THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 26 FEBRUARY 1972

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993161
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 16
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: February 26, 1972

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PDB SATURDAY CABLE
26 FEBRUARY 72
CHINA-UK
London and Peking have agreed to raise their diplomatic
representation to the ambassadorial level.
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NORTH VIETNAM ? US
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CAMBODIA- SOUTH VIETNAM
We have detected the movement of additional Com-
munist pain force elements closer to the South Vietnam-
ese border-in eastern Cambodia. The intelligence unit
of the Viet Cong 9th Division is now located within a
few miles of the division's 272nd Infantry Regiment and
about ten miles from the South Vietnam border. Since a
division headquarters normally is close to its intel-
ligence component, it is likely that the headquarters of
the 9th Division is also in this area. A regiment of the
Communist's 7th Division--the 209th--has relocated eastward
to the Mimot area, indicating that the 7th is continu-
ing its redeployment into the border area.
If the movement of major elements from the two
divisions is confirmed, this would mark the
first time since just before the allied cross-
border operations of May 1970 that parts of
three main force divisions have been located
this close to South Vietnam's Tay Ninh Prov-
ince.
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USSR-LIBYA
Libyan Deputy Premier Jallud arrived in Moscow on
23 February for a five-day visit in quest of more So-
viet arms./
The Soviets would like another arms agreement
with the Libyans, who can pay in hard currency,
but they would eant the Libyans in return to
curtail the anti-Soviet polemics that have ema-
nated from Tripoli for the past year. Qadhafi,
nevertheless, still shows little inclination to
temper his criticism of the Soviets.
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NOTES
Israel-Lebanon: The Israelis again this morning
struck fedayeen encampments in southern Lebanon, in-
cluding air and ground attacks on villages near Mount
Hermon. Beirut, still somewhat numbed by what it re-
gards as overreaction by the Israelis, aired its pro-
test to the UN Security Council Saturday morning.
North Korean - China:
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