THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 9 MAY 1969

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005976765
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: May 9, 1969

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The President's Daily Brief
9 May 1969
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I, MAJOR PROBLEMS
EUROPE
One of France's most reliable polls this week shows
that unless interim President Poher enters the race,
Pompidou could win an absolute majority on the first ballot.
But with Poher in the race, Pompidou would get only 42 per-
cent and Poher 35 percent. Defferre, the Socialist, and
Duclos, the Communist, would get about 12 percent each.
These findings could well impel Poher to enter the
race before the deadline for filing on 13 May. c
Poher has been playing a careful waiting game, but pres-
sures for him to run have been building, and there is even
some chance that Defferre may pull out and swing Socialist
support over to the interim President.
The speculative flight to the Deutschemark continued
yesterday, with the Bundesbank taking in about $1,240
million worth of fOreign exchange--almost twice as much as
on:Wednesday.
VIETNAM
As a package, the proposals put forth by the NLF
yesterday are an attempt to retake the initiative from
Thieu. The Communists probably consider that their
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proposals constitute a framework in which meaningful negotia-
tions can begin. Fuller analysis will be provided later.
SOVIET AFFAIRS
There is nothing significant to report.
MIDDLE EAST
There is nothing significant to report.
II, OTHER IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS
IRAN-CONSORTIUM
The annual hassle over, oil revenues between Iran and
the Western consortium which produces most of its oil seems
to be moving toward compromise.
the annual confrontations over the next three
years or so figure to get stickier. The crux of the problem
is that the Shah is demanding annual production increases of
15-16 percent in a period when the oil companies estimate
world-wide oil consumption will be increasing only about
6-7 percent a year.
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