THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 14 DECEMBER 1972

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993677
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: December 14, 1972

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The President's Daily Brief
14 December 1972
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
14 December 1972
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
The Soviet party Central Committee seems to be pre-
paring to convene on Saturday. (Page 2)
Japan appears to want to assume a larger role in
postwar Indochina. (Page 3)
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the Central Committee will meet on 16 December.
A major item of business will be the ap-
proval of next year's economic plan and
budget before they are formally adopted
at the Supreme Soviet session that opens
on the 18th. Despite the poor harvest,
we do not expect major revisions in the
1973 plan or the five-year plan for
1971-75. Some tinkering is likely, how-
ever, such as a speedup in land reclama-
tion programs and a more rigorous screen-
ing of new investment projects.
As is customary, party chief Brezhnev pre-
sumably will speak. We expect the Central
Committee formally to relieve V. P.
Mzhavanadze, retired Georgian party chief,
of his candidate membership on the Polit-
buro. A joint meeting of the Central Com-
mittee and the USSR and Russian Supreme
Soviets will be held on the 21st to mark
the Soviet Union's 50th anniversary.
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JAPAN-VIETNAM
Despite several false starts, the Japanese
Government' is now looking for ways to play a more
active role in postwar arrangements for Vietnam.
In a recent press conference Prime Minister Tanaka
maintained that settlement of the problems in the
region could not be feasible without Japan's par-
ticipation. Although Tanaka did not appear to
have a detailed proposal in mind, he has suggested
an Asian parley following a cease-fire to discuss
political and economic reconstruction problems.
The Japanese Government has also discussed publicly
the possibility of sponsoring an Indochina recon-
struction fund to grant direct assistance and long-
term, low interest loans to North and South Viet-
nam, Laos, and Cambodia.
A consensus is developing in Japan in
favor of a greater leadership role in
Southeast Asia. Tokyo clearly feels un-
der domestic pressure to play some role
in postwar Vietnam political arrangements
in order to establish influence in Indo-
china. In addition, the Japanese recog-
nize that there is considerable potential
for economic gain in a postwar reconstruc
tion program.
South Vietnam has generally welcomed
Japanese aid and presumably would be re-
ceptive to postwar Japanese involvement.
Tokyo also has reason to believe that
Hanoi wants Japanese aid in economic re-
habilitation.
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NOTES
USSR - North Vietnam:
USSR:
South Korea: President Pak will be re-elected
next week by a collegial body called the National
Council for Reunification. This new organization,
composed of 2,359 deputies, will be popularly elected
on Friday. Candidates have been handpicked by the
government. The council will also serve as an unof-
ficial upper house of parliament, and will in fact
approve of Pak's list of deputies--one third of the
new legislature--to be elected in February. Pak will
be sworn in on 27 December, after which election of
the other two thirds of the parliamentary deputies
will be allowed to proceed.
Jordan:
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