THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 9 JANUARY 1972

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993071
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: January 9, 1972

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The President's Daily Brief
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TO THE WHITE HOUSE
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PRESSURE CONTINUES TO MOUNT ON GOVERNMENT "\
FORCES DEFENDING LONG TIE NG, BUT VIE ENEMY' S ANTICIPATED
MAJOR ASSAULT ON THE GARRISON HAS YET TO MATER IA14ZE?
IRREGULAR UNITS REPORTED SHARP CLASHES 4,1Th NVA TROOPS ON
THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE LONG TIE NG VALLEY ON 8 JANUARY AS
WELL AS PERI ODIC MORTAR AND ARTILLERY ATTACKS* FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN FOUR NIGHTS HOWEVER, NO SHELLING BY NVA
130.*MM GUNS WAS REPORTED, SUGGESTING THAT THE COMMUNISTS
COULD BE HOARDING THE IR AMMUNITION FOR A HEAVY PRE-ASSAULT
BARRAGE IN THE NEAR FUTURE*
IN THE SOUTH, A GOVERNMENT FORCE ATTEMPTING TO BLOCK
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EDGE OF THE BOL OVENS PLATEAU HAS RE PORTED HEAVY PRESSURE
FROM NORTH VIETNAMESE UNITS* DUR I NG THE NIGHT OF 1...B
JANUARY, THE GOVERNMENT UNIT AT AN GNU, ABOUT 12 MILES
WEST OF PA KSONG ALONG ROUTE 23, WAS
SURROUNDED AND RECEIVING MORTAR AND ARTILLERY FIRE AS WELL
AS GROUND PROBES* CASUALTIES SO FAR HAVE BEEN LIGHT,
HOWEVER, AND THE BAN GNIK COMMANDER APPEARS TO BE MAKING
GOOD USE OF HIS ARTILLERY AND TACTICAL AIR SUPPORT*
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THE TWO SOVIET BUKLT OSA-CLASS GUIDED
MISSILE PATROL BOATS BEING TOWED ACR OSS THE ATLANTIC
SHOULD ARRIVE IN CUBA EARLY THIS WEEK* THEY PROBABLY
ARE DESTINED FOR CABANAS, A NAVAL BASE WEST OF HAVANA*
THE OSA IS ARMED WITH FOUR MISSILES WITH A RANGE OF ABOUT
20 MILES. THE CUBANS MAY SCRAP SOME OF THEIR 18 OLDER AND
SMALLER KOMAR PA rR OL BOATS THAT CARRY ONLY TWO MISSILES*
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