THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 10 AUGUST 1973

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993899
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: August 10, 1973

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The President's Daily Brief
10 August 1973
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
10 August 1973
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
In Cambodia, the serious fighting that has broken
out between Khmer and Vietnamese Communist forces
in the southern border areas emphasizes the fragil-
ity of the wartime alliance. (Page 3)
The dollar strengthened yesterday against major Euro-
pean currencies and is now about 3 percent above last
month's low. (Page 5)
In Chile, President Allende's inclusion of the com-
manders of the three military services and the na-
tional police in his 17-man cabinet does not sig-
nificantly affect his coalition's control of the
government. (Page 7)
Notes on President Pompidou's scheduled visit to
China and another Soviet probe toward Mars also
appear on Page 7.
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CAMBODIA
Serious fighting has broken out between Khmer.
and Vietnamese Communist forces in the southern
border areas. A Khmer Communist message on August
7 stated that Vietnamese Communist forces in Takeo
Province "continue to attack us unceasingly." The
message claimed that the insurgents "had killed and
wounded many" Vietnamese troops, and that similar
heavy fighting had occurred in neighboring Kampot
Province. The Central Committee was asked to "in-
tervene with high authorities."
previous intercepted messages have indicated that
fighting between the two sides in Kampot in late
July caused between 50 and 200 Cambodian casualties.
A main irritant between these allied forces
has been the gradual?and sometimes force-
ful?displacement of Cambodian villagers
in the border area by Vietnamese forces.
Other factors have been a rice shortage
caused by heavy Vietnamese requisitioning
and squabbles over the division of arms
and ammunition stocks.
Khmer and Vietnamese Communist leaders are
trying to get the situation under control
and probably will succeed. The incidents
emphasize, however, the fragility of the
wartime alliance and probably foreshadow
increased problems over the long term.
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INTERNATIONAL MONETARY DEVELOPMENTS
The dollar strengthened yesterday against major
European currencies and is now about 3 percent above
last month's low.
? The main cause is rapidly rising US and
Eurodollar interest rates, which are in-
ducing money managers and speculators to
switch back into dollars from marks, other
currencies, and gold. The relative steadi-
ness of the dollar during the past week
is also encouraging speculators to sell
gold they had bought as a hedge against
monetary instability earlier in the summer.
At one point yesterday, gold had dropped over
$12 to $102 an ounce, but by the close of trading
it was back up to $110 an ounce--as compared to the
$127 peak reached on July 6.
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NOTES
Chile: President Allende's inclusion of the
commanders of the three military services and the
national police in his 17-man cabinet does not
significantly affect his coalition's control of the
government. Members of the Communist, Socialist,
and other coalition parties retain the major posts,
and relatively ineffective ministers made way for
the military appointees. Allende apparently will
try to deny the armed services the real authority
that many officers demanded as a condition for mil-
itary re-entry into the cabinet.
France: Plans are almost complete for Presi-
dent ParolUbu's visit to China, which is scheduled
for September 11-17. Pompidou probably regards the
visit as an opportunity to demonstrate France's po-
sition as a world power and preserve his diplomatic
flexibility. There are no significant problems be-
tween China and France, and the visit is expected
to go smoothly.
USSR: Yesterday the Soviets launched the
fourth probe toward Mars in the series that began
on July 21. Each was launched from Tyuratam aboard
an SL-12 booster. They should arrive in the vicin-
ity of the planet next February and March.
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