THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 20 DECEMBER 1969

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005977205
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: December 20, 1969

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The President's Daily Brief
20 December 1969
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
20 December 1969
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Soviet position on date for resuming arms talks in-
fluenced by US stand on European security conference.
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Soviet
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Middle East. (Page 4)
French
Two factions of India's Congress Party meeting sepa-
rately to resolve organizational and policy problems.
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EAST GERMANY - WEST GERMANY
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USSR-SALT-ESC
On 18 December, N.S. Kishilov, the general sec-
retary of the Soviet delegation to SALT, told an
ACDA official in Helsinki that the Soviets are hold-
ing back on a date for resuming the arms talks be-
cause of US opposition to a European security con?
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ference. Kishilov cited Secretary Rogers' remarks
to the NATO council earlier this month, which he
described as the "hardest yet," and the NATO communi-
que itself. He said that the "German problem" was
the main security problem in Europe and that a con-
ference setting would enable "our two Germanies" to
start talking with each other
Kishilov s remarks are a measure of Mos-
cow's interest in a security conference
and do not constitute an effort to down-
play the arms talks with the US. In cit-
ing the German problem, Kishilov was
pointing to Moscow 's main reason for hold-
ing such a conference. Moscow's sensitiv-
ity to previous US references to "linkage"
apparently does not prevent the Soviets
from adopting this tactic for themselves.
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USSR-CH INA
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FRANCE MIDDLE EAST
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JORDAN
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INDIA
The two rival Congress parties are scheduled to
hold plenary sessions of their top policy-making
bodies during the next ten days. The old-guard fac-
tion, now in opposition in Parliament, is meeting
currently while Mrs. Gandhi's group will gather in
Bombay from 26 to 28 December. Both parties face
similar organizational and policy problems in the
wake of the formal split in Congress ranks last
month.
Of the two parties, Mrs. Gandhi's appears
to have a significant edge at the present
time. It is in power, has retained the
traditional name of the party, and has the
support of a majority of state organiza-
tions and of rank and file members of the
formerly united Congress. It is expected
to deal more specifically with policy is-
sues at the convention than will the old-
guard opposition. Presumably Mrs. Gandhi
and her followers will concentrate on
economic problems and, to enhance the
party's popular appeal, may issue state-
ments calling for increasingly radical
economic measures.
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NOTES
Guatemala: A spate of Communist-perpetrated
violence, culminating in the assassination of a prom-
inent right-wing politician, has led President Mendez
to decree a "state of precaution" for the next 15
days. Security forces will be given extraordinary
powers to arrest suspects, enter homes or search ve-
hicles without warrants. The declaration, however,
does not prohibit campaigning for the general elec-
tions on 1 March. The army has not yet been called
upon to augment the security forces but long military
leaves are being canceled.
The Embassy reports that all segments of soci-
ety are blaming the Communists for the attacks.
Additional political assassinations could
provoke reprisals against leftists by
right-wing extremists.
USSR-Czechoslovakia:
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