THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 6 SEPTEMBER 1973

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993924
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 17
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: September 6, 1973

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The President's Daily Brief
6 September 1973
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
6 September 1973
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
The military situation in and around the Cambodian
provincial capital of Kompong Cham deteriorated
further yesterday. (Page 1)
Hanoi and the South Vietnamese Communists are seek-
ing a cutback in the size of the ICCS in an attempt
to reduce the scope of the commission's activity.
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The USSR
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A high-level Romanian delegation en route to the
North Korean National Day celebrations will stop
over in Peking for an "unofficial friendly visit."
(Page 4)
Notes on Australia's new controls on meat exports,
and the latest international monetary developments,
appear on Page 5.
the Soviet Union
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CAMBODIA
The situation in and around Kompong Cham de-
teriorated further yesterday, when the insurgents
stepped up their pressure against government posi-
tions just northwest and southwest of the isolated
provincial capital. Some government forces have
pulled back in disarray. At last report, some Com-
munist elements had infiltrated Kompong Cham, and
some fighting has occurred in the center of the city.
On the western outskirts of the city, govern-
ment battalions trying to open a section of Route 7
have made little progress. The Communist threat
east of the city has temporarily diminished as a
result of effective fire support from Cambodian
Navy vessels on the Mekong. This force has already
expended half of its ammunition, but several vessels
carrying fresh supplies are scheduled to depart from
Phnom Penh today.
In the Phnom Penh area, government units have
made no headway in reopening Route 4 near Ang Snuol,
15 miles from the capital. The operation has been
hindered by bickering among senior commanders.
Other government forces moving on Ang Snuol from
the southwest, however, are making some progress in
the face of light resistance. South of Phnom Penh,
scattered fighting is continuing along or near sev-
eral sections of Routes 2 and 201 as government
elements seek to re-establish control over the two
roads.
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VIETNAM
Hanoi and the PRG have sent diplomatic notes to
the ICCS members proposing that they "consider imme-
diately" a cutback in personnel.
The language of the notes suggests that
Hanoi is laying the groundwork for a fu-
ture demand that ICCS regional and local
teams be removed, leaving only the ICCS
headquarters in Saigon.
The Communists have been pushing for a re-
duction in ICCS activity almost since the
commission's establishment, using the ar-
gument that it should be a mediating rather
than an investigative body. This latest
effort to reduce the scope of the commis-
sion does not necessarily mean that Hanoi
is planning a major increase in military
or political activity in the countryside,
but it does indicate that the Communists
chafe under the political and psychologi-
cal inhibitions imposed by the presence
of ICCS field teams.
The Communists apparently would like to
reshape the ICCS before the Iranian team
gets established. They probably will use
the commission's recurrent financial dif-
ficulties to back up their arguments that
its activities should be curtailed.
Even if this pressure fails, the ICCS is
not likely to be as vigorous as it was be-
fore Canada's departure. The Iranians
will need some time to get the feel of
the situation. There is no indication
that the Communist members of the ICCS
intend to be more cooperative, although
the Poles have stopped hinting that they
might withdraw.
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ROMANIA
Bucharest has dispatched a high-level delegation
to the Far East, ostensibly to attend North Korean
National Day celebrations on Saturday, but with a
stopover in Peking billed as an "unofficial friendly
visit."
The delegation includes Politburo member
Emil Bodnaras, who has visited China four
times since 1966--most recently in April
1972--and has met both Mao and Chou En-Zai.
Another member of the delega-
tion, CorneZ Burtica, is the party secre-
tary responsible for propaganda, ideology.,
and information.
Among the topics to be discussed in Peking
will certainly be the Soviet-inspired anti-
Chinese propaganda campaign now emanating
from Eastern European media. Bucharest
has resisted Moscow's pressure to join in
and last week effusively congratulated Mao
on his re-election to head the Central
Committee. Also probably on the agenda
will be Bodnaras' concern that Moscow will
attempt to convene an international Com-
munist meeting to read China out of the
world Communist movement.
By billing the Peking stopover as "unoffi-
cial," Bucharest avoids a final communique
that might stimulate a hostile reaction
from Moscow.
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NOTES
Australia: Canberra probably will impose ex-
port controls on meat shipments to the US and other
customers in the next few weeks in an effort to re-
duce domestic meat prices. Australian shipments to
the US--most of which are absorbed by fast-food
chains--account for nearly half of US beef imports
but only a very small proportion of consumption.
Japan and the UK take Australian beef of first-grade
quality and will be the hardest hit by the proposed
controls.
International Monetary Developments: The pound
sterling came under heavy pressures on European money
markets yesterday. In line with the pound's fall,
the dollar depreciated about 1 percent against the
joint float currencies. Dealers attribute the pound's
weakness to reduced UK interest rates, anticipation
of continued large trade deficits, and fears of re-
newed labor problems.
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