THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 29 JULY 1972

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993437
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 13
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: July 29, 1972

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The President's Daily Brief
29 July 1972
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
29 July 1972
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
The fighting in South Vietnam is still heaviest
in northern Military Region 1 and along the coast
in Binh Dinh Province. (Page 1)
Satellite photography shows an operational Chinese
missile site near the Korean border. (Page 2)
Pakistan is preparing to recognize Bangladesh.
(Page 3)
The Soviets are making efforts to extend the combat
radius of their Mach 3 Foxbat aircraft. (Page 4)
? Chile's army commander is watching closely Presi-
dent Allende's steps to reform the constitution.
(Page 5)
The Soviet
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SOUTH VIETNAM
Fighting remains heavy in northern Military .
Region 1. South Vietnamese Marine units engaged
in several sharp ground clashes north of Quang Tri
City yesterday, while government forces south and
east of the city continued to receive enemy mortar.
fire. South Vietnamese Airborne units that were
withdrawn from the Quang Tri battlefront on 27 July
are planning to regroup and refit north of Hue.
The Marine Division now has responsibility for all
government combat operations in the northernmost
province.
In Tfiva Thien Province, Communist artillery
units continued to shell government positions near
recently. abandoned Fire Support Base Bastogne.
They also shelled the other fire support bases
which ring Hue in an arc from the north to the
south. Intercepts show that the enemy is making
extensive preparations for early ground attacks
against some of these positions.
Farther south, in Quang Nam Province, enemy
units pressed their attack against FSB Ross and
have surrounded a regiment of the government's 2nd
Division. All three regiments of North Vietnam's
711th Division have been detected in the combat
area.
The government's counteroffensive in northern
Binh Dinh Province met increased enemy resistance
yesterday, and there are signs that the Communists
may plan to challenge further, the government's
?'presence there. )
Heavy fighting is taking place near the district -
capital of.Hoai:An. South Vietnamese units attempt-.
ing to push westward out of Bong Son were forced to.
pull back into the town.
. In the delta, enemy.activity'increased in in-
tensity, particularly' in Dinh Tuong Province. A
prisoner from-the 5th Division--elements of which
have beenmoving into. an enemy base area along the
Dinh Tuong - Kien Tuong province' border--claims that.
there is heavy infiltration of men and supplies into
the redoubt: Recent contacts between South Vietnam-
ese and Communist units tend to.-confirm the pris-
oner's information.
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China: Field Deployed CSS-1 Equipment
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CHINA
The latest satellite photography has turned up
an operational launch site near the Korean border
?for China's 600-nm ballistic missile, the CSS-1.
Enough equipment for one CSS-1 launch unit has
been identified at the site. The missile itself
does not appear,
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PAKISTAN-BANGLADESH
The Pakistani information minister has announced
that recognition of Bangladesh will be on the agenda
of the. National Assembly when it meets in mid-August,
and his comments indicate that the government expects
a favorable vote.
Recognition of Bangladesh would cause Pres-
ident Bhutto little trouble at home, where
the majority of the population seems re-
signed to the move. He has delayed thus
far primarily because recognition is one
of the few:bargaining chips he. has fort
ne-
gotiations With the Indians and the Ben-
galis, .Neither New Delhi nor Dacca, how-
ever, is likely to make any significant
Concession to obtain recognition, but
Bangladesh had made recognition a pre-con-
dition for any talks with Islamabad.
The key unresolved _issues between Pakistan
.and Bangladesh are the repatriation of
prieoners of war, war crimes trials, the
exchange of Minority groups, and the divi-
sion of the assets and liabilities .the two
countries shared before East Pakistan be-
came independent.
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External fuel tank
M I G-25 Foxbat
photo of model
Length 65 feet
Wingspan 47 feet
Speed .1,600 knots (Mach 3)
Combat ceiling 80,000 feet
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USSR
? Satellite photography of the Foxbat production
facility at Gorkiy and Soviet flight test centers
shows several large, aerodynamically shaped fuel
tanks, evidently for use on the Mach 3 Foxbat be-
neath the fuselage. The capacity of the tank is
about 10,000 pounds of fuel. The tank has not yet
been seen at an operational Foxbat base.
The tank will extend the Foxbat's super-
sonic combat radius while fully armed with
four air-to-air missiles from 420 nautical
miles to about 600 nm and its subsonic
radius from 800 nm to about 1,100 nm.
Soviet designator for the Foxbat is the MIG-25.
the designator for the
other new Mikoyan fighter--the swing-wing Flogger--
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CHILE
General Prats, the Army commander in chief, has
ordered military legal experts to give him a de-
tailed analysis of the controversy between President
Allende and Congress over the procedure on reforming
the constitution to redefine the government's role
in the economy
Prats' actions show the growing politiciza-
tion of the military under Allende. Al-
though some officers have made their in-
dividual views known, this close examina-
tion of political issues is extraordinary
for the army as an institution. This
could lead to problems if Prats concludes
that Allende is acting improperly, but the
President has announced that he will abide
by the decision of the constitutional tri-
bunal.
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NOTES
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France:
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