THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 18 NOVEMBER 1972

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993633
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: November 18, 1972

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The President's Daily Brief
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18 November 1972
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
18 November 1972
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
The Soviets are preparing to launch their largest
space booster, the "J-vehicle," sometime within
the next week or so. (Page 2)
Moscow has extended $200 million in credits for a
major irrigation project in northern Peru. (Page 3)
Mozambique
Tanzanian
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Juan Peron's arrival in Argentina yesterday sparked
no major disturbances. (Page 5)
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SOUTH VIETNAM
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USSR
The Soviets are again preparing to launch their
largest space booster, the "J-vehicle," sometime
within the next week or so from the Tyuratam test
center.
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We expect the coming event will be an at-
tempt to send an unmanned spacecraft to
orbit the moon, with recovery either in
the Indian Ocean or in the Soviet Union.
Conditions will be most favorable for a
lunar launch between 19 and 22 November.
Development of the J-vehicle, vital to
the Soviets' manned lunar program, has
not gone well. The only two previous
tests in July 1969 and in June 1971 re-
sulted in early in-flight failures. The
launch of the current booster was orig-
inally expected in September, but was
called off at the last minute. We do
not now expect the Soviets to try their
first manned lunar landing until the
late 1970s.
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Moscow has extended $200 million in credits
for a major irrigation project in northern Peru.
The project, which will require at least ten years
to complete, is to consist of a trans-Andean tunnel,
a hydroelectric complex, and an irrigation network
covering nearly 500,000 acres.
The Peruvians have been seeking foreign
credits for this project for some years,
but US engineers who studied it considered
it unfeasible. The Soviets themselves com-
pleted two feasibility studies before de-
ciding to become involved.
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110ZAMB I QUE-TANZAN IA
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NOTES
Argentina: Juan Peron's arrival yesterday
sparked no major disturbances. Despite the years
of bitter antagonism between Peron and Lanusse, the
two do not. seem far apart in their requirements for
a political accord at this point. By some accounts
Peron is even willing to support. an active army
officer for president in the elections scheduled
for next March. Late yesterday, however, he refused
to see a representative of the government in protest
against the tight security measures keeping him
from the masses of his followers.
Japan:
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