THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 13 AUGUST 1970

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005977622
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: August 13, 1970

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The President's Daily Brief
13 August 1970
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
13 August 1970
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
The Israelis have sent aircraft over the Suez Canal
and claim that the Egyptians flew a photo reconnais-
sance mission Tuesday. (Page 1)
The situation in Cambodia is discussed on Page 2,
In South Vietnam, enemy shellings increase at Support
Base O'Reilly west of Hue. (Page 3)
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ARAB STATES - ISRAEL
UN observers saw several Israeli aircraft fly
over the west bank of the Suez Canal yesterday. The
observers said the planes were fired on by Egyptian
SAMs, but no hits were seen. Intercepted Egyptian
communications confirm that at least one Israeli air-
craft was tracked- on a southeasterly course some ten
nautical miles west of the Great Bitter Lake. ....The
Israelis, for their part, claim, that on Tuesday an
Egyptian IL-28 accompanied by four MIG-.21s flew a
photo reconnaissance mission along the west side of
the canal.
The Israelis have charged numerous Egyptian
violations of the cease-fire agreement and
are probably carrying out reconnaissance
flights to verify their claims.
Egypt and Jordan are continuing their ef-
forts to clamp down on guerrilla activity
against Israel and to dampen the fedayeen
anti-peace movement.
Nasir, who had already. denied Cairo's radio
facilities to the fedayeen, now has put other re-
straints on the Palestinians in Egypt.
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CAMBODIA: Current Situation
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CAMBODIA
Siem Reap was shelled again yesterday, and al-
though government counterfire dispersed the enemy,
the Communists persist in their efforts to isolate
the city. According to an intercepted Cambodian
Army message, the destruction of two bridges by the
Communists has disrupted all traffic from Siem Reap
westward on Route 6 to the crossroads town of Kralanh.
Government troops, assisted by Thai air strikes, have
recaptured Kralanh, however, which the enemy had oc-
cupied on 10 August after heavy fighting.
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The enemy conducted some light probing attacks
yesterday against Dang Kor, less than five miles
from Phnom Penh,
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several important positions in the resort town on
11 August. A few days earlier, however, government
forces suffered 53 killed and 25 wounded near the
Kirirom plateau when Communist troops disguised in
Cambodian Army uniforms lured government soldiers
into an ambush.
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SOUTH VIETNAM
Enemy shellings and ground probes around Fire
Support Base O'Reilly, in the remote mountains west.
of Hue, have increased steadily during the past week.
Elements of two ,North Vietnamese regiments are located
in the immediate vicinity of the base, and two other
.regiments are not far away-. The reinforced South
Vietnamese battalion defending O'Reilly has suffered
relatively light casualties 'so far, but there-is.grow-
ing.concern that the enemy may intend to repeat the
same kind of sustained pressure that caused US.com-
manders to abandon nearby-Fire Support Base Ripcord
last month'. The commander of the South Vietnamese
1st Division has announced that his forces will not
withdraw from O'Reilly.
.The North Vietnamese probably see several
advantages..in.attempts to put pressure on
the allied defense screen in the mountains
:of western Quang Tri and Thua Thien prov-
inces. These include attrition of US and
South Vietnamese units and their diversion
from more populated areas, and the possible
turning of South Vietnamese attention away
from Communist logistic activities along
the border and in Laos;
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