THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 8 JANUARY 1972

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993069
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 13
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: January 8, 1972

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The President's Daily Brief
8 January 1972
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LATE ITEM
Press reports indicate that Mujibur Rahman was
released by Bhutto yesterday and arrived in London
early this morning.
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
8 January 1972
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
The North Vietnamese are raising the pressure on
Long Tieng/
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As the outlines of his domestic program unfold,
Pakistani President Bhutto is beginning to feel
counterpressures from entrenched interests. (Page 3)
Communist
Chinese
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Chile's President Allende seems to have turned to
his own advantage an attempt to impeach his interior
minister. (Page 5)
Cyprus.. (Page 6)
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LONG TIENG AREA
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LAOS
Enemy pressure on Long Tieng is increasing.
The destruction on Thursday of the remaining am-
munition at the base--probably by North Vietnamese
sappers--resulted in the closing of the airstrip.
Sizable probes and shellings of almost all outlying
defensive posts have been reported, but no major
positions have changed hands. The Long Tieng valley
has been shelled again by heavy artillery, but suf-
fered very little damage. On 6 January an inter-
cepted message suggested that the North Vietnamese
may be planning to move their 130-mm. artillery to
Ban Meo, less than a mile from irregular defenses
at Phou Long Mat and within easy range of Long
Tieng.
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PAKISTAN
Bhutto is beginning to discover the limits of
his power. He is coming under increasing pressure
from members of the left wing of his own Pakistan
People's Party, who are critical of the limited
nature of the government's nationalization policies.
A major spokesman for the left, Health Minister
Rashid, is also pressing Bhutto to institute reforms
designed to improve the lot of farmers and workers.
Recent strikes in Karachi and Lahore give testimony
to the fact that workers' expectations have been in-
flated beyond Bhutto's ability to satisfy them.
Although Bhutto cannot afford to alienate
the strong left wing of the party, he prob-
ably will be cautious about giving in to
its demands. Neither the officer corps
nor the right wing of the party--which in-
cludes large landowners?would be pleased
with sweeping economic reforms. Bhutto
does not wish to create a split in the
party, and it is most likely that he will
try to steer a middle course.
Bhutto is also under pressure from the National
Awami Party for quick restoration of civil govern-
ment. As a result of the elections last year, the
party is sure of taking control of the provincial
government in Baluchistan and hopes to form a coali-
tion with which to capture the Northwest Frontier
Province as well.
the National Awami
autonomy for these
reforms that would
capital far out of
pie they would represent.
Bhutto has already promised to restore
civil rule as quickly as he can, but timing
is crucial and he would prefer to see po-
litical and economic stabilization measures
well under way before taking such a step.
Bhutto's continuing purge of the armed forces
is also beginning to irk the officer corps. Ini-
tially, the majority applauded the firings
but
the continued housecleaning in the
ranks of senior officers is generating opposition.
Party ultimately is aiming for
provinces, as well as cabinet
grant them representation in the
proportion to the.number of peo-
Eventually, however, Bhutto will have to
deal with the problem and set .a clear pol-
icy on retention or retirement of officers.
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COMMUNIST CHINA
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CHILE
President Allende has finessed a Senate con-
firmation of the lower house vote to impeach Inte-
rior Minister Toha by transferring Toha to the Min-
istry of Defense. Defense Minister Rios in turn
becomes interior minister. Toha was impeached by
the opposition controlled lower house for alleged
failure to use the security force impartially
against progovernment as well as antigovernment
demonstrators and dissidents.
By moving Toha to defense, Allende not
only avoids a serious political defeat
but puts his key Socialist lieutenant in
a job Allende considers increasingly im-
portant. He may hope that Toha's demon-
strated skill in organizing police and
internal security forces in support of
the government now will help in dealing
with growing evidence of discontent among
military officers.
Rios, 70 years old, had presided over the
Defense Ministry largely as a figurehead.
Long closely associated with Allende, in
1964 he Zed a leftist faction out of the
Radical Party to support Allende's bid
for the presidency. With this shift, the
undersecretary, a capable young Communist,
is likely to exercise more effective power
than he did under Toha, but Allende will
continue to determine the ministry's main
direction.
As interior minister, Rios is first in
line of succession to Allende.
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CYPRUS
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NOTE
Israel-Lebanon-Syria: Increased fedayeen,ac-
tivity along Israel's borders with Lebanon arid Syria
has led to unofficial Israeli warnings of a possible
counterstrike. Most recently, on Thursday Syria-
based fedayeen killed and decapitated an Israeli
Army engineer, and rockets were-fired from Lebanon
at an Israeli border town. Lebanese nervousness
was shown. in a,statement Thursday by Prime Minister
Salem charging that Israel was preparing to take
military action against Lebanon.
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