THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 30 AUGUST 1972

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993492
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: August 30, 1972

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The President's Daily Brief
30 August 1972
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
30 August 1972
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
In Vietnam, sharp fighting is taking place in Quang
Tri and Quang Nam provinces as South Vietnamese
forces try to regain lost territory. Photography
indicates that two of the three petroleum pipelines
from China to North Vietnam are operational. (Page 1)
Tokyo's contacts with Peking are increasing in antic-
ipation of Prime Minister Tanaka's forthcoming visit
to China. (Page 3)
Negotiations in New Delhi made no significant new
progress on the basic issues dividing India and Paki-
stan. (Page 4)
In Chile, Army Commander Prats is advising the oppo-
sition to cooperate with President Allende for the
time being. (Page 5)
Panama may take its efforts to reclaim the Canal
Zone to the UN. (Page 7)
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Military Region 1
Demarcation Line
SOUTH VIETNAM
Quang Tri
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VIETNAM
Sharp fighting is taking place in Quang Tri
and Quang Nam provinces as South Vietnamese forces
try to regain lost territory. South Vietnamese
Marines have been encountering stiff enemy resist-
ance north of Quang Tri City, and Airborne troops
reported a number of clashes to the south. Enemy
gunners continue to pump thousands of artillery
and mortar rounds into government positions, and
additional enemy armor has been spotted moving
south toward the city.
A government ranger battalion is holding on
in the district town of Que Son, and other South
Vietnamese units are conducting limited clearing
operations south of Fire Support Base Ross. New
enemy attacks in the coastal plains of northern
Quang Tin Province appear to be an attempt to di-
vert government pressure from Que Son.
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North Vietnam: Petroleum Pipeline System
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Satellite photography indicates
that two of the three petroleum pipelines from China
tONorth Vietnam are operational. Twelve pumping
stations have been identified between Dong Dang
and Hai Duong, and a bomb-damaged storage area near
Kep has been bypassed by new construction. The
third pipeline is rapidly nearing completion.
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JAPAN-CHINA
Tokyo's contacts with Peking are increasing
in anticipation of Prime Minister Tanaka's forth-
coming visit to China. At present, a major Japa-
nese business mission, headed by the president of
Nippon Steel, is visiting Peking. Tokyo is hope-
ful that the mission will be useful in establish-
ing trade policy toward China after normalization
of relations.
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INDIA-PAKISTAN
Negotiations in New Delhi made no significant
progress on the basic issues. According to the of-
ficial joint statement, the deadline for mutual
troop withdrawals has been extended ten days to 15
September. The Indians, who Would have given up a
far greater area, decided against Withdrawing pend-
ing progress on other issues. The Pakistanis had
no means of forcing the Indians to meet the original
deadline. The statement,. however, does indicate
agreement On lesser issues. The Pakistanis, for in-
stance, promised that once withdrawals took place
they would take no retribution against Pakistani
citizens, mainly Hindus, who remained in the Indian-
occupied territory or fled to India during the war.
The official statement mentions neither
Pakistan's refusal to recognize Bangla-
desh nor New Delhi's refusal to repatriate
the Pakistani prisoners of war without
Dacca's approval. These two issues are
primarily responsible for the 'latest
impasses, and almost certainly will con-
tinue to block progress toward agreement.
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CHILE
Last week Chilean troop com-
manders were seeking an appointment with Army Com-
mander Prats to discuss the country's political
problems.
some of General Prats' views.
Prats recently. said that
opposition leaders must work with President Allende
to solve Chile's problems. Prats noted that Allende
is deeply concerned over the political situation and
has expressed a fear that his friends are more dan-
gerous-to him than his enemies. The General offered
his view, however, that Allende will be able to work
things out.
He is a key figure in the
military, and it is doubtful that other
service chiefs would take any significant
action without his support.
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PANAMA
Foreign
Minister Tack, who has consistently taken a tough
position on the canal dispute, is preparing a
speech for delivery to the UN in late September
that will review his country's efforts to reclaim
the Canal Zone from the US. Tack wants to ask the
UN to support a unilateral nullification of the
1903 canal treaty and to help restore Panamanian
sovereignty over the Zone.
General Torrijos may be
announcement of his own.
on 11 October, the fourth anniversary
of his seizure of power, Torrijos will declare US
sovereign rights in the Zone null and void and
threaten to break off the negotiations on a new
considering a surprise
Torrijos has made similar threats in the
past but has backed down. He has also
restrained Tack when the latter .has pro-
posed drastic action. Torrijos has been
seeking some unilateral concession that
could be presented to the Panamanian
public as evidence of American good will
and proof of his ability to deal effec-
tively with the US. He apparently be-
lieves that he can force the US to make
additional concessions on a new treaty
by drumming up wider international sup-
port. Even so, he will likely wait to
see what concessions are forthcoming be-
fore deciding to report to the UN.
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NOTES
Arventina-Chile: Buenos Aires has expressed
"deep displeasure" at Chilean President Allende's
decision to send to Cuba the ten escaped Argentine
terrorists who hijacked an airliner to Santiago
two weeks ago.
the recall of the Argentine ambas-
sador to Chile was only the first step in retalia-
tion. He said that Argentina intends to "tighten
the screws" on Chile and hinted at economic sanc-
tions. Argentina is an important supplier of meat
and grain to Chile, where shortages have led to
some belt tightening in recent months.
USSR-Japan: The Soviets have formally indi-
cated-their willingness to begin,peace treaty ne-
gotiations-with Japan at "a sufficiently high
level"-in Moscow at any time. Preparatory-negotia-
tions on the treaty talks had been scheduled to be-
gin in September, but
the latest Soviet initiative has
made these negotiations unnecessary. The Tanaka
government is hesitant to enter into talks without
a clear prospect of success. The Japanese are
still uncertain about how the Soviets-will handle
Japan's demand for the return of-the Northern Ter-
ritories-,-the four islands seized by the USSR after
World War II--once peace treaty negotiations begin.
Tokyo plans to do some further probing of Soviet
attitudes when a Japanese parliamentary delegation
visits Moscow in early September.
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