THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 30 MARCH 1971
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The President's Daily Brief
30 March 1971
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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.
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President Allende apparently will try to replace
the present congress if his coalition wins a major-
ity in Chile's municipal elections next Sunday.
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China
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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.
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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.
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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.
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COMMUNIST CHINA
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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.
Bolivia
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