THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 21 JULY 1971

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992763
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: July 21, 1971

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The President's Daily Brief
21 July 1971
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
21 July 1971
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
A Chinese Communist editorial marking the 17th anni-
versary of the Geneva accords has praised the yiet-
namese Communists' seven-point proposals. (Page 1)
"Big" Minh says there is a "90-percent chance" he
will not =1 for the South Vietnamese presidency.
(Page 2)
The new Sudanese junta is moving to consolidate its?
control. (Page 5)
Sabotage continues to cause major disruptions in
East Pakistan's? transportation network. (Page 6)
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COMMUNIST CHINA- VIETNAM
In an authoritative editorial yesterday com-
memorating the 17th anniversary of the Geneva ac-
cords, the Chinese praised the Vietnamese Communists'
seven points as the "correct course" and criticized
the US for making no positive response to the pro-
posal. The editorial underlined Peking's long-held
position that a settlement of the Indochina question
must meet the desires of the Indochinese peoples.
It claimed that the Geneva agreements were "a great
achievement" for the Vietnamese, which was only
later undermined by US actions.
The Chinese statement marks the first time
Peking has commemorated the Geneva anni-
versary in several years and is its most
complimentary public pronouncement on the
agreements since the start of the Paris
peace negotiations in 1968. Peking almost
certainly intended that its statement would
at least partially assuage Hanoi's concern
over recent developments in Sino-US rela-
tions. It is not evident from the text of
the editorial whether or not the unusual
attention was designed as anything more
than an affirmation of Peking's continuing
support for Hanoi's approach to negotia-
tions. It could, however, be related to
recent suggestions that China is willing
to participate in an international confer-
ence on Indochina.
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SOUTH VIETNAM
"Big" Minh, has told US officials there is a
"90-percent chance" he will.not run for president'
because Thieu is rigging the election. Minh cited.
the seizure of. opposition newspapers and charged
that government, agents have threatened both his and
Vice President Ky's campaign workerS. Asserting
thatHa "hands-off" policy will not be sufficient,
Minh asked that the US prevent provincial and dis-
trict officials from giving Thieu any unfair. advan-
tage.
Minh said he doubted whether Ky will be able to
obtain the necessary endorsements in the face of
government pressure on provincial councilors, and
for the first time stated that if he does not run
himself, he is thinking of throwing his support to
Ky.
Such a move before the 4 August filing
deadline would likely enable Ky to qualify
and thus alleviate some of the criticism
of Thieu that a Minh withdrawal would
touch off. Minh is still keeping his op-
tions open, however; he is continuing to
prepare for the campaign, and only last
week he sounded out a respected Catholic
opposition deputy on becoming his running
mate.
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USSR-ROMANIA
top Soviet leaders criticized Ceausescu for the
"anti-Soviet" tone of his Peking visit when the Ro-
manian leader stopped over in Moscow on 24 June
The So-
viets feel that the Chinese-Romanian final communi-
que accepted the Chinese thesis that the socialist
bloc is divided into large and small states with
conflicting interests. That communique' was also
a major matter of controversy during Ceausescu's
later stop in Mongolia.
ICeausescu, while in
Mongolia, questioned the rationale for participation
in the Warsaw Pact because "there is no threat from
imperialism."
Ceausescu's remark reflects both his gen-
eral disapproval of all military blocs
and Romanian reluctance to join Pact ex-
ercises. Other reports confirm that Ceau-
sescu's visit to Mongolia, which always
echoes Moscow, was marked by ideological
disputes that prevented agreement on more
than an innocuous communique and bland
speeches.
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SUDAN
Large and occasionally disorderly street demon-
strations occurred both for and against the new re-
gime yesterday in Khartoum and other cities./
/5,000 sup-
porters of deposed president Numayri demonstrated
southeast of the capital in Wad Medani. There are,
however-, no indications of widespread organized re-
sistance to the coup.
The new seven-man Revolutionary Command Council
(RCC), installed yesterday as Sudan's new government,
includes four men who have been affiliated with the
Communist Party in the past. Unconfirmed reports
reaching the US Interests Section in Khartoum char-
acterize them as members of the party's doctrinaire
wing. Three RCC members, including its chairman,
Lieutenant Colonel Babakr al-Nur Uthman, and his
deputy, Major Hashim al-Atta--the regime's main
spokesman to date--had been dismissed from the pre-
vious government last. November for leaking secrets
to the Communists.
In moves designed to consolidate its position,
early yesterday. the RCC dissolved a number of organ-
izations that had supported Numayri, rescinded the
previous government's ban on four organizations that
had formed the power base of the Communist Party,
announced the release of approximately 47 jailed
Communist Party members, and suspended all news-
papers and magazines except for the army's- journal.
coup's participants
against Numayri for
the
had been plotting
a number of months.
although all the
new rulers opposed Numayri's policies,
they are not necessarily agreed upon what
course of action they should follow and
may soon fall to arguing among themselves.
The Communist Party in the Sudan has been
largely oriented toward local nationalism.
Therefore the characterization of Sudan's
new military leaders as either Communists
or sympathizers should not be interpreted
as meaning that the Sudan will now become
a puppet of Moscow.
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East Pakistan: The transportation system is
more disorganized now than at any time since April,
according to the top civilian official in Dacca.
Sabotage operations by Bengali guerrillas, some
probably acting under Indian sponsorship, appar-
ently have produced major dislocations.
the guerrillas will con-
tinue to attack trie transport and communications
network despite the adverse impact on the food
?crisis facing the Bengali population. Islamabad's
military overseers in the East, who ?do not seem to
have grasped the seriousness of the situation, have
done little to correct it. The? army is still using
for its ?own purposes some of the boats provided by
the US for cyclone relief in late 1970.
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