THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 7 AUGUST 1970

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005977612
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 12
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: August 7, 1970

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The President's Daily Brief
7 Au t 1970
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
7 August 1970
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
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The Cambodian situation is discussed on Page 2.
Demonstrations by South Vietnamese war veterans pose
the threat of serious unrest. (Page 3)
\ USSR)
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The West Germans and Soviets are to initial their re-
nunciation of force treaty today. (Page 5)
\Soviet)
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Uruguay terrorists threaten to "pronounce sentence"
on kidnaped foreigners unless the government meets
their demands. (Page 7)
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USSR MIDDLE EAST
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CAMBODIA
Despite heavy air strikes, enemy forces in
Skoun. are still keeping government forces at bay.
Three battalions of Khmer Krom troops from Phnom
Penh had several sharp encounters with Communist
elements less than two miles west of-the town, but
were initially unable to clear enemy roadblocks.
On Wednesday, government forces fought their way
back into the small town of Prey Totung on Route 7.
Communist pressure against Kompong Thom has
subsided; the enemy directed only intermittent har-
assing fire on the city Wednesday night. Kompong
Thom has had no electricity since its main power
plant was destroyed on 31 July, and housing, food,
and potable water are in short supply in that shat-
tered city.
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SOUTH VIETNAM
War veterans went, on a rampage. in Saigon yester-
day when they heard of government plans to tear. down,
several thousand of their shanty-town dwellings .
According to press reports the veterans destroyed
a .provincial governor's office .and held an all-day
in front of the Presidential Palace . The
demonstrators dispersed ..only after government offi-
cals promised to leave the veterans' shacks intact:
and' to negotiate further with: them. Even more' vio-
lent veterans' demonstrations took place in, Nha
Trang city on Wednesday. The trouble there began.
when police demolished shacks being built :by the
veterans.
Unless the government cracks down on the
veterans, the demonstrations could quickZY
deteriorate into the most serious unrest
since ' early May. The government, however,
is reluctant to use harsh' tactics against ?
the veterans because of the sympathy they
enjoy -1,71. the army.
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USSR EASTERN EUROPE
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WEST GERMANY - USSR
The West Germans anclthe Soviets are to initial
today a treaty renouncing the use of force that is
little.changed from the earlier Bahr-Gromyko draft.
Foreign Minister Scheel has informed the Western
Allies that consultation will follow in Bonn.
Scheel's initialing of the treaty will virtually
commit West_Germany to signature, howeVer.
Although the Western Allies have been seeking
a reaffirmation of four-power. rights in.West Berlin
and West Germany in. connection with this agreement,
the Soviets declined to publish any written state-
ment on this subject in their own name. Instead, a
West German note to the three Western powers is to
quote from oral statements on:fourpower rights by
the West German- and Soviet foreign ministers, thus
providing only an indirect reaffirmation.
Despite assurances from Scheel that he would
deal with:the need to indicate that the, present'
treaty is. not a final peace treaty, the latest draft
text says.nothing explicit on this. question'. Scheel
has nevertheless suggested that the reaffirmation of
four-power rights in itself implies that no peace
treaty has been concluded since any such treaty would
do away with those'rights.
In addition, the text of the treaty has been
adjusted to make the commitment to "respect" post-
war borders appear as an amplification and specific
application of the renunciation of force. This is
intended to make the de facto recognition of borders
seem less like a new concession or an anticipation
of an eventual peace treaty, and hence more palat-
able to the West German public.
As planned earlier, the West Germans will issue
a letter asserting the German right to national
unity. Scheel now expects Gromyko to reply to the
letter without contradicting the West German claim.
The treaty preamble now also contains a reference,
to the 1955 Soviet -West German agreement. As this
agreement mentioned the right of the Germans to na-
tional unity, Bonn will argue that reference to it
provides further confirmation of German national
rights.
The Soviets have made no major concessions.
Nevertheless, the minor improvements of
concern to Bonn may help to dampen criti-
cism of the treaty in West Germany. If
some agreement can be worked out on Berlin,
this treaty stands a good chance of being
ratified by the Bundestag.
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USSR-EGYPT
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NOTE
Uruguay: The Tupamaros have threatened to "pro-
nounce sentence" on the kidnaped USAID official and
Brazilian diplomat unless the government agrees to-
day to release all political prisoners. The ultima-
tum, issued by the terrorists yesterday, insists
that the government must agree to free its prisoners
no later than midnight Tuesday and allow them to
leave the country. Presumably, the captives would
be released when the government complies with these
terms. So far, President Pacheco is still refusing
to negotiate with the kidnapers.
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