THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 5 JUNE 1971

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992681
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: June 5, 1971

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The President's Daily Brief
5 June 1971
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
5 June 1971
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
India/
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The Communists have increased their military threat
in South Vietnam's northernmost province by moving
in additional North Vietnamese units. (Page 2)
On Page 4, we discuss the USSR's purchase of Cana-
dian wheat.
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INDIA-PAKISTAN
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SOUTH VIETNAM
Elements of two North Vietnamese divisions
have recently moved into the northernmost province
of Quang Tri. There are now at least seven infan-
try and two artillery regiments--close to 15,000
men--in the province.
Recent Communist military operations in the
province have involved primarily the artillery units.
Earlier this week, simultaneous shellings were carried
out against a string of allied positions in north-
eastern Quang Tri, and intensive mortar bombardments
were mounted against two positions farther west.
some of the enemy
infantry regiments have completed preparations for
ground attacks in the near future, possibly with
artillery support.
If attacks materialize, the principal tar-
gets are likely to continue to be allied
fire support bases and field positions,
but major headquarters or towns could come
under mortar or rocket fire. The Commu-
nists may also offer stiffer resistance to
allied operations in western Quang Tri.
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WEST GERMANY
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USSR-CANADA
Moscow has purchased about 3.5 million tons of
Canadian wheat worth $235 million, according to an
announcement by a Canadian .wheat board official.
The contract includes a balance of about one million
tons which the USSR was obligated to buy under a
1966 agreement.
two million tons will be shipped from
Canada during 1971 and the remainder in the first
half of 1972. Some shipments will be from Canadian
Pacific ports and will be used in the Soviet Far
East, which otherwise depends on high-cost cross-
country shipments from Soviet wheat fields in Euro-
pean USSR.
The purchase comes in the wake of Prime
Minister Trudeau's recent visit to Moscow
where the USSR promised to give Ottawa
preferential consideration as a source of
any wheat imports. The magnitude of the
sale will help to blunt domestic criticism
of the implications of Trudeau's trip by
pointing up the advantages of pursuing an
"independent" foreign policy.
Although the USSR has ?had excellent wheat
harvests in recent years, purchases of
Canadian wheat are a convenient way to
meet its increasing commitments to Eastern
Europe, Cuba, ?and North Vietnam without
drawing down its own stockpiles.)
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ROMANIA-USSR
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NOTE
India: The government has signaled no novel
approaches to the country's economic and social
problems in its new budget, which the US Embassy
describes as "hurriedly drawn." Under the essen-
tially conservative budget, spending is to increase
by only 4.6 percent and the tax base will remain
largely unchanged. Development programs focus on
industry, transportation, and communications; the
share devoted to irrigation and power has been re-
duced. On the whole, the budget does not point to
appreciably faster economic growth or to major new
attacks on the massive unemployment problem. In
fact, unless India gets substantial international
help with its Bengali refugee problem, the costs of
the problem are likely to force cuts in the limited
economic development and employment programs that
are planned.
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