THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 5 AUGUST 1969

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0005976917
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T
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5
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August 14, 2016
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August 24, 2016
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August 5, 1969
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T009364A007400040001-1 The President's Daily Brief 5 August 1969 19 Top Secrnxi Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A007400040001-1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A007400040001-1 FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY MAJOR PROBLEMS MIDDLE EAST The need to placate Moshe Dayan and to give Labor Party campaigners something to talk about before the October national elections may push Golda Meir into an awkward corner. By allowing the party to adopt Dayan's hawkish formula for retention or control of key sections of the occupied territories, Mrs. Meir will make it all the More difficult for any future government to settle for anything less. SOVIET AFFAIRS ? The large-scale air exercise, involving Soviet, Polish, and Czechoslovak units,- ended on 2 August. As it turned out, this exercise was the largest and most complex of its kind ever held in Eastern Europe./ the ma- neuvers had been in the works for several months. 1 50X1 FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A007400040001-1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A007400040001-1 Biafrans Advance Towa0 Main Federal Oil Pipeline field v.(1. ,Oilfield I 13,,nue MIGE1477 BIAFRA tsh C- Part Harco\urt Trans-Niger Pipeline Biaf ran advance DIAFRAN CONTROLLED AREA 5,0 STATUTE MILES 7,5 Oilfield ---N(SL..7e11-BP) [...Bonny Oil Evacuation Terminal CAMEROON B 1:6' II 7' 0 P B F I? A EQUATORIAL GUI FERNANDO PO 4. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A007400040001-1 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A007400040001-1 FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY II, OTHER IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS 'NIGERIA Last June the Biafrans vowed to disrupt federal petroleum production, but in the ensuing months achieved only limited success toward that goal. On Saturday, however, an infantry unit thrust to within 15 miles of the Trans-Niger Pipeline and now has a good chance of intersecting it. If the Biafrans cut the line, Nigeria's total petroleum output could be reduced from its present 500,000 barrels per day to about 300 000. 2 FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A007400040001-1 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A007400040001-1 Top Secret Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A007400040001-1