The President's Daily Brief

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Light transport aircraft of this type--modified
for ground attack--bombed a radar facility in Laos on
12 January. The attack was not a success, and one
of the two attacking planes was shot down. It is pos-
sible, however, that the AN-2s are preparing for a
second raid on the same facility. (It supports US
air operations against North Vietnam.) On the other
hand, there are tenuous indications that the AN-2s
could be directed against allied forces in the vicinity
of the Demilitarized Zone.
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International Control Commission Still Reluctant
to Fly: The ICC aircraft will not make tod~y's sched-
uled flight to Hanoi where it was to pick up the three
American pilots the North Vietnamese are releasing.
The aircraft is based;at Saigon (it makes stops at
Phnom Penh and Vientiane en route to Hanoi) and the
security situation has put the ICC Saigon secretariat
temporarily out of action. The ICC hopes to make the
next scheduled fltght on Friday.
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II. NORTH VIETNAMESE REFLECTIONS OF US POLITICAL
-ATTITUDES ON THE WAR
Nothing of significance to report.
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