THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 6 AUGUST 1973

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• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: August 6, 1973

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The President's Daily Brief
6 August 1973
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
6 August 1973
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
In Cambodia, there was a general decline in the level
of military activity in the Phnom Penh area over the
weekend, but insurgent forces remain in position to
renew the fighting. (Page 1)
The North Atlantic Council has agreed to use the US
paper, which was submitted on July 27, as the basis
for developing an allied position for the force re-
duction talks this fall. (Page 2)
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Notes on USSR-Cuba, the latest Soviet space probe to
Mars, and Greece appear on Page 5,
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CAMBODIA
There was a general decline in the level of
military activity in the Phnom Penh area over the
weekend, but insurgent forces remain in position
to renew the fighting. Government troops succeeded
in reopening a stretch of Route 1 some five miles
east of the capital, easing at least temporarily
the threat to the city from this direction.
The only exception to the general lull has
been west of the city where enemy forces overran
several key government positions some three miles
from Pochentong airfield on August 5. Defenses
in this area had been weakened by the diversion of
government forces to Route 1.
The government has begun airlifting into Phnom
Penh some five battalions of troops from the western
provinces. Although Routes 4 and 5 remain open to
government supply convoys, the further concentration
of troops in the capital area is bound to weaken the
government's efforts to keep these roads free of in-
surgent activity. An enemy message of August 4 re-
vealed plans to resume harassing attacks against
Route 4 in the near future.
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FORCE REDUCTIONS
The North Atlantic Council agreed on Friday to
use the US paper, which was submitted on July 27,
as the basis for developing an allied position for
the force reduction talks this fall.
A number of points were raised, however, that
will require lengthy consideration before an allied
negotiating position finally emerges. The British
representative thought the overall US goal of a
"common ceiling" on NATO and Warsaw Pact ground
forces would necessitate a second phase of negotia-
tions, which he believes is not in the allied inter-
est. The Dutch representative wants a second phase,
which would involve the reduction of indigenous
European forces, and believes it should be arranged
before the end of the first phase. The Turks and
Greeks raised questions about the effect on NATO's
flanks of a force reduction agreement along the lines
of the US paper. The Turkish representative thought
that as the US proposal stands, it would increase
the threat to the flanks; he suggested the addition
of language to the effect that reductions would be
"without prejudice to the undiminished security of
the alliance as a whole."
The allies must also decide how actually to
begin negotiating with the Soviets. Some, including
the US, favor presenting an allied proposal early in
the talks. The British want a more cautious approach,
allowing time to sound out the Soviets. The Cana-
dians cautioned that perhaps the only way the allies
could stimulate a meaningful dialogue with the So-
viets would be to table a proposal at the outset.
NATO's Senior Political Committee will begin
further work on the allied position on August 7.
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YEMEN (SANA) - USSR
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NOTES
USSR-Cuba: A Kresta class cruiser, a Kanin
class ?destroyer, and an E-II class cruise missile
submarine arrived in Havana on August 4. They
will also call at other Cuban ports. Based on
previous. Soviet deployments in the Caribbean, the
ships could remain in the area for as long as three
months.
USSR: The Soviets launched another space probe
to Mars yesterday. The probe--referred to by TASS
as Mars 6--was launched from Tyuratam aboard an
SL-12 space booster. Three Mars probes have been
launched in the past 15 days. All three are per-
forming satisfactorily and should arrive in the
vicinity of the planet next March.
Greece: The identities and intentions of the
Arab terrorists who shot up the Athens international
air terminal yesterday, killing three and wounding
over 50, are still being investigated. As in other
recent terrorist incidents, Palestine resistance
spokesmen in Beirut have denied responsibility.
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