THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 30 OCTOBER 1972

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993598
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: October 30, 1972

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The President's Daily Brief
30 October 1972
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
30 October 1972
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
In Laos the Communists for the first time have oc-
cupied Keng Kok, an important town southeast of
Savannakhet. (Page 2)
President Allende abruptly broke off negotiations
with Chilean strike leaders on 27 October. (Page 3)
Two fundamental political questions continue to
block completion of a draft treaty between East and
West Germany. (Page 4)
Israeli planes attacked four Arab guerrilla training
bases within eight miles of Damascus early this
morning. (Page 5)
Prime ministers of the two Yemens have announced
an agreement to unite their countries and end the
war, but there are obstacles to implementation.
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LAOS
The Communists for the first time have occupied
Keng Kok, an important town 30 miles southeast of
Savannakhet in the Lao panhandle. They also appear
to be preparing to attack Seno, a town to the north
where major Lao Army training facilities are located.
This activity in the panhandle seems de-
signed to obstruct any government push
west to capture towns on Route 9.
Farther south the Communists are faring less
well. Irregular troops drove the last North Viet-
namese forces out of Saravane over the weekend and
occupied Ban Lao Ngam, a small town just north of
the Bolovens Plateau. Lao Army units have been un-
able, however, to retake Khong Sedone to the west.
In the north Vang Pao continues to regroup the
task force which was driven off the southern Plaine
des Jarres with heavy casualties on 26 October.
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CHILE
President Allende abruptly broke off negotia-
tions with strike leaders on 27 October. After a
meeting with leaders of his Popular Unity coalition,
he abandoned his conciliatory position, stating that
the protesters' latest proposals were "political"
and directed at limiting presidential power.
The Socialist Party has consistently urged
Allende to take a hard line. In addition,
the army's firm support of the government
may have convinced the coalition parties
that they can afford to delay a settlement.
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EAST GERMANY - WEST GERMANY
After three days of negotiations last week, the
West Germans report that a treaty draft is "more or
less" complete, except for two fundamental political
questions. The East Germans continue to reject West
German insistence on including references to common
German nationhood and a statement that the accord is
not a substitute for a World War II peace treaty.
Leaders in Bonn are increasingly doubtful that Pan-
kow will give in on these two issues. They regard
the negotiating session this week as the last oppor-
tunity to reach agreement before the election of par-
liament on 19 November.
Some West German officials believe that
Bonn should accept the treaty on East Ger-
man terms--without the references men-
tioned above--if the three Western Allies
succeed in obtaining Soviet consent to
include acceptable statements on these is-
sues in the Four Power document being ne-
gotiated to sponsor the entry of both Ger-
man states into the UN. So far, however,
the Soviets have rejected Western proposals
for the kind of statements that Bonn wants.
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NOTES
Israel-Fedayeen: Israeli planes attacked four
Arab guerrilla training bases within eight miles of
Damascus early this morning. The strike occurred
less than 12 hours after the hijacked Lufthansa
plane arrived in Tripoli carrying the three Pales-
tinian terrorists released by Bonn.
The Yemens: The prime ministers of Sana and
Aden have announced an agreement to unify their
countries and end the war. Their respective heads
of state are scheduled to meet in Libya on 25 No-
vember to ratify the agreement, which would not go
into effect for a year. We are not optimistic that
this agreement will end the fighting, particularly
because neither the anti-Adeni rebels in Sana nor
their Saudi Arabian patrons support the accord.
Furthermore, the Sana government does not have the
support of many important military and tribal lead-
ers either for an end to the fighting or for unifi-
cation.
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