THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 7 APRIL 1971

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992574
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 13
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: April 7, 1971

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The President's Daily Brief
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7 April 1971
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
7 April 1971
PRINCIPAL-PEVELOPMENTS
Soviet
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The situation in Pakistan is discussed on Page 2.
In Ceylon, the government has not yet succeeded in
restoring control in areas hit by insurgents.
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On Page 4, we comment on Kosygin's speech to the
Party Congress concerning the Soviet economy.
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Amman
China.
A coup attempt has been thwarted in Laos.
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USSR
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BAY OF BENGAL
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PAKISTAN
There is increasing evidence that India is sup-
plying significant quantities of military supplies
to the Bengali se aratists.
Fighting apparently continues in several loca-
tions in East Pakistan, but, according to press re-
ports, heavy rains yesterday grounded air force
planes and forced troops to remain in their barracks.
The West Pakistanis continue to reinforce their
troops in East Pakistan with an estimated 500 to 700
men arriving daily at Dacca.
The Russians, meanwhile, are scheduled to com-
mence the evacuation of most of their personnel in
East Pakistan today. This is a delay of several
days from the original Soviet schedule and, as in
the case of Western evacuees, is being conducted on
Pakistani aircraft following Islamabad's refusal to
grant permission for a foreign carrier--in this case
Aeroflot--to,fly into Dacca.
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INDIA
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COLOMBO
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CEYLON
The government has not yet succeeded in restor-
ing control in all areas initially hit by insurgents
on 5 April. -A Ceylonese official told the US charge
yesterday that the situation was "very, very serious,"
and the charge himself reports that conditions are
deteriorating rapidly. As many as 200 insurgents
have been killed in the more than 25 attacks an-
nounced by the prime minister yesterday. Transporta-
tion and communication links with Kandy had been cut
off for a time, and at least three railroad stations
were put out of operation. Early today a government
spokesman claimed that the Colombo-Kandy road had
been cleared and the armed services were movin? in
to clean up remaining pockets of insurgency.
clashes were continuing
at mid-afternoon Tuesday in the Kegalla area. Much
of this region apparently was controlled by the so-
called "Che Guevarist" revolutionaries, a group of
educated but unemployed and violently disaffected
youth.
It is not yet possible to confirm the
ipokesman's statements., The army appar-
ently is :doing but the police are
having difficulty in a number of areas.
Altogether, the: poliCe, military, and
mObilized:reserves.would .total only
about 32,000 men. Most of these forces
are lightly armed and unprepared to en.-
gage in island-wide counterinsurgency
operations. Difficulties have already
arisen in mobilizing additional forces.
because ,of the curfew, insurgency action,
and- the virtual-paralysis of transporta-
tion. The outcome of a'special cabinet
meeting yesterday is not yet known, but
there has been some speculation in Co7
Zombo that Mrs. Bandaranaike may step
aside for a "strong man."
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The main theme of Kosy gin 's speech to the Party Con-
gress yesterday was the need to increase consumer
welfare. Like Brezhnev, however, he noted that
"heavy industry has been and remains the foundation
of the country 's economic might and of the further
growth of the people 's standard of living. " He iden-
tified two other goals of the 1971-75 five-year plan
as an increase in efficiency through an "acceleration
in scientific-technical progress" and a boost in
labor productivity. He reaffirmed the "guiding role"
of central planning and rejected the use of the mar-
ket mechanism, thus avoiding the issue of a change
in ideology.
Without investment data for the services and housing
sectors of the economy--which may be included when
the full text of Kosygin's speech is released--it is
not possible to determine if there is ?to be real fi-
nancial support for the party 's promises to the con-
sumer. A senior Soviet planning official recently
told the French that the commitment to consumer wel-
fare was "more political than economic."
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USSR
The first unit of the new P-class nuclear-
powered attack submarine is now operational. This
unit, which left the shipyard last, fall for sea
trials, was seen in late
March at the Guba Litsa submarine base on the Kola
peninsula.
The P-class submarine is about 320 feet in
length at the waterline, the largest of
the five new classes of attack submarines
being built in the USSR. It has an es-
timated top speed submerged of 30 knots
and carries 10 or 12 cruise missiles.
The production rate of the P-class has
not yet been established, but the facility.
at Severodvinsk in northwestern USSR could
produce up to two units per year.
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JORDAN
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Communist China:
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Ecuador: President Velasco has defied the mili-
tary and demanded that the leader, of an abortive re-
volt last week be prosecuted. Velasco had earlier
acceded to the military's demands that all the offi-
cers involved in the uprising be reinstated and that
the minister of defense be removed. In a radio-TV
address last evening, however, he reversed his stand
and stated that if the leader of the? revolt were re-
instated he would resign. Military officers have
been meeting during the night to find a response to
this unexpected challenge, which may well speed a
decision to oust Velasco a fourth time from the
presidency.
Laos: A plot to overthrow the Souvanna Phouma
government has been thwarted by the commander of
military region V, General Kouprasith. No prominent
Laotian figures appear to be involved, although in-
formation on precisely who was behind the plotting
is still sketchy. The US Embassy reports that the
situation is well in hand and that the abortive
plot has not shaken political stability in Vientiane.
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