THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 19 MAY 1970

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005977462
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 12
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: May 19, 1970

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The President's Daily Brief
19 May 1970
48
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FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY
THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
19 May 1970
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
A large-scale South Vietnamese cross-border opera-
tion into southern Cambodia is helping to relieve
enemy pressure on two provincial capitals. (Page 1)
Some of the background to Peking's postponement of
tomorrow's Sino-US meeting in Warsaw is given on
Page 2.
Through the medium of a Pravda editorial yesterday,
the Soviets lashed back at the Chinese for their
polemical attacks on the Moscow leadership at the
time of the Lenin centennial last month. (Page 3)
Romanian party chief Ceausescu left. unexpectedly for
Moscow yesterday, taking with him some of his prin-
cipal associates. (Page 4)
The Soviets yesterday carried out a fourth test of
what is thought to be a modified version of the
SS-13 ICBM. (Page 5)
Laos is momentarily quiet, but new attacks in the
south may be coming up soon. (Page 6);
FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY
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