THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 29 MAY 1973

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993835
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: May 29, 1973

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The President's Daily Brief
29 May 1973
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505
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May 29, 1973
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
29 May 1973
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Iceland has asked for a special NATO meeting today.
It hopes that the alliance will secure the with-
drawal of British naval vessels from the disputed
waters. Iceland's cabinet may decide on further
moves today, but the foreign minister expects that
there will be no formal request for renegotiating
the base treaty at least until after President
Nixon's visit this week. (Page 1)
?The Communists have shifted two major logistic
units from Laos and Cambodia into South Vietnam's
western highlands. Anew road corridor there will
be less affected by the heavy rains in the summer
months. (Page 2)
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ICELAND
The government decided yesterday to take its
case against the British to NATO, and may decide
to petition the UN Security Council on the subject
today. According to a NATO official, Iceland re-
quested that the North Atlantic Council hold a
special meeting this morning and plans to ask the
Council to see that British naval vessels are
withdrawn.
Foreign Minister Agustsson told Ambassador
Irving yesterday that he and Prime Minister Johan-
nesson will face stiff opposition in today's cabinet
session in trying to beat back a demand to invoke
Article VII of the US treaty--which provides for
the start of negotiations on the status of the NATO
base. Nevertheless, he expressed confidence that
such a move could. bepostponed until after Presi-
dent Nixon's visit, and possibly until after the
NATO ministerial meeting in mid-June.
Although Agustsson claimed that anti-NATO
and anti-base elements remain in control
of the government, the situation in:re?
spect to the base seems to have improved
somewhat since he returned to Iceland last
Thursday. He may succeed in postponing
the invocatiOn of Article VII by supporting
the appeal to the UN
Communist Fisheries Minister Josefsson,
back from a visit to Eastern Europe, can
be expected to lead the movement to review
the base agreement now unless the US and
NATO oppose the British "aggression."
Popular sentiment is with him, and those
opposing him risk political oblivion.
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SOUTH VIETNAM
The Communists have shifted two major logistic
units from southern Laos and northeastern Cambodia
into the western highlands of central South Vietnam.
These units probably will take charge of
the growing logistic network inside South
Vietnam. A new road corridor the North
Vietnamese have been building from the
Demilitarized Zone into the central part
of the country is scheduled for completion
by the end of May.
This system lies east of the mountains
and will be less affected by the heavy
rains that render much of the infiltra-
tion corridor through Laos and Cambodia
impassable during the summer months.
Supply activity along the traditional
route has already begun to slow with the
beginning of the rains.
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Cambodia: A resupply convoy from South Vietnam
consisting of ten vessels, including six with POL
supplies, met intense Communist fire south and north
of Neak Long yesterday, but reached Phnom Penh with-
out sustaining any major damage. The capital now
has sufficient fuel stocks to last until June 7,
when the next convoy is scheduled to arrive.
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