THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 27 AUGUST 1972

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993487
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: August 27, 1972

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SOUTH VIETNAM
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Government regulargin Quang Nam Province are preparing
to link up with the ranger and armored units that recaptured
the Que Son district capital on Friday. Communist resistance,
to the government's campaign has been limited for the most
part to artillery fire.
Communists have moved large amounts of food .and ammunition,
as well as tanks into northern Quang Tin Province, about ten
miles southwest of Que Son. These moves suggest that the
Communists are preparing for heavier fighting.
Farther north, enemy shellings against government forces
in and around Quang Tri City have again subsided, but ground
action remains sharp near the citadel. Intercepts show that
Communist units north of the city have received fresh re-
placements and additional supplies. Other intercepted
messages indicate that about 7,200 sick and wounded North
Vietnamese were moved north during June and xxxyx and July,
sorely taxing medical treatment facilities in both North
Vietnam and Laos.
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yang Pao's offensive to recapture the Plaine des Jarres
is encountering its first determined Communist resistance.
North Vietnamese forces shelled and attacked several
irregular positions west and south of the Plaine on 25 August.
Most of the irregulars beat back their attackers, but one task
force was forced to abandon its position on a hill southearr
of the Plaine.
Elements of a ),200-marlirregular force have been air-
lifted into positions near Phou Keng, north of the Plaine, to
reinforce three battalions that have been stalled since they
were deployed there five days ago. yang Pao believes that the
combined force can now advance toward the Plaine.
The government's Mwday, old offensive has made
little progress despite the fact that the Communists
offered little resistance until two days ago. Several
days of bad weather hampered tactical air support and
resupply flights. Only the task force moving south from
Bouam Long toward Communist supply lines east of the
Plaine has advanced very far in recent days. Intercepts
indicate that elements of a North Vietnamese regiment
are preparing to strike these irregulars.
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JAPAN
The Japanese economy is emerging from its longest post-war
slump, and the growth rate, already accelerating, probably will
reach ten percent by the end of the year. The economic
recovery will not reduce Japan's trade surplus this year,
which is continuing to increase and is expected to reach some
$8.7 billion compared with $7.8 billion in 1971. The surplus
with the US is iiIncreasing at an even faster rate, partly
because the Japanese are developing non-US supply sources
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