THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 10 OCTOBER 1972

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993564
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: October 10, 1972

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The President's Daily Brief
10 October 1972
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
10 October 1972
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Cambodian President Lon Nol is ready to announce
the formation of a new government. (Page 1)
In Laos, a Communist Lao peace delegation is ex-
pected to arrive in Vientiane this weekend. Yester-
day the Communists mounted a small air attack against
a government stronghold north of the Plaine des
Jarres. (Page 2)
Egypt has renewed its public criticism of the Soviet
Union just a week before Prime Minister Sidcli's
scheduled arrival in Moscow. (Page 3)
Tensions between the two Yemens continue to build)
(Page 4)
The Japanese Government is working on final details
of a trade program designed to forestall pressures
for another revaluation of the yen. (Page 5)
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CAMBODIA
President Lon Nol is now ready to go-ahead
with the appointment of a new government. The in-
coming first minister, Hang Thun Hak, has informed
Charge Enders that the announcement will come in
the next few days. What is planned is essentially
a reshuffling of old faces in the existing cabinet.
Such a reshuffle holds little prospect
for improvement in government performance.
Nevertheless, the proposed government does
reflect at least marginal progress toward
the muting of party hostilities and the
creation of a government of national unity.
Hak is the secretary of Lon Nol's Socio-
Republican Party and is generally regarded
to be a more skillful but less courageous
politician than the outgoing incumbent, Son
Ngoc Than, whose political future is ap-
parently left undecided. Lon Nol's formula
includes the appointment of a supporter of
Sink Matak as minister of,justice, thus
giving the Republican Party at least sym-
bolic participation in the government.
Lon Nol has failed, however, to come to
grips with the key question of the vice-
presidency. On Sunday, he told Enders
that he would hold the post of the vice-
president open for Matak pending a "more
propitious time." This suggests that Lon
Nol is still unwilling to meet Matak's
demands that he be given the necessary
authority to carry out meaningful govern-
ment reforms.
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LAOS
A Pathet Lao peace delegation is expected to
arrive in Vientiane on Saturday. Government nego-
tiator Pheng Phongsavan and Lao Communist represent-
ative Soth Phetrasy announced last Friday that they
had reached agreement on such procedural matters as
housing and a site for the talks in Vientiane. Se-
curity for the Communist delegation while it is in
Vientiane will be provided by the local authorities.
Yesterday the Communists mounted a rare air
attack against Bouam Long, an isolated government
stronghold north of the Plaine des Jarres.(
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tion, a small fuel storage area was set afire.
After the air, attack, the North Vietnamese began
shelling Bouam Long.
Bouam Long, a staging area for operations
against Communist lines of communications
and supply depots north of the Plaine, has
- been a thorn in the side of the North Viet-
namese for several years. The last air
attack against a government outpost was
in January 1968, and it also involved pro-
peller-driven aircraft.
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EGYPT-USSR
Egypt has renewed its public criticism of the
Soviet Union. President Sadat was quoted in a
Lebanese weekly published on 5 October as saying
that he had ended the Soviet military presence in
Egypt because the Soviets "would not fight" and
had "become a burden." Sadat said his decision
was intended to let the Kremlin know that Soviet
strategy in the Middle East could not be fulfilled
at Egyptian expense.
The editor of the Egyptian newspaper Akhbar
al-Yawm, whose criticisms of the USSR in late August
and early September riled the Soviets enough to re-
spond in kind, also renewed his attacks over the
weekend. He charged that the Soviets had failed to
supply Egypt with necessary arms and belittled Soviet
military aid as of no more use than "mere pieces of
jewelry."
These attacks appear designed to delineate
clearly Egypt's position prior to Prime
Minister Sidgi's trip to Moscow beginning
on 16 October. Both sides presumably are
still interested in making up, but neither
would wish to resume relations on the same
terms as existed before the Soviets were
expelled from Egypt.1
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THE YEMENS
Saudi Arabia is airlifting mili-
tary supplies to Sana for distribution to the dissi-
dents. One Libyan transport has also been seen at
the Sana airport.
Aden has now blamed Sana for the dissi-
dent's seizure of the Kamaran Island on
Friday, and new dissident forays could
spark a direct clash between the two coun-
tries. Aden's army is relatively effec-
tive and well-armed, and should be capable
of dealing with the dissident forces un-
less fighting occurs simultaneously at
several widely separated points.
Aden also has the support of the USSR, a
matter that must be of great concern to
Sana officials. In an interview published
in a Beirut newspaper on Friday, Aden's
prime minister said he was certain that
"the Soviet Union will not stand with
folded arms in the event of an invasion."
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NOTE
Japan: The government is working on final
details of a trade program designed to forestall
international pressures for another revaluation
of the yen. It hopes to announce the plan by the
end of the week. Essentially the program will
reduce Japanese restrictions on imports. Prime
Minister Tanaka has rejected a proposal for simul-
taneous steps to slow Japan's exports.
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