THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 4 MARCH 1970

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FOIA [1]

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President's Daily Brief 1969-1977 [2]

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0005977330

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RIPPUB

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August 14, 2016

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August 24, 2016

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March 4, 1970

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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A008100030001-4 The President's Daily Brief 4 March 1970 47 50X1 Top Secret Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A008100030001-4 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A008100030001-4 FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 4 March 1970 PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS Vie tna (Page 1) friction between Egyptian officers and their Soviet advisers is dis- cussed on Page 2. The Soviets trage 6) Little new fighting has been reported in Laos. (Page 3) FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A008100030001-4 50X1 50X1 50X1 50X1 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A008100030001-4 FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY VIETNAM FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY 50X1 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A008100030001-4 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A008100030001-4 FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY USSR-EGYPT fric- tion between Egyptian military officers and their Soviet advisers. Egyptians are smarting under "negative criticism" and that the Soviet of- ficers denigrate the capabilities of Egyptian of- ficers and men. How- ever unhappy, the Egyptians are not apt to allow ill will at this level to inter- fere with military operations or with in- tergovernmental relations. Eight Soviet transport planes have arrived in Egypt since 25 February. This is the third series of such flights since November. Twelve aircraft flew in during the second half of that month, and 23 arrived between 18 and 28 January. At least three of the planes in the present series probably brought in Soviet technicians from the MIG-21 plant in Moscow,/ Details of the cargoes are unknown, but we suspect that aviation and air defense equipment made up a good part of them. The specialities of the technicians are also unknown, but Moscow may be planning to improve operational maintenance of the MIGs now in Egypt or even to modify the aircraft in light of combat experience. 2 FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A008100030001-4 50X1 50X1 50X1 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A008100030001-4 50ii)X1 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A008100030001-4 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A008100030001-4 FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY NOTES Laos: The military situation around the Plaine des Jarres remains essentially unchanged. The Com- munists are limiting themselves to minor probing ac- tivity. It may be a matter of weeks before the enemy can bring up enough men and supplies to make a more concerted effort against government positions south and west of the Plaine. Philippines: Philippine security forces ?had little difficulty breaking up the attempt yesterday by about 1,000 student radicals to converge on the US Embassy. The attempt on the embassy was the out- growth of a march of up to 10,000 in protest against a police raid on a college campus last week. More agitation against both the government and the embassy can be expected. Malaysia: Uncertainties in the leadership are contributing to the government's failure to grapple with the host of problems left in ?the backwash of last year's communal outbreaks. Rahman, who has been in the process of retiring for some years, is again talking of delaying his retire- ment, this time beyond the June date he had earlier led Razak to expect. So far no significant opposition has emerged, but if the drift continues, trouble could develop, particularly in the military, where senior officers already admit to muttering on the part of those they describe as "hotheads." (continued) 3 FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A008100030001-4 50X1 50X6 50X6 50X6 50X6 50X6 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A008100030001-4 FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY UN-Rhodesia: London's request for a Security Council meeting on Rhodesia is probably intended to head off more radical African initiatives. The Af- ricans will be torn between a resolution all of the 'permanent members can support and a more extreme one urging the UK to use force and possibly extending the economic sanctions against Rhodesia to include South Africa and Portuguese-ruled Mozambique. The continued presence of the US consulate in Salisbury will likely also bea sore point with the Africans The Council meeting was to have taken place today, but the Af- ricans obtained a delay, no doubt to get their tac- tics 'sorted out. FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY 25X6 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A008100030001-4 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A008100030001-4 Top Secret Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/04/27 : CIA-RDP79T00936A008100030001-4