THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 12 JANUARY 1973

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993714
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 16
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: January 12, 1973

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The President's Daily Brief
12 January 1973
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
12 January 1973
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
The South Vietnamese effort to regain territory in
the north has upset Communist plans for renewed
attacks in some areas. (Page 2)
The enemy has increased its activity in Cambodia in
an apparent effort to keep government forces well
away from Communist supply lines extending into
South Vietnam. (Page 3)
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The UK's NATO allies have offered Malta roughly $2
million as a compromise settlement, but Prime Minis-
ter Mintoff's reaction was noncommittal. (Page 4)
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SOUTH VIETNAM
The government's campaign to recapture the
Hiep Duc District capital in Quang Tin Province has
forced the Communists to shelve plans for operations
in the coastal lowlands. According to prisoners
captured in nearby Quang Nam Province, all three
regiments of a North Vietnamese division that were
to carry out the attacks have been diverted to the
defense of Hiep Duc and nearby logistics facilities.
These facilities constitute an important support
base for any main force action in the lowlands.
Government advances toward enemy support and
troop assembly points in Quang Tri Province may also
be keeping Communist planners off balance there.
South Vietnamese success in retaking much of the
ground around FSBs Anne and Barbara, for example,
apparently prompted the Communists to shift major
elements of a North Vietnamese division into the
area.
Intercepts continue to reflect Communist con-
cern that the South Vietnamese will soon try to move
in force across the Thach Han - Cua Viet river line,
which was reached in a government drive last month.
North Vietnamese reconnaissance elements have been
ordered to keep especially close tabs on all allied
activity south of the river.
Recent gains by South Vietnamese forces
north and west of FSB Anne have put them
within striking distance of a primary
enemy support base in the Ba Long Valley.
The need to counter this threat as well
as to maintain defenses along the river
suggest that the Communists will find it
difficult to launch a major campaign at
this time.
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CAMBODIA
Communist military activity in the Phnom Penh
area is increasing. On Wednesday Khmer Communists
forced four government battalions along Route 1 to
fall back to the west toward the base at Neak Luong
on the Mekong. On the same day, the enemy shelled
Neak Luong and its airfield. Yesterday the Commu-
nists ousted other government troops from several
outposts below Neak Luong and gained control over
sections of the Mekong's east bank.
These are the most significant attacks in
this sector since last October, when the
Communists thwarted government efforts to
move eastward along Route 1 toward the
town of Kompong Trabek. The Communists'
current operations seem designed to keep
the Cambodians well away from Communist
supply lines that extend into South Viet-
nam. They also threaten the vital supply
convoys from South Vietnam that move up
the Mekong to Phnom Penh.
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NOTES
USSR-Somalia:
Soviet aircraft.
Malta: The UK's NATO allies have offered Malta
roughly $2 million, or about two thirds of the
losses in base rental that resulted from the float-
ing of the pound. Mintoff's reaction was noncommit-
tal, but he raised several objections, such as the
fact that the proposal covers only 1973, and further
talks will be necessary. Another problem is Min-
toff's suggestion that, as an assurance against a
future pound devaluation, the annual rental payment
of $36.4 million be made in the national currencies
of contributing countries rather than in pounds.
This would involve changing the basic agreement,
something the allies have refused to do.
USSR-China:
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