THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 3 JUNE 1972

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993335
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• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 15
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: June 3, 1972

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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
3 June 1972
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Most of the fighting in South Vietnam is taking
place in and around Kontum, but a new battle may
be building on the Cambodian border. Although re-
duced locally by the monsoon, enemy logistic ac-
tivity remains heavy'. (Page 1)
Iraq appears to be seeking Soviet help in marketing
the oil it nationalized yesterday. (Page 2)
West German opposition leader Barzel is thinking
of making a deal with Chancellor Brandt for early
elections. (Page 3)
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There have been a number of deliberate steps by the
Chinese to avoid allowing the situation in Vietnam
to damage relations with the US. (Page 6)
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VIETNAM
Government defenders in Kontum City yesterday
repulsed a light enemy attack from the north. The
South Vietnamese are still trying to clear small
pockets of enemy troops from Kontum City and to dis-
lodge larger Communist forces from the Kontum Pass.
Interrogations of several prisoners captured
during the fighting indicate that a replacement reg-
iment suffered heavy casualties from bombings even
before moving into the fray at Kontum, and this may
have upset the enemy's timetable for the campaign
against the city.
On the northern front, intercepts, movements
of enemy armor, and logistical activity indicate
further preparations for renewing the battle. In-
tercepted enemy orders are for such preparations
to be completed soon.
Since 1 June, heavy fighting has been under
way along the Cambodian border (west of the Parrot's
Beak) in Kien Phong and Kien Tuong provinces.
South Vietnamese Rangers reported large enemy casu-
alties as of this morning. In the meantime, the
Communists are building up their forces within the
Parrot's Beak region. Elements of two divisions
are there now and they may soon be reinforced with
armored vehicles.
Monsoon rains are forcing a sharp reduction in
Communist logistic activities in the Laotian pan-
handle. i
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enemy traffic continues to move south through the
Demilitarized Zone, where the current monsoon has
relatively little effect.
The
roads in northeastern Cambodia as yet are largely
unaffected by the rains, but intercepted messages
indicate the senior Communist logistic authority
for this region has ordered that the roads must be
maintained and river routes developed even after
the weather turns bad.
The South Vietnamese Senate's rejection of a
bill granting emergency powers to President Thieu
was a political setback, but will not seriously im-
pair Thieu's ability to deal with the crisis. Even
without the emergency powers, Thieu has options
that he has not yet exercised under constitutional
provisions for invoking martial law. He may try to
get the Lower House to override the Senate, but this
would take a two-thirds majority, and at the moment
Thieu does not have the votes.
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IRAQ USSR
Just one day after nationalizing the properties
of the Western oil consortium called the Iraq Petro-
leum Company, the Iraqi Government apparently has
turned to the USSR for assistance. The Iraqi for-
eign minister and a delegation including the direc-
tor of oil affairs arrived yesterday in Moscow, at
the invitation of the Soviet government.
Iraq has halted all IPC operations and
presumably is seeking Soviet help to mar-
ket the oil. We doubt the Soviets would
be willing to divert enough tankers to
carry Iraq's oil production, and they
would have great difficulty in finding a
market for the large quantities involved.
The USSR already is helping to operate
the Rumaila oilfield, an IPC concession
taken over by Iraq a decade ago. In pay-
ment, the Soviets are taking a portion of
the Rumaila oit, leaving the Iraqis to
market the balance themselves. Thus far
the Iraqis have had only limited success.
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WEST GERMANY
Opposition leader Barzel says he plans to offer
Chancellor Brandt a deal for a political truce pend-
ing early parliamentary elections. Earlier ?this week
Barzel told a US Embassy officer that he would forego
further no-confidence votes in the Bundestag if
Brandt would agree to develop a joint position on the
budget and other matters likely to arise before elec-
tions. Under this plan, Barzel envisages holding
elections either this November or next March, rather
than in the fall of 1973 as scheduled.
Barzel is seeking to cut losses which both
he and his Christian Democrats suffered
from this spring's intensive parliamentary
maneuvering over the Eastern treaties. His
abortive effort to oust Brandt on 27 April
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CHINA-US
Chinese officials abroad have commented
that the mining of North Vietnamese harbors
is a problem between the United States and the USSR,
with China playing merely an onlooker's role. While
noting that Peking continues to support Hanoi, these
officials have been virtually unanimous in stating
that the US action would not seriously damage Sino-US
relations. US businessmen who attended the recent
Canton trade fair report that they were treated
courteously--almost effusively on occasion--and that
there were no recriminations over Vietnam.
Comment in Chinese media on the war con-
tinues to be moderate and is largely con-
fined to replays of material originating
in North Vietnam and elsewhere. In such
cases, personal attacks on the President,
references to the Nixon doctrine, and
other sensitive material have been removed.
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