THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 29 JUNE 1971

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992723
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: June 29, 1971

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The President's Daily Brief
29 June 1971
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
29 June 1971
?PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Prime Minister Gandhi is reported to have asked:
Kosygin for Soviet support in the event that India
finds it necessary to move, unilaterally against Pak-
istan. (Page 1)
On Page 2, we discuss President Yahyal,s newly an-
nounced plan for the transferring of power in Paki-
stan to a civilian government.
Prime Minister Erim has agreed to stop production
of opium in Turkey afterthe 1972 harvest. (Page 3)
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INDIA
Prime Minister Gandhi has asked Premier Kosygin
for Soviet support should India find it necessary to
take unilateral si against Pakistan,
KOs in has et
reSpon
Mrs. Gandhi believes the So-
vie attitu e is the key to India's future actions.
Gin i assumes that India is seeking Soviet support as
a guard against Chinese intervention in an Indo-Pak-
istani war.
The USSR believes that onZy China and the
West would profit from a renewal of Indo-
Pakistani hostilities. From the outset of
the present crisis, Moscow has cautioned
both sides against precipitate actions.
The Soviets, therefore, will probably
counter Mrs. Gandhi's alleged .request for
support with further pleas for restraint
and promises of renewed pressures on the
Pakistanis. On 8 and 9 June, the Soviets
again spoke out critically about West Pak-
istan's handling of the situation in the
East wing, and Kosygin is likely to have
made the same points privately in his meet-
ing with the Pakistani ambassador in Mos-
cow on 22 June.
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PAKISTAN
President Yahya's new program for transferring power
to civilians, which he announced in a nationwide
broadcast yesterday, indicates that he will keep a
tight rein on the process. Politicians will have a
much smaller role than envisaged before 25 March,
when popularly elected representatives had been given
the task of drafting a new constitution. The new
constitution will now be written by a committee of
"experts," while Yahya will merely consult political
leaders.
His program calls for maximum provincial autonomy,
while giving the federal government "adequate"
powers--presumably more than most East Pakistanis
would like it to have--and he stipulated further that
martial law would continue for "a period of time,"
even after the national and provincial governments
are formed. This may mean that the army intends to
retain ultimate control.
Yahya did not commit himself to a firm timetable,
but said that the transfer will take place in "four
months or so" depending on the situation at that
time.
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TURKEY
Prime Minister Erim has agreed to stop Turkish
opium production in 1972. Erim told Ambassador
Handley that as a first step he would issue a decree
on 30 June limiting the planting of next fall's
poppy crop to four provinces; after that, no plant-
ing would be allowed. Erim asked the US to provide
compensation to Turkish farmers until their income
from new sources equals that from opium production,
which he estimated would take three to four. years.
He also asked for a public statement of congratula-
tions from President Nixon and increased agricul-
tural and industrial aid.
A major decline in the opium supply enter-
ing the US from Turkey is not expected un-
til 1973. In addition to leakage from
legal planting in the four provinces next
year, there are large inventories from
previous harvests
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