THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 24 JANUARY 1973

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993724
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: January 24, 1973

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The President's Daily Brief
24 January 1973
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LATE ITEM
Haiti: As of early this morning, armed gunmen
were.still'holding Ambassador Knox' and Consul
Christensen at the ambassador's residence in Port-
au-Prince as hostages for the-release of a number
of political prisoners held by the Haitian Govern-
ment. The gunmen are., also demanding an "indemnity"
of $500,000. President Duvalier reportedly has
agreed to release some prisoners and arrangements
are being made to provide an aircraft to transport,
the gunmen and the prisoners to Mexico City. The
details are still being negotiated, however, and
Deputy Undersecretary Macomber is en route to Port-
au-Prince to to direct the effort. The State Depart-
ment has been in regular phone contact with Ambas-
sador Knox and the gunmen since the episode began
late last night.
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
24 January 1973
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
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North Vietnam
Japan
Communist firepower in South Vietnam will increase
sharply in the next few weeks as large numbers of
tanks and artillery pieces arrive from the North.
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Chile's Foreign Minister is due in Peking shortly,
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NORTH VIETNAM JAPAN
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VIETNAM
The firepower of Communist forces in South
Vietnam's Military Regions 2, 3, and 4
will increase sharply in the next few
weeks as large numbers of tanks and ar-
tillery pieces arrive from the North.
Some 200 tanks and armored personnel carriers,
along with a similar number of artillery pieces,
?have been detected moving through the logistic
pipeline in recent months. The artillery includes
long-range field guns and light antiaircraft weap-
ons.
Although the types of weapons en route
have been in use by the Communists in
the South for some time, the current ship-
ments. involve a considerably greater
quantity of such weapons than had been
detected in any comparable period in the
past. The weapons apparently are in-
tended, in part at least, to make up for
recent heavy equipment losses and to
build up stockpiles. In contrast, the
infiltration of infantry into these re-
gions of the South during this dry season
has not been sufficient to make up for
manpower losses.
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CHILE CHINA
President Allende's foreign minister is due
in Peking shortly for a week of talks with Chinese
officials.
Although Chinese aid to Chile is likely
to remain modest, we expect Peking to be
helpful. Its past performance shows that
it has no intention of leaving Moscow as
Chile's sole Communist benefactor.
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NOTE
Egypt: The Sadat government yesterday ex-
tended the universities mid-year break by an addi-
tional week, until 3 February. Student demonstra-
tions had caused the government to close the uni-
versities a week ahead of schedule, and it pre-
sumably believes that more time is needed to cool
the situation. In an uncommon act of dissent, a
group of intellectuals has privately petitioned
President Sadat to show leniency toward students
still detained. The petitioners claim that the
protests stemmed from discontent at all levels of
Egyptian society.
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