THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 27 OCTOBER 1971

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992940
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: October 27, 1971

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The President's Daily Brief
27 October 1971
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
27 October 1971
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
The Communists apparently are abandoning their month-
long military campaign in South Vietnam's Tay Ninh
Province and along the Cambodian border. (Page 1)
South Vietnam
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\Cambodia)
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NATO's Eurogroup has made some progress toward more
extensive defense cooperation. (Page 4)
Taipei has decided to try and preserve its member-
ship in specialized agencies of the UN. (Page 5)
The typhoon which struck northern South Vietnam over
the weekend may also delay the start of dry-season
supply deliveries from North Vietnam into the Laos
panhandle. (Page 5)
\ Soviet
Cuba. (Page 5)
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VIETNAM-CAMBODIA
Although scattered fighting continues in South
Vietnam's Tay Ninh Province and along the Cambodian
border, recent direction-finding indicates that ma-
jor components of the Communist 7th Division, in-
cluding its three subordinate regiments, have with-
drawn toward base areas near the Chup rubber planta-
tion. In addition, the headquarters of the 5th Di-
vision, along with its 174th Regiment, have left the
vicinity of Krek.
The Communists apparently are abandoning
their month-long military campaign in this
area. Intercepts and captured documents
indicate that the objective was to tie
down Saigon's forces in northwestern Mil-
itary Region 3 and thereby to prevent the
South Vietnamese Army from staging a major
push against Communist base areas in Cam-
bodia. Saigon's forcei, supported by mas-
sive US bombing, blunted the Communist of-
fensive and apparently inflicted heavy
casualties on the enemy.
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SOUTH VIETNAM
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NATO
The: members.of NATO's Eurogroup7-the UK and all
the continental members except Franceand-Portugal=7
hayemade some progress at.the workingjevel-on-a,
variety of potential joint-efforts in the field.of
defense support.. The groups.haye-been studying pros-
pects.for cooperation-in military training, arms
planning, logistics, 'standardization-of medical-sup-
plies, and storage facilities.1
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Ban Karai
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NOTES
Nationalist China: The Nationalist delegation
at the UN has informed US officials that Taipei's
withdrawal applies only to the UN itself and not to its
specialized agencies or the International Atomic
Energy Agency. Taipei has decided in principle to
attempt to preserve its membership in these agen-
cies, but the wide margin of the vote on Monday in-
dicates that it has little chance of success. Pe-
king has made it clear that it will not enter the
UN while Taipei remains a member of any of its af-
filiated bodies. Although Peking is already consid-
ering sending a delegation to New York, it is un-
likely to do so before ?Taipei's position is resolved.
Indochina: The typhoon which caused heavy dam-
age in the northernmost part of South Vietnam over
the weekend may also delay the start of dry-season
supply deliveries from North Vietnam into the Laos
panhandle. High winds and local flooding in QTang
Binh Province disrupted land-line communications,
damaged storage areas, and mired roads leading to
the Mu Gia and Ban Karai passes. Similar storms
last year delayed large-scale movement of supplies
until late November. Roads in the panhandle are
much improved this year, however, and the Communists
can repair them quickly after the rains stop.
Belgium: Belgium has finally decided what to
do with information provided by Anatoly Tchebotarev,
the Soviet trade mission employee who defected re-
cently. The government, reluctant to generate the
publicity attending a similar case in the UK, quietly
told Soviet Ambassador Molotchkov that ten Soviet
representatives would have to be barred from Belgium
by 1 November or be declared persona non grata.
(Only five of the ten are now in the country.) Fif-
teen other Soviets must leave within a year.
USSR-Cuba-
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