THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 9 JUNE 1971

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992687
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 11
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: June 9, 1971

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The President's Daily Brief
9 June 1971
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
9 June 1971
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
India's foreign minister recently told opposition
leaders that unilateral military action against East
Pakistan might become necessary. . (Page 1)
The Communists have routed a Cambodian Army task
force northeast of Phnom Penh. (Page 2)
There is some evidence that Peking may have increased
its military, forces in northeast China since the be-
ginning of this year. (Page 3)
Tight security measures have been imposed in Chile
following the murder of an opposition party leader.
(Page 4)
Two bills expected to be passed by the Venezuelan
congress could significantly affect US oil interests
in the country. (Page 5)
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INDIA-PAKISTAN
Foreign Minister Swaran Singh, terming the ref-
ugee situation "impossible," has warned opposition
leaders that New Delhi may have to take unilateral
military action against East Pakistan soon,
Singh was briefing the
parliamentary opposition on 4 June prior to his cur-
rent trip to Moscow, Washington, and other capitals.
He plans to tell world leaders that India will take
this action unless there is extensive aid for the
refugees and pressure on Pakistan to take them back.
In a joint communigu4 issued yesterday before
Singh left Moscow,. Indian and Soviet officials called
for "urgent measures" in East Pakistan to stop the
flow of refugees. They also urged further steps to
ensure that peace is restored and that conditions of
security are created for the return of the refugees
to East Pakistan.
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CAMBODIA
An eight-battalion Cambodian Army task force,
consisting primarily of elite Khmer Krom units, has
been severely battered by Communist forces north-
east of Phnom Penh. Yesterday morning between the
villages of Vihear Suor and Kampong Chamlang, the
column was struck by intensive small-arms fire and
then a rocket barrage. According to information
reaching the US defense attache in Phnom Penh, ele-
ments of the column were surrounded and ambushed as
they sought to fall back to Vihear Suor or work
their way toward Kampong Chamlang. Initial reports
indicate that government casualties were substantial,
but full details are not yet in.
The Khmer Krom forces have been the main-
stay of the Cambodian Army since the war
began, and a major enemy success against
them would shake the .army high command in
Phnom Penh.
The attack on the task force probably was
undertaken by elements of the Vietnamese
Communist 272nd Regiment and the 96th
Artillery Regiment, which have been re-
sponsible for the recent increased enemy
pressure in this sector. Intercepts of
7 June indicated that the Communists were
keeping a close watch on the government
task force and were preparing for attacks
against it.
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MILITARY STRENGTH IN NORTHERN CHINA
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435,000*
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150,000
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COMMUNIST CHINA
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? tional army-level unit is in the Shen-yang Military
Re ion i Ch'na
Such a development would increase Chinese
military strength. in the Shen-yang region
by 40,000 or 50,000 troops to an estimated
total of 475,000-485,000. This would be
the first force increase in the past few
years in this strategic region despite the
Soviet military buildup in the Far East.
During this time, however, the Chinese
have built up their strength in the neigh-
boring Peking Military Region, where the
shift of two armies from east China in
early 1970 raised the estimated strength?
to about 465,000 troops. In addition to
the forces in the Shen-yang and Peking
regions, troop strength in Lan-chou and
Sinkiang has been gradually increased to
a total of 230,000.
Despite these large numbers, Chinese troop
deployment along the northern frontier ap-
pears cautious and defensive in nature.
The immediate frontier areas are defended
primarily by border defense and security
units, while the regular units generally
are kept well back from the border, where
they are less vulnerable to sudden Soviet
attack.
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CHILE
President Allende has reacted to the murder
yesterday of Edmundo Perez, a former cabinet minister
and leader of the Christian Democratic Party's con-
servative wing, by imposing wide-ranging security
measures. He has declared a state of emergency in
Santiago, convoked the National Security Council,
and put all radio stations on the government network.
Members of a radical group, the People's Revolution-
ary Vanguard, have claimed responsibility for the
assassination of Perez, calling it a "partial redemp-
tion" of a recent Vanguard communiqug insulting Al-
lende and threatening to bring "enemies of the peo-
ple" to justice.
In addition to the steps being taken by
Allende, the murder is being denounced by
government coalition leaders as a provoca-
tion and a threat to all Chileans. The
incident may be used by government offi-
cials as an excuse to crack down on ex-
tremists of both the Left and the right
who are frequently accused of activities
injurious to public order.
The People's Revolutionary Vanguard, which
describes itself as a "socialist and rev-
olutionary organization of the armed pro-
letariat," broke off from the better known
Movement of the Revolutionary Left (MIR)
about two years ago. It is reported to
have been subsequently penetrated both by
rightist extremists and by the Communist
Party, but its current status and backing
are unclear.
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VENEZUELA
Minority parties:have introduced two draft. laws
significantly affecting foreign (primarily US) in-
terests. The first bill would prohibit-foreign com-
panies from selling petroleum products in the domes-
tic Market, thus eventually assuring that all of the
market will come to belong to the government-owned
oil company, which now controls only about one third.
of the market. The second bill would require the
foreign companies to set aside ten percent of their
annual depreciation as a guarantee that company as7-
sets will be in "good operating condition" when con-
cessions begin to expire 'in 1983. A retroactive
clause, would substantially add to the financial bur-
den arising from this levy.
Although US oil firms are resigned to the
loss of the domestic Venezuelan market,
they are greatly concerned by the prospect
of -significant increases in their current
operating costs. President Caldera's
earlier proposed legislation to national-
ize the oil companies' gas resources is
still being debated, and these new bills
largely represent efforts by the minority
parties to climb aboard the nationalist
bandwagon. All these bills are expected
to pass this year, possibly as early as
July.
It was a VenezueZan.oiZ pricing package
of a year ago that served as a model for
price changes negotiated by Middle East
oil producers earlier this year.
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NOTES
USSR-Berlin: Soviet Ambassador Abrasimov has
warned of possible autobahn harassment if the sched-
uled meeting of a Bundestag committee takes place
in West Berlin tomorrow and Friday. Abrasimov made
the threat at a luncheon following Monday's four-
power meeting on Berlin. It is likely that Moscow
will support some East German harassment of West
German traffic if it takes place. Chancellor Brandt,
however, is now seeking to have Bundestag officials
postpone the meeting, which has unusual sensitivity
since it would nearly coincide with the East German
party congress next week and Brezhnev's expected at-
tendance.
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Ecuador: A showdown may be in the offing be-
tween-FF=ent Velasco and General Luis Jacome, a
central figure in one of the plots against the gov-
ernment. A military investigating commission is
said to have exonerated Jacome of plotting against
Velasco last March and to have recommended his re-
turn to active duty where his seniority entitles him
to become army commander.
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