THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 2 JULY 1970

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005977543
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: July 2, 1970

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The President's Daily Brief
2 jqy 1970
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
2 July 1970
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
In Cambodia, Prime Minister Lon Nol has reorganized
his cabinet. Communist military activity has de-
clined somewhat. (Page 1)
The Soviets are soon to embark on a major disaster
relief program for Peru; sixty-five aircraft will
be involved. (Page 3)
The package on Berlin offered by Soviet Ambassador
Abrasimov Tuesday merely embroiders on earlier for-
mulations advanced by the Soviets. (Page 5)
A central committee plenum in Moscow is likely today,
but we still do not know whether it will deal with
personnel changes. (Page 6)
The military in Bolivia are again pressuring Presi-
dent Ovando to remove leftists from the cabinet.
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Cambodia: Current Situation
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CAMBODIA
Lon Nol has reorganized his cabinet. In changes
announced yesterday, he lightened the heavy burden
carried by his deputy, Sink Matak, and shifted sev-
eral other portfolios. Matak will continue function-
ing as vice president of the council of ministers
(deputy premier), but most of his specific responsi-
bilities have been turned back to the ministerial
level. The number three man--Yem Sambaur--has lost
his job as foreign minister, although he retains the
justice portfolio and responsibility for liaison with
the National Assembly. Lon Nol will continue serving
as his own defense minister.
These changes seem to have been influenced
both by recent assembly criticism and by
Lon Nol's recognition that too heavy a load
was being carried by three or four of his
most trusted associates. Matak in particu-
lar had been badly overworked. He is now
in a position to function as troubleshooter
for the leadership.
Generally reduced Communist military operations
continued to be marked by harassment of government
positions in widely separated areas of the country.
Siem Reap city received another brief round of
mortar fire on 30 June. Allied air strikes on the
Communist-controlled town of Phnom Krom, south of
Siem Reap, are reported to have resulted in 50 enemy
killed.
In Prey Veng Province, a Cambodian Army battal-
ion at Kompong Trabek town on Route I was attacked
by an estimated 100 enemy troops on the night of 28-
29 June. Government units to the north of Kompong
Trabek were attacked the same night by a larger
enemy force. Local villagers report the Communists
took heavy losses in that engagement.
In the north, the government sustained another
setback when its outpost at Ban Phai in Preah Vihear
Province was taken by the enemy yesterday.
Elsewhere, South Vietnamese troops have broken
the Communist offensive against Lovek in Kompong
Chhnang Province, and are conducting clearing opera-
tions north, west, and south of the town. A South
Vietnamese armored column also is moving north up
Route 5 in an effort to open the road while allowing
the Cambodians to repair damages on the parallel
railway to the Thai border.
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SOUTHERN LAOS.
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LAOS
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Soviets Planning Massive Airlift to Peru
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USSR-PERU
Sixty-five Soviet aircraft will carry Soviet
goods to Peru during the first half of July in what
will be the USSR's largest disaster relief program
for the benefit of a,foreign nation. The first air-
craft will leave Moscow on Saturday,.flying to Lima
with stops in Iceland, Canada, Cuba, and Venezuela
or Colombia. After a four-day lapse, the other
flights will follow at the rate of eight to ten each
day.
We do not know what cargoes will be flown
in. One possibility is structural materi-
als and tools to meet the need for emer-
gency housing. The aircraft will be able
to carry 700-1,000 tons.
Moscow's decision to provide Lima with
emergency assistance coincides with a
gradual change in Soviet attitudes toward
military regimes. Over the past year,
the USSR has Looked on Peru in particular
as providing the first in a potential
series of opportunities to work with mil-
itary regimes that take a leftist or
"progressive" stance in their policies.
In fact, Soviet propaganda has hailed the
Peruvian Government as an example for an
Latin America to follow.
Although the warming trend in Soviet-
Peruvian relations was interrupted by
Moscow's initial failure to come forward
with promises of disaster assistance, the
magnitude of its forthcoming effort should
more than offset Lima's earlier criticism.
Moreover, the demonstration of support
will gain the Soviets a greater measure
of respectability outside Peru.
Beyond serving as a demonstration of So-
viet goodwill, the massive airlift will
benefit Moscow in other ways. It will,
among other things, constitute an unprec-
edented test of Soviet air transport
capabilities in the Western hemisphere.
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USSR
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USSR-BERLIN
The "principles" Soviet Ambassador Abrasi-
mov offered at the ambassadors' meeting
Tuesday as the basis of an "intermediate"
agreement on Berlin are in essence only a
more detailed formulation of Soviet de-
mands advanced in earlier four power meet-
ings.
The key features would have the four powers
agree to accept West Berlin as a "separate political
entity" and would put an end to "the political pres-
ence of the FRG" in the city. Abrasimov said the
USSR would not object if one of the three powers
would assume the responsibility of consular repre-
sentation of West Berlin--a role now performed by
West Germany--and proposed that an "official Soviet
representation" be opened in West Berlin.
The whole package is similar to the con-
cept of West Berlin as a "free city" under
four power administration developed under
Khrushchev a decade ago.
Abrasimov indicated that he wanted a Western
response to the Soviet proposals at the next meeting
on 21 July, but emphasized Moscow would "never agree"
to give up its insistence that there can be no po-
litical ties between Bonn and West Berlin. He gave
no open encouragement to Western hopes for a bargain
which would trade off some West German political
rights in return for access guarantees. He did hint,
however, that once the Soviet concept of an inde-
pendent West Berlin is accepted, some progress might
be possible on the matter of access. These hints
were balanced by pointed reminders that West Berlin's
physical isolation placed the burden of compromise
on the West.
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USSR
We still expect a central committee plenum
today (see The President's Daily Brief of
27 June), but we still do not know whether
it will deal with personnel changes.
An honorable retirement for Premier Kosygin
remains the most likely of various rumored
shifts in the top Soviet leadership, and
it might set in train other changes as
well. A central committee plenum would,
however, be the wrong occasion to announce
a new appointment on the governmental side.
The proper venue for this would be a ses-
sion of the Supreme Soviet, and one is
scheduled for 14 July.
What we would expect the plenum to do is
to announce a date and agenda for the 24th
Party Congress, already promised for some
time late this year. Precedent requires
this announcement to list the principal
speakers for the Congress, and it is a
foregone conclusion that the premier will
speak on the next five-year plan. This
poses a nice question for the leadership
if it is planned for Kosygin to retire
before the Congress.
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JORDAN
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NOTE
Bolivia: The military is again putting pressure
on Prira-e-rTE Ovando to remove leftists from his admin-
istration. The targets this time are four cabinet min-
isters and the armed forces commander in chief, General
Torres, who does not seem to enjoy much support in the
military. The army last night put troops in the La Paz
area on alert to back up demands that Torres and the
others be removed from their posts.
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