THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 11 OCTOBER 1970

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005977732
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: October 11, 1970

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The President's Daily Brief
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3. 1 OCT 1970
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SPECIAL SUNDAY CABLE TO
SAN CLEMENTE
CAMBODIA
Elements of the Chenla column on Route 6 came under Com-
munist harassment near Tang Kouk for the fourth consecutive
day on 10 October.
A mortar attack on a government battalion about nine
miles southeast of Phnom Penh late on 9 October may have been
timed for effect on the Republic Day festivities/
Siem Reap city to the northwest of
the capital and Kompong Cham to the ?east were shelled the same
day. Several major elements of the Viet Cong 9th Division have
recently assembled at a plantation near Kompong Cham, and inter-
cepted messages have mentioned plans to attack the city.
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BOLIVIA
The country is settling down but there are already cracks
in the coalition put together by General Torres. Labor tends
to view his new cabinet as a reinstallation of the "old guard,"
but is staying in line for the present. Students are even
more disappointed at the cabinet's lack of a radical image and
are now regarding themselves as a politically independent
force. Torres has not gained the full support of the military
and remains under pressure from them to adopt a moderate course.
Meanwhile, General Miranda has left his refuge in the Paraguayan
Embassy
There does not appear to be an immediate threat to the
Torres government, but active military opposition could rapidly
develop if Torres veers to the left in an effort to regain the
full support of labor and students.
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JORDAN
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USSR-INDOCHINA
Moscow, following North Vietnam's lead, has issued its
strongest criticism of the President's speech through an
article in Pravda which attacks the US five points as "legal-
izing and perpetuating US intervention in Indochina." Mos-
cow's rapid move to discredit the US proposals is probably partly
inspired by a desire to avoid any suggestion that it would use
its influence to gain Hanoi's acceptance. It also suggests
that the USSR is concerned that the US has captured the initia-
tive and wants to refocus attention on the Communist peace plan.
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