THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 13 OCTOBER 1969

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005977035
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: October 13, 1969

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The President's Daily Brief
13 October 1969
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
13 October 1969
. PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Nasir has made it clear that Egypt will not partici-
pate in any Rhodes-type negotiations with Israel.
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Prime Minister Gandhi is again openly challenging
her opponents in the Indian Congress Party'. (Page 2)
Bolivia's President says his country would accept
Cuban readmission to ?the OAS. (Page 3)
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EGYPT-ISRAEL
The Cairo newspaper Al Ahram, doubtless at Nasir's
behest, has made it clear that Egyptian participation
in any Rhodes-type negotiations with Israel is out of
the question. Nasir has thereby undercut recent state-
ments by Foreign Minister Riad, among others, which
seemed to signify a willingness to consider a Rhodes
formula.
We can only guess what is behind this appar-
ent reversal. Some or all of the following
may have figured in Nasir's decision:
--A desire to maintain an uncompromising
image in the eyes of the Palestinians and
other militant Arabs.
--A need to mollify domestic critics.
--The public stress the Israelis have been
putting on the "direct" as opposed to the
indirect aspects of negotiations under the
Rhodes formula.
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INDIA
The running battle between Mrs. Gandhi and the
Congress Party bosses has broken into the open. again.
She, and five associates have sent an open letter to
party president Nijalingappa,.charging him with
''arbitrarily" removing some of her supporters from
important party posts.. Nijalingappa has denied that
he has forced her supporters out, but he was in fact
planning to do so.
Mrs. Gandhi apparently intends to move
against her opponents at the next meeting
of the Working Committee; scheduled for 30
October. Presumably she thinks, she now
has a majority of that body on her side
A noteworthy addition to her forces.is:the
powerful hOme minister, r.,B.,Chavan, who.
is one of the signers of the letter to
-NijaZingappa. Chavan opposed her during
her,contest with the bosses.over the presi-
dential election two months ago. He has
subsequently tried to act as peacemaker
between the two factions.
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BOLIVIA
Ovando told a press conference on Thursday that
his country would accept Cuba back in the OAS. Since
Bolivia respects national self-determination, he said,
the Cubans' approval of Castro is sufficient reason
for readmission to the organization.
This is the most positive statement from
a Latin American head of state on the sub-
ject of Cuban readmission to the OAS since
Havana was expelled in 1964. Ovando 's
logic is a natural outgrowth of his own
attempts to obtain international recogni-
tion since his coup last month.
Ovando left it unclear whether Bolivia would
re-establish diplomatic relations with the Cubans.
He did express the hope that although Cuba had "until
recently" interfered in internal Bolivian affairs,
such interference might cease now that his country
had a new government.
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