THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 2 FEBRUARY 1971

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992457
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: February 2, 1971

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The President's Daily Brief
2 February 1971
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
2 February 1971
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
The North Vietnamese moved large amounts of supplies
into the Laotian panhandle during January. (Page 1)
International oil negotiations are discussed on
Page 2.
France and Germany are close to formally agreeing
on a joint training program for jet pilots. (Page 3)
The Secretary General's report on the Middle East
situation will be issued today at the UN. (Page 4)
Three Russian ships are steaming toward Cuba from
the North Atlantic. (Page 4)
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LAOS-VIETNAM
The sharply increased movement of supplies into
the Laos panhandle that began in early January con-
tinued through most of the month. A message from a
unit handling supplies transiting the Ban Karai pass
indicates that an average of 140 tons was transported
daily during 1-20 January.
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INTERNATIONAL OIL
Yesterday's meeting in Tehran between the oil
company representatives and the Persian Gulf members
of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
(OPEC) did? not develop any significant forward move-
ment. A final attempt will be made today to reach
a compromise on the per barrel price the companies
will pay the Gulf states.
The British have warned the Iranian ambassador
in London that a breakdown in the negotiations would
cause "an unfortunate division between producing and
consuming countries" and that the "British cabinet
would have to conclude that the fault was that of
OPEC."
If no agreement is reached or in sight by
3 February, a general conference of all
ten OPEC countries scheduled in Tehran
that day will decide the next move. The
Shah has threatened to demand even higher
terms patterned on the Venezuelan model
and OPEC may even impose a temporary cut-
off of oil shipments as a punitive measure.
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Mockup of New Franco-German. Alpha Jet Trainer .
Power: Vturbofan engines creating about 3,000 lbs thrust each
Length: 40 ft
Wing span: 30 ft
Takeoff weight: about 10,000 lbs
Speed: Mach 0.9
Takeoff run: less than 1,600 ft
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FRANCE GERMANY
The French and German governments have reached
an "understanding" to train pilots jointly on a new
Franco-German jet trainer. According to a French
official in Bonn, arrangements will be made for Ger-
man pilots to shift their basic jet fighter training
from the US to France once the "understanding" be-
comes a formal agreement. Current plans call for
400 of the subsonic jet trainers to be produced,
with each country receiving 200 planes.
This program, suggested by the Germans,
is one of a number discussed when defense
ministers Debre and Schmidt met last Octo-
ber. The pilot training scheme would sub-
stantially reduce German dependence on the
USAF, although advanced jet fighter train-
ing would continue in the US. At present
the US trains about 180 Luftwaffe pilots
annually.
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Kresta-class Guided Missile Cruiser
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NOTES
UN - Middle East: UN Secretary General Thant
told Ambassador Yost yesterday that he will issue?
his report today on the Middle-Eastsituation. The
report will call on the parties to exercise military
restraint during this delicate: stage of negotiations
and to carry out 1967, Security Council resolu,-
tionin its entirety. The latest Egyptian aide.,
memoire addressed to Thant indicates that Cairo
would have preferred tO have Thant's report explic?
itly define the cease-fire period as one month. with
only selective references to the 1967 resolution.
Based on their discussions with the Egyptians and
the UAR aide-memoire, both Thant and Ambassador Yost
believe that the Secretary General's report, sup-j
ported by some sort of statement from the Big Four
on Thursday, will be sufficient to induce the Egyp-
tians to extend the cease-fire:for one month even.
though the: time frame is not mentioned in Thant'S.
report.
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USSR-Cuba: Three Soviet ships--similar in com-
position to the force that went to Cuba last Septem-
ber--are currently heading southwest in the North
Atlantic. The group is made up of a Kresta-class
guided missile cruiser, .a submarine tender, and a
tanker. The ships are now northeast of Bermuda,
and if they remain on their present course they
could reach Cuba in about ten days. An N-class nu-
clear-powered attack submarine has been operating
near Bermuda and may accompany these surface ships
to Cuban waters.
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