THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 12 AUGUST 1972

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993461
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• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 14
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: August 12, 1972

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The President's Daily Brief
12 August 1972
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
12 August 1972
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
In South Vietnam, government forces are continuing
to make headway in Quang Tri City. (Page 1)
Laotian Prime Minister Souvanna suffered a setback
yesterday in his lengthy dispute with rightist ele-
ments in the National Assembly. (Page 2)
Japan
China. (Page 3)
Libyan President Qadhafi apparently is considering
nationalizing or restricting the production of US
oil companies. (Page 5)
Middle East
stalling a large radar in
(Page 6)
the Soviets are in-
central Mongolia. (Page 7)
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SOUTH VIETNAM
Government forces are continuing to make head-
way in Quang Tri City. South Vietnamese Marines now
hold a key portion of the main road north of the
citadel, cutting at least one of the enemy's supply
routes into the fortress. Other marine units have
edged closer to the citadel's southern and northern
walls, but heavy Communist artillery fire is prevent-
ing these forces from entering the fortress through
the large breaks in the walls.
Throughout the rest of the country, enemy
shellings and rocket attacks have increased in re-
cent days, although Communist ground action remains?
relatively light.
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LAOS
Prime Minister Souvanna is still having trouble
settling his lengthy dispute with rightist elements
in the National Assemblvl
The powerful Sananikone fami y
-is again pressuring Souvanna to reshuffle the cab-
inet and drop Sisouk--its archenemy--as finance
minister in exchange for an assembly vote of confi-
dence that would endorse the government's tripartite
facade.
The Prime Minister has been trying to outma-
neuver his opponents, but he suffered a setback
yesterday when the Sananikones rallied enough votes
to block assembly consideration of Souvanna's budget
until the status of the cabinet is clarified.
Souvanna's strategy will be to delay a
possible vote of confidence in the assem-
bly until he is sure he has the votes to
win or until he can reach an acceptable
compromise with the Sananikones, prefer-
ably one that won't cost the able Sisouk
his job.
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JAPAN-CHINA
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LIBYA-EGYPT
President Qadhafi may be considering national-
izing or restricting the production of US oil com-
panies in Libya in an effort to bring about a change
in US policy in the Middle East.
Qadhafi promised
Egyptian President Sadat
_ that, if Egypt would move to reduce
the Soviet presence, Libyan pressure on US oil in-fl could then be employed to stimulate Western
military aid.
Nationalization of all US oil companies
in Libya would not by itself lead to se-
rious problems in the world oil supply.
Dislocations that occurred could be over-
come by other sources of supply and by
redeployment of tankers, both of which
now exceed demand. Should Libya only
lower the production quotas of US com-
panies, adjustments would be easier since
most of these companies are producing at
rates below those authorized by the gov-
ernment.
It is doubtful that Qadhafi could persuade
other major oil producers in the Middle
East to follow this course of action.
Saudia Arabia's King
Faysal earlier this month, for example,
publicly rejected reprisals against US
oil interests as futile.
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WESTERN EUROPE - MIDDLE EAST
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NOTES
Egypt-USSR:
USSR: the So-
viets are installing a large radar in central Mon-
golia. This type of radar, which has been under de-
velopment since the early 1960s, has capabilities
for long-range early warning against high-flying air-
craft and has been used to track re-entry of space
vehicles. Besides its role in air defense, placement
of the new facility in Mongolia will also provide
the Soviets with limited radar coverage of Chinese
missile and space activities at Shuang-cheng-tzu and
other test centers in eastern China. This is only
the second time that the Soviets have built such a
radar outside their own test and research centers;
the first is under construction near Baku on the
Caspian Sea. This radar is not a phased array or
ABM radar and its deployment in Mongolia does not
violate the terms of the ABM treaty.
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