THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 8 JULY 1971

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992739
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: July 8, 1971

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The President's Daily Brief
8 July 1971
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
8 July 1971
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Sink Matak's thoughts on developments in Cambodia
are presented on Page 1.
The prospects of a serious famine in East Pakistan
are increasing. (Page 3)
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CAMBODIA
During a wide-ranging conversation with Ambas-
sador Swank on 6 July, Sink Matak made the follow-
ing comments and observations:
--He intends to maintain the Cambodian Army at
its current 220,000-man ceiling. He believes
that Lon Nol's plans to enlarge the army are
?too ambitious and cannot be realized.
--His relations with Lon Nol remain good, and
he consults the prime minister regularly on
important policy decisions. He added, however,
that Lon Nol's efforts to assert his authority
on military matters on which he is inadequately
briefed causes some "inconvenience."
--He credits First Deputy Prime Minister In Tam,
with'Undisguised political ambitions,, and feels
that he is out.of:tune with the rest of the
cabinet Matak is worried that if In Tam-re-
signs, he will join the opposition-in the as,-
sembly.
--He does not believe that the time is ripe for
general negotiations with the Communists, and
even-less for separate'negotiations affecting
Cambodia. He attached no particular importance
to former prime minister Son Snn's expected
return from Paris this week.
Since last August:Son Sann has been in
Paris, where he has, made efforts to -es-
tablishunofficial contacts with some.
of Sihanouks supporters.1
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EAST PAKISTAN
Estimates of rice production in East Pakistan
during the crop year that ended last month have been
revised downward to about 11 million tons; compared
with 12 million tons in the previous year. Projec-
tions for the crop year now beginning are for only
9.5 million tons, leaving a food deficit of about
3.4 million tons.
Even if imports of this magnitude could
be arranged, it would be virtually im-
possible to get them to the food deficit
areas of East Pakistan. Port storage
facilities are already full because con-
tinuing disruptions of the internal trans-
port system have hampered movement of food
grains to the interior. The ports them-
selves are operating far below capacity.
Much of the food grain would have to be
distributed free rather than through regu-
lar commercial channels because of the
limited purchasing power in the country-
side. Most factories and commercial es-
tablishments are still shut down, and the
rural works program, which normally employs
several million landless laborers, has
been interrupted.
The chairman of the government's food relief
committee has privately admitted "there will be a
famine," although the government officially dis-
counts this possibility. East Pakistani civil offi-
cials are too cowed by the army to differ publicly
with the military governor and, as a consequence,
little is being done to avert the famine.
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