THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 8 JULY 1972

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993398
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 11
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: July 8, 1972

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The President's Daily Brief
8 July 1972
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
8 July 1972
,PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
The Communists are putting up the first strong
resistance to the South Vietnamese offensive in
Quang Tri Province; North Vietnamese units forced
to retreat hastily may be killing American pris-
oners. (Page 1)
The Lao
(Page 3)
In Japan
(Page 4)
Lebanese Prime Minister Salam has provided some de-
tails of his latest agreement with the fedayeen.
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VIETNAM
The Communists are putting up the first strong
resistance to the South Vietnamese offensive. Lead
elements of the government force in Quang Tri Prov-
ince are engaged in house-to-house fighting in the
southeastern section of the provincial capital,
and enemy tanks are battling marine units to the
south of the city.
Farther south, the Communists are maintaining
pressure on government defensive positions near
Hue; fire support bases west of the city have again
been heavily shelled, and Outpost Checkmate, aban-
doned to the Communists on 30 June and recaptured
five days later, has again been overrun. In Quang
Nam Province, increased Communist action may be in
store for Da Nang and the provincial capital of
Hoi An
North Vietnamese units in Quang Tri Province
forced to retreat hastily may be killing American
prisoners. Two recent intercepted messages indi-
cate that Communist units, one withdrawing from
Quang Tri City, had killed or intended to kill Amer-
icans they were holding prisoner. A message of 6
July disclosed that an antiaircraft artillery unit
was to leave cadre "behind to kill ten Americans."
Since Vietnamese Communist units have
rarely executed American captives, this
could be an isolated instance in which
the necessity of quick withdrawal out-
weighed reasons for holding the prison-
ers.
(continued)
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The pipeline North Vietnam has been construct-
ing to carry petroleum products from China may be
a dual one. Analysis of photography taken on 7
June of an area east of Kep in North Vietnam shows
about one mile of open trench containing dual pipe,
suggesting that a dual pipeline is being built
from the Chinese border to Hai Duong. At Hai Duong
the pipeline joins the existing dual system.
A dual pipeline would ease considerably
Hanoi's POE supply problem by allowing
the simultaneous movement of both motor
gasoline and diesel fuel, the major fuel
requirements.
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LEBANON -FEDAYEEN
Prime Minister Salam has provided Ambassador
Buffum with some details of his latest agreement
with the Palestinian guerrillas. Earlier this week
Salam said he had a specific commitment from Yasir
Arafat to discontinue cross-border operations, with-
draw fedayeen forces from the Arqub area, and evac-
uate southern Lebanese villages. Salam also claimed
that fedayeen commandos will no longer be allowed to
appear in public in uniform or bearing arms. He
voiced the hope that the fedayeen would hold to
their agreement at least until November.
We doubt that this accommodation will hold
up any better than the one concluded in
March. The guerrillas have nowhere to
operate except in Lebanon, and prolonged
inactivity would fracture the movement.
Arafat also lacks the power to force the
several major competitive fedayeen organi-
zations to accept the agreement. Even
Salam appears to doubt Arafat's intention
or ability to enforce compliance.
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