THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 30 JULY 1971

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992779
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 16
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: July 30, 1971

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The President's Daily Brief
30 July 1971
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
30 July 1971
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Indian authorities are ordering all foreign nationals
in the Pakistani refugee areas in West Bengal to
leave as soon as possible. (Page 1)
In South Vietnam, the Communists appear to be in-
creasing their combat strength around the northern
coastal provinces (Page 2)3 and have extended the
new road through the western end of the DMZ another
two miles toward Route 9. (Page 3)
Lon Nol has established a new central economic com-
mittee?to help counter criticism of the government's
performance, and has named a potential rival to head
it. (Page 4)
Soviet experts in the Sudan are about to leave as re-
lations between Moscow and Khartoum show severe strain
following last week's coup. (Page 5)
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INDIA
The West Bengal state government has notified
British and West German relief organizations that
foreign nationals serving in the Pakistani refugee
areas in the state must leave as soon as possible--
preferably "within two days." Similar messages are
said to be going out to all foreign organizations
working in the camp areas. The ban applies even to
missionaries who were working in the area well be-
fore the outbreak of civil war in East Pakistan.
Foreign "administrative" personnel allowed to remain
in Calcutta will need special permission to visit
the refugee camps.
Taken in conjunction with India's refusal
to permit the stationing of UN personnel
along the border with East Pakistan, the
ban may reflect New Delhi's extreme sen-
sitivity to the presence of foreign ob-
servers in an area where sizable numbers
of troops are stationed and where future
military operations might be mounted.
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/Any actual eviction of per-
sonnel from the refugee camps would in-
crease international support for a Secu-
rity Council meeting on the South Asian
crisis.
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VIETNAM
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SOUTH VIETNAM
The Communists appear to be increasing their
combat strength around the northern coastal provinces.
The 3rd Regiment of the North Vietnamese 2nd Division
returned to southeastern Quang Nam Province this month
from Laos, where it has operated for the past year.
Intercepted radio signals indicate that other compo-
nents of the 2nd Division involved in the fighting
in Lam Son 719 earlier this year are also on the move,
possibly to the same general area. Farther south,
the headquarters of the North Vietnamese ?3rd Division
is on the way to rejoin two subordinate infantry regi-
ments near the densely populated coast in northern
Binh Dinh Province.
The 3rd Division headquarters had been lo-
cated:some 35 miles away in a remote part
of southwestern Quang Ngai Province Early
this year, a nearly identical move by this
headquarters was followed by a sharp in-
crease in Communist military activity in
upper Binh Dinh.
In the central highlands, the North Vietnamese
66th Regiment and some elements of the 95B.Regiment'
have'moved out of border redoubts and are heading to-
ward the .Ben- Het andPleikUareas, respectively. The
Communists also seem to be sending more firepower
through the infiltration system toward the central.
highlands, a
large enemy convoy with 36 pieCes of artillery was
en route to that area.
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