THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 7 OCTOBER 1971

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992905
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• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: October 7, 1971

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The President's Daily Brief
7 October 1971
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
7 October 1971
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Senior Pakistani officials are continuing to talk
of a possible pre-emptive attack on India in the
next few weeks. (Page 1)
In Cambodia, government troops have finally reopened
Route 6, north of the capital, to Kompong Thom town.
(Page 2)
South Vietnamese forces in Cambodia have ended the
week-long enemy siege of an artillery base close to
the border. (Page 3)
A new political crisis may be developing in Turkey.
(Page 4)
On Page 5, we discuss the status of opium production
?in Turkey.
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CAMBODIA
Government forces have finally reopened Route
6 up to Kompong Thom town. Following heavy air-
strikes on Communist positions overlooking the road
from the Santuc Mountain, elements of the government
task force linked up with units from the Kompong
Thom garrison on 5 October.
Government troops will next conduct sweep oper-
ations in the area in order to consolidate their
control over. Route 6, and probably will also help
make extensive bridge and road repairs to the high-
way between Tang Kouk and Kompong Thom.
This operation has encountered far less
resistance than did the campaigns of last
May and June that reopened Route 4 and
drove main force enemy elements out of
the Tonle Toch area northeast of Phnom
Penh. However, it has been far superior
to those undertakings in terms of planning,
coordination, and over-all support. More
importantly, it has reflected the Cambo-
dians' growing military confidence and
corresponding willingness to take the war
to the Communists.
For their part, the Communists evidently
were unwilling to expend the resources to
prevent the reopening of Route 6, particu-
larly since the Cambodians have shown lit-
tle disposition to move off the road
against important Communist bases to the
east. With better weather approaching,
the Communists are still in position to
harass or cut the road at a time and place
of their choosing.
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INDIA-PAKISTAN
A general officer in the Pakistani ministry of
defense, who is a Bengali, has told an officer of
the US Embassy that he is convinced that Pakistan
will attack India sometime during the second half
of this month. r
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SOUTH VIETNAM - CAMBODIA
South Vietnamese forces, with strong: support.
from air and artillery units, have ended a Commu-
nist siege of a fire:support,base just-east of the
Cambodian-town of Krek.. The-base was under.eneMy
attack for more than a week, and the major resupply
road to it had been closed. A regimentof the.Viet-
namese Communist 5th Division, which was involved
in the-fightinTarOund the base, has now withdrawn
more than eight miles to the east, apparently after
sustaining heavy casualties:
This success against the same' enemy.divi-
sion that hurt them badly at Snuol last
spring should boost the morale of the
South Vietnamese troops operating inside
Cambodia. The Communists; however, still
have, strong forces in this area bordering
South Vietnam's Tay Ninh Province, includ-
ing at least' one infantry regiment, one
artillery regiment, and a'division head-
quarters. There have been almost daily
shellings of.South Vietnamese artillery
and field positions along Route 22 since
the latest round.of enemy action began
on. 26September.
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TURKEY
The Justice Party announced on Tuesday that it
was pulling its members out of Prime Minister Erim's
military-backed "nonpartisan" government. A govern-
ment spokesman described the party's action as the
"impulsive" result of "unnecessary touchiness" and
questioned whether the withdrawal had the support
of party rank and file. High-level meetings of the
Justice Party are scheduled for today and tomorrow
as the various factions try to decide what to do.
Erim has told the press that his govern-
ment will decide by Friday what its next
steps will be. He could seek a vote of
confidence, and he is on record ?that he
would resign if he were to lose parlia-
mentary support. In this event, military
leaders might be prompted to dissolve
parliament and install a caretaker gov-
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TURKEY
The government has not yet implemented its de-
cree regulating opium production, pending a decision
on the compensation for farmers barred from produc-
tion. It has succeeded in buying more of the crop,
and its purchases rose from 70 tons of opium gum in
1970 to 146 tons this year. This was achieved in
part by a 58-percent increase in the purchase price.
In response: to this, however, more' farmers are apply-.
ing for permits to grow opium in' 1972, even though
the provinces in which poppies may legally be grown
have been reduced from seven to four.
Despite the larger share of the crop bought by
the government, the amount diverted into illegal
channels was still significant. These diversions,
and the illegal stocks Of opium gum from previous
years, 'ensure that Turkey will remain the main,
source of heroin for the US market.
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