THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 5 MARCH 1970

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005977332
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: March 5, 1970

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The President's Daily Brief
5 March 1970
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
5 March 1970
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Soviet Jews back the USSR's Middle East policy.
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Libyan troops
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Jordan
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are coming back from Egypt.
Soviet
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USSR - MIDDLE EAST
? At a Soviet Foreign Ministry press conference
yesterday Deputy Premier Dymshits--the highest rank-
ing Jew in the hierarchy--denied that Egypt has asked
for "MIG-23s." He acknowledged the presence of So-
viet advisers in Egypt but sidestepped a question on
providing Soviet pilots.
A number of prominent Soviet Jews partici-
pated in the conference, apparently to dem-
onstrate that Soviet Jewry is united behind
Moscow's policy. They had signed a state-
ment castigating Israeli aggression which
was read at the beginning of the conference.
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? The "Libya First" faction in the ruling Revolu-
tionary Command Council has apparently won out, at
least temporarily, over the pro-Egyptian faction.
all the Libyan troops stationed in Egypt since Janu-
ary have already been brought home or soon will be.
In recent months the troop issue has been a source
of increasing dissension within the Council.
The decision to withdraw the troops re-
flects the unpopularity in Libya of the
rigidly pro-Egyptian policies initially
pursued by the new regime. Anti-Egyptian
sentiment is particularly strong in Cyr-
enaica, where proximity to Egypt has re-
sulted in traditional suspicion of Cairo..
The return of the troops probably will
help to hold the Council together
The issue of grow-
ing Egyptian influence in Libya remains,
and the return of the troops does not
mean that Libya will modify its strong
Arab-nationalists anti-Israeli, anti-
Western policies in its diplomatic activi-
ties and propaganda output.
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NOTES
Guatemala: With the victory of rightist presi-
dential ,candidate Colonel Aranai the possibility of
an electoral crisis has receded. The government's
defeat is testimony to the honesty of the vote count,.
Terrorism could erupt again at any time, however,
partly because of Aranals promise to Campaign against
it. This promise, linked with his reputation as Gua-
temala's foremost anti-Communist, may incite a new
wave of subversive activity before he takes office on
1 July.
Venezuela-Guyana: No cross-border shooting has
been reported since the incidents of 23 February/
/Venezuelan authorities maintain they have
only peaceful intentions. Their respect for world
opinion and their concern about possible reactions
from Brazil would lend plausibility to such state-
ments. Yet the breadth and intensity of their ac-
tivities in the east are grossly out of proportion
to any possible Guyanese threat.
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