THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 19 SEPTEMBER 1970

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005977690
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• Document Page Count: 12
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: September 19, 1970

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The President's Daily Brief
19 September 1970
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LATE ITEM - JORDAN
As we go to press the Cairo wire service reports
that Husayn agreed to an immediate cease-fire during
another- meeting with Nasir's chief of staff. Jordan
officials have not confirmed this report, but earlier
? today Nasir made a public appeal to Husayn for a
cease-fire. The US Embassy in Amman reported that
the level of fighting was intensifying at dawn today.
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
19 September 1970
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
The situation in Jordan is discussed on Page 1.
In Cambodia, the government column en route to Kom-
pong Thom has been reinforced. (Page 3)
A new modification has been
G-class submarine
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Danish officials are expecting leftist groups to
create disturbances at the World Bank - Interna-
tional Monetary Fund meeting in Copenhagen. (Page 5)
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JORDAN: Current Situation
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JORDAN
Government forces seem to be gaining against
stiff fedayeen resistance in Amman.
The US Em-
bassy has come under fire on several occasions but
so far all personnel are safe.
In the north, the fedayeen still control Irbid,
but the army is said to be on the outskirts of the
city. The army is. encircling the key city of Ramtha
near the Syrian border. If the army is able to con-
trol this region,. they will be in an excellent posi-
tion,to cut Off fedayeen reinforcements from Syria.
Trucks carrying ammunition and weapons have been
noted crossing into Jordan in this area. In addi-
tion, the Jordanians claim some 50 tanks crossed
the frontier yesterday near Dar'a and shelled Jor-
danian positions. It is not clear whether these
tanks belonged to the Syrian Army or to fedayeen
contingents.
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The Soviets meanwhile have cautioned against
Western intervention. Citing the concentration of
ships from the US Sixth Fleet off Syria and Lebanon,
and British military preparations on Cyprus, TASS
warned that any attempt at intervention in Jordan
would "entail a new worsening of the conflict" which
would "overstep the borders of that country." The
Soviets also claim they have made diplomatic repre-
sentations in Jordan, Iraq, Syria, and Egypt to end
the civil war.
A spokesman for the Popular Front for the Lib-
eration of Palestine (PFLP) said yesterday that the
54 hostages are "in good condition." A senior PFLP
official in Beirut told US Embassy officials there
that, despite its previous statement, the PFLP was
now prepared to negotiate the release of the hos-
tages through the Red Cross. They insist, however,
that the negotiations be held in Beirut and quickly,
today if possible. The spokesman stressed that the
proposal was not made from weakness but for humani-
tarian reasons. He claimed that as of yesterday
afternoon a number of the hostages required medical
attention--not because they had been injured in the -
fighting, but because of their general health. He
said that the hostages were housed in areas in which
there had been no fighting, but no doctors were avail-
able to treat them.
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CAMBODIA
Three fresh Cambodian Army battalions from Kom-
pong Chhnang city reached Skoun yesterday, and sub-
sequently joined the main body of the government
column stalled in its drive north toward Kompong
Thom. This task force, which has been blocked for
most of the week on Route 6 some 13 miles north of
Skoun, now consists of nine battalions. Heavy air
strikes on suspected enemy positions near the road
probably account for the lack of any Communist at-
tacks on the column yesterday. The enemy is still
in the area, however,
a large Communist force moved into a position five
miles southeast of the column yesterday.
The government's immediate objective is to
clear enemy elements from the village of
Tang Kouk, several miles to the north.
Even if the column does move through Tang_
Kouk, however, the continuing presence of
elements of the Viet Cong 275th Regiment
in this general area indicates the Commu-
nists are not likely to permit the column
an easy passage for the remainder of its
march to Kompong Thom.
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USSR
Recent satellite photography of the Severodvinsk
shipyard shows that the hull of one of three G-class
submarines now there appears to have been lengthened
in the missile bay area.
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NOTES
Denmark: The Danish police are keeping a close
watch over extreme left groups who are planning to
disrupt the joint World Bank - International Mone-
tary Fund meeting in Copenhagen from 21-25 September.
The many small and feuding radical splinter groups
view the conference as .a golden opportunity toat-
tract.publicity for their flagging causes and'to em-
barrass the, Danish authorities, who have'a good rec-
ord'for preserving public order.
South Vietnam:
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