THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 28 JUNE 1970

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005977535
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: June 28, 1970

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The President's Daily Brief
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PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
28 JUNE 1970
Cambodia: The military situation is unusually quiet
in many parts of the country. In the northeast, the
withdrawal of government forces and the evacuation of
some 5,000 civilian refugees from the towns of Laban-
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sick and Bokheo in Province has been completed.
South Vietnamese troops supporting this operation have
returned to South Vietnam. The withdrawal has erased
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the last vestiges of the government's presence in
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South Vietnam: President Thieu's speech to the nation on
27 June contained no surprises. For the most part, it was
a delineation of the cautious military policy toward
Cambodia that he has been developing over the past few weeks.
His statements were
indicating he had decided against extensive operations deep
in Cambodia. He ruled out any blanket commitments, prefering
to study each Cambodian request for help on its own merits.
He also referred to an impending
reorganization of the armed forces, as he has before, and he
mentioned a need to reorganize the government "from the
district to the central level," also not a new theme. In
neither case did he give any specifics.
Middle East: The new US political initiative has received
some predictable criticism by the public media of the more
radical Arab states, such as Syria and Libya, but the radio
and press of the countries most directly concerned have been
more restrained. No public comment has come from Jordan yet,
but in Israel commentaries have shown some degree of suspicion
and concern. In Egypt, although the proposals received some public
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criticism, the most authoritative newspaper said only that
the foreign ministry is studying the initiative carefully.
Israel-Syria: There were no reports of fighting on
Saturday in the Golan Heights area. After Friday's heavy
action, Israel admitted to ten killed and thirty wounded.
Damascus said 45 Syrians were killed, and 75 wounded.
There was some military action along other
cease fire lines on Saturday, however, as Israeli planes
struck alleged fedayeen bases in Jordan and shot up
Egyptian military positions along the canal.
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