THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 12 JULY 1972

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993405
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: July 12, 1972

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The President's Daily Brief
12 July 1972
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
12 July 1972
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Some of South Vietnam's advance airborne elements
in Quang Tri City have been pulled back to the out-
skirts following the recent sharp fightin in the
city./
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In a major speech, Chilean President Allende lam-
basted the opposition for its intransigence and
hinted at strong countermeasures. (Page 2)
Finland has increased pressure on West Germany to
agree to early Finnish recognition of both German
states. (Page 3)
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VIETNAM
Some of South Vietnam's advance airborne ele-
ments in Quang Tri City have been withdrawn to the
outskirts following the recent sharp fighting inside
the city. Allied air and artillery fire is being
directed at enemy forces in the town, but the Commu-
nist defenders are holding their ground. Airborne
units south of the city have made some progress, how-
ever, pushing their left flank westward to a point
between Fire Support Bases Nancy and Barbara. In
addition, a reinforced South Vietnamese Marine bat-
talion was airlifted yesterday to a point about two
miles north of Quang Tri City.
The Communists have maintained the pressure
against government positions west of Hue. There
have been enemy mortar and rocket attacks and a num-
ber of brief clashes around Fire Support Bases
Bastogne and Birmingham.
In Dinh Tuong Province in the Mekong Delta,
Long Dinh district town, which was first attacked
on 8 July, is still being harassed. Another district
town less than two miles from the provincial capital
of My Tho was hit by mortar attacks, and the Commu-
nists made an unsucce-ssful attempt to mine the My
Tho waterfront on 11 July. Government positions in
Chuong Thien and Kien Hoa provinces in the delta
have also come under attack in recent days.
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CHILE
In a major speech Monday evening, President
Allende returned to the offensive as he charged his
opponents with trying to subvert the constitutional
and economic rights of the Chilean people. He
cited the refusal of the opposition majority in
Congress to accept his revisions of its constitu-
tional reform defining the government's economic
prerogatives
Allende Covered the full range of
governmental concerns and hinted at plans for strong
countermeasures, but did not identify the. specific
issues on which he would concentrate. He stressed
that the partners in his coalition had agreed on
these new measures.
The Communists and Socialists may have
come to realize the high cost of their
own continuing controversy and the ef-
fectiveness of the more forceful tactics
the opposition has recently adopted.
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NOTE
Finland - West Germany - East Germany: By
dropping its demand for German reparations from
World War II, Helsinki has increased its pressure
on Bonn to agree to early Finnish recognition of
both German states./
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