THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 30 MARCH 1971

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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/06/14 : CIA-RD-P79T-00936A009300270001-5 The President's Daily Brief 30 March 1971 L9 r?(TPS Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/06/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A006300270001-5 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/06/14 : CIA-RDP79T009-36A009300270001-5 FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 30.March 1971 PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS In South Vietnam, the Communists' spring campaign is gathering momentum. (Page 1) The current situation in East Pakistan is assessed on Page 2. ( Egyp (Page 3) President Allende apparently will try to replace the present congress if his coalition wins a major- ity in Chile's municipal elections next Sunday. (Page 4) China I (Page 5) 50X1 50X1 FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/06/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A009300270001-5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/06/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A009300270001-5 COMMUNIST SHELLING ATTACKS, 28 March 1971 108 Demilitarized Zone To 'Auet I tat. , THUA. THIEN4i I? , E Nang MR 1 THAILAND Warin Chamrap ? ng Ngai Attopeu &11-; Nhon Kratie pong Chart, BINH LONG ??????,,-.1?,"")- DAFN:AC. - Elan Me ),) Thuot " at.V . illy EN Te - Oa lat O6C9,- ; TAY NINH lay NM. BIN/1 DUONG BIEN HOA 0 CHAU DOC ? *I KIEN TUONG 4 LONG KHANH a GULF OF SIAM 104 KIEN GIANG an The. PHONG DINH CHUONG TN ION NH LONG 8UAGO ?Tho .r" HIEN HOA g-iong ? VINH BINH BA XUYEN AN XUYEN MR 4 116 PHUOC 711 TU Y ung Tau Capital Special Zone MR 3 AM BANN 110 MR 2 SOUTH CHINA % SEA SOUTH VIETNAM 16- 14? 12- 10 ? 551 231 3-71- CIA loo 1r MILES 1110 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/06/14 : CIA-RDP79T009-36A009300270001-5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/06/14 : CIA-RDP-79T00936A009300270001-5 FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY SOUTH VIETNAM Enemy forces followed up their weekend attacks in the northern provinces by hitting Duc Duc, a dis- trict seat in Quang Nam Province, early yesterday. Following a heavy mortar barrage, the town's weak- ened defenses were breached by the attackers. Thir- teen South Vietnamese were killed, 21 wounded, and 100 homes burned. The Communists' spring campaign also is spread- ing to the Mekong Delta. Cang Long, a district town in Vinh Binh Province, was hit hard on Sunday. Fol- lowing a' 200-round mortar and grenade attack, an en- emy force?probably a battalion of the Viet Cong D-3 Regiment?struck the town, killing 45 and wound- ing 72. The attackers left six of their dead behind. Other enemy attacks in the delta on 28-29 March in- cluded a 20-round mortar bombardment of a South Viet- namese regimental command post and a light shelling of the Vinh Long airfield. Enemy forces in this area have ?been lying low for most of the past year, employing tactics designed to conserve their per- sonnel strength and supplies. FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/06/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A009300270001-5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/06/14 : CIA-RDP-79T00936A009300270001-5 FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY PAKISTAN Widely conflicting reports continue to obscure the situation in East Pakistan. It appears that disorder continues in much of the province, and even if government claims of holding the cities are true, it is unlikely that the military yet controls the countryside. In the meantime, pressure continues to mount in India for intervention. Mrs. Gandhi--in response to popular sentiment--has agreed to move a parliamen- tary motion of support for the "freedom struggle" in East Pakistan. there is no indication that current plans call for more than moral support for the East Pakistanis. India is also sounding out members of the UN Security Council about an emergency meeting and has asked U Thant to issue a statement of con- cern. Thant has declined to comment at this time and has indicated that a Security Council meeting would "pose difficult problems." In West Pakistan, the press continues to charge the US with favoring East Pakistani independence. It cites Voice of America broadcasts specifically. 2 FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/06/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A009300270001-5 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/06/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A009300270001-5 FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY UN - MIDDLE EAST 50X1 50X1 FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/06/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A009300270001-5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/06/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A009300270001-5 FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY CHILE \said that a victory would enable him to call for a plebiscite within three months on the question of substituting a unicameral "people's as- sembly" for the present bicameral congress in which his coalition has a minority. Such a change was called for in Allende's campaign platform, and he has the legal tools to resort to a plebiscite under constitutional reforms passed in 1969. Allende expressed a desire for revenge against some leaders of the Christian Democratic Party, which holds 75 of the 200 seats in congress, for their recent strong at- tacks against him and his government. Allende blamed the "sluggish performance" of his adminis- tration partially on its multiparty structure, but praised the Communist Party as the most cooperative and efficient member of his coalition. FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/06/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A009300270001-5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/06/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A009300270001-5 50X1 1 .1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/06/14 : CIA-RDP79T0066A009300270001-5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/06/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A009300270001-5 FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY COMMUNIST CHINA FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/06/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A009300270001-5 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/06/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A009300270001-5 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/06/14 : CIA-RDP79T009-36A009300270001-5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/06/14 : CIA-RDP79T00936A009300270001-5 FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY NOTES Communist China: USSR-Egypt: There have now been 32 flights carrying military equipment since the Soviet airlift to Egypt began on 4 March. Six were performed by Moscow's largest transport, the AN-22, and the re- mainder by AN-12s. The unprecedented use of the AN-22 in a military airlift outside the USSR sug- gests that bulky new equipment is involved. Turkey: :The new government headed by political moderate Nihat EriM is certain to get an overwhelming vote of confidence from Parliament. The government has been described by some observers as a "brain . trust" cabinet because it consists largely of profes- sional experts; none of the ten representatives from the largest:political parties is a key political figure:. The naming, as ministers of state, of two former army officers who played roles in the 1960 military revolution will permit continuing close, mil- itary supervision of the government;, one of them is to be deputy prime Minister. Erim has stated that there will be no change,in Turkey's foreign policy. 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