weeks ago.
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URUGUAY
The abduction yesterday of British ambas-
sador Jackson adds a new factor to the
case of the kidnaped US agronomist Claude
FZy. Together with Brazilian consul Go-
mide, Fly has been held by the extreme
leftist Tupamaros terrorist organization
since last summer, when it murdered US AID
official Mitrione.
Prospects for Fly's release appeared to
be improving earlier this week. A Monte-
video daily published the Tupamaros poZit-
ical manifesto, and other papers seemed
ready to follow suit. This would have
fulfilled the terrorists' demand that the
major Media publish the document. With
Jackson in hand, they may now feel they
have more bargaining leverage and so free
Fly in the hope of gaining credit for a
humanitarian gesture. Until they state
their terms for freeing Jackson, however,
we cannot be sure how they Zink the cap-
tives' status.
In any event, the Pacheco government is
not likely to back off from its refusal
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inal demands. The terrorists' loss of
much public sympathy has convinced Pa-
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NOTE
East Germany: Serious power shortages have
temporarily shut down power to some plants and con-
sumers as severe weather persists. Major petrochem-
ical combines havefl been particularly hard hit by the
shortages of electricity, gas, and coal, and the
giant Leuna chemical combine may be forced to shut
down completely until the situation improves. The
populace is accustomed to power failures, which oc-
cur almost every winter. Workers in at least one
plant, however, are grumbling about salary cuts they
are forced to take because their plant is not open
a full day./
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