THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 16 MARCH 1971

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992531
• 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 16, 1971

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The President's Daily Brief
16 March 1971
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
16 March 1971
PRLNCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
The Cambodian Government has reported thwarting a
plot, but the current air of intrigue is likely to
persist. (Page 2)
In talks with President.Yahya, Mujibur Rahman plans
to press his drive for complete authority in East
Pakistan. (Page 3)
North Korea has issued its first public denunciation
of an overflight by a US SR-71 reconnaissance air-
craft. (Page 4)
The Chinese Communists have moved additional anti-
aircraft weapons and air defense troops into. north-
western Laos. (Page 5)
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SOUTH VIETNAM LAOS
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CAMBODIA
The government has told the local press that
Sirik Matak has ordered the arrest of a number of
officers who allegedly were moving to place a member
of his family on the throne.
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It seems likely that Matak has surfaced
this story to allay the fears of Khmer
Krom leaders and other military officers
loyal to Lon Nol that Matak was planning
a royalist coup while Lon Nol is out of
the country. Matak seems also to be using
the "royalist plot" to be rid of Srey
Saman, a man Matak has wanted to remove
from his post. In any event, the govern-
ment's press announcement is not likely
to clear the air of allegations that now
involve virtually every major political
figure.
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PAKISTAN
-According to one of Mujib's advisers, the East
Pakistani leader intended to urge President Yahya
'during discussions between_the two in Dacca, to
turn, overpower in East Pakistan to Mujib's Award:
League immediately. Mujib also planned to demand
the withdrawal of troop reinforcements sent to East
Pakistan in the: last few weeks. Should the military
attempt to use force, Mujib plans to proclaim in-
dependence.
Yahya will be reluctant to agree, to such
actions. On the other hand, he will find
the alternatives?East Pakistani secession
or a costly and probably futile, effort to
hold the country together by force--just
as unpalatable.
Meanwhile, there has been no central gov-
ernment response to Mujib's latest move
toward complete independence for East
Pakistan, The 35-point directive that
Mujib issued yesterday essentially clari-
fies and amplifies actions to be taken
under the noncooperation movement he
launched on 7 March. If and when imple-
mented, the actions would put Mujib in
effective control of East Pakistan's gov-
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NORTH KOREA
Pyongyang, in its first public denunciation of
an overflight by a US-SR-71 reconnaissance aircraft,
has broadcast statements over both domestic and in-
ternational radio services linking a flight on 14
March to alleged US war preparations and warning
obliquely of retribution.
No military reaction was noted to this
flight, or to 13 earlier, ones since the
program began in June 1969. The North
Koreans have gradually become'more pro-
ficient in tracking the SR-71, but they
have little, if any, capability to in-
tercept the aircraft.
Although the denunciation may be nothing
more than propaganda to discredit such
US intelligence collection activities,
it could also be designed as a warning
that Pyongyang might-retaliate against
some more accessible US target of oppor-
tunity in the Korean area.
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NOTES
Communist China - Laos: Aerial photography
shows that the Chinese have moved additional anti-
aircraft weapons into northwestern Laos since late
last year. Judging from the numbers of such weap-
ons, we now estimate that there are 6,000 to 7,000
Chinese air defense troops in this area. We con-
tinue to estimate that there are an additional
10,000 to 13,000 Chinese in engineer units there.
Over half of the 400 Chinese antiaircraft weapons
now in northwestern Laos are light or medium radar-
controlled guns.. Most of them protect.bridges,
construction sites, and barracks in the Muong Khoua,
Muong La, Muong Sai, and Muong Houn areas. The
smaller pieces are more widely scattered to defend
road construction forces. Additional air surveil-
lance radars have also been noted emplaced along
the road network.
Turkey: Talks among top political leaders are
continuing amid expectations that President Sunay
will announce the selection of a new prime minister
tomorrow. Yesterday, Sunay called upon all Turks
to rally behind the new government but gave no hint
of who might head it. If agreement on a. new cabi-
net is not reached within a reasonable time, how-
ever, military leaders reportedly are prepared to
ask Sunay- to diSsolve-Parliament and to take con-
trol themselves.
Japan: Foreign Minister Aichi.has told Ambas-
sador Meyer that he fears US Senators from textile-
producing states will oppose, an Okinawa reversion
agreement as a consequence of: last week's flurry
over textiles and be able .to. muster enough votes
to prevent the necessary two-thirds approval. The
Japanese Government, which is under pressure in
the Diet not to be too compromising on the unre-
solvecI Okinawa issues, had been hoping to wrap up
the reversion negotiations by 1 April, before local
and national elections this spring. Aichi now evi-
dently considers this timing questionable-.
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