THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 23 OCTOBER 1970

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• Case Number: F-2023-01087
• Publication Date: October 23, 1970

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The President's Daily Brief
23 October 1970
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
23 October 1970
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
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On Page 5, we comment on the Soviet handling of the
landing in the USSR of three US officers and a Turk-
ish colonel.
The Burmese Government appears concerned that outside
aid may encourage U Nu 's efforts to spark� uprisings.
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Four truck battalions are about to enter southern
Laos from North Vietnam. (Page 7)
Our comment on the attempted assassination of Chile's
army commander appears on Page 7.
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USSR-US-TURKEY
In announcing the landing in the USSR of
three American officers and a Turkish
colonel, TASS emphasized the violation
of Soviet territory by a US military air-
craft. This suggests that Moscow will use
the incident to highlight the dangers of
foreign bases near the borders of the USSR.
The Soviets can also be expected to warn
Turkey that if it continues to play host
to the US military, there are distinct
limits as to how far Soviet-Turkish rela-
tions can improve. The subject of US
bases in Turkey touches a particularly
sensitive nerve in Turkish domestic poli-
tics, and the Soviets never fail to play
on this theme.
Nevertheless, we would expect the Soviets
to permit the safe return of the men and
the aircraft as soon as these propaganda
points have been scored. In that way,
Moscow will have made the best out of a
fortuitous incident: an opportunity to
warn the US and one of its NATO allies re-
garding the dangers of foreign bases near
the Soviet border, and a chance to play
the role of international good guy at a
time of hijacking incidents and Soviet-
American exchanges of bad faith.
The presence of the Turkish officer aboard
the aircraft, however, offers the Soviets
the opportunity to make a stronger pitch
for the return of the two Lithuanians who
hijacked a Soviet airliner last week. The
Russians have already orchestrated a propa-
ganda campaign toward this end, and Turk-
ish authorities are still trying to decide
what to do with the hijackers. Moscow may
well segregate the Turkish officer from
his American colleagues as an implicit
bargaining chip for the return of the hi-
jackers.
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BURMA
A government statement printed by all Rangoon
papers yesterday scoffed at reports that U Nu had
gone underground in Burma from his Thai exile and
said that his efforts to spark uprisings would con-
tinue to be futile./
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key Burmese insinuations of foreign involvement sug-
gest, however, that Rangoon is concerned over the
encouragement that outside assistance would give U
Nu and is prepared to speak out against such help.
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NOTES
Laos-Vietnam: Four truck battalions possibly
totaling about 400 vehicles, some pulling artillery,
are about to enter Laos from North Vietnam using
routes around the western edge of the Demilitarized
Zone, according to an intercept. Support units in
the panhandle have been, ordered to assess road con-
ditions and provide camouflage and concealment by
24 October. This movement apparently reflects in-
creased logistics requirements for Communist forces
in Cambodia and South Vietnam. Other recent mes-
sages have revealed that a "large volume" of unspec-
ified "technical" equipment and vehicles, including
Soviet-built medium tanks, would be moving through
the panhandle this season.
Chile: The attempted assassination of Army
Commander in Chief Rene Schneider yesterday has
raised tensions but is unlikely to affect the'don-
gressional confirmation of Salvador Allende as
president-elect tomorrow. General .Carlos Prats,
who was named to fill Schneider's post temporarily,
has resisted all efforts to enlist him in plots
against Allende. The Frei government will not hes-
itate to use the emergency powers that it immedi-
ately invoked if necessary to maintain order.
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