THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 11 OCTOBER 1971

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992912
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: October 11, 1971

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The President's Daily Brief
11 October 1971
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
11 October 1971
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
The Soviets may press for a friendship treaty with
France during Brezhnev's forthcoming visit to Paris.
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South Vietnamese forces in Cambodia were engaged in
several sharp clashes around Krek during the weekend.
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Anti-US incidents may erupt during Panama's anni-
versary ceremonies today. (Page 3)
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USSR-FRANCE
Moscow wants to conclude a friendship treaty
similar to the recent Soviet pact with India during
Brezhnev's trip to France late this month, according
to a high-level French foreign ministry official.
The Soviets have raised the treaty issue on several
occasions, and at one point hinted that Brezhnev
would cancel his trip if the French did not agree
to a treaty.
French officials see no possibility of con-
cluding a treaty that--like the Indo-Soviet agree-
ment--included mutual defense clauses since this
would conflict with France's continuing obligations
to the Atlantic Alliance. Paris might, however,
agree to a strengthening of the 1970 Franco-Soviet
protocol on consultation and economic cooperation.
The Soviet penchant for concluding such
treaties--they have also been offered to
Canada and Indonesia--is one of the ways
Moscow is responding to China's emergence
from diplomatic isolation. The approach
to France may also reflect a Soviet de-
sire to offset the damage done to its
Western policy by Britain's mass expul-
sion of Soviet spies. The Soviets may
be assuming that France's concern over
West Germany's Ostpolitik successes will
help make it more receptive to closer
ties with Moscow.
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SOUTH VIETNAM - CAMBODIA
South Vietnamese troops in Cambodia fought
several sharp actions during the weekend near the
town of Krek, allegedly causing heavy Communist
casualties. There also was renewed weekend fight-
ing on the South Vietnamese side of the border in
northwestern Tay Ninh Province.
a third regiment of the North Vietnamese 7th
Division recently returned to the area from Cam-
bodia.
Last week ARVN troops lifted an enemy
siege of a base near Krek, forcing a
regiment of the Vietnamese Communist
5th Division to withdraw eastward. It
now appears that at least some element
of the 5th is still in the Krek area
keeping up pressure. In the meantime,
the entire 7th Division has skirted the
fighting around Krek to return to South
Vietnam, and is now in a position to
harass Route 22, the main supply route
for the South Vietnamese troops across
the border.
The recent enemy activity may be giving
General Minh, the South Vietnamese com-
mander in the region, second thoughts
about maintaining a stronghold in Cam-
bodia. Minh recently sent reinforce-
ments to the border area to keep open
Route 22, but
he regards Krek as signif-
icant chiefly as a staging base for
larger offensives in Cambodia. With
the return of some Vietnamese Communist
units to South Vietnam and a continued
thinning of allied forces in his region,
Minh is now seeking general staff guid-
ance concerning the priority and support
to be given Cambodian operations during
the coming dry season.
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NOTES
Panama: The government is concerned over the
possibility of anti-US disorders during today's .
ceremonies in Panama City marking the third anni-
versary of the ruling junta.
a number of anti-regime groups--
mostly students--may try to enter the canal zone and
attempt a flag-raising designed to "reaffirm" Pan-
amanian sovereignty. Heavy security precautions are
in effect, but General Torrijos apparently is un-
certain that violence can be averted if some inci-
dent occurs.
Argentina: The revolt of the colonels quickly
collapsed on Saturday when rebel units in Azul and
Olavarria were surrounded by loyal forces and sur-
rendered. Radio stations briefly under the control
of the rebels have resumed regular broadcasting and
the situation appears to be returning to normal.
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