THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 3 DECEMBER 1970

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005977831
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 11
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: December 3, 1970

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The President's Daily Brief
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3 December 1970
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THETRESIDENTS1AILY BRIEF
3 December. 1970
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Laotian troops are continuing to advance Ion Ban Ban
with little enemy opposition. (Page 1)
East German harassment of access routes to West
Berlin has continued as Warsaw Pact leaders held a
one-day summit meeting in East Berlin. (Page 2)
In northwest Laos, the Chinese may be resuming road
construction southwest of Muong Sal toward the Me-
kong. (Page 4)
The major Soviet naval vessels that have been in
Caribbean waters are now headed out into the Atlan-
tic. (Page 5)
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LAOS
Government irregulars advancing toward Ban Ban
from thea south secured their initial objective, the
San Tiau airstrip, on 1 December. So far, they
have encountered little opposition and have had min-
imal casualties. An additional 350 troops have
been flown into San Tiau, raising government strength
in this area to 1,310.
The enemy appears to be relying only on
local defense forces to oppose the govern-
ment advance. Elements of two North Viet-
namese regiments located on the eastern
edge of the Plaine des Jarres could be
moved tothe Ban?Ban area, however, as
the fighting deveZops:.
Communist forces to thesouthwest of the 'Plaine
have stepped up mortar and artillety-fire'around-Ban
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WARSAW PACT - BERLIN
The communique issued following the one-day
Warsaw Pact summit meeting in East Berlin yesterday
avoided any mention of specific problems. Cited
first in the list of topics discussed was the ques-
tion of "strengthening the security and the develop-
ment of peaceful cooperation in Europe." The ccat-
munique also stated that the meeting took place in
an atmosphere of "complete unanimity."
The East Germans continue to harass access
routes to West Berlin although the severity of the
traffic slowdowns has fluctuated. The meeting in
West Berlin of representatives of the Federal Re-
public's Christian Democratic Party--initially cited
as the cause of the harassment--is over, but East
German officials at two checkpoints indicated that
the harassment would continue until 6 December, the
date of a meeting of the rightist National Democratic
Party in West Berlin. The harassment may even con-
tinue into 6-8-December when Federal Republic Presi-
dent Heinemann plans to visit Berlin.
Ulbricht appears to be dramatizing his
regime's capabilities at a time when the
Warsaw Pact countries have been discussing
anew the apparent differences that most
of them have with Pankow over relations
with Bonn.
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COMMUNIST CHINA - LAOS
Recent photography of the Muong Houn area,
where Chinese road construction southwest of Muong
Sai was terminated last February, shows that a mo-
torable trail has been extended six miles farther
southwest down the Nam Beng River valley. In addi-
tion, work is under way on two new bridges in the
Muong Houn area.
The new trail follows a logical route to-
ward Pak Beng on the Mekong. At present
it leads to an antiaircraft position.
A Laotian civil aircraft was damaged in
this area by antiaircraft fire on 26 No-
vember.
Similar buildups have occurred during the past two
years when extensions of the road network have In-
creased the manpower requirements for defense and
maintenance. The estimated strength of Chinese
forces. in Laos is some 10-14,000 troops.
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NOTE
USSR-Cuba: All major Soviet naval units that
have been in the Caribbean are headed out into the
Atlantic, but there is no evidence as yet as to
their ultimate destination. The Soviet submarine
tender exited into the Atlantic on 1 December. A
guided-missile frigate and a naval oiler that had
entered Caribbean waters on 30 November have re-
versed their course and entered the Atlantic yester-
day. A nuclear-powered C-class attack submarine
may be with the frigate. The two support barges
are still in Cienfuegos but the exact location of-
the rescue tug, which has left the port, has not
yet been determined.
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