THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 5 FEBRUARY 1972

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993121
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: February 5, 1972

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The President's Daily Brief
5 February 1972
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF.
5 February 1972
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
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Egypt's President Sadat received a promise of more
defensive weapons in Moscow, but the communique is-
sued after his departure showed no Soviet ?backing
for renewed Arab-Israeli hostilities. (Page 2)
South Vietnam
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Cuban
Latin America
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Yesterday's Soviet-Egyptian communiqug will not in-
spire confidence among President Sadat's domestic
critics. Sadat had set the tone for his trip to
Moscow when he said he was going in order to deter-
mine the "zero hour" for liberating Sinai. He left
the USSR, however, without any open expression of
Soviet support for a renewal of hostilities, al-
though the language of the communique allows Sadat
to say that additional aid for Egypt's defenses will
be forthcoming. The wording of the communique ?does
not indicate that the Soviets are planning to give
Sadat the kind of sophisticated offensive weapons
that he says he wants.
Beyond these meager results, the joint statement
called for "immediate" resumption of Jarring's mis-
sion, most likely as a counter to the US-Israeli
agreement for "proximity" talks. Soviet party chief
Brezhnev accepted an invitation to visit Egypt at
a date to be agreed upon later, but this is not
likely to excite Egyptians who seek a resolution of
the impasse, either through war or negotiations.
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NOTE
Communist China: Hsu Shih-yu, a ranking moder-
ate military leader, made his first public appearance
in eight months earlier this week at a rally in
Kiangsu Province. He was identified as retaining
all his previous titles: member of the politburo,
commander of the Nanking Military Region, and first
secretary of the Kiangsu provincial party committee.
Hsu's lengthy disappearance was probably related to
the events that precipitated the Lin Piao affair,
and his political fate almost certainly has been one
of the most controversial personnel issues confront-
ing the regime. His reappearance coincides with in-
dications that the fortunes of other moderate mili-
tary leaders are rising.
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