THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 13 SEPTEMBER 1972

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993517
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• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: September 13, 1972

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The President's Daily Brief
13 September 1972
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
13 September 1972
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
South Vietnamese forces are fighting hard in the
citadel in Quang Tri City. Elsewhere, the Commu-
nists appear to be preparing for attacks
with recent directives.
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The fedayeen, buoyed by their recent "success" in
Munich, are planning more terrorism. (Page 2)
Chile
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Poland will soon establish diplomatic relations with
West Germany. (Page 4)
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VIETNAM
Heavy fighting continues in Quang Tri City as
government forces try to consolidate their foothold
in the citadel. South Vietnamese Marines penetrated
to the center of the fortress on 11 September, but
apparently pulled back to concentrate on securing
the eastern section. According to intercepts, the
government's renewed effort is hampering the flow
of replacements and supplies to enemy units within
the citadel. More than 15 tons of supplies and some
200 enemy troops may have been moved in, however,
before the Marines attacked key positions along the
Communists' primary supply route south of the cita-
del.
The Communists apparently are continuing their
preparations for a counterattack along Route 1 south
of Quang Tri City. A unit of the North Vietnamese
304th Division recently was ordered to turn over its
battle plans to a regiment of the North Vietnamese
325th Division. This may indicate that some units
of the 325th that were previously committed to the
defense of Quang Tri City, are moving south to join
elements of the North Vietnamese 312th Division al-
ready in this area.
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FEDAYEEN
Members of the major fedayeen groups claim
that their organizations have been reinvigorated
by the "success" at Munich and reunited by Israel's
subsequent retaliatory air attacks.
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NOTES
North Vietnam: In an intercepted message of 7
September, North Vietnam's primary food importing
agency acknowledged it had received from China about
85,000 tons of foodstuffs, consisting mostly of rice,
maize, and wheat, as of 31 August. The Chinese had
been committed to deliver more than 100,000 tons of
foodstuffs during August. Even if the Chinese did
not deliver all that they had promised, such imports
are unusually heavy for North Vietnam and may repre-
sent insurance on Hanoi's part against what may be
a poor autumn harvest.
Poland - West Germany: Poland's foreign minis-
ter begins an official visit to West Germany today.
This is the first visit there of a high-level Polish
official since World War II, and is expected to be
the occasion for announcing the establishment of
diplomatic relations. Although the two countries
plan to set up embassies soon, they will not appoint
ambassadors until long-standing bilateral issues,
such as the resettlement of ethnic Germans, have
been resolved. They may also delay this final step
in normalizing their relations until Bonn completes
its negotiations with East Germany and Czechoslovakia.
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