THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 22 OCTOBER 1971

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992932
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: October 22, 1971

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The President's Daily Brief
22 October 1971
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THE PRESIDENT IS: DAILY BRIEF
22 October 1971
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PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
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Pakistan and
Indian
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Egypt
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Burmese Communists are organizing a caravan to carry
raw opium to the Thailand-Burma-Laos border area.
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INDIA-PAKISTAN
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Indian charges of Pakistani provocation reached
a new high yesterday when Foreign Ministry officials
told US Embassy officers that Pakistani armor and in-
fantry at "more than company level" crossed briefly
into Indian-held Kashmir on 14 or 15 October. At the
same time, according to press reports, an unnamed
Foreign Ministry official has stated that unless there
is .a political solution that will enable the safe re-
turn of the refugees, "it is for India to judge what
action is necessary."
An assessment by Consul General Spivack in
Dacca notes that insurgency in East Pakistan has in-
creased in intensity over the past three months, but
concludes that the Mukti Bahini are still unable to
challenge the army in urban areas. In some parts of
the province the insurgents move almost at will and
have established a civil administration. They are
increasingly well armed and able to carry out such
operations as sabotaging ships and bridges. Ambushes
have sometimes inflicted significant casualties on
the Razakars, a locally recruited militia, and to a
much lesser extent on the army.
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NOTE
Burma: the
Burmese Communists have organized a caravan to carry
about 10,000 pounds of raw opium to transshipment
points in the Thailand-Burma-Laos border area this
week. Since last spring, the Communist insurgents
have taken over much of the poppy-growing area along
the China border that had been previously under the
control of ethnic Shan groups involved in the opium
trade. The Communists, who heretofore have not been
directly implicated in the opium traffic, may now be
entering the narcotics business to gain a new source
of funds for their insurgent activities.
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