THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 31 MAY 1969

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005976804
• 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 31, 1969

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The President's Daily Brief
31 May 1969
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MAJOR PROBLEMS
MIDDLE EAST
Saboteurs, presumably fedayeen, last .night blew up the
US-owned pipeline that carries oil from Saudi Arabia to the
Mediterranean. The damage occurred in Israeli-occupied Syria
not far from Israel's largest irrigated area. The broken
line apparently was shut down within a few hours, but it is
too early to tell the extent to which the Israeli'water sup-
ply has been polluted.
The political and diplomatic repercussions of the inci-
dent could be far-reaching. Israel may feel now that it has
a good excuse to cut the flow of premium Arab oil to the Med-
iterranean, especially since its own pipeline bypassing the
Suez Canal is scheduled for completion late this year. More-
over, the sabotage may cause Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to con-
sider cutting back on their aid to the fedayeen.
EUROPE
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VIETNAM
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Presidents Thieu and Pak used their joint communique on
Thieu's visit to South Korea as a vehicle for expressing con-
cern not just with the Paris negotiations, but also with the
prospect of US steps to "Vietnamize" the wars- We note in
particular the communique's assertion that "any withdrawal"
of allied forces should be subject to full consultation, as
well as the flat statement that in the absence of a Communist
withdrawal, unilateral withdrawal "of even a part of allied
troops" would prejudice the Security of the remaining forces.
SOVIET AFFAIRS
There is nothing significant to report.
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II, OTHER IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS
CURACAO
We have had no word so far today on the disturbances in
Curacao. US-owned firms came in for their share of damage
in yesterday's rioting, but no US citizens seem to have been
harmed.
BOLIVIA
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