THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 11 NOVEMBER 1971

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992968
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: November 11, 1971

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The President's Daily Brief
11 November 1971
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
11 November 1971
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
On Page 1 we comment on the assassination yesterday
of South Vietnamese politician Nguyen Van Bong.
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British Foreign Secretary Douglas-Home is going to
Rhodesia in an effort to settle the independence
dispute. (Page 3)
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SOUTH VIETNAM
Nguyen Van Bong, who was .killed yesterday in Saigon
by a bomb explosion in his automobiZe, was one of
the country's most effective and respected politi-
cians. He was the leader of the Progressive Nation-
alist Movement, one of the few Vietnamese political
parties with organizational strength outside the
capital and one which did fairly well in the recent
National Assembly elections. Bong had been rumored
as a possible selection for prime minister in the
event that President Thieu decided to broaden his
government through a cabinet reorganization.
Bong's assassins have not been identified, but.sus-
picion is falling on the Communists since he had no
known political or personaZ enemies. Although there
is no obvious reason why the Communists might single
out Bong, they have conducted similar acts of ter-
rorism in the past, primarily to demonstrate that
security in Saigon is still precarious.
The Progressive Nationalist Movement had been follow-
ing a course of moderate opposition since its estab-
lishment in 1968. Its Zine is not likely to change
much as a result of Bong's death, although the
party's number two man, Nguyen Ngoc Huy, is consid-
ered to be somewhat more sympathetic to the govern-
ment.
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UK-RHODESIA
? Heath is sending Foreign Secretary Douglas-
Home to Salisbury on Sunday in fulfillment of his
election campaign pledge to try to settle the six-
year-old Rhodesian independence dispute.( !
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negotiations over the past several months have not
advanced as far as the government had hoped, but
the Foreign Secretary's presence in Rhodesia appar-
ently is believed necessary to advance the talks
further.
The major point to be settled is progress
toward ending racial discrimination. The
British still insist that any new agree-
ment must provide for unimpeded progress
toward majority, i.e., African rule. Al-
though Rhodesian Prime Minister Smith,
according to one report, wants a settle-
ment because of economic problems, he has
recently come under intense pressure from
his own party to adopt even stricter ra-
cial segregation measures.
Heath may well believe that a Rhodesian
settlement, or at least a demonstrated
drive to attain one, will shore up his
support among right-wing Tories, whom he
wants to back legislation necessary to
effect Britain's entry to the EC.
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Communist China:?
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