THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 28 JULY 1972

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993435
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 15
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: July 28, 1972

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The President's Daily Brief
28 July 1972
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LATE ITEM
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aircraft appears to end the Soviet capability for
naval air reconnaissance from Egypt.
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
28 July 1972
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
In Vietnam, both sides are repositioning their
forces in the Quang Tri City area in preparation
for further heavy fighting. Recent photography
shows another petroleum pipeline under construc-
tion in North Vietnam parallel to the nearly com-
pleted dual pipeline system. (Page 1)
Indian Prime Minister Gandhi has made clear her
intense distrust of the US in a farewell inter-
view with Ambassador Keating. (Page 3)
The USSR apparently has nearly completed work on
a new tactical surface-to-air missile system.
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Another major Soviet manned space mission appears
imminent. (Page 5)
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Egypt.
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Demilitarized Zone
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Gulf of
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Capital Special Zone
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VIETNAM
South Vietnamese Airborne troops were withdrawn
yesterday from inside the Quang Tri citadel after
suffering heavy casualties. Government marine units
will now assume the responsibility for clearing the
Communists from Quang Tri City and from within the
citadel. D^uring the rotation, sporadic enemy shell-
ings hit South Vietnamese troops in the area. Sev-
eral sharp ground clashes were reported on the city's
northern and southern edges.
Enemy intercepts disclose that the Communists
are preparing to strengthen their forces in the
Quang Tri City area. Elements of the recently ar-
rived North Vietnamese 325th Division have been
ordered to wEtack government forces along the city's
, western flank in order to relieve pressure on Com-
munist forces inside the capital.
This is the first indication that units
from the 325th Division will be committed
to the Quang Tri City battlefront. It
will raise to seven the number of enemy
infantry regiments now involved in the
defense of Quang Tri City.
Following their pullback from Fire Support Base
Bastogne on Wednesday, South Vietnamese units are
regrouping near the base and have moved reinforce-
ments into the area. The enemy's occupation of
Bastogne, however, 'Dias them within easy artillery
range of Hue.
The government's drive to recapture northern
Binh Dinh Province met increased enemy resistance
yesterday. Several sharp ground clashes were fought
along Route 1 north of Landing Zone English, while
Communist gunners hit the nearby town of Bong Son
with over 200 rocket and mortar rounds. Farther
inland, Kontum City received its first significant
shelling in more than a month. A North Vietnamese
infantry regiment has moved back into the Kontum
Pass area south of the city and has begun again to
harass South Vietnamese military convoys traveling
on Route 14.
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Photography taken in mid-July of the dual petro-
leum pipeline under construction between the Chinese
town of Ping-hsiang and Hai Duong in North Vietnam
does not confirm that the system is operational, but
suaaests that it is nearly completed. Photography
has shown another petroleum pipe-
line under construction parallel to the dual pipeline
system. Intermittent construction of the new pipe-
line currently extends from the Dong Dang area to a
few miles north of Hai Duong and has taken place in
the last two weeks. Although the new construction
route is only a few yards from the earlier pipeline
at some points, there is no evidence that the two
are actually connected. The new line will provide
added import and distributive capacity in meeting
North Vietnam's petroleum requirements.
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INDIA
Prime Minister Gandhi made clear her in-
tense distrust of the US in a farewell
interview with Ambassador Keating on 24
July.
Mrs. Gandhi accused the US of trying to drive
a wedge between India and Bangladesh, of colluding.
with radical Indian Communists against her govern-
ment, of sponsoring visiting professors who have
engaged in "improper activities," and of working
against Indian interests in the "monetary field."
Mrs.. Gandhi declined a request to document her
charges, but insisted she had "reasons" for her
"feelings." She maintained that India will progress
with or without US help and that "it doesn't matter
in the least to us what the US does about debt re-
lief or aid." She implied that India will continue
to discriminate against US economic interests.
Ambassador Keating's farewell talks with
other members of the government?including
President Gin, Foreign Minister Singh,
and Foreign Secretary Kaul?were much
friendlier and more moderate in substance.
Nevertheless, they tended to confirm that
Mrs. Gandhi's government will, for the
present, do nothing to improve bilateral
relations or to arrest the trend toward
tightened restrictions on all US activi-
ties in India.
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USSR
The latest satellite photography of the Emba
test range northeast of the Caspian, where tactical
surface-to-air missile systems are developed, shows
four vehicles of the new SA-X-8 system that the So-
viets have been working on for some five years.
Each vehicle has four launch rails or tubes and a
target acquisition radar.
The SA-X-8 system is designed to provide
ground force units with close-in defense
against low-flying tactical aircraft?pos-
sibly as low as 50 to 150 feet. The sys-
tem, which resembles the US Army's Chapar-
ral, would complement the coverage pro-
vided by Soviet man-portable SAMs and
antiaircraft gun systems.
The presence of four SA-X-8 vehicles in-
dicates a late stage of testing. If the
remainder of the test kogram proceeds
smoothly, the system could enter opera-
tional service by the end of the year.
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Another major Soyuz space mission appears im-
minent. Soviet space support ships in the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans are taking up stations normally
associated with the monitoring of manned space
flights.
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NOTES
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Cuba: During his annual 26 July state-of-the-
natioriEadress, Castro made it plain that at this
juncture Cuba has no real alternative to close eco-
nomic and military collaboration with the Soviets.
He then said, however, that this was temporary and
that economic and political integration with Latin
America could solve many of Cuba's problems--al-
though not until after the socialist revolution in
the area. Under today's circumstances, he saw no
hope of resuming ties with the US.
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THE SOVIET MILITARY WITHDRAWAL FROM EGYPT
President Sadat announced on 18 July that, as
of the previous day, he had decided to "terminate
the mission of the Soviet military experts and ad-
visers, who came at our request" and would replace
them with Egyptians "in all the tasks they used to
carry out." He said that "all the military equip-
ment and installations set up within Egyptian terri-
tory" since June 1967 would be "the sole property
of Egypt and under the administration of its armed
forces."
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