THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 2 JUNE 1973

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993839
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: June 2, 1973

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The President's Daily Brief
2 June 1973
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
2 June 1973
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
The Cambodian Government is making some initial
preparations for possible dealings with Sihanouk
and the Khmer Communists. (Page 1)
The North Vietnamese have been infiltrating troops
into northern South Vietnam at a moderately heavy
rate for several weeks. (Page 2)
By abolishing the Greek monarchy, Papadopoulos has
bought himself some time to deal with his more res-
tive colleagues. (Page 3)
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CAMBODIA
Phnom Penh is making some initial preparations
for possible dealings with Sihanouk and the Khmer
Communists.
In a bid to improve the atmosphere for nego-
tiations, the government on May 30 released some
30 political prisoners held since the bombing at-
tempt on Lon Nol's residence last March. Most of
those released are members of the royal family,
including several of Sihanouk's close relatives.
//the High Political Council plans
to release several hundred political prisoners,
including some arrested in the wake of Sihanouk's
ouster in 1970.
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In the
past week, Sihanouk and several of his
"ministers" have reiterated that the
fighting in Cambodia will continue and
that there will never be any negotiations
with the "traitorous clique" in Phnom
Penh. Although he asserts that Cambodians
must solve their own problems, Sihanouk
continues to express willingness to nego-
tiate directly with the US.
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VIETNAM
Troop infiltration to northern South Vietnam
has continued at a moderately heavy rate for sev-
eral weeks. Nine groups, totaling approximately
5,000 men, have been detected moving south through
the North Vietnamese panhandle toward this area
since May 12. Their identification numbers suggest
that an additional five groups, involving about
2,500 troops, moved through the pipeline unobserved
between January and early May.
The troops probably are destined for Thua
Thien Province. The Communists have
built a massive supply depot in the A Shau
Valley and are constructing a new logis-
tics corridor through the western part of
the province. Hanoi may have concluded
that its forces were inadequate to protect
this area from a South Vietnamese incur-
sion. The fresh troops also will enhance
the Communists' ability to attack govern-
ment positions in the sector.
No troops have been noted moving through
the infiltration pipeline toward other
areas of South Vietnam since March.
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GREECE
In his broadcast yesterday abolishing the
monarchy and declaring himself provisional presi-
dent, Papadopoulos also:
--promised to publish within a month the
necessary draft amendments to the 1968
constitution,
--pledged to hold a plebiscite on the amend-
ments within two months,
--said he would then set up machinery for a
more thorough constitutional revision, and
--promised to conduct general elections by
the end of 1974.
Papadopoulos' decree has bought him time
to deal with some of his more restive
colleagues. Key army leaders were united
in their opposition to King Constantine,
and are certain to back his ending of the
monarchy.
The decree is nevertheless irrelevant to
the major problems with which the govern-
ment has been wrestling. Some of Papa-
dopoulos' colleagues have been sharply
critical of his performance. In the long
run, he may well find himself in trouble
again because of dissatisfaction over his
government's inefficiency, ineptness, and
corruption.
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NOTES
Laos: France will send 39 officers to Laos
this month as the first contingent to augment its
70-man military assistance mission.
During a visit to Paris in February 1972, Prime Min-
ister Souvanna proposed that the French considerably
increase the number of their advisers to help offset
the withdrawal of US personnel as a part of the Lao
peace agreement. The Geneva Accords of 1954, which
are still in effect, provide for a maximum of 1,500
French military advisers for Laos.
- USSR-Cuba:
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