THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 29 JULY 1971

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992777
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: July 29, 1971

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?The President's Daily Brief
29 July 1971
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
29 July 1971
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Pakistan/
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Government irregulars have launched a major new cam-
paign in south Laos. (Page 3)
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PAKISTAN-INDIA
The Pakistani
a senior For-
eign Ministry official in Islamabad told the US
chargg that his government no longer opposes a UN Se-
curity Council meeting on South Asian matters. He
said Pakistani envoys in various capitals have been
advised that such a meeting might prove useful even
though there are disadvantages involved. The US Em-
bassy in Islamabad thinks this change might be the
result of growing awareness that resistance elements
in East Pakistan will be hard to contain. The em-
bassy does'not rule out, however, the possibility
that Pakistan fears direct Indian military action.
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NORTH VIETNAM - USSR
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LAOS: Bo!ovens Plateau Area
BURMA
VIEJTNAM
AREA
THAILAND
CAMBUu
Paksong
Bo/ovens
Plateau
Ban Heuei
ong
25 50 miles
551709 7-71 CIA
Stung Treng
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? Government-held location
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LAOS
Four battalions of government irregulars, num-
bering 1,300 men, were airlifted yesterday to an
area north of Saravane and subsequently took the
town without resistance. The move into Saravane is
the beginning of a, major new campaign in south Laos,
during which the government will try to recapture
Paksong in the central portion of the Bolovens Pla-
teau. Intercepts indicate that the Communists have
been expecting a "sweep" operation but evidently
are not yet certain where the main government at-
tack will come.
Saravane has been in enemy hands since
last year. Although it is a secondary
target to Paksong, its capture should
give a psychological boost to the govern-
ment in Vientiane. Instead of trying to
hold Saravane for long, however, the ir-
regulars will try to move against Commu-
nist installations and supply caches to
the west.
The Communists have between six and eight
battalions in the Bolovens area with ar-
mor and artillery support. They hold
most of the key high ground positions on
the plateau and have had some time to
preposition ammunition caches.
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