THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 12 NOVEMBER 1969

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006146459
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: November 12, 1969

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The President's Daily Brief
12 November 1969
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
12 November 1969
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
The Soviets are developing a new instrumentation
ship that will significantly improve their ability
to communicate with their spacecraft. (Page 1)
With the release of some long-detained overseas
Chinese in Rangoon, the Burmese Government has re-
moved a major irritant in relations with Communist
China. (Page 2)
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SOVIET UNION
Recent satellite photography shows a new instru-
mentation ship under construction that will signif-
icantly increase the ability of Soviets to communi-
cate with spacecraft. The ship, being built at
Leningrad, is half again as big as the Vladimir'
Kbmarov, the largest Soviet instrumentation ship
now in operation.
Analysis of the photography indicates that the
new ship will carry four large antennas, two of ?
which are 12 meters in diameter, and at least one
of the other two 25 meters. (The largest shipborne
antennas now in use, on both our Apollo support
ships and on the Komarov, are nine meters.)
The new ship probably could not be ready for
service before late 1970. It will most likely be
Stationed in the Western Hemisphere.
From this area, the new ship would signif-
icantly improve Moscow's round-the-clock
communication with spacecraft. The USSR
currently uses 25-meter antennas in the
Crimea and the Far East for lunar .and deep
space missions, but these are not well
enough located to provide 24-hour coverage.
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BURMA - COMMUNIST CHINA
The Burmese have acted to remove a major irri-
tant in their relations with China. Last Sunday
they released 27 overseas Chinese political detainees,
some of whom had been held since the riots in Rangoon
two years ago. These riots were provoked by the
propaganda activities of Chinese Communist Embassy
personnel.
For several weeks Burmese officials have pro-
fessed to see signs of a thaw in Peking's attitude
on mutual relations. Last week, Ne Win promised to
try to improve relations in his annual policy ad-
dress before the government party conference.
With the release of the overseas Chinese,
Peking may now feel free to restore closer
diplomatic relations./
Any real Sino-Burmese rapprochement of
course will require the Chinese to back
away from their support of Burmese Com-
munist insurgency, something Peking as
yet has shown little interest in dbing.
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