THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 15 SEPTEMBER 1971

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992862
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: September 15, 1971

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The President's Daily Brief
15 September 1971
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
15 September 1971
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Severe floods have disrupted huge areas of India.
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Recent developments in Malta's search for foreign
aid are discussed on Page 3.
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WEST GERMANY - USSR
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Serious Flooding Along the Ganges
BAY OF
BENGAL
Flooding in MaIda, West Bengal
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INDIA
Exceptionally heavy monsoon rains during the
past two months have flooded extensive areas of
seven states across 1,000 miles of northern and
northeastern India, seriously disrupting both agri-
culture and industry. Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and
West Bengal are the most seriously affected.
Planting of the rice crop has been delayed in
areas that normally produce over half of India's
rice, and other crops in the same regions'are a
total loss.? Wheat in inadequate storage is spoil-
ing. Communications and transportation are dis-
rupted. Millions are homeless and hundreds dead.
Flooded roads and wrecked bridges earlier this month
had halted most deliveries of food and other sup-
plies to refugee camps north of Calcutta, but as
yet the inundated camps are not suffering from
famine.
Indian'military.operationsin the affected
states-nomally at a low Zei)-6l during the
monsoons-,-undoubtedly have been curtailed
even further as a result of the floode
By-October, however, the rains-should be
endedand'normalaperations will resume.
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NOTE
Malta: The British have told Mintoff that West
Germany, Italy, Canada, and Norway are now prepared
to enter bilateral discussions with Malta concerning
aid and that other allied governments are still con-
sidering the matter. Mintoff had recently advised
the German ambassador that he was willing to "nego-
tiate bilaterally for up to six months," a consider-
ably longer time for negotiation than seemed likely
to be available to the NATO countries last month.
He is counting on some $14 million in bilateral aid
from NATO countries apparently because he realizes
that the UK-NATO offer of almost $24 million is un-
likely to go any higher.
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