THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 14 SEPTEMBER 1970

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005977680
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• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: September 14, 1970

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The President's Daily Brief
14 September 1970
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
14 September 1970
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Middle East developments are discussed on Page 1.
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Egypt
The situation in Cambodia is discussed on Page 4,
In Chile, President Frei's Christian Democrats are
attempting to close ranks, but prospects for blocking
Allende are not good. (Page 6)
New Communist attacks in the northernmost, provinces
of South Vietnam are likely soon. (Page 6)
The Soviets launched an unmanned lunar probe on
Saturday. (Page 6)
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MIDDLE EAST
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Pales-
tine (PFLP), which is holding the 50 or so remaining
hostages, seems to be concentrating on trying to con-
clude separate deals with the British, Germans, and
Swiss. The Europeans are so far holding to a multi-
national approach, but the British and the Germans
apparently are wavering. Red Cross Vice President
Freymond, meeting in Bern early this morning with
representatives of the governments involved, indi-
cated that his announcement of Red Cross withdrawal
from the talks had been designed to demonstrate to
the PFLP that its attempt to extract "nibbling con-
cessions" would not work. The Red Cross, Freymond
said, would resume its negotiating role on a reduced
scale and under a new official once the PFLP's de-
mands had been determined and the people held iden-
tified. Switzerland, meanwhile, has asked the Arab
League to use its good offices with the PFLP to ob-
tain the release of the hostages.
Israel remains strongly opposed to the prin-
ciple of exchanging fedayeen it holds for the hos-
tages in Amman. However, the Israelis announced
yesterday that they had rounded up 450 Arabs--in-
cluding 80 women--from-the occupied territories;
all were suspected of belonging to or aiding the
PFLP and are probably being held as counterhostages
for the detained airline passengers.
The destruction of the hijacked planes has pre-
cipitated a quarrel between the PFLP and the Pales-
tine-Liberation Organization (PLO). The PLO an-
nounced Saturday that it had suspended the PFLP's
membership in the PLO central committee for defying
the committee's resolutions on handling the planes
and the passengers. Last night, the PFLP threatened
that if its membership were not restored, it would
not observe the agreements to which it was presently
committed--apparently a reference to the truce
reached last Thursday between the Jordanian authori-
ties and the PLO.
(continued)
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The relative quiet in Jordan was broken yester-
day by fighting in the Irbid area in northern Jordan.
Joint fedayeen-army patrols were dispatched and the
situation was brought under control.
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EGYPT
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CAMBODIA
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Reap and Kompong Thom cities and other locations
in the countryside, the Communists killed 27 South
Vietnamese troops in two sharp attacks over the
weekend. The government's convoy on Route 6 is
still stalled 15 miles north of Skoun; Cambodian
troops are trying to clear entrenched Communist
elements from the area.
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CHILE
Several events since Allende's plurality vic-
tory have alerted some members of President Frei's
Christian Democratic Party (PDC) to the need to put
aside their differences. The exodus of large num-
bers of influential Chileans, rapidly spreading eco-
nomic dislocations, and heavy-handed power moves by
Allende forces have finally brought some PDC mem-
bers to understand that there is a real threat to
Chile and their party's political influence. Al-
lende's public claims of assassination plots against
him, his supporters' threat of a general strike if
he is not elected, and the dwindling likelihood that
the military will move against Allende also have
helped to foster a semblance of unity within the
PDC.
In light of the strains within the PDC
that have been growing over recent years,
the prospects for developing a cohesive
force to block Allende are not good.
The PDC's defeated candidate, Radomiro
Tomic, and some of his leftist supporters
have hastened to ingratiate themselves
with Allende. Other PDC members dislike
the plan to elect Alessandri in the con-
gressional runoff so that he may resign
and pave the way for new elections and
another term for President Frei. More-
over, Frei 's strict adherence to his con-
stitutional responsibilities limits his
exercise of a strong influence on party
strategy.
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NOTES
South Vietnam: There are increasing signs that
Communist troops in the northernmost provinces are
getting set for new attacks against several prime
allied targets. Intercepted enemy communications
show that vigorous preparations are under way for
rocket and mortar bombardments of Camp Carroll and
Fire Support Base (FSB) Fuller just south of the
DMZ. One message passed between units threatening
FSB O'Reilly stated that the attack was going into
the "third phase." A recent defector has described
this phase as an all-out attack, including a heavy
ground assault designed to overrun the artillery
and patrol base "at all costs." The timing for
these enemy actions appears to be flexible, but
most units are being directed to try to begin the
attacks on 15 September.
USSR: The Soviets successfully launched an
unmanned lunar probe from Tyuratam on 12 September
using an SL-12 space booster. On 16 September, the
probe is expected to orbit the moon before a soft
landing is attempted. This launching marks the
first successful use of the SL-12 space booster
since the Zond 7 circumlunar mission in August 1969/
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