THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 19 JULY 1971

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: July 19, 1971

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The President's Daily Brief
,19 July 1971
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
19 July 1971
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
The Jordanian Army's drive against the fedayeen has
virtually ended except for mopping-up operations,
and has drawn minimal reactions so far from most
Arab states other than Iraq. (Page 1)
The new government in Iceland plans to go slowly in
approaching the US about renegotiation of its de-
fense agreement. (Page 2)
The Cambodian Government intends to present its
economic reform program to the National Assembly
today. (Page 3)
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JORDAN
Serious fighting between the fedayeen and the
Jordanian Army ceased on the morning of 16 July.
Some groups of fedayeen have surrendered; the rest
are pinned down on the western slopes of the moun-
tains overlooking the Jordan River valley. A num-
ber? are trying to make their way north to the Syrian
border, but others--presumably aware that their
chances of making it to Syria were slim--have fled
across the river into Israeli-occupied territory and
are surrendering to the Israeli authorities.
Radio Baghdad announced yesterday that Iraq
had requested the recall of the Jordanian ambassador
and was closing its border with Jordan, but no other
Arab country has responded to fedayeen calls for
drastic sanctions against Jordan. Representatives
of Egypt, Libya, Syria, and the Sudan meeting in
Egypt routinely expressed concern over the fighting
and urged Jordan to cooperate with the Syrian dele-
gation. A two-man Egyptian-Saudi team is flying to
Damascus within a few days to discuss the issue, and
President Bourguiba of Tunisia has decided to send
an official delegation to Amman.
By and large Jordan has been able to carry
out its operation against the fedayeen with
only minimal reactions from the rest of the
Arab world. The most serious consequences
are likely tb be a delay in the renewal of
Kuwait's subsidy payments to Jordan, and
a chill in Jordan's improving relations
with Egypt.
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ICELAND
The new center-left government apparently does
not plan to approach the US about renegotiation of
the defense agreement until after the first of the
year. Prime Minister Johannesson and Foreign Minis-
ter Agustsson, both from the Progressive Party--the
senior member of the new coalition--told Ambassador
Replogle on 16 July'that they wished first to study
the role of the US-manned Icelandic Defense Force
in close consultation with NATO. They also pledged
that future talks would result in arrangements sat-
isfactory to both sides. Agustsson stated in a
press interview the same day that further announce-
ments on defense matters should not be expected in
the near future, and that extending Iceland's fish?
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ing limits would instead "occupy most of our time."
It is still questionable whether all ele-
ments of the Progressive Party as well
as more radical members of the coalition
will go aZong with this moderate approach.
The defense issue adds one more to the
list of disagreements that seem ZikeZy
to make the government's life stormy and
perhaps limited.
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NOTE
? Cambodia: The government's economic reform
program, which incorporates anti-inflation recommen-
dations made by the International Monetary Fund, is
scheduled to be presented to the National Assembly
today. There has been considerable apprehension in
'Phnom Penh that the reform package would run into
rough sledding in the legislature from deputies un-
happy over the poor state of the country's economy.
However, after several weeks? of steady deterioration,
the economy is taking an upward turn, with first-
quality rice once again available on the open market
and a definite improvement in the black market rate
of the riel. Sink Matak now is voicing optimism
that the economic program will pass the assembly
without serious opposition.
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