THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 13 JANUARY 1973

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993715
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 11
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: January 13, 1973

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The President's Daily Brief
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13 January 1973
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THE; PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
13 January 1973
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
South Vietnam. (Page 1)
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The Soviets are trying to improve their relations
with the Lao Communists. (Page 3)
New Zealand's new Labor Party government evidently
intends to stake out a foreign policy independent
of Australia as well as of?the US. (Page 4)
President Kaunda's decision not to send Zambia's
copper through Rhodesia will hurt the economies
of both countries. (Page 5)
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SOUTH VIETNAM
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JAPAN - NORTH VIETNAM
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USSR-LAOS
The Soviets are trying to improve their rela-
tions with the Lao Communists.
Yesterday, Prime Minister Souvanna Phouma told
Ambassador Godley that the Soviet ambassador in Laos
had asked whether the government would have any ob-
jections to his visiting Sam Neua. Souvanna told
him he had none.
This would be the first trip to Sam Neua
by a Soviet envoy in a number of years.
Presumably he would be going to sound out
the Pathet Lao directly on prospects for
a settlement of the war in Laos. Pre-
viously, most Soviet dealings with the
Pathet Lao have been either in or through
Hanoi. The Soviets have been urging the
government side for some time to negotiate
seriously toward a peace agreement.
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NEW ZEALAND
In a discussion with Charge Wood on Thursday,
Prime Minister Kirk called SEATO outmoded and said
it should be replaced by a broader, less military-
oriented organization. New Zealand will maintain
its membership for the time being, but Kirk said
he would refuse to attend any SEATO meeting. Kirk
emphasized the importance of the ANZUS alliance,
however, and said that he will speak to Australian
Prime Minister Whitlam, who visits Wellington next
week, of the desirability of continuing the five-
power defense arrangement with the UK, Singapore,
and Malaysia for another four or five years.
Kirk's comments indicate that while his
new Labor Party government is inclined
to diverge in a number of respects from
the US foreign policy, it does not intend
merely to echo Canberra's brand of inde-
pendence. Although his views on SEATO
are sharper than those Whitlam has ex-
pressed, he appears somewhat more relaxed
toward the five-power arrangement.
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Zambia Seeks Alternate Transportation Routes
REP. OF CONGO
NSHASA,
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Port-Francqui
RUNDI
LUANDA
ANGOLA
(Port.)
Lobito
Lub mbaspi
Benguela
MOZAMBIQUE
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Beira
CENTRAL AFRICA
SOUTH-WEST
AFRICA
20
INDIAN OCEAN
BOTSWANA
Alternate route
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GABERONE
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RHODESIA-ZAMBIA
President Kaunda has rejected the Rhodesian
Government's offer to permit Zambian copper exports
to pass through the border closed on Tuesday to
virtually all other traffic. He has ordered a re-
routing of the shipments, the source of half his
government's revenue and about all of its foreign
exchange.
Zambian officials are counting on using
an improved road system to Dar es Salaam
in Tanzania, but they appear to have
overestimated the capacity of that port.
The economies of both Rhodesia and Zambia
will be hurt. Perhaps most important,
it will now be politically difficult for
Prime Minister Smith to back down from
his closure of the frontier, an act that
had been intended as a warning to Kaunda
to stop raids into Rhodesia by Zambian-
based insurgents.
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NOTE
Bangladesh: The USIS building in Dacca, oc-
cupied early last week ?by students protesting US
bombing in North Vietnam, has been restored to US
control with the help of the government. Normal
USIS operations have not yet been resumed, but the
students did little damage. Several key officials
?of the ruling Awami League have recently taken a
less anti-American line and have apparently decided
to focus instead on domestic political opponents.
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