THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 27 MAY 1969

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005976795
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: May 27, 1969

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The President's Daily Brief
27 May 1969
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MAJOR PROBLEMS
MIDDLE EAST
EUROPE
AS advertised, Canadian Defense Minister Cadieux yes-
terday came up. with the cabinet's plan, which he labeled
"non-negotiable," for Ottawa's phased cutback in forces
committed to NATO. The total manpower reduction will be
from 10,000 at present to 3,500 by 1972. Furthermore,
the Canadians plan to remove all their combat aircraft ex-
cept for reconnaissance planes and helicopters. Ambassador
Cleveland plans to encourage our European allies to be
"voluble in their protestations."
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Chancellor Kiesinger is likely to press hard for a
complete break with Cambodia over Phnom Penh's recognition
of East Germany, even though this would put the CDU on a
collision course with its coalition partner. Foreign
Minister Brandt strongly opposes such a move because h
thinks Bonn will have to reconcile itself to third-country
recognition of Pankow. The SPD succeeded in stalling
cabinet action on the issue two weeks ago. Kiesinger, how-
ever, is irked by the Cambodian ambassador's failure to
answer a request for an explanation of his government's
action and by Sihanouk's reported remark that he refused
to send his representative to Bonn
France's first nuclear-powered ballistic-missile sub-
marine began sea trials last week. The submarine was
launched in March 1967, received its nuclear reactor in
February, and is scheduled to become operational in 1971.
Plans call for the construction of three or four more of
these submarines.
There is nothing significant to report on Soviet
Affairs or Vietnam.
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OTHER IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS
LATIN AMERICA
We currently consider demonstrations a virtual cer-
tainty and violence a possibility in four of the five
countries on Governor Rockefeller's forthcoming trip.
Trinidad-Tobago is the single exception. The situations
in Bolivia and Venezuela are particularly touchy.
SUDAN
The new government seems to be settling in.
The conservative Ansar sect appears to be
intimidated.
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In a talk yesterday to the diplomatic corps, Prime
Minister Awadalla worked hard to convey an impression of
nonaligned "socialist" respectability. He did make it
clear that the new regime will be more militant than its
predecessors on Arab-Israeli issues.
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