THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 30 JANUARY 1973

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993729
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• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 17
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: January 30, 1973

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The President's Daily Brief
30 January 1973
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
30 January 1973
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
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? Fighting continues throughout South Vietnam, but is
less intense than in the period immediately follow-
ing the cease-fire.
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In Laos, inconclusive fighting continues on several
fronts. The Communists hold open the possibility
of a cease-fire by mid-February. (Page 3)
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On Page 6 we describe Chinese defensive preparations
to improve their military posture along the Sino-
Soviet border.
In Chile, President Allende has reacted to open dis-
agreement between the Communists and the Socialists
by blasting extremist Socialist leaders and imply-
ing that he can get along without them if they
choose to withdraw from the government coalition.
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SOUTH VIETNAM
Fighting continues throughout South Vietnam,
but is less intense than in the period immediately
following the cease-fire. The government is still
trying to break Communist roadblocks and drive
North Vietnamese from villages seized just before
the cease-fire while the. Communists are attempting
to increase their holdings in the countryside.
Major areas of activity are north of the Thach
Han River in Quang Tri Province, several locations
along Route 1 and in the Que Son Valley, and around
Tay Ninh City. At least two highways are closed
in this last region by Communist roadblocks.
In the central highlands sections of Routes
14 and 19 are reported to be under Communist con-
trol. Skirmishing continues along the coast from
Binh Dinh Province south to the provincial capital
of Phan Thiet in Binh Thuan Province.
Activity in the delta is now relatively small
scale. The government reports all main roads and
canals open and claims that it has driven Viet
Cong units out of 25 of the 50 places which were
overrun immediately before the cease-fire.
There have been no confirmed new deployments
of major North Vietnamese or Viet Cong military
units since the cease-fire went into effect. Ac-
cording to intercepted messages, Communist units
are still being told to engage in combat only to
defend themselves.
No new infiltration groups have been detected
moving south since the cease-fire, but Communist
resupply activity continues in the Laos panhandle.
Numbers of vehicles have been noted on the move
there, vehicle and artillery camouflaging has been
detected, and logistics units have been instructed
to position antiaircraft artillery to protect sup-
ply lines.
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Peking has sent a message to Hanoi and the
Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Viet-
nam strongly endorsing the Vietnam agreement and
urging the Communists in South Vietnam to take
steps--in concert with the Saigon government and.
neutralist elements--toward holding elections. there.
The message, which was signed by both Mao and Chou
En-lai, also expressed Peking's wish that Hanoi.
concentrate on political and economic development
within N0rth Vietnam and pointedly omitted any
mention of Hanoi's efforts elsewhere in Indochina.
The message made no mention of continued
armed conflict. Like the editorial car-
ried by the People's Daily on 28 January,
it gives the strong impression that the
Chinese are anxious to see the struggle,
move into the political arena.
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