THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 12 AUGUST 1971

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992801
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: August 12, 1971

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The President's Daily Brief
12 August 1971
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
12 August 1971
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Both India and Pakistan are becoming more concerned
about each other's short-term military intentions.
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On Page 2, we comment on the intensified polemics be-
tween Moscow and Bucharest.
Northern Ireland/
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INDIA-PAKISTAN
The alert status being maintained by the military
forces of both India and Pakistan has apparently Zed
each to be concerned about the short-range intentions
of the other.1-----
/ In talking with Deputy
Chief of Mission Sober on 11 August, Pakistan's
chief of staff General Hamid Khan took a more re-
laxed view. Although he acknowledged the risks in-
volved in the current military situation, he said
it was clearly not in Pakistan's interest to have
war. He added that he did not at this point see any
indication that India wants war and that he consid-
ered the alert measures in both countries to be pre-
cautionary moves. Hamid admitted that the increased
insurgent activity in East Pakistan was "keeping
Pakistani forces busy" although he implied that the
army could cope with the problem.
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USSR-ROMANIA
The Soviet weekly Literaturnaya Gazeta yesterday re-
printed an article from the Polish party daily of
30 July, which indirectly but clearly criticized
Bucharest's policies. Claiming that China views the
USSR as its chief enemy, the article commented that
"all nods of approval for Peking's splittist policy
cannot be considered as anything but harmful to the
unity of the socialist community." This was followed
by a warning that there can be no "neutral stand" on
this issue and that "the attitude toward the Soviet
Union and the CPSU is a gauge of the attitude toward
the fundamental interests of the socialist community."
Romania shows no sign of backing off from its inde-
pendent stance. An article yesterday in the party
daily Scinteia reaffirmed Bucharest's desire to
strengthen links with "all socialist countries" (read
China included). The Romanian article also condemned
"imperialism" for using tactics such as "domination
and...economic and political pressure,...the install-
ment of puppet regimes...and even overt military in-
tervention." While the imperialists were not specif-
ically named, the Soviets will see the article as
still another infuriating example of Romania's fol-
lowing a pro-Peking line.
If the scheduled visit of a Chinese military delega-
tion to Romania actually takes place later this
month, the Soviets will not be made any happier.
Should Moscow want to increase the pressure on Ro-
mania, a Warsaw Pact exercise tentatively scheduled
in Bulgaria in late August would offer opportunities
for intimidating posturings. Although such moves
would clearly worry the Romanians, it is doubtful
that they would have any basic effect on Bucharest's
determination to maintain its independent stance.
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NORTHERN IRELAND
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NOTE
Arab- Federation: Presidents Sadat of Egypt,
Qadhafi of Libya., and Asad of. Syria meeting to-
day in Damascus to approve a constitution and -a set:
of basic principlesfor their new ,Federation of Arab
Republics Although details are not expected to be
made public until after 15 August, indications con-
tinue to be that the new federation will be only a
nominal union with'each'state retaining its sover-
eignty. A referendum on participation in.the federa-
tion-is still scheduled to be held in each of the
three countries on 1 September. Sudan's Numayri
stayed away from, theformative-meeting last April,
but has recently announced that Sudan will join the
federation in January.
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