THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 21 MARCH 1973

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993776
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 13
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: March 21, 1973

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The President's Daily Brief
21 March 1973
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LATE ITEM
Libya-US: Early this morning two Libyan Air
Force Mirage fighters fired on a US C-130 military
transport aircraft performing a reconnaissance mis-
sion over the Mediterranean.
The C-130 has returned safely to its base in
Greece.
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
21 March 1973
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
There is continuing disagreement within the West
German Government on whether German forces should
be included in the first phase of mutual force re-
ductions. (Page 1)
Sharp fighting continues in certain areas of South
Vietnam. (Page 2)
Egypt
(Page 3)
Libya
The USSR is letting Jews emigrate without paying
the education tax. (Page 4)
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WEST GERMANY - MBFR
There is continuing disagreement within the
West German Government on whether German forces
should be included in the initial phase of mutual
force reductions. In a recent talk with the US
ambassador, Defense Minister Leber expressed strong
opposition to any plan to limit reductions to for-
eign forces stationed in central Europe. Leber con-
tended that this kind of agreement would generate
inexorable pressure in the FRG for a unilateral cut-
back in West German forces.
Bonn's Disarmament Commissioner Roth and
other Foreign Office officials continue
to advocate that initial troop reductions
involve only "stationed" forces. They
also stress, however, that an agreement
providing for mutual constraints on rein-
forcement, movement, and exercises, con-
cluded before one on reductions, would
buttress their case. Roth arrives today
in Washington, and will seek US support
for the Foreign Office position.
The formal NATO position is that reductions
of both stationed and indigenous forces
should be carried out in an integrated
program, but that reductions of stationed
forces would be considered first.
The MBFR talks in Vienna remain at square one.
Continuing disagreement on the question of Hungarian
participation has blocked plenary meetings. The
first and only, one was held on 31 January.
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Song Bo River
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SOUTH VIETNAM
The Communists continue to direct heavy ar-
tillery and mortar fire against the Tonle Cham
Ranger Camp northwest of Saigon. The attacks re-
portedly have destroyed the camp's ammunition sup
ply, and heavy antiaircraft fire has prevented
aerial resupply for the pat two weeks._ The ComMu7
nists reportedly have dug trenches to within 1,000 ?
meters of the camp's perimeter. The Communist dele.
gateson the Four Power Joint Military Commission
have refused to allow the ICCS truce teams to make
an onsite investigation.
The Tonle.Cham Camp is the government's
northernmost listening post on the Saigon
River infiltration corridor. The Commu-
nists may hope that continuing pressure
will force the,government to abandon the
position, thereby facilitating their sup-
ply and troop movements closer to Saigon.
In the northern provinces, there is sharp
fighting west of Hue along the Song Bo River supply
corridor and around several government fire support
bases. Moderate fighting is,reported in the. Que
Son Valley. Prisoners claim that the Communists
have reinforced their units in this area with armor.
Saigon released today a formal indictment of
Communist violations of the Paris agreement. A
Foreign Ministry statement charged that barely a
month after the Paris accords the North Vietnamese
had sent south 50,000 troops, 300 tanks, and hun-
dreds of artillery pieces, and that most of these
troops and weapons have already reached South Viet-
nam. The statement added that Saigon "reserves
the right to appropriate reaction" to defend South
Vietnamese territory.
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