THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 6 OCTOBER 1972

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993557
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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: October 6, 1972

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The President's Daily Brief
6 October 1972
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
6 October 1972
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
India. (Page 1)
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the North Vietnamese are building a new petro- 25X1
leum pipeline along their northern coast. (Page 3)
In Laos, the Communists are preparing to attack the
government's remaining task force on the Plaine des
Jarres. ' (Page 5)
Egyptian President Sadat's recent suggestion that a
provisional Palestinian government be established
has failed to generate any significant Arab inter-
est. (Page 6)
In Chile, the Allende government is getting a polit-
ical boost from the Kennecott Corporation's inter-
ference with a copper shipment to France. (Page 7)
The Soviet TU-95 naval reconnaissance aircraft that
remains in Cuba evidently was damaged during a mis-
sion flown from the island. (Page 8)
Guatemala
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India will announce today the establishment of dip-
lomatic relations with East Germany. (Page 8)
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INDIA
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Petroleum Pipeline in North Vietnam
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VIETNAM
Aerial photography
indicates that the North Vietnamese are building a
new pipeline along their northern coast, most likely
into China. Two miles of trenching and ten miles
of intermittent traces were photographed, starting
at a point five miles northwest of Hon Gai. The
trenching is near the line that runs from Hon Gai
to Hai Duong, where it joins the three pipelines
running south from Ping-hsiang, China.
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There is additional evidence that the North
Vietnamese are beginning their annual dry season
supply push.. Intercepted messages during the past
ten days reflect the continuing delivery of large
quantities of supplies through the North Vietnamese
panhandle. Between 25 September and 3 October,
well over 1,100 tons, much of it large-caliber am-
munition, was moved south from Vinh both by road
and waterway.
The heavy resupply activity will help to
maintain stockpiles in northern South
Vietnam, where the Communists have been
expending large caliber ammunition at a
rate of over 30 tons a day since the of-
fensive began in late March. In addition,
the North Vietnamese are now preparing
for their annual dry-season effort--just
a few weeks away--to move supplies to Cam-
bodia and southern South Vietnam. This
logistics effort will be launched from
North Vietnam's panhandle.
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LAOS
Intercepted messages indicate that the Commu-
nists are preparing to attack the government's re-
maining task force on the Plaine des Jarres. Ele-
ments of three North Vietnamese regiments plus ar-
tillery units have moved near General yang Pao's
task force at the southern tip of the Plaine. US
pilots report signs of heavy enemy activity and the
presence of tanks in the general vicinity. One in-
tercepted message discloses that the Communists in-
tend to complete plans for an infantry and tank at-
tack by this weekend.
Vang Pao now has some 2,500 troops in the south-
ern Plaine area in preparation for a move against
Phou Seu, a ridge overlooking the southwestern Plaine.
With the aid of air strikes, his units have thus far
managed to turn back several small Communist counter-
attacks. Three other task forces operating near the
Plaine have made no further progress.
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EGYPT
President Sadat's recent suggestion that a
provisional Palestinian government be established
has failed to. generate any significant Arab inter-
est. After deliberations, last weekend in Beirut,
the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liber-
ation Organization (PLO) apparently rejected Sadat's
proposal, asserting that it would only support "a
Palestinian entity as embodied by the PLO and its
institutions."
Sadat's announcement in late September
appears to have caught ?the PLO leadership
off guard and may have precluded a seri-
ous discussion of the subject. The for-
mation of a government-in-exile has long
been a contentious issue among fedayeen
leaders, and there are serious differences
among them about what form it should take.
PLO Chairman Arafat and other members of
the Executive Committee are probably ap-
prehensive about retaining what authority
they now have over the fedayeen in any new
Palestinian Organization. They also know
that they would face a serious problem in
gaining general Palestinian support for a
PLO-sponsored Provisional government.
Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West
Bank of Jordan are antipathetic toward
the fedayeen; and those on the East Bank,
fearing repression from Amman, are reluc-
tant to voice approval of a provisional
government.
President Sadat's motives for publicly
broaching this proposal appear to be rhe-
torical and tactical. The Munich incident
and its aftermath generated great emotional
support within the Arab world for the Pal-
estinians, and Sadat apparently found it
convenient to seize upon the idea of a pro-
visional government in order to strengthen
his claim to Arab leadership. Sadat's
proposal may also have been aimed at un-
dercutting King Husayn's plan for a United
Arab Kingdom.
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CHILE
A French court has granted the Kennecott Corpo-
ration's request for attachment of a million dollar
Chilean copper shipment due in France this weekend.
Kennecott, claiming indemnity for its nationalized
copper interests in Chile, had warned potential buy-
ers that they risk such action. Yesterday a spokes-
man for Kennecott informed US officials that Presi-
dent Pompidou has personally intervened in the case
and is attempting to get the French court to reverse
its decision.
In Chile, opposition parties have joined govern-
ment forces in cries of outrage over this "act of
piracy." This rare national unanimity provides Pres-
ident Allende with an opportunity further to buttress
his political position.
The embargo action does, however, have se-
rious economic implications for Chile. The
government will shortly begin negotiations
for 1973 copper sales contracts with major
European buyers; they may now be reluctant
to contract for shipments that might later
be embargoed.
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NOTES
USSR-Cuba: Photography of Havana's Jose Marti
airfield shows a Soviet TU-95 naval reconnaissance
aircraft in the grass some 60 feet off the runway
in a remote part of the airfield.
a pair of TU-95s had flown reconnaissance missions
from Cuba along the east coast of the US and one of
these aircraft apparently was damaged on its return
landing. The other three TU-95s that flew to Cuba
in early September were photographed at the airfield's
maintenance area. These aircraft returned to the
Guatemala:
India - East Germany: The US Embassy in New
Delhi has learned that India will announce today the
establishment of diplomatic relations with East Ger-
many. The decision to take this step was made more
than a year ago, but its implementation was held in
abeyance in deferrence to West Germany's sensitivi-
ties. The Indians apparently believe that East-West
German negotiations have proceeded far enough that
Bonn's position would not be seriously undercut by
New Delhi's move./
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