THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 18 SEPTEMBER 1969

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005976993
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: September 18, 1969

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The President's Daily Brief
18 September 1969
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EGYPT
? Nasir last week again resorted to his time-honored means
of keeping disgruntled military elements off balance--another
purge of high-ranking officers.
JAPAN
The outline of apurported,white paper on defense policy,
possibly leaked to 'test popular reaction, has just appeared
in a Tokyo newspaper. It calls for Japan to develop its self-
defense capability to the point where it could meet any threat
except "all-out war," in which case it.would have to depend
on the US nuclear retaliatory capability.
We expect some hot and heavy public debate on the draft
paper. Although the Japanese_people are gradually moving
Closer-to government views on defense, opposition forces will
raise the specter of resurgent militarism. Critics are likely
to zero in on the designation of Communist China as a threat
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to its non-nuclear neighbors, as well as on the strong impli-
cation that Soviet air and naval activity near Japan is a
threat. Earlier attempts to publish a defense policy paper
failed because of opposition charges that designation of any
country as a threat would be a-hostile act in violation of
Japan's "peace" constitution.
The appearance of the white paper coincides with growing
public debate over the role of Japan's "self-defense " forces
and the US-Japan defense relationship. The timing of.the
paper may be aimed in part at reassuring the US that Tokyo
intends to devote greater attention to military matters fol-
lowing the reversion of Okinawa to Japan.
WEST GERMANY
Voters will elect a new parliament on 28 September, and
it appears.that Kiesinger's Christian Democratic Union will
maintain its position as the leading party.
A great many voters are still telling pollsters
they are undecided, but in past elections the CDU picked up
the largest portion of previously uncommitted votes.
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EL SALVADOR - HONDURAS
? Both nations are Still shilly-shallying around instead
of trying to patch up their quarrel, and as a result both are
experiencing considerable domestic unrest. Their fellow mem-
bers in the Central American Common Market have tried to in-
duce reconciliation, and they will try again during the UN
General Assembly,
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