THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF (MORNING) 24 FEBRUARY 1969

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005976632
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 12
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: February 24, 1969

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The President's Daily Brief
24 February 1969
(Morning)
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MAJOR PROBLEMS
MIDDLE EAST
Israel today carried out limited military operations
within Jordanian. territorysouth of the Dead Sea. Farther
north, there apparently also was extensive Israeli air ac-
tivity over Jordan. Israel claims its forces in the south
were in hot pursuit of a band Of Arab guerrillas when the
ground action occurred. Further border clashes can be ex-
pected.
EUROPE
Neither the source nor implication of the dispute between
Paris and London over the De Gaulle - Soames conversation of
4 February is yet entirely clear, but it has had a major im-
pact on the prospects for greater European cohesion. , From the
earlier account of the meeting provided by the US Embassy in
London by the British, De Gaulle took. his usual line-with
Soames,_saying that time Was not yet ripe for Britain to en-
ter the Common Market, that British entry would completely
change the character of the Market, and that in the long run,
the Market would in any case .evolve into a simple trading area.
When asked by Soames what the British should then do, De Gaulle
was reported to have saidthat Britain should become more inde-
pendent of the Americans, after which the Europeans could g t5oxi
together to deal with the "two hegemonies."
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'SOVIET AFFAIRS
There have been some 'clear signs over the weekend that
the Communists may be trying to defuse the possibility Of a
crisis over the holding of the West German presidential elec-
tion in West Berlin,on 5 March. Soviet Ambassador Tsarapkin
met with Chancellor Kiesinger on both Saturday and Sunday.,
On Friday East German Party boss Walter Ulbricht sent' a let-
ter to the West German Social Democratic Party proposing that
the East Germans issue passes for West Berliners to visit rel-
atives on the other side of the wall at Eastertime in. return
for a change of venue for the election and on Saturday the
chief of the West Berlin Communist Party said he was "con-
vinced" the East Germans would react positively if the elec-
tion were shifted to a West German city,
Meanwhile the two Soviet divisions which moved out of
their garrisons last week returned to their home stations
Saturday. Apparently the purpose of their move was a rou-
tine training exercise and there are no firm indications of
major troop moves which could be connected with the joint So-
viet/East German exercises around Berlin announced for early
March.
Moscow would certainly encourage any diplomatic moves
which would enable Bonn to change its mind about holding the
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