THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 1 SEPTEMBER 1972

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993496
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 13
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: September 1, 1972

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The President's Daily Brief
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1 September 1972
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
1 September 1972
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
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the Vietnamese
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South Vietnamese Marines have initiated a number of
attacks in the Quang Tri area, apparently causing
heavy enemy losses. (
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Soviet
Laos
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Cambodian troops are having little success in reopen-
ing Communist-controlled sections of two major high-
ways. (Page 5)
Soviet
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VIETNAM
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Demilitarized Zone
Quang Tri
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Capital Special Zone
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South
China
Sea
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Gulf of
Thailand
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SOUTH VIETNAM
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SOUTH VIETNAM
South Vietnamese Marines have initiated a num-
ber of attacks in the Quang Tri area, apparently
causing heavy enemy losses. Several large enemy
munitions caches have also been uncovered by govern-
ment troops in Thua Thien Province near Fire Base
Bastogne. Nevertheless; the North Vietnamese fired
nearly 2,000 artillery and mortar rounds at South
Vietnamese Marines in and around Quang Tri City yes-
terday, but this morning the shelling decreased.
Farther south, airfields and military bases at Da
Nang, Bien Hoa, and Binh Thuy were hit by a large
number of enemy rockets. Enemy attacks may increase
in several sectors of the country tomorrow, the 27th
anniversary of North Vietnam's founding and a day
on which the Communists normally increase their mil-
itary activity.
Although the Communists have pounded the Quang
Tri sector with an average of nearly a thousand
rounds of artillery and mortar fire a day for the
past five weeks, enemy supply problems are growing
worse. Some Communist units there are having dif-
ficulty moving food and other supplies over routes
blocked by allied operations. Communist units near
Hue also appear to be suffering from a shortage of
ammunition as a result of logistics problems and
the capture of ammunition by the South Vietnamese.
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USSR-LAOS-VIETNAM
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AM BANG
ong Thom
Pursa
Controlled by enemy
Pionler
Captured b-ylenemy
Kompong Chhnan,g?
stung Chinti
Neak
Luding
BAIE DE .
KOMPONG SOM
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CAMBODIA
Communist forces have increased their control
over Route 5 northwest of the capital in recent days,
reducing sharply the government's ability to move
rice from Battambang Province to Phnom Penh.
the inter-
diction of Route 5 threatened a rice
shortage in the capital. The government
has now purchased 10,000 tons of rice
from Thailand for delivery in early
September, which will help replenish
the dwindling reserves.
The Cambodian Army has not yet reopened a section of
Route 2 in Takeo Province since it was closed on 26
August.'
Meanwhile, intercepts indicate that the Com-
munists are planning a series of harassing operations
in the Phnom Penh area to ensure that the Cambodian
Army "does not get a breather." This campaign ap-
parently started yesterday when enemy sappers raided
a petroleum storage depot and destroyed or damaged
two bridges just north of the capital.
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NOTES
USSR: The Soviets, in addition to preparing a
launch oftheir largest space booster, also are
getting ready to launch a Soyuz s acecraft.
Egypt-USSR: President Sadat has called upon
Egyptian editors to rebut recent Soviet press articles
critical of Egypt. This indicates that the recent
upsurge of polemics between Egypt and the USSR,
will
continue. Egyptian leaders apparently believe that
criticism of Moscow is necessary to justify their
ouster of Soviet military personnel. Moscow recently
began responding to this criticism, and its public
rebuttals are becoming more strident.
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