THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 10 AUGUST 1970

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005977616
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: August 10, 1970

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10 August 1970
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LATE ITEM -- URUGUAY
As we go to press the wire services are report-
ing from Montevideo that Mitrione has been found
shot to death in a stolen car. The US Embassy has
not yet commented on this report as of 0545 EDT.
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
10 August 1970
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
The military situation in Cambodia is summarized
on Page 1.
The Middle East cease-fire is being observed al-
though there have been complaints from both sides.
(Page 2)
There is no firm information on the fate of the
kidnap victims in Uruguay. (Page 3)
Italy/
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Canada and China edged closer to agreement at the
last session of the recognition talks. (Page 5)
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CAMBODIA: Current Situation
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CAMBODIA
Skoun remains in government hands following its
recapture on 8 August. The town continues to receive
intermittent mortar fire and the enemy may be regroup-
ing for further attacks. Indeed, the recent southward
movement of the Headquarters, Viet Cong 275th Regiment
from Kompong Thom Province to within four miles of
Skoun suggests that the battle for the town is far
from over.
Just east of Skoun, hard-pressed government
troops defending Prey Totung skirmished with enemy
forces near the town's defensive perimeter and ab-
sorbed periodic shelling attacks throughout the week-
end. The Communists also launched heavy mortar at-
tacks against the airstrip at Kompong Cham city and
against government positions at the district capital
of Tonle Bet.
The three-battalion Khmer Krom relief force
which recaptured Skoun is returning to Phnom Penh to
counter possible enemy moves against the capital's
outer defenses, according to press reports. Cambo-
dian troops reportedly beat back small-scale enemy
probes against several of their garrisons north of
the capital this weekend. Unconfirmed press reports,
moreover, indicate that Cambodian marines battled
enemy infiltrators about two miles from Phnom Penh
late yesterday.
South of Phnom Penh, a new battle--involving
at least a battalion of Communist troops--has broken
out at the district town of Saang. Recently inter-
cepted Cambodian military messages have warned of a
large enemy buildup of several thousand troops near
the town, which was occupied by the enemy for sev-
eral days in April and subjected to prolonged heavy
fighting im mid-July.
,In the west, the city of Kompong Thom continued
to receive intermittent mortar, rocket, and recoil-
less rifle fire over the weekend, but no major new
enemy ground attacks developed. Since early August,
several major elements of the Viet Cong 9th Division
have moved into the Kompong Thom area, and combat
activity may soon intensify in this sector.
Elsewhere in western Cambodia, Communist forces
renewed their pressure against the provincial capital
of Siem Reap over the weekend-.- The city's airfield
and military hospital came under mortar and automatic
weapons fire, and Cambodian Army patrols engaged
small bands of enemy troops along key approach routes
to the city. Government positions at the important
crossroads town of Kralanh, northwest of Siem Reap,
also were attacked during the weekend.
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ARAB STATES - ISRAEL
The Egyptian-Israeli cease-fire along the Suez
Canal appears to be holding. Although Cairo com-
plained on 9 August of a violation involving an Is-
raeli overflight of Suez city, the Egyptians de-
scribed the flight as exploratory rather than offen-
sive. No reports of aerial bombing have been re-
ceived.
The Israelis are claiming that missiles have
been moved into six SAM sites within 10-12 miles of
the canal that had been unoccupied prior to the
cease-fire.
As expected, fedayeen forces are defying the
cease-fire and have mounted attacks against the
eastern Israeli border. Israel has repelled these
attacks with few casualties. One of the fedayeen
assaults was against a potash plant near Sodom,
south of the Dead Sea, an area usually excluded by
tacit agreement. Heavy Israeli retaliation can be
expected if serious damage was sustained in this
area. (
The fedayeen also are fighting with each other.
In Jordan yesterday, a radical guerrilla organiza-
tion fought two pitched battles with a pro-Nasir
fedayeen group. Another extremist group, the Popu-
lar Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine,
has stated that its attacks will also be directed
toward American installations in the area. This
could include the oil terminal facilities for the
pipeline running from Saudi Arabia to the Mediter-
ranean or the producing facilities in Saudi Arabia.
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URUGUAY
No firm information has been received on the
fate of the three captives of the Tupamaro terror-
ists. Montevideo radio stations received several
contradictory phone calls yesterday from alleged
terrorists. The last caller said the earlier an-
nouncement of Mitrione's death was untrue and added
that the Tupamaros would issue a communique at noon
today.
Last night President Pacheco asked congress
for increased powers to deal with the terrorists
amid signs that elements of the far right intend
to retaliate against the Tupamaros. A group
calling itself the "Squadron of Uruguayan Justice"
notified the police yesterday that they would kill
50 Tupamaros for each political murder and five
terrorists for every policeman killed.
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NOTE
Canada - Communist China: The recognition talks,
which have been in suspense since last March, resumed
in Stockholm on 1 August on Chinese. initiative. A
Canadian official said the session was "constructive,"
and that some progress was made on the thorny problem
of China's sovereignty over Taiwan. Ottawa is now
considering omitting this issue from the formal com-
munique and clarifying its position in an oral state-
ment before parliament.
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