THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 15 NOVEMBER 1971

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992974
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: November 15, 1971

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The President's Daily Brief
15 November 1971
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
15 November 1971
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
The Chinese
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Cambodian troops have been evacuated from Rumlong,
and Communist harassment near Phnom Penh continues.
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West Germany's Egon Bahr believes that Pankow wants
an accord with Bonn within the next month. (Page 3)
Czechoslovakia
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COMMUNIST CH INA
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Rumlong
Tang Kouk
Kompong Cham
Aircraft downed
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CAMBODIA
The US Defense Attache reports that the more
than 700 Cambodian Army troops defending the town
of Rumlong abandoned it without incident on Satur-
day. The government reinforcements that had tried
unsuccessfully to break through the Communists'
three-week siege of the village remain dug inalong
Route 6 awaiting new orders from Phnom Penh.
These reinforcements, consisting of 20
battalions divided into task forces north
and south of Rumlong, have been kept
largely immobilized by effective Commu-
nist mortar and rocket fire. Although
Prime Minister Lon NoZ has asked his com-
manders to propose a course of action,
new offensive thrusts along the highway
are not likely. One Cambodian General
Staff officer has commented that, with
the abandonment of Rumlong, there is no
need to try to reopen Route 6 as the
forces cut off north of the town can be
resupplied by air. Intercepts have in-
dicated that the Communist units closest
to the road are located near this north-
ern task force.
In the Phnom Penh area, a nine-battalion gov-
ernment operation launched on 12 November to coun-
ter the recent spate of enemy attacks southwest of
the capital has already engaged in several skir-
mishes. Pochentong Airfield also continues to be
a Communist target. Six rocket and mortar rounds
hit the field yesterday, causing the government to
move a number of military aircraft to other loca-
tions. A Cambodian Air Force plane was downed in
fighting just west of Phnom Penh
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EAST GERMANY.- WEST GERVANY
Midway in last week's unprecedented four-day
negotiating session, West Germany's Egon Bahr told
Western ambassadors that he was convinced that Pan-
kow wants to reach an accord before the NATO minis-
terial meetings in December. This would be designed
to give a green light for multilateral preparations
for a Conference on European Security. Bahr says
that, in response to his direct question, East Ger-
man negotiator Kohl confirmed this assessment. Bahr
concludes that Bonn will be able to extract a very
satisfactory agreement, but probably only at the
last moment.
Bahr's assessment, which we think may be
overoptimistic, is likely to induce him
and his counterpart in the parallel West
Berlin - East German talks to take a
tough negotiating stance in the coming
weeks. With the East Germans recently
appearing even more forthcoming than usual
in their public statements, however, Bahr
stated that he was having some difficulty
in upholding Bonn's position on matters
of substance without appearing to procras-
tinate.
In both sets of talks last week, the East Ger-
mans gave ground on several points, while continu-
ing to resist on others. Major differences include
determining how closely the accords should be linked
to the four-power Berlin agreement, defining misuse
of the autobahns, inspecting unsealed vehicles, and
granting one-day passes to West Berliners for visits
to the East.
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CZECHOSLOVAKIA - WEST GERMANY
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NOTES
South Vietnam: Some of the drastic economic
reforms being announced today are likely to prove'
highly unpopular by sparking new price increases
?and'market uncertainties, according to the US Em-
bassy. In a major address before the National As-
sembly early today President.,Thieu sought to justify
the new measures as necessary to increase tax rev-
enues, to reduce dependence on_foreign assistance,
and generally to make the economy more self-suffi-
cient. Thieu appears confident that he has emerged
from the recent election strong enough to take fairly
heavy-criticism, but he may also anticipate that some
of the blame for the unwelcome decrees can be de-
flected ontol the uncertainties ofUS aid policy*
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