THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 2 DECEMBER 1972

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993657
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 11
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: December 2, 1972

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The President's Daily Brief
2 December 1972
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
2 December 1972
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
The Communists may be preparing to attack Lao Gov-
ernment bases around the Plaine des Jarres. (Page 1)
The USSR has adopted new regulations on emigration
of Jews. (Page 2)
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LAOS
The Communists may be preparing to break
the three-week lull in fighting around
the Plaine des Jarres.
Intercepts suggest that at least two North
Vietnamese battalions plan strong assaults in the
next few days on government positions about seven
miles east of Sam Thong, the former refugee center
near Long Tieng. Other Communist units appear to
be preparing for an attack on Bouam Long., the, gov-
ernment's only significant base north of the Plaine.
.The North Vietnamese have also begun a major
supply. push. Intercepts of 28 November reveal that
60 to 70 Vehicles are scheduled to arrive "each
night" at a transshipment facility which handles
supplies destined fpr north Laos. A few days ear-
lier, 250 tons of ammunition and explosives and
over 100 tons of food were en route.
In the south, North Vietnamese troops moved
into Saravane on 30 November following a heavy
shelling attack and are now battling for control
of the town, which has Changed hands three times
in the past month. The Communist counterattack
followed a week of sharp skirmishing as reinforce-
ments from the North. Vietnamese968th Division
moved into the area..
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A Soviet Jew who visited the Moscow visa office
of the Ministry of the Interior in late November saw
new emigration regulations posted there. He told a
US Embassy officer that in-substance the regulations
restrict the right to apply for exit visas to those
with close relatives already abroad. "Close.rela-
tives" were defined as father, mother, brother,
sister, son,. or daughter..:
Previously, Jews had been permitted to
leave on the basis of having any relative
abroad or having an "official" invitation
from the Israeli Government. Such rela-
tively lax restrictions had up to now
permitted several hundred Jews per week
to emigrate. The new limitations may be
an alternative to the controversial educa-
tion tax that the Soviets imposed in Au-
gust. This tax aroused widespread protest
abroad and may now be allowed to lapse.
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NOTES
North Vietnam:
USSR: Moscow's main concern during the first
ten days of the preparatory meeting for a Conference
on Security and Cooperation in Europe has been to
keep the talks moving smoothly and rapidly.
/ Soviet delegates have
sought assiduously to establish friendly working re-
lations with the Western delegations. Ambassador
Mendelevich, for example, has sought out the US
delegation for frequent consultations.
USSR-Cuba:
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Syria-Jordan: Syria had mixed motives for re-
opening its borders with Jordan yesterday. In part,
the action was intended to show new Arab unity in
the face of Israeli raids on Syria, and in part it
was in response to pressure from other Arab states
whose economies had been hurt. The frontiers--
including air routes--had been closed since July
1971 as a gesture of Syrian sympathy for the feda-
yeen,? who had been virtually eliminated by Jordanian
forces. There has been no suggestion that Jordan
will return a quid pro quo, and particularly no in-
dication the fedayeen would be welcomed back to
Jordan.
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