THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 1 OCTOBER 1970

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005977712
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: October 1, 1970

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The President's Daily Brief
1 October 1970
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
1 October 1970
(information as of 2000 EDT 30 September)
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
The situation in the Middle East is discussed on
Page 1.
North Vietnam
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Cambodian authorities are anticipating some terrorist
attacks around Phnom Penh during the current reli-
gious holidays. (Page 3)
Allende appears increasingly confident of victory
in the congressional runoff elections and plans to
reject demands for democratic guarantees. (Page 3)
Thern latest information on North Vietnamese infiltra-
tion appears on Page 3,
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MIDDLE EAST
Demonstrations of grief over the death-of
Nasir will continue today th?oughbutrthe Middle:
East;: some May take a violent turn with anti-US
overtoneS.. Meanwhilei:peCulation.and rumors of
a struggle for power in Egypt have already appeared,
In a conversation with Ambassador Brown, King
Husayn has expressed fear that radical elenents in
Syria and Iraq will try to fill the leadership
vacuum created by Nasir's death. The King and two
of his close advisers are also concerned that Egypt
will turn inward and withdraw from Arab world af-
fairs. Husayn sees Libya and Sudan tending to go
their own way and slipping out of Egypt's orbit.
Algeria, he thinks, will try to expand its role in
the Arab world but is too far away to act effec-
tively. The King has no special insight on who
will replace Nasir but said the obvious choices
were Anwar Sadat, Ali Sabri and Zakariya Muhyeddin.
He speculated that this might be the time for an
unknown military figure to begin thinking about
making his move.
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Cambodia: Military authorities in Phnom Penh
are concerned that the enemy will take advantage
of the current religious holiday that ends 2 Octo-
ber by staging some sort of attack near the cap-
ital. They claim that the Communists are moving
ammunition into an area just three miles southeast
of the city on the west bank of the Mekong. Al-
though the enemy is capable of launching terrorist
attacks on Phnom Penh; there are no reliable indi-
cations that any large-scale action against the
city is imminent. Meanwhile, the Communists con-
tinue to harass the government column on Route 6,
and government troops have not yet moved in force
beyond Tang Kouk.
Chile: Salvador Allende plans to reject the
democratic guarantees recently demanded of him by
a commission of the Christian Democratic Party.
According to sources of the US Embassy, Allende
now is sure that his defeated rival, Radomiro
Tornio, will deliver enough Christian Democratic
votes to ensure his victory in the congressional
runoff on 24 October anyway. In his mood of.grow-
ing confidence, Allende is warning bankers and
businessmen against maneuvers that could weaken
the economy, and the Communist Party press is ac-
cusing the US of plotting with Chilean rightists
against him.
North NietnAm: Communications inteiligende :has
provided additional evidence on the .southW.ard deblov-
ment "of P n P mv -i-rnnnq
During September, at
least 11,000 'enemy troops started south, including
substantial numbers from regular North Vietnamese
infantry, units. Only two battalion-sized replace-
ment groups, involving 800 - 1,200 'nen, are ear-
marked for duty in South Vietnam. Some appear to
be headed for southern Laos, probably to ensure the
viability of the infiltration and logistic routes
in the face of increasing guerrilla interdiction
operations. Some of the :troops may be used in Com-
munist dry-season offensive operations in southern
Laos, Cambodia, or possibly South Vietnam.
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