THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 11 APRIL 1970

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005977397
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: April 11, 1970

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The President's Daily Brief
? 11 April /970
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
11 April 1970
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Hanoi8s representatives in Paris seem cool to the
French proposal for discussions on Indochina, and
the French do not appear optimistic about getting
a favorable response from Hanoi. (Page 1)
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Soviets
Cambodia.
(Page 5)
Lao Government forces, pressed by the enemy, have
abandoned an outpost north of the Plaine des Jarres.
(Page 5)
The Soviet military airlift to Egypt apparently has
ended. (Page 5)
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NORTH VIETNAM - FRANCE
Hanoi's representatives in Paris have thrown
cold. water on the recent French proposal for .dis-
cussions on Indochina. Politburo member Le Duc Tho,
talking to newsmen yesterday before he departedfor
home, left the strong impression that Hanoi still
insists on reaching a settlement in South Vietnam--
a settlement involving US withdrawal--before enter-
ing broader Indochina discussions. On 9 April the
press spokesman for the North Vietnamese delegation,
while emphasizing that his government was still re-
serving its position, implied that "our people"
think the French suggestion "furthers American ag-
gression."
Both Tho and the press representative
made plain that their pronouncements are
not to be taken as a flat rejection of
the French proposal. Tho's insistence on
the priority of the "South Vietnamese prob-
lem" suggests a negotiating ploy: portions
of the proposal dealing with South Vietnam
are clearly favorable to the Vietnamese
Communists. It seems clear, however, that
the North Vietnamese are viewing it with
a jaundiced eye.
The French themselves apparently are not san-
guine about the possibility of a favorable response
from Hanoi. Foreign Ministry Asian affairs director
Froment-Meurice, who may have been present when For-
eign Minister Schumann discussed the proposal with
Tho, told Ambassador Habib on Thursday that he had
"no great hopes" of an encouraging reply.
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NOTES
USSR:
Laos: Under heavy enemy pressure, the govern-
ment yesterday abandoned a key defensive outpost
near Bouam Long, north of the Plaine des Jarres (see
The President's Daily Brief of 10 April). The mili-
tary situation otherwise is essentially unchanged.
USSR-Egypt: The Soviet military airlift appears
to have ended. Only one AN-12 has arrived in Egypt
since 5 April. In all there were 76 AN-12 fli hts.
cargo may
have included additional equipment for improving the
MIG-21s, urgently needed maintenance equipment and
spare parts, and possibly air defense equipment.
Jordan
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