THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 8 JUNE 1971

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992685
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: June 8, 1971

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The President's Daily Brief
8 June 1971
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
8 June 1971
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
An operation to clear Communist forces from the
southern and western parts of the Plaine des Jarres
has been launched. (Page 1)
The three Soviet cosmonauts have begun their experi-
ments aboard Salyut after transferring from Soyuz 11
early yesterday. (Page 2)
Sadat may be planning to move elderly Prime Minister
Fawzi into the top vice presidential slot. (Page 3)
Egypti
/ (Page 4).
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Northern Laos
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LAOS
General Vang Pao has launched an operation to
clear Communist forces from the southern and western
portions of the Plaine des Jarres. Five of his Meo
and Lao irregular battalions are moving across the
southern Plaine from Khang Kho toward Phou Seu, with
another battalion providing rear guard security.
Two others are moving toward Phou Seu from the Tha
Tam Bleung area. A ninth battalion is scheduled to
move eastward toward the Plaine from a base north-
west of Ban Na. Seven more battalions are being
held in defensive reserve positions north and east
of Long Tieng. Total irregulars number some 4,000
men.
This operation is designed to make the
Communists' position west of the Plaine
untenable by capturing supplies in the
southern and western portions of the
Plaine and by taking the high ground over-
looking the infiltration routes toward the
Long Tieng complex. Vang Pao hopes thereby
to forestall an offensive against Long Tieng
when the dry season starts in the fall. An-
other purpose is to lessen Communist pres-
sure against the guerrilla base at Bouam
Long. Aside from the tactical considera-
tions, Prime Minister Souvanna Phouma has
been urging yang Pao to undertake an offen-
sive, presumably to take the sting out of
recent Communist gains in southern Laos
and to improve the government's bargaining
position should peace talks begin.
The irregulars, meeting little enemy opposition,
have-destroyed several supply. caches. They have
moved relatively easilyso.far because Communist
strength south and west of the Plaine has been re-
duced in the last month or so by the redeployment
of at least four battalions of main-force troops to
the Bouam Long region north of the Plaine. Remain-
ing enemy units tear 'the southern Plaine are be--
lieved to consist of four or five battalions, plus
an armored unit, In addition, three more Communist
battalions are in positions near Ban Na.
The recent reduction of enemy forces
around the Long Tieng complex suggests
either that the North Vietnamese want to
ease the logistic problem of sustaining
a large force west of the Plaine during
the rainy season or do not place high
priority on an early resumption of their
Long Tieng offensive in the fall.
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USSR
The three cosmonauts have begun their program
of experiments aboard Salyut after transferring from
Soyuz 11 early yesterday.
TASS described Salyut as the "first piloted
scientific station," containing compartments equipped
for scientific experiments and studies. The Soviets
also announced several experiments to be carried out
by the cosmonauts, including the checkout of Salyut,
a study of the earth's atmosphere, and an investiga-
tion of the biomedical effects of manned space
flights. The announcement suggested that data from
some of the experiments on Salyut would be returned
to earth aboard Soyuz 11.
There are as yet no. indications as to how
long the present Mission will Zast.. The
abortive :Soyuz 10 flight apparently was'
intended to last several weeks.
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EGYPT
The US Interests Section has obtained informa-
tion from "well informed-sources" that President
Sadat plans to move Prime Minister Mahmud Fawzi into
the vacant vice presidential slot previously held by
Ali Sabri. Fawzi would be replaced as prime minis-
ter by Abd al-Munim Qaysuni, a former deputy premier
for finance and economy under Nasir. In another
change, Deputy Premier for Industry and Trade Aziz
Sidgi would be appointed secretary general of the
Arab Socialist Union.
Ali Sabri 's dismissal in early May made
the remaining incumbent vice president,
Husayn Shafii, Sadat's interim constitu-
tional successor. Shafii is generally re-
garded as politically weak. It may be
that Sadat intends to appoint the elderly
but respected Fawzi to a rank of first
vice president, over Shafii, as away of
ensuring that the vice presidential posi-
tions will not be used by persons maneu-
vering against him.
Qaysuni was known as a competent and ef-
fective technician of moderate political
bent while he served under Nasir, but lit-
tle is known of his activities during the
Sadat administration. Sidqi is said to be
reluctant to take the party post, suggest-
ing that he may interpret it as a demotion.
The Arab Socialist Union has been under
heavy criticism since Sadat's purge of its
top leadership last month.
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NOTES
USSR-Cuba: The Soviet submarine tender was
sighted leaving Antilla yesterday afternoon. The
tender had returned there over the weekend after
escorting a Soviet E-II class nuclear-powered cruise
missile submarine to sea. The submarine has not
been detected since it submerged on 4 June.
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