THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 10 DECEMBER 1969

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005977187
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: December 10, 1969

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The President's Daily Brief
10 December 1969
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
10 December 1969
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
At Warsaw's urging, Polish-West German economic
talks, recessed in October, are being resumed to-
day, rather than in January as originally planned.
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In Libya, negotiations on the evacuation of British
troops have begun on a harsh note.. (Page 2)
Cuban "fence-jumpers" are continuing to sneak into
the US Naval Base at Guantanamo at the rate of
about 70 a month. (Page 3)
an SS-11 ICBM firing last Sep-
tember indicates that One result of the current
test program may be improvement in the missile's .
accuracy. (Page 4)
Harold Wilson has beaten back a challenge in the ,
House of Commons to his policy of supplying arms
to the federal government in Nigeria. (Page 4)
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I.!EST GERMANY - POLAND
Polish negotiators have asked that the economic
talks between the two nations, recessed in,October,
be resumed today instead of in January as originally
planned. The Germans
agreed to meet. The talks
will have to coast along in neutral until the Germans
make up their minds how far they are willing to go to
meet Polish demands. The major issue is the amount
of credit the Germans will offer. A German official
described the credit only as large enough to be "in-
teresting" to the Poles but nowhere near the billion-
dollar figure informally hinted at by Warsaw.
The Poles' eagerness may reflect their
fear of Soviet or East German disapproval
of the bilateral negotiation as well as
their desire for the benefits of expanded
trade. The Brandt government
does not want to appear
reluctant in fulfilling its promise of re-
newed interest in Eastern Europe.
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LIBYA
Negotiations on the evacuation of British troops
from Libya began on a harsh note Monday. Captain
Abd-al-Salam Jalud, the chief Libyan negotiator and
a member of the ruling military junta, said his side
saw only one purpose for the negotiations--to deter-
mine the date when there will be a complete and im-
mediate withdrawal ?of all British troops. All other
matters were "side issues." Jalud also asserted the
British-Libyan mutual defense treaty that was to re-
main in force until 1973 no longer exists. He fur-
ther announced that once foreign troops were with-
drawn, no others would be allowed to enter.
These negotiations give cc foretaste of
what the US can expect when our own WheeZus
Air Base negotiations begin. It is doubt-
ful that the Libyans will be willing to
allow a transitional or any other type of
US presence at WheeZus.
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CUBA
Each month thus far in 1969, an average of
seventy disenchanted Cubans have sneaked into the
US Naval Base at Guantanamo. Seventy-three "fence-
jumpers" entered in November--61 men (16 or older),
8 women, and 4 children. Fence-jumpers come in
when and how they can; a significant number swim
in.
Blue collar workers make up the largest occu-
pational group in most months--42 of them in Novem-
ber. The rest of the November group included 6
students, 8 military deserters, and 5 "profession-
als"--a commercial artist, a dental assistant, a
dental technician, a jeweler, and an optometrist.
The reasons the fence-jumpers have for defect-
ing are varied and personal--only a few are ideo-
logically motivated. Many, particularly students
and military deserters, want to escape the hard
work in the cane fields.
We do not know how many would-be fence-
jumpers have been caught by security
forces on the Cuban side of the fence.
There are no indications that any spe-
cial security measures have been ordered
to reduce the flows nor is there evidence
that organized assistance is available
for those planning to defect.
Castro could have most fence-jumpers kept
out of the naval base if he wanted to.
The fact that they are still coming at a
fairly steady rate seems to indicate that
security officials are purposely looking
the other way. More than likely, Castro
sees the base as a convenient dumping
ground for Cubans who are not responsive
to revolutionary ideology.
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NOTES
USSR:
an SS-ll firing on 29 September suggests that one
result of the current test program will be improve-
ment in missile accuracy.
United Kingdom:. Prime Minister Wilson yester-
day beat back a challenge to his policy of supplying
arms to the Nigerians by a vote of 254 to 84 in the
House of Commons. Despite Wilson's usual clever
footwork, the size of the vote against his position
on this issue makes it clear that it will continue
to be troublesome. This will be especially so, if
as is expected, Wilson calls for national elections
some time next year.
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