THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 11 NOVEMBER 1969

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006146457
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: November 11, 1969

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The President's Daily Brief
11 November 1969
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
11 November 1969
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
The Soviet leadership is seriously concerned about
the lack of progress in the economy. (Page 1)
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Cambodia has received large rice shipments from
China and North Vietnam which appear to be intended
for Cambodian consumption and possibly for transship-
ment to the Viet Cong. (Page 3)
The Soviets have established a new military district
opposite China's Sinkiang Province. (Page 4)
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USSR
President Podgorny's gloomy national day speech
on 7 November reflected the Soviet leadership's
concern over the lack of progress in the economy.
Podgorny dampened the festiveness of the occasion
by admitting that living standards are not rising
"as fast as all of us would like" and that labor
productivity is lagging.
statements re-
veal the Soviet leaders' considerable
preoccupation with economic troubles and
their impatience for better results.
They do not, however, provide any indi-
cation on how the leadership intends to
cope with the situation. As the deadlines
for enacting the annual and next five-year
plans approach, they will be compelled to
make hard political decisions on whether
they should adopt significant economic
reforms.
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LEBANON
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CAMBODIA-VIETNAM
/the arrival in Sihanoukville
of 4_,I000 tons of North Vietnamese rice on 28 October
and 10,000 tons of Chinese rice the next day.
the rice is destined for
the Viet Cong. a second Chinese
shipment of 10,000 tons is due in late November.
the deliveries were
made under the terms of a trade agreement signed
on 25 September by Cambodia and the Viet Cong Pro-
visional Revolutionary Government. The agreement
among other things provides for the transshipment
through Cambodia of third-country goods destined
for the Viet Cong.
We doubt that all of this rice is des-
tined for the Communists. For one thing,
the amounts said to be involved are high
in terms both of the Communists' current
need for external rice sources and of
their ability to move and store such
quantities in such a short time. It may
be, however, that the Communists intend
to set up Larger stockpiles in Cambodia.
Whatever was not shipped to South Viet-
nam could easily be absorbed by the Cam-
bodian economy. For the first time in
recent history there is a rice shortage
in Cambodia.
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Soviets Establish New Military District Along Chinese Border
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