THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 4 OCTOBER 1972

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993553
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 12
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: October 4, 1972

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The President's Daily Brief
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4 October 1972
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
4 October 1972
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Satellite photography shows that the Soviets have
dismantled two ABM launchers at a launch site at
Sary Shagan that had been used to test two new
ABMs. (Page 1)
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Officials of the Monsanto Company's European oper-
ations suspect that Arab terrorists are trying to
sabotage their installations. (Page 4)
In Cambodia, the Communists are keeping government
forces off balance on several fronts. (Page 5)
Chilean army commander Prats has publicly defended
his recent decision to retire the perennial coup
plotter, General Canales. This is a further indi-
cation that he does not believe military action
against the government is warranted. (Page 6)
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The Soviets have dismantled two ABM launchers
at a launch site at Sary Shagan that had been used
to test two new ABMs. Satellite photography showed
the launch site intact with an ABM
canister in one of the two launchers.
E-;;Ai been dismantled, and the turntables and vehicle
the canister had been removed, both launchers
guide rails had been bulldozed over.
Each of the two new ABMs had been tested from
this site five times, but we have not detected any
firings since last December.
Under the terms of the ABM
Soviets are allowed 15 ABM
their R&D test facilities.
had 17 completed launchers
With these two dismantled,
within the treaty limit.
treaty, the
launchers at
The Soviets
at Sary Shagan.
they are
The Soviets have been working on as many
as five additional launchers at various
times. None has been completed, and at
least two may have been abandoned.
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FEDAYEEN
Officials of the Monsanto Company's European
operations suspect that Arab terrorists are trying
to sabotage their installations. The head of Mon-
santo Europe told our embassy in Brussels that two
fires in Monsanto plants on Monday, one in Luxem-
bourg and the other in Britain, were of suspicious
origin. Yesterday a phone caller to the Monsanto
Antwerp plant, identifying himself with "Black Sep-
tember," stated that there was an explosive in the
plant, although subsequent investigation found none.
Monsanto officials point to their "heavy and visible"
involvement in Israel's industry as a reason for
having been placed on the terrorists' target list.
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CAMBODIA
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CAMBODIA
Khmer Communist elements have dealt a setback
to the government's efforts to reopen Route 5 to
regular. truck convoys carrying rice from Battambang
Province to Phnom Penh. In recent days they have
destroyed a bridge and gained control of a four-mile
stretch of Route 5 some 33 miles northwest of the
capital near Oudong. The Cambodians are now trying
to organize an operation to clear the road, which
they had hoped to open to traffic this week.
East of Phnom Penh, strong Communist ground
attacks and shelling dispersed two battalions in-
volved in a government effort to drive the enemy
from a key high-ground position overlooking Neak
Luong. This operation has been temporarily halted.
In Takeo Province, Cambodian forces have once
again cleared Route 2 between Phnom Penh and the
town of Takeo. Portions of the highway have been
badly damaged by the recent fighting, however, and
the Khmer Communists still hold a four-mile section
of Route 2 south of the town.
Enemy intercepts indicate that the Commu-
nists intend to maintain their attacks
on the government's main lines of communi-
cation. This, of course, will seriously
complicate Cambodian efforts to keep
Phnom Penh supplied with rice.
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CHILE
Army commander Prats wrote an open letter to
the Chilean press on Friday defending his decision
last month to retire the perennial coup plotter,
General Canales. The letter charged that some news-
men had been trying to portray Canales as "a victim
of intrigue or injustice." This diverts attention
from the "real reason" for Canales' forced retire-
ment, Prats went on, and ?contributes to a campaign
to undermine military unity and subvert constitu-
tional order. The Chilean Army is aware of its con-
stitutional duties, Prats declared, and "we soldiers
will not commit the crime of treason" by taking ac-
tions that would result in bloodshed of "thousands
of fellow citizens."
Prats' letter was published in all Santiago
papers on Saturday and prompted effusive praise
from the pro-government media. A sharply critical
reply to Prats from the acting president of the na-
tional journalists' association was published in
opposition papers.
Prats' statement amounts to public affirma-
tion that constitutional order is not now
being violated by the Allende government
and, for this reason, military action
against it is not warranted.
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