THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 10 FEBRUARY 1970

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005977291
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: February 10, 1970

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The President's Daily Brief
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10 February 1970
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
10 February 1570
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
North Vietnam continues to strengthen its air defenses
in the southern half of the country. (Page 1)
Communist China has built defensive positions on
Damanskiy Island, the site of clashes with the USSR
last year. (Page 2)
In an effort to calm the political scene, President
Marcos has made some personnel changes in the govern-
ment. (Page 3)
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North Vietnamese Continue to Beef Up Air Defenses in Panhandle
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NORTH VIETNAM
Aerial photography of 3 February shows three
new surface-to-air missile sites in southern North
Vietnam--two along Route 7 near the Laotian border,
and another near Route 15. One of the sites on Route
7 was occupied by a firing unit; the others were
empty. Eleven new SAM sites have now been identified
in the southern provinces since the first of the year.
/Two MIG-21s were stationed in Vinh
during most of January, but at least one of them was
moved to Hanoi after shooting down a US helicopter
on the 28th.
Hanoi has been strengthening its air de-
fenses along the main infiltration and
logistics arteries in the southern area
and adjacent to the Laotian border for ,
several weeks. The North Vietnamese prob-
ably regard these moves as a cheap and
relatively sa e way of inhibiting US air
operations.
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A North Vietnamese press agency transmission in-
dicates that Ha Van Lau, Hanoi's number two man at
the Paris talks, is planning to return home. Unlike
Xuan Thuy and Le Duc Tho, Lau has not left his post
since the talks began in May 1968. Lau could be re-
turning for briefings and consultations, but with Le
Duc Tho now back in Paris after seven months in Hanoi,
it would seem more likely he is simply returning on
leave.
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COMMUNIST CHINA - USSR
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PHILIPPINES
The threat of new disorders and demands for a
government more responsive to the electorate have
moved President Marcos to make some personnel changes.
The removal of the Philippine Constabulary chief,
who is particularly unpopular because of his role in
election irregularities last November, has met with
wide approval.
Reassignments within the cabinet have ele-
vated men of demonstrated efficiency and
probity. In order to regain a significant
measure of public confidence, however,
Marcos will have to follow up the new ap-
pointments with a genuine reform program,
something he has been reluctant to do in
the past. He may also have to dump some
of his other blatantly corrupt cronies.
The Marcos administration will face its?
next test on 12 February, when leftist stu-
dent and labor organizations are scheduled
to hold new demonstrations. The decision
of moderate student and labor factions not
to participate in these demonstrations
could blunt their impact, but nerves on
both sides will be taut.
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NOTE
France-Spain: Foreign Minister Schumann told
Ambassador Shriver yesterday that an agreement to
supply Mirage planes to Spain may be announced dur-
ing the current visit to Paris of Spanish Foreign
Minister Lopez Bravo. Schumann seemed confident that
the deal will be concluded and added that an allot-
ment for Spain had been included in the Mirage pro-
duction schedule.
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