THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 29 MARCH 1972

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993217
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: March 29, 1972

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The President's Daily Brief
29 March 1972
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
29 March 1972
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
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There now are a number of indications that private
reactions around the Arab world to King Husayn's
West Bank proposal are less hostile than public po-
sitions have been. (Page 3)
The Panamanians can be expected to continue their
tough negotiating stance at the canal talks and may
bring the matter before the UN and OAS if the talks
remain at an impasse. (Page 4)
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ARAB STATES
We have a number of indications that officials
in the Arab nations are less hostile toward King
Husayn's West Bank proposal than their public posi-
tions would indicate./
In Saudi Arabia, one of the states refraining
from public denunciation, officials have told Am-
bassador Thacher that they have no objection to. the
plan but believe it might have been more palatable
if coordinated first with Egypt. Lebanese officials
have privately told the US Embassy that they view
the plan as a clever move which has embarrassed the
fedayeen and which, they hope, will raise Husayn's
stock with West Bankers. Similar private comments
have-been made by Sudan's President Numayri and by
the Algerian envoys in Amman and Beirut./
The restrained private reaction
'will serve to keep the King plan
alive, at least for the near term. The
virulent public denunciations of the plan
by the fedayeen and by such states as
Libya and Iraq, however, inhibit Egypt,
Algeria, and other states publicly pledged
to support the fedayeen from taking any
steps favorable to Husayn's plan. On the
other hand, Husayn may have succeeded in
generating some thinking among moderate
Arabs about alternative solutions to the
Palestinian problem. Husayn has also
forced a grudging acknowledgment in the
Arab world that his opposition to fedayeen
anarchy within his own kingdom does not
equate with opposition to Palestinian as-
pirations for at least regional autonomy
in their own homeland.
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PANAMA
General Torrijos continues to lack confidence
in his canal negotiators. He recently sent his
senior foreign policy adviser, Ambassador Illueca,
to Washington to assess the US position on a treaty.
Illueca returned dissatisfied with the progress of
the negotiations and expressed the need for the US
to reformulate its proposals to take Panamanian as-
pirations into account. He also stressed the de-
sirability of a change of venue from Washington to
Panama.
Foreign Minister Tack shares Illueca's
view that the US will ultimately yield
to pressure. Tack will undoubtedly press
for a continuation of Panama's hard nego-
tiating line, especially in view of his
anger over recent press allegations that
he is involved in narcotics traffic. Tack
may still believe that these reports are
part of a US Government attempt to dis-
credit him because of his tough stance
on the talks. The foreign minister will
probably encourage Torrijos to publicize
the canal issue and bring the matter be-
fore the UN and the OAS if the talks re-
main stalemated.
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