THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 4 SEPTEMBER 1973

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993922
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: September 4, 1973

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The President's Daily Brief
4 September 1973
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
4 September 1973
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
The Chinese Communist Party's new constitution is
less a guideline for the ?future than a reflection
of today's political situation in China. (Page 1)
Fighting around the Cambodian provincial
Kompong Cham is increasing. (Page 2)
A Soviet submarine has left Cuban waters
With a damaged bow. (Page 3)
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CHINA
The new constitution adopted by the Chinese
Communist Party at its recent congress largely re-
flects the political situation in China today, rather
than providing a precise guideline for the future.
The, drafters did make an effort to prepare the party
for a China without Mao by omitting previous adula-
tion of the chairman's thought, but apparently could
not reach agreement on a scheme for succession. The
charter notes only that "millions of successors"
must be trained.
No provision was made for re-establishing the
position of secretary general, the powerful chief
administrator of the party.
The omission suggests that the post is
still too controversial to discuss openly;
its.last occupants Teng Hsiao-ping, was
purged during the Cultural Revolution for
obstructing Mao's policies. It is likely
that Shanghai party boss Chang Chum-chiao
is now the secretary generals and it is
possible that he may prefer to remain with-
out title in the interest of avoiding
controversy.
The constitution is a mixture of moderation
and revolutionary rhetoric concerning domestic pol-
itics. It is susceptible of differing interpreta-
tions, especially the sections calling for many
more "revolutions" in the future and daring cadre
to "go against the tide," without defining the
ground rules for such actions. Wang Hung-wen, the
young radical from Shanghai who was elected a vice
chairman of the party, interpreted the document in
a speech to the congress as a militant call for
;continued political struggle.
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Kompong Thom
Kompong Cham,
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CAilBODIA
Khmer insurgent pressure against Kompong Cham
is increasing. Throughout the weekend, insurgent
forces shelled government positions in and around
the besieged city and probed its defensive perimeter.
Government troops have repelled the probes. The US
Defense Attache in Phnom Penh reports, nevertheless,
that the situation at Kompong Cham is precarious.
The government is trying to bolster the city's
defenses. Over 300 fresh troops have been shuttled
in by helicopter during the past few days, and more
reinforcements are to follow. A Cambodian Navy
riverine force of 16 vessels has moved up the Mekong
to provide fire and logistic support to government
ground units at Kompong Cham.
West of Phnom Penh, the insurgents still hold
a short section of Route 4 near Ang Snuol. To the
south of Phnom Penh, units of the Cambodian Army's
3rd Division conducting clearing operations near
Route 201 are still meeting resistance. Twelve
miles northeast of the capital, the government has
launched several small sweep operations along the
Mekong's east bank to disrupt insurgent harassing
attacks in that sector.
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NOTES
USSR-Cuba: A Soviet E-II class nuclear-powered
submarine is leaving the Caribbean prematurely with
a damaged bow. A light cruiser, tanker, and the
rescue tug that is usually stationed in Cuba are
escorting the submarine into the Atlantic. A Soviet
destroyer and diesel-powered submarine remain in
Cuban waters.
China-Vietnam: Peking announced this morning
the arrival of a small freighter last Saturday at
Dong Ha, a port controlled by the North Vietnamese
in South Vietnam's Quang Tri Province. A New
China News Agency broadcast described it as the
first shipment to Dong Ha of aid to the Provisional
Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam under
terms of a 1973 "emergency supplementary free eco-
nomic assistance agreement." This may be the same
ship noted in an intercept that was scheduled to
make a delivery between August 15 and 20 to a
Communist-held area in northern South Vietnam.
Libya: Petroleum -Minister Mabruk has told
Western oil companies they have a month to decide
how to react to 51-percent nationalization of their
interests in Libya. He did not say what Libya will
do if the companies refuse to go along. Mabruk
stated that meanwhile they can pump and export oil
at pre-nationalization rates of production, but
added that 51 percent of the oil will belong to
the Libyan Government. Since Sunday, a government
official has been stationed at the docks insisting
that a document be executed for each ship acknowl-
edging Libya's ownership of 51 percent of the oil
loaded on board.
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