THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 1 JUNE 1972

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993331
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: June 1, 1972

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The President's Daily Brief
1 June 1972
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
1 ,June 1972
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
South Vietnamese forces in the highlands are still
trying to clear enemy pockets from inside Kontum
City. (Page 1)
President Allende is trying to come to grips with
another flare-up between the Communists and So-
cialists in his governing coalition, and might re-
place their cabinet members with military officers.
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VIETNAM
South Vietnamese forces in the highlands are
still clearing enemy pockets in Kontum City. Yes-
terday government regulars with tank support engaged
in house-to-house fighting to drive Communist troops
from the city's northern portions, but territorial
forces attempting to clear sappers from the south-
eastern section have so far been unable to prevent
reinfiltration at night. There are indications,
moreover, that the Communists may be committing
another regiment against Kontum. A prisoner cap-
tured just north of the city on 30 May says his
regiment has been reassigned
On the northern front, the Communists continue
to harass defenses north and west of Hue with shell-
ing-and ground probes. Prisoners taken during the
last several days along the Quang Tri - Thua Thien
border are from four different regiments subordinate
to three different divisions or commands. The prox-
imity of these regiments suggests that a single
authority may now be coordinating the campaign
against Hue.
Farther south along the coast, the Communists
apparently are preparing to increase activity in.
Quang-Nam Province. Intercepts indicate that large
amounts of weapons and ammunition are being brought
into the province
enemy.plans-to attack roads and major towns,
including Da:Jiang and the provincial capital at Hoi
North of Saigon, the government relief forces
south of An Loc were in heavy contact much of yes-
terday. In adjacent Tay Ninh Province, government
troops have reoccupied part of a border district
that had been abandoned early in May._ In Phuoc Tuy
Province southeast of Saigon, however, no progress
has been made in clearing Communist forces from the
capital of Dat Do District, and three of the other
four districts are under heavy enemy. pressure.
(continued)
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An article appearing: in the May issue of the
North Vietnamese military journal hails battlefield_
:successes to date as evidence that the "Vietnamese
revolUtionary forces" can and should continue fight
ing for a prolonged period, ifnecessary. Recently
broadcast by Radio Hanoi to combatants in the South,
it:portrays allied setbacks as proof that Vietnami-
zation has been defeated andthat the way is.open
to further Communist gains?including "in areas
:adjacent to the cities" The article also, makes
-numerous allusions to the "proven" -value of 'using
all forces at the disposal of the Communists and
of adapting strategy to particular conditions.
Although the article apparently was writ-
ten before the mining of North Vietnamese
ports, its broadcasting as recently as 28
May shows that it reflects current policy.
We.believe that the author,: who may be d
high official in Hanoi, intended the com-
mentary not only as:a standard morale
booster but as a device for quieting res-
ervations.in some circles over Hanoi s
current military policy.
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CHILE
President Allende is trying to come"to:grips-
with-another- flare-rup between the Communists .and'
the Socialists, the two principal members of his ,
coalition. '1 /during
a recent_encounter with the president each party
threatened to bolt the. coalition unless_it
ceived support from Allende.' Allende responded
that he would then replace their cabinet members
with military officers: He.gave-them until 7 June
to settle their.. conflict.
We believe Allende has been seeking an
opportunity, to bring more military men
into his cabinet, and this could give
him the chance. The constant quarreling
between the ardently revolutionary So-
cialists and the more pragmatic Commu-
nists has prevented his coalition cab-
inet from becoming the efficient tool
he believes he needs.
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lende discussed bringing more military
officers into the cabinet with the army commander
in chief, General Carlos Prats. He
assured Prats that military men would be re-
sponsible only to him, not to the coalition po-
litical parties. Prats replied that he would not
oppose having more military men in the cabinet,
but would insist on a major change
in the government's economic policies.
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NOTE
? ItraelFedayeen:
the surviving terrorisLaptured following the
slaughter at :the Tel Aviv airport Tuesday night
belonged to the Japanese "Red Army Faction", some
of the members of which have been trained by the
Popular Front for the Liberation-of Palestine at
its-bases-in Lebanon. Under an agreement of late
1971, PFLP officers have also gone to Tokyo to
study the organization and methods of the small
Japanese group, which hascarried out a few sen-
sational? terrorist actions in Japan. Palestinian
terrorists-evidently have also gained the occa?
sional cooperation of European,radicals.in.hi-
jacking and-sabotage operations. )
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