THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF (AFTERNOON) 24 MARCH 1969

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005976685
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: March 24, 1969

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The President's Daily Brief
24 March 1969
(Afternoon)
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25 March 1969
LATE NOTES FOR THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF OF
24 MARCH 1969
There have been no significant now developments overnight.
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MAJOR PROBLEMS
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The Soviets have launched
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EUROPE
There is nothing significant to report.
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II. OTHER IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS
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PAKISTAN
The urban areas of East Pakistanseem to have quieted
down somewhat, perhaps because the populace is exhausted
and perhaps also because the government has recently shown
more decisiveness. Troops are being used occasionally to
restore order in East Pakistani cities as well as in parts
of West Pakistan, and both Ayub and his home minister have
recently denounced the unrest in strong terms. The return-
ing quiet in Dacca and other cities may also-be due in part
to opposition leader Mujibur Rahman's calming influence.
Too much should not be made of this; reports from
the EaSt Pakistani countryside say that violence is continuing
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unabated there, and the calm in the cities is extremely
fragile. The lessening_of violence and the government's
new-found assertiveness are hopeful straws in the wind,
however.
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The government has launched an intensive air campaign
to disrupt Communist forces around the Plaine des Jarres.
pilots say their attacks have caused a large
number of secondary explosions. Present plans call for at
least three more weeks of heavy strikes.
The enemy has moved cautiously since capturing Na Khang
over three weeks ago, and the government's subsequent loss
of .a number of positions in the area has been more a result
of the sagging morale Of its troops than of enemy ground
assaults.
There is some danger that the severity of the air
strikes and the fact they are being directed against posi-
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ITALY-COMMUNIST CHINA
Foreign Minister Nenni has told the Dutch foreign min-
ister that Italy has decided t "drop the subject" of rec-
ognizing Communist China. Nenni said there had been a
"total absence of reaction from Peking" to Italian over-
tures earlier this year. He added that any further initi-
ative will have to come from Peking.
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