THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 20 AUGUST 1970

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nA Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A008600180001-3 The President's Daily. Brief 20 August 1970 49 Top Secret5?x1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A008600180001-3 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A008600180001-3 FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 20 August 1970 PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS Communist forces in Cambodia are probing government positions on the northern approaches to Phnom Penh; Sihanouk continues to broadcast from Peking. (Page 1) Health officials in the USSR are increasingly worried about the outbreak of cholera. (Page 2) Leaders from the countries of Eastern Europe. are meeting in, Moscow to coordinate their approaches to West Germany and to European security. ,(Page 3) Government forces in Laos have renewed their efforts to retake Ban Na. (Page 4) Czechoslovaks may mark the second anniversary of the invasion with a self-imposed curfew, but actual breaches of security are unlikely. (Page 4) FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A008600180001-3 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A008600180001-3 CAMBODIA: Current Situation tA THAILAND RICE=. Batiambang ? - d2 .- il ? ? s Siem, R lili - _ ? _RICE?. Kom o)ng Koinpong. Chhna?ng RIC E neibratta D. 4 Skaun T?tu '?-\,,-.\ -,a ? I 1... -, , ? . 'e?--" .., ' .., A lb/ ? : ' S ERDAM ' . t? ,. Villnyus. MOSCOW 't k '? lit its" 1) ? N 0 :, 1 \ ?c` - . p\ ' ` " ,..., EAST 1 ? 11[ 7,-, '1,r ? .17`. _ .Kuybyshev '? ' ., \ EEL FED. Jc .Minsk.)' 10 1 , , ' *BONN s_f Berlin. ) ?? ? t 1 , / x REP. OFt l WARSAW 1.1:? 41 S. `Ii.' * :-? POLAND * %.--7-- GERMANYV`^ `,., / f .. J ITALY ? ? ae, BELGRADE* -r%? YUGOSLAVIA *ROME ' ? TIRANA*) Lena ROMANIA C27/118 ' Pyatig9rsk ? ? *BUCHARESTA ./.4( r ? ? .Kiev k ? '4 r, 'Volgograd. . :?1,' ? , ? 4 ----Rostov Astikha de'Ssa - ? .. *SOFIA BLACK SEA BULGARIA ...."...--.....,??...... r , (ALB !?,?,s,.............7(., , 'I.\ GREECE 0.e---,5"----'""--- e? vi-C .. ? 7 . *ANKARA 4 i ?-,,,,,,, ''',N1 . r'"?'.... *ItTHENS rt,) TURKEY ? CASPIAN k ``? SEA M EDIT ER RANEAN a SEA ?? t: - ? \ .f) IRAN eSON, ,??? I ? 1,r-** Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A008600180001-3 50X1 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A008600180001-3 FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY USSR That cholera outbreak in the Soviet Union appears to be more widespread than offi- cially admitted by the Soviets. (See The President's Daily Brief of 12 August.) Soviet Health Ministry officials have announced the closing of the cities of Odessa and Astrakhan, where the first cases of cholera were reported. 50X1 /Travel restrictions are_ quite extensive, encompassing' large areas in the Caucasus and the Crimea--cases have been reported in Pyatigorsk and in Kerch. The Black Sea coast is restricted, as is the corridor along the Volga River' south of Gorkiy. To cope with the epidemic, various precautions have been taken. Restaurant dining is being dis- couraged, swimming is prohibited in reservoirs in the Moscow area, and drinking water is to be either boiled or chlorinated. In addition, civil defense personnel are reported to have been mobilized. FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A008600180001-3 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A008600180001-3 FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY USSR - EASTERN EUROPE East European delegations to a Warsaw Pact sum- mit meeting arrived in Moscow yesterday and will probably begin formal talks today. Now that the Soviet - West German treaty has been signed, the So- viets probably want to coordinate future policy moves with their allies. the treaty cleared the way for the conclusion of similar trea- ties by the Poles, East Germans, and Czechoslovaks. The next round of Polish - 'West German negotiations-- which are already far advanced--is scheduled for early September. Pankow, of course, has begun a dialogue with Bonn, and within the last few days Prague has hinted at its willingness to open talks. The meeting will also give Moscow an op- portunity to renew its efforts for a con- ference on European security. Moscow prob- ably intends to use the treaty with Bonn to add impetus to its campaign for such a conference. The Soviet press has already argued that the treaty should satisfy West- ern demands that progress on specific se- curity issues precede a conference, and the summit meeting may issue a formal statement to this effect. 3 FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A008600180001-3 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A008600180001-3 Government Attempting to Retake Ban Na AREA OF MAIN MAP Vie ban \Bouam Longo , A , ala hou t,) hour.' I Muong _ 71 ? P AINE an Ban ? ? ithouabg Government 'I` ?"` Ban Na .en Na rrr- Thaqy I Go`vernmelit, \. fhb-- helicopter airlift' Thong atIvanc - ( . kieng heuarigville,? ang Vieng__ ? L - 99749 8-70 CIA 20 Mites lb 20 Kilometers/\__ 4a..a Government-held location- Communist-held location ? Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A008600180001-3 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A008600180001-3 FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY NOTES ? Laos: Government forces southwest of the Plaine des Jarres have renewed their effort to retake Ban Na, a small outpost located about 14 miles north of Long Tieng. General Vang Pao's previous drives toward Ban Na from the south over the past three months have been turned back by stubborn opposition and counterattacks by the North Vietnamese. This latest attempt, initi- ated on Tuesday, involved a helicopter airlift of over 500 men to positions five milesnorth of the enemy stronghold and so. far it has met little resistance. The effort to retake Ban Na is the first step in .a modest rainy season offensive designed to improve the defenses of the Long Tieng complex. Czechoslovakia: Security forces have taken pre- cautionary steps to prevent demonstrations tomorrow-- the second anniversary of the Warsaw Pact invasion-- but neither the regime nor the public expect anything serious to happen. Dissidents in Prague have dis- tributed leaflets urging a quiet evening boycott of public establishments and a self-imposed curfew. Most Czechs are aware that breaches of security such as occurred last year would only weaken the Husak govern- ment, endangering its fragile truce with party con- servatives who favor harsher repressive tactics. 4 FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A008600180001-3 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A008600180001-3 Top Secret Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A008600180001-3