THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 2 AUGUST 1971

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992783
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: August 2, 1971

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The President's Daily Brief
2 August 1971
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
2 August 1971'
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
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Numayril has recalled the Sudanese ambassadors from
the Soviet Union and Bulgaria. (Page 2)
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SOUTH VIETNAM
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SUDAN-USSR
Sudan has recalled its ambassadors from the
Soviet Union and Bulgaria in response to the "biased
campaign" being waged against the Numayri government
by the Communist countries' news media.
This latest move, which stops just short
of a formal break in diplomatic relations,
follows a period of growing strain and dis-
illusionment. Even before last month's
abortive coup by Communist military offi-
cers, the Numayri government had been dis-
appointed with the low level of Soviet
economic aid. Events surrounding the coup
and countercoup sharply accentuated the
difficulties between the two countries.
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mayri is primarily distressed by Moscow's
strident condemnation of the execution of
the coup leaders and Sudanese Communists
said to have been associated with them.
Numayri told a Western journalist on Saturday
that his government is continuing to investigate the
role of Communist embassies in events leading to the
coup. Perhaps in an effort to blunt the Soviet at-
tacks, Numayri suggested that such vehemence must
indicate that these embassies were "accomplices of
the Sudanese Communists."
Thus far we have seen no reaction from the
Soviets to the recall of ambassadors. As
we noted in The President's Daily Brief of
30 July, Moscow would probably prefer to
avoid a severing of diplomatic relations.
Numayri 's actions to date have left the
Soviets with little opportunity to shift
to a more conciliatory line, however.
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NOTE
Japan: The mid-air crash Friday of a Japanese
Air Force plane and an All-Nippon Airways Boeing
727 has added to the problems of the beleaguered
Sato government. After only four weeks on the job
Defense Agency chief Masuhara has followed Japanese
custom by taking responsibility for the incident and
tendering his resignation, which Sato accepted at an
emergency cabinet meeting today. Opposition Social-
ists attribute the crash to the alleged priority of
military aircraft in Japanese airspace, and claim
that US military planes in particular create conges-
tion by monopolizing many air lanes. Sato will feel
obliged to show some response to this criticism; im-
mediately after the crash all Japanese Air Force
training flights were suspended indefinitely.
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