THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 12 NOVEMBER 1972

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993622
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: November 12, 1972

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The President's Daily Brief
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SOUTH VIETNAM
Saigon's pro-government newopaper Tin p..2a% has pub-
? lished a commentary on General Haig's visit. Quoting a
?Nlighly placed source," Tin Song stated that President
Thieu, in his talks with General Haig and Ambassador Bunker,
maintained that the Communists have over 300,000 troops in
the south, not 140,000 as the Us claims, and that all of
these must be withdrawn. The newspaper quoted the source
as saying that Thieu would not be satisfied with "any
'temporary withdrawal of a symbolic number of 14,000 North
Vietnamese troops," and that any "tacit agreements" were
invalid The commentary maintain'ed that all future agree-
ments on South Vietnam "must be decided by the South
Vietnamese people themse1ves,"-7that the "right of self
determination" for the country's entire population must be
respected,and that "no future peace agreement can be signed
on their behalf."
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FOR 'iTE PRI;L:_DENT ONLY
The Vietnamese Ccirmtinfcs have begun hitting the
"Thieu-must-go" theme age3n, whi_ch they had been
avoiding over the ?rt cvr1 -ceks. The Hanoi party
daily on 10 November cellca Thou an "obstacle to be removed."
The same point was made r.gcin yesterday. Also, Nadame Binh
stated at the Paris ta1.1:-1 on rflwrsday that he "should resign."
Under pressure from ncw:-nn, he 'ever, PRG spokesman Ly
Van Seu acknowledged th;:,: the PRG was still willing to
talk with a Sair_Tcn gol,ernment headed by Thieu after
truce
the/agreement is sign.
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Foil THE PP.:..:FIDENT ONLY
Lufthansa hac beer, tl:e target of two fedayeen
hijackings thia uccr. In February, a reported
$5 million dollar Lta'. paid for the release of
one Lufthansa a-freraft commande%d by the PPLP,
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and in October thc perpetrators of the Munich
incident vere ivan tPir freedom for the release
of another tal:cn over by the BZack September
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