THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 9 JULY 1975

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006014844
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 12
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: July 9, 1975

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The President's Daily Brief
July 9, 1975
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July 9, 1975
Table of Contents
China-Vietnam-Thailand: China appears increasingly
concerned about differences it foresees with
Vietnam. (Page 1)
Egypt-Israel:
India: New Delhi may dismiss the government of
autonomy-minded Tamil Nadu State if it does
not demonstrate support for Prime Minister
Gandhi. (Page 3)
Wage and Price Trends: Progress in breaking the
three-year-old price spiral has stalled in
most foreign countries and wholesale prices
have resumed their upward course. (Page 4)
Notes: USSR-Turkey; USSR-Somalia; West Germany -
Iran; Portugal; China-EC; Argentina (Pages 6
and 7)
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CHINA-VIETNAM-THAILAND
China appears increasingly concerned
about differences it foresees with Vietnam.
Mao Tse-tung
declared that the Soviet Union was
"dominating Vietnam" and could be expected to con-
tinue to use Hanoi to increase Moscow's influence
in Southeast Asia.
I Mao sug-
gest that Thailand rely on China to help
protect Thai sovereignty from Soviet and Vietnam-
ese machinations.
Mao's comments are the
most authoritative expressed by the Chinese
Chi-
nese journalists in Hong Kong who are responsive
to directives from Peking have been informed that
Peking sided with Cambodia in its territorial dis-
putes with Vietnam, but wished to avoid a public
dispute with Hanoi on the issue.
The Chinese apparently believe they still have
assets in Vietnam worth preserving, but that, even
apart from the Soviet angle, they will be forced
to compete with Vietnam for influence in Southeast
Asia now that the war in Indochina is at an end.
In fact, the long-delayed Thai decision to
recognize China was predicated on the assumption
that improved relations with China would check
Hanoi's influence in the region.
Mao
dwelled on the theme that the Soviet
Union was taking advantage of new developments in
Thailand and Asia. His implication appeared to be
that Peking
would prefer to see
a counterbalance to Moscow.
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