THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 19 NOVEMBER 1969

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006146472
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: November 19, 1969

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The President's Daily Brief
19 November 1969
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
19 November 1969
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Enemy infiltration into South Vietnam will soon
reach the level of last year if it continues at
the present high rate. (Page 1)
Recent Arab military actions are building up pres-
sures on the Israeli leadership to strike back
harder. (Page. 2)
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Military unrest continues to mount in Chile. (Page
The Soviet ambassador in Cairo is annoyed with the
Egyptian press for misreporting Soviet policy.
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NORTH VIETNAM
The sharply increased rate of infiltration,.
noted in recent issues of The President's Daily
Brief, will probably soon reach the level of last
year. An intercepted message sent to a major in-
filtration station near Vinh Stated that the Di-
rectorate of Rear Services has ordered two groups
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to move out every day beginning on 20 November.
The message gave no indication as to how long this
would continue. If, as in the past, each group is
battalion size, over 1,000 men could enter the
pipeline daily for .as long as the flow continued.
A similar signal last year, stating that "from
the 4th of December there will be two groups each
day," led to major inputs into the pipeline. In
December 1968 alone, nearly 28,000 troops were
detected moving toward destinations in South Viet-
nam.
A manpower flow of this magnitude over
the next few months would enable the
Communists to rebuild their units in the
South by early next year.
The travel time for infiltration groups
has been shortened considerably. It
is now possible for troops headed for
provinces around Saigon, for example,
to make the trip in less than three
months. Last year, infiltrators starting
out in December did not reach the III
Corps area until March. Those troops
were used to replace enemy forces lost
during the 1969 Tet offensive.
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ISRAEL
Recent Arab military actions are building up
pressures on the Israeli leadership to strike back
harder. The Arabs still cannot challenge Israel's
over-all superiority, but they have garnered credit
in the past few days for inflicting a certain amount
of damage On Israeli forces. Egyptian commando op-
erations in Sinai,--the activity of frogmen in the
Israeli port of Eilat, and Mondays loss
fighter-bombe i to Egyptian antiaircraft fire in
Jordan are three examples.
As usual under such birctmstances, the hawks
in Tel Aviv are said to be advocating drastic ac-
The Israeli cabinet.is almost certain to
reject most of the hawks' proposals.
There will probab4 be a further increase
in Cross-border operations., however.
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Southern Lebanon:
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LEBANON
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CHILE
? Military unrest continues to mount in spite of
government, concessions since the army uprising last
month. Various groups involved in coup plotting
are not coordinating their efforts, however, and no
clear plan of action has emerged. Some dissidents
look for leadership from General Viaux, who led the
revolt last month. Viaux insists, however, that the
time is not propitious for revoltr
Viaux's trial will be delayed; he had an
appendectomy on 17 November. Meanwhile,
distrust between the military and govern-
ment seems to be feeding on itself.
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Ambassador Vinogradov ve-
hemently denied he had called the latest US peace
proposal an "American concoction biased in favor of.
Israel" as Al.Ahram claimed. Vinogradov also dis-
sociated the USSR from Egyptian press stories claim-
ing Israeli forces had participated in US and Brit-
ish naval exercises.
Vinogradov's pique, though no doubt gen-
uine, will not set back Soviet-Egyptian
relations. Nevertheless, his comments do
? provide further evidence that the Arabs--
and especially Cairo--are troublesome
? allies rather than Soviet puppets.
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NOTES
N? igeria: See-saw battles are raging along two
fronts. Neither side appears ? to be making much
progress, but federal forces may make some minor
gains southeast of Owerri. Federal army units re-
cently received troop reinforcements and are well
supplied with munitions. The Biafrans are again
short of ammunition.
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