THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 19 JUNE 1972

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993363
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: June 19, 1972

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The President's Daily Brief
19 June 1972
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THE PRESIDENT'S-DAILY-BRIEF
19 June 1972
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
An uncommunicative Le Duc Tho has returned to Hanoi,
while an ebullient President Podgorny returned to
Moscow after predicting an early resumption of the
Paris talks. No new major fighting was reported in
South Vietnam during the weekend. (Page 1)
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President.Allende's cabinet reorganization cloaks
continuing disunity among the parties of the coali-
tion. government. (Page 4)
East German views on-relations between the two German
states have been tabled in the form of a draft treaty
and a declaration of principles. (Page' 5)
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VIETNAM
. Following President Podgorny's return home
from Hanoi, Moscow Radio today demanded that the
US "immediately and unconditionally" halt military
actions against North Vietnamese ports, put an end
to the "VietnaMization" policy in South Vietnam,
and resume "constructive talks" in Paris. The
broadcast also reaffirmed the USSR's intention to
continue- supplying "all necessary aid" to the North
Vietnamese war effort and once again endorsed the
Vietnamese Communists' standard proposals for a
peace settlement.
This is Moscow's first word about Pod-
gorny's,'trip and seems to be a minimum
expression of support for Hanoi.
President-Podgorny had told reporters Cal-
cutta, where he toucheddown en route to Moscow,
that his talks with. North Vietnamese leaders had
gone "as we desired," that the .peace talks in Paris
would be resumed soon,.and that. the USSR would do
everything possible to bring abouta de-escalation
of the Vietnam conflict.
North Vietnamese politburo member Le Duc Tho
returned to Hanoi from Paris yesterday after stop-
overs in Moscow and Peking. His one-day stop in
Moscow has so far been mentioned only in a North
Vietnamese news dispatch, suggesting that he had
been welcomed and seen off at the airport by a
relatively low-ranking Soviet delegation. Peking
Radio, which announced Tho's departure for Hanoi
yesterday, reported that during his short stay in
China, Tho attended a banquet in his honor and
later had a "very cordial conversation" with
Premier Chou En-lai.
There were light Communist shellings and ground
probes in several areas of South Vietnam during the
weekend, but no major new fighting was reported. In
the far north, four battalions of South Vietnamese
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Marines have launched another operation into enemy-
held territory north of the Quang Tri - Thua Thien
provincial border. The marines have encountered
little resistance. There continue to be indications
from both Quang Tri and Thua Thien that the Commu-
nists are moving men and equipment closer to Hue.
In the provinces around Saigon, pressure has
eased soMewhat,,but the government relief column
trying toreach An Loc is still stalled south of
the town on Route 13. New skirmishing was reported
east of-Saigon in Phuoc Tuy Province. Fighting
is continuing in the Kien Tuong Province - Cambodian
border area, but its intensity has diminished and
much of it apparently has been initiated by South
Vietnamese troops operating across the Cambodian.
'border,
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WESTERN EUROPE
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President Allende reorganized his coalition
cabinet on 17 June. The Socialists kept the four
key posts they previously held and gained two more
ministries. The Communists retained the same three
seats but filled them with more prestigious party
leaders. The Radical Party grudgingly gave up one
of its three portfolios and the smaller parties re-
tained one apiece.
The most important change was the replace-
ment of Pedro Vuskovic, who as Minister
of Economy had created many problems by
his drastic policies. Vuskovic may be
heard from again, however. Allende has
promised to name him to an important post
next week, when he will announce changes
in his economic programs.
The shifts do not mean that Allende has
solved the internal conflicts in his 7-
alition.
the Socialists are furi-
ous because Allende and the Communists--
at the urging of the Soviet Embassy--are
working out an important compromise on
economic policy with the opposition Chris-
tian Democrats. If the compromise holds,
it may result in a slower pace toward na-
tionalization of industries. The Social-
ists have the largest bloc in the new
cabinet, and this may aid them in their
campaign to destroy the economic resources
of those who oppose the government. Should
they attempt this, the compromise would
most likely fail.
Allende was unsuccessful in inducing any
military officers to accept a ministry.
The one general who became Minister of
Mining in April?and resigned along with
the rest of the cabinet last week--was
frustrated in trying to deal with the co-
alition's fractious politicians. This
experience evidently strengthened the
military's distrust of the administration.
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NOTE
East Germany - West Germany: Pankow on 15
June set forth its views on relations between the
two German states in a draft treaty and a declara-
tion of principles. The documents stress the need
for the early conclusion of normal diplomatic rela-
tions and simultaneous entry into the United Nations.
The East Germans reject Chancellor Brandt's proposal
for a "special relationship" based on mutual recogni-
tion of the concept that the German people, regard-
less of the political system under which they live,
in fact belong to one nation. A clause declaring
that an inter-German agreement would not affect
previous treaties dealing with the two Germanies
appears to be the East's formula for implying rec-
ognition of residual Four Power rights in Germany.
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