THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 10 OCTOBER 1970

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005977730
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: October 10, 1970

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The President's Daily Brief
10 October 1970
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
10 October 1970
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
General Torres' new cabinet reflects a compromise
with his opponents in Bolivia's military. (Page 1)
Chancellor Brandt has reacted negatively to the
tougher Soviet line on Berlin. (Page 2)
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All major Libyan oil producers have now signed
agreements with the government. (Page 4)
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BOLIVIA
General Torres' new cabinet contains a roughly
equal mix of left and center, military and civilian,
and pro- and anti-US ministers. , There are four
holdovers from the Ovando cabinet, but only one of
these is a member of the young leftist group that
was opposed by moderates in the armed forces. None
of the leftists-who were forced out of the Ovando
government in recent months is included. In a press
interview Thursday Torres said that his government
will be "nationalist and revolutionary" but "by no
means extreme leftist." He said that he will re-
spect the compensation agreement on Gulf Oil's ex-
propriated property.
The make-up of the cabinet, and the fait-
ure of the threatened countercoup to ma-
terialize, suggest that the military of-
ficers opposed to Torres gained at least
some of. their objectives through negotia-
tion.
Torres' apparent: compromise with the miti-
tary will, cost him support among, extreme
leftist elements A student-labor group
Called off a pro-Torres demonstration'yes-
terday.after. the cabinet-waa announced.
Some labor leaders are saying that, they
are disappointed with the Cabinet' and
that :'Torres no longer enjoys complete
labor support
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WEST GERMANY - BERLIN
Brandt has reacted negatively to the tougher
line taken by the Soviets at the four-power working-
level meeting Wednesday. He has told Ambassador Rush
that the Soviet proposal to reach a general agreement
first--leaving a detailed Berlin settlement until
later--was "out of the question," even though such an
arrangement could help Brandt justify ratification of
the Soviet - West German treaty. He urged the Allies
not to "give an inch" on Soviet demands that Bundes-
tag committee meetings be among West German activi-
ties banned in West Berlin. He said that the whole
Soviet list of prohibited Berlin activities would
dangerously increase Soviet and East German influ-
ence ?in the western sector.
Brandt was taken aback by the Soviet
stance at the meeting Wednesday, and may
on reflection be less adamant about the
Soviet proposals. He attaches great im-
portance to the four powers reaching an
agreement on Berlin, now that it has be-
come an essential element in maintaining
the momentum of his Ostpolitik.
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NOTES
Libya: Esso, Mobil, and BP--the last holdouts
among Libya's major oil producers--have signed new
tax and revenue agreements with the government. Out-
put in Libya should now reach about the same level
as last year, thus reducing the threat to tight West
European oil supplies. With the new pacts, Libyan
oil revenues are expected to reach about $1.45 bil-
lion in 1972, a 20-percent increase over that real-
ized in fiscal year 1970.
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