THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 25 JUNE 1969

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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/07/19 : CIA-RDP79T00936A007200210001-4 The President's Daily Brief 25 _June 1969 19 1or-Seeret- 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/07/19 : CIA-RDP79T00936A007200210001-4 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/07/19 : CIA-RDP79T00936A007200210001-4 FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY I. MAJOR PROBLEMS EUROPE The center-left coalition government of Italian Premier Rumor is once again threatened by the factionalism within its two major parties. The Christian Democrats will hold a national congress starting Friday, at which a primary issue will be the desire of left-wing leaders to gain a role in the party leadership, now in the hands of the center and conservative factions. If this problem is resolved by major shifts in the party leader- ship, it could lead to a government shake-up as well. The Socialist Party central committee is scheduled to hold a meeting on 2 July which could lead to a walkout by the conservative wing over an effort to exclude it from the con- trolling group of the party. If they take a walk, the con- servatives may re-form the Social Democratic Party, which merged with the Socialists in 1966. Another issue, which is divisive for both parties, is whether the Communist Party is worthy of eventual considera- tion as a coalition partner. This has become particularly crucial following the Italian Communists' relatively inde- pendent stand at the recent international conference in Mos- cow. In recent months the Rumor government has made important progress on domestic programs. It put a new Social Security 1 FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/07/19 : CIA-RDP79T00936A007200210001-4 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/07/19 : CIA-RDP79T00936A007200210001-4 ? i THE WEST BANK AREA Lake Haifa Tiberias Refine? Pipeline hit by fedayeen, Oil 24 June Pipetin lsr lis bloW up , /ater conduit, ..,_. 3 June r 1 , ,..... , Natany / I ti( F) .Nablus Tel Aviv- \ WEST BANK ....0 I "Tafo 1 (ISR A ELI- OCCUPIED I kIsraeli air att.ks, * \, 18 June /L Amman %?......N. _, ? Jerusalem: .., Ame,r can tourist killed, / " to i . r Hebron Dead I ? Sea i\ It / Tempo of Incidents Quickens Along Cease-Fire Lines CYPRUS MEDITERRANEAN SEA Beirut* \46. LEBANON 17 June 0 ?37 Alex?dri ?28 Port Said Ismailia Haifa. ISRAEL Tel Aviv- Yafo Gaza. GAZA STRIP Al Anis!) \ Daily artillery duels \s / JORDAN across canal r Suez \, ! Canal Beersheba SYRIA Damascus ? GOLAN HEIGHTS (ISR A ELI?OCCUPIED1 I Qunaytirah Al Mafraq? Yormuk R. .Az Zarqa *Amman alem Dead Area of Sea inset 1., ( israeli commandos attack radar station, 21 June \ ( SINAI \ / PENINSULA \ j (ISRAEL,-OCCUPIED) Elat) Aqaba UNIT AR REPU 95403 6-69 CIA 32- SAUDI ARABIA Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/07/19 : CIA-RDP79T00936A007200210001-4 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/07/19 : CIA-RDP79T00936A007200210001-4 FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY pension law into effect and has gone forward on other legis- lation ranging from university reform to a divorce bill. An early government crisis would slow the momentum Rumor has de- veloped and bring into sharper relief the problem of the Christian Democrat - Socialist party relations with the Com- munists. SOVIET AFFAIRS A striking example of Moscow's current disinclination to stir up trouble with the US is the low-key Soviet reaction to a Black Sea visit by two US destroyers last week. Al- though the ships were subjected to air and surface surveil- lance, Moscow did not lodge a diplomatic protest with Wash- ington or Ankara as it has in the past. Also missing were the usual propaganda broadsides. MIDDLE EAST The rhythm of provocation and retaliation across the cease-fire lines between Israel and its neighbors has quick- ened. Artillery duels with Egypt are occurring daily, and recently both countries have resumed commando raids across the Suez Canal. Incidents on the Jordanian border have in- creased in number and severity after a brief cooling off period in early June. The Arabs have little to gain militarily from such op- erations--Israeli retaliation is almost always greater than the provocation--but they are unlikely to forgo attacks for 2 FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/07/19 : CIA-RDP79T00936A007200210001-4 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/07/19 : CIA-RDP79T00936A007200210001-4 Kontum Province , t ,a ? ' , ? I A'N-G.4 T 1,Nr 1 . ? I I) " ( I P 5 L41:' ?Par:1_, " C 't i?tr'--r- r 1 a.W' ft of Quang Tin tempoVardikunder ' a ? ?a' the a'clminisk;aticu; d.korltuk /9- I( 4. .1 t IA S . ? :4 ? ; \) tl - '?, t ),,)/ ..0t3k -'.' (.7r/ '..4 ' ? i 1): JO' s . 'NV 4 , . A 4 1 ,.' ,? ( ' ' , * , ' )..'? I, r ,) ,., ,`.- ,????` 4/ ' ' 11 N=G A I ...1,..?., . \ T , ' l ( ..,-;.,. i'd.V.Alli, ' ' ia?:? A,i1..". I . '' ?, ) r f ' ' se , ik 1 . 1\1! ... '? it P.. . '(&?'''' i+ ? 6 tr' - t 1'V ,'r .44' .. ? 4,S:4, \_;_:fiL,1%,..4 .t... if , i ,s\'' I 7 . 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Always sensitive to any movement in their own casualty rate, the Israelis are currently irked at the new aggresiveness of the regular Jor- danian forces. Last week they mounted heavy air attacks ex- clusively against Jordanian Army positions. VIETNAM The enemy offensive against the allied Special Forces camp at Ben Het this week has included some of the heaviest actions of a campaign which began in early May, including the first direct ground assault against the camp. The camp and its neighboring base at Dak To are largely defended by South Vietnamese regular and paramilitary troops. Prisoners captured during recent engagements in this area claim their units' mission was to encircle and attack South Vietnamese Army units exclusively. 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