THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 8 AUGUST 1974

• Document Type: FOIA
• 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 8, 1974

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The President's Daily Brief
August 8, 1974
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
August 8, 1974
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
The USIB Watch Report on South Vietnam concludes
that a series of indicators points to the possibil-
ity of a substantial step-up in military action in
the near future. (Page 1)
The Geneva talks on Cyprus resume today with both
Greece and Turkey claiming that little can be ac-
complished until the other lives up to the terms of
the agreement reached at the last round. (Page 3)
So far, there has been only limited Egyptian reac-
tion to Israeli military exercises and to Tel Aviv's
statements on the possibility of renewed fighting
in the future. (Page 5)
King Faysal has pledged to "rush" $300 million in
economic aid to Cairo and has agreed with President
Sadat that more inter-Arab consultation is needed
before a summit conference convenes. (Page 8)
The deterioration of relations between Egypt and
Libya was re-emphasized yesterday when President
Sadat released a letter he sent to Qadhafi in which
he accuses the Libyan leader of masterminding a
campaign of subversion against Egypt. (Page 7)
Pakistan
(Page 8)
The East Germans appear to have halted, for the time
being at least, their harassment of overland travel
into West Berlin. (Page 9)
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SOUTH VIETNAn
The USIB approved the following conclusions on
South Vietnam on August 7.
In South Vietnam, the current round of commun-
ist military action--already fairly heavy in Military
Region 1--will certainly continue and may increase.
The key indicators of this are:
--In North Vietnam: The North Vietnamese 308th
Division (one of the six divisions in the stra-
tegic reserve) began about ten days ago to en-
gage in much heavier communications. This sug-
gests that the division may be preparing to move
South to increase the level of fighting there.
--In Military Region 1: On August 6, the North
Vietnamese 325th Division, the only one of the
four North Vietnamese divisions., in Military
.Region 1 that has not been in action in. the past
few weeks, informed a subordinate unit that the
"open fire time for action" (not further defined)
would be "K-hour, D-day plus two." Antiaircraft
units were instructed to prevent "enemy" air-
craft from entering the area so that artillery
units could provide infantry support.
--In Military Region 2: The principal communist
military headquarters, the B-3 Front, in the
Central Highlands has. moved approximately 70
kilometers from its normal location in the tri-
border area to a.location between Kontum and
Pleiku cities.
--In Military Region 3: A forward element of
the headquarters for communist units in the area
substantially increased its communications in
August with North Vietnamese and Viet Cong main
force units northwest of Saigon. Such an in-
crease in communications normally precedes a
step-up in tactical activity.
There are reports--not as yet confirmed by com-
munications intelligence--that the North Vietnamese
5th Division may have moved from Svay Rieng Province
in Cambodia back into Tay Ninh Province, South Viet-
nam.
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These indicators, taken as a whole, may presage
a substantial step-up in military action in the near
term. The fighting is likely to be intense in the
extreme northern provinces of Quang Tri and Thua Thien.
Finally, although there has been a gradual build-
up in North Vietnamese activities over the past .sev-
eral weeks, the communists' perception of the polit-
ical situation in the US could tempt them to seek even
greater objectives and take greater risks than they
originally intended.
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