THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 12 NOVEMBER 1970

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005977794
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: November 12, 1970

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The President's Daily Brief
12 November 1970
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NOTE
Owing to the schedule of President Nixon, this
issue of The President's Daily Brief contains infor-
mation as cf 2200 EST 11 November 1970.
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
12 November 1970
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Cambodian commanders have dropped their plan to
divert several battalions from the "Chenla" task
force, as Communist activity along Route 7 has
declined. (Page 1)
Government guerrillas in southeastern Laos have en-
countered heavy resistance. (Page 2)
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Cambodia i Current Situation
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CAMBODIA
A decline in Communist activity has led Cambo-
dian commanders to drop their plans to divert sev-
eral battalions from the "Chenle task force on
Route 6 to the effort to clear Route .7 in the Skoun -
Kompong Cham area. Although Cambodian positions
north of Skoun and in Kompong Cham city have been
harassed, no major enemy attacks have developed in
the past 48 hours. Cambodian units have pushed east-
ward along Route. 7 and have re-entered the crossroads
town of Troeung, which the Communists have evacuated.
All of Route, 7 between Skoun arid Kompong Cham,
however, apparently is not secured and major North
Vietnamese elements remain in the vicinity. Govern-
ment commanders now hope to complete the reopening
with forces already situated along Route, 7 and in
the town of Skoun. Efforts to bring up reinforce-
ments overland from Phnom Penh will have to await
such time as a temporary bridge can be substituted
for the large span south of Skoun destroyed by the
Communists two days ago.
The severity of the recent round of Com-
munist attacks is still difficult to meas-
ure, but, except for Troeung where the
government defense folded quickly, Cambo-
dian units once again. gave a. good account
of themselves. Communist casualties
ap-
pear to have been relatively high, but we
cannot verify the Cambodian Army claims'.
that over lao -enemy troops were killed
and many more woundecL
The headquarters of the North Vietnamese 165th
Regiment, meanwhile, has moved out of the Cambodian -
South Vietnam border area. It is now well into Cam-
bodia, west of the Mekong River.
If the direction finding is accurate, this
will be the first time that the 165th has
positioned itself for action against Cam-
bodian forces. Its movement follows by
one month a similar redeployment by the
North Vietnamese 174th Regiment, which
has taken part in the recent fighting
around Route 7, and may be evidence of Com-
munist intentions to increase pressure in
the Tang Kouk - Skoun - Kompong Cham area.
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LAOS PANHANDLE: Current Situation
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