THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 28 SEPTEMBER 1971

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992887
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: September 28, 1971

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The President's Daily Brief
28 September 1971
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
28 September 1971
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
fedayeen. (Page 1)
The situation in China is discussed on Page 2.
In northwestern Laos, the Chinese have begun to ex-
tend their road network south toward the Mekong River.
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Elements of the North Vietnamese 7th Division have
moved from Cambodia into South Vietnam's Tay Ninh
Province. (Page 4)
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COMMUNIST CHINA
We have no confirmation of those press reports
that the Canton television station has promised a
special newscast for tonight about the "circumstances"
regarding National Day curtailment. The US Consulate
in Hong Kong has been unable to find any evidence for
such a promise after reviewing tapes of the broadcasts
from Canton.
/?oreign Ministry spokesman in Peking who
last week told some members of the diplomatic corps
that they would soon receive "the clue" as to why
National Day celebrations have been curtailed.
The suspension of military flight activity is
continuing, except for some training flights and
defensive patrols. Other military activity through-
out the country appears to be normal.
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Communist-controlled
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Chinese Roadbuilding in Northwest Laos
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COMMUNIST CHINA - LAOS
Photography of northwest Laos
shows that the Chinese have begun to extend Route
46 south of Muong Houn toward the Mekong River.
There are now about eight miles of single-lane road
south of Muong Houn, going at least two miles be-
yond the existing motorable trail that was cleared
in November 1970 to serve a forward AAA position.
The presence of construction camps and heavy con-
struction equipment along the new road is indica-
tive of more than a simple clearing or trail re-
alignment operation, as is the apparent construction
of five new AAA sites about two miles south of Muong
Houn in the last few months.
The Chinese pushed Route 46 to Muong Houn
in January 1970 but, except for the motor-
able trail, did not add substantially to
it in the 1970-71 dry season. Instead,
they concentrated last winter chiefly on
improvements to bridges and culverts on
Route 45--on the northern segment of the
artery running from Muong Houn to Dien
Bien Phu in North Vietnam. Most of the
160 miles of roads built by the Chinese
in Laos since 1968 have been concentrated
in the Route 45-46 system.
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Communist Military Action Increases in Border Area
Kompong
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NOTES
South Vietnam - Cambodia:
elements of the North Vietnamese 7th Division have
recently moved from positions about 25 miles inside
Cambodia into the northwestern corner of South Viet-
nam's Tay Ninh Province. Over the weekend there
were heavy enemy shellings and some ground assaults
on allied positions in northern Tay Ninh, as well
as around Krek on the Cambodian side of the border,
suggesting that other division elements have moved
or are moving back into South Vietnam. Such moves
may reflect plans to increase pressure on the South
Vietnamese prior to next Sunday's presidential elec-
tion as well as to cause Saigon to pull back some
of its 10,000 troops still operating in Cambodia.
Egypt-USSR: Cairo has publicly confirmed that
President Sadat will soon pay a state visit to the
Soviet Union./
//He can be expected to press
for an increased supply of arms of a more advanced
and sophisticated nature--a matter on which Foreign
Minister Riad failed to get satisfaction when in
Moscow in early July. The discussions will be held
against a background of a lingering of the strains
that developed between the two nations in the wake
of the abortive pro-Communist coup in the Sudan
later that month.
Libya: /
/replacements from within
the Council have been picked for Qadhafi's posts as
prime minister and as head of the Council, but that
he will remain as defense minister and chief of the
armed forces. We have little further indication of
his present status, but note that his planned visit
to Yemen last Saturday was cancelled, that the Arab
summit meeting originally scheduled for Cairo last
weekend was postponed, and that he has now been out
of public view for some ten days.
USSR :/
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