Deciassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015 07 24 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY THE DAILY BRIEF 50x1 Deciassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Reiease 2015 o7x24 Declassified in Part Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015 07 24 50x1 5 Laos 50x1 Two nights last week several air craft from the east probab1y North Vietnam were observed circling over Communist postions near Na Khang and dropping supplies See map It is too early to determine whether this was a oneushot operation to support Communist units trying to gain control of disputed portions of Route 6_or 'whether it means that the Communists hurting from air strikes and facing the rainy season are undertaking-a more sustained aerial supply effort A Soviet lunar probe launched Sat- urday morning failed_to reach its park- n orbit 1 rm 50 pattern of the last seven Soviet attempts has suggested a sophisticated mission for their lunar probe -possib1y a soft land- ing of an instrument package or a probe in orbit along the moon's shadow line Unless the Soviets revise their goals next November would appear to be their next opportunity 50X1 50x1 I Deciassi ed in Part Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015 07 24