THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 14 NOVEMBER 1972

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993625
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: November 14, 1972

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The President's Daily Brief
14 November 1972
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
14 November 1972
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
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The Libyans are seeking large amounts of Western
military equipment, and have secured a major arms
package from Italy and a lesser one from Britain.
At least some equipment is likely to end up in Egyp-
tian hands. (Page 3)
On Page 4 we discuss the outlook for the Japanese
elections called for 10 December, including their
significance for the factional balance within the
ruling party.
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LIBYA
The Libyans are seeking large amounts of West-
ern military equipment. A joint Libyan-Egyptian
arms purchasing mission now in London has obtained
some small arms
The Italians recently agreed to a deal
involving a major arms package, in exchange for
favorable terms to the Italian state-owned oil firm
operating in Libya. This agreement may encourage
the Libyans to reiterate their request to purchase
F-5 aircraft from the US, citing US oil interests
in Libya as a bargaining tool. Libyan Prime Minis-
ter Jallud also recently tried to buy additional
French arms, including tanks and light armored ve-
hicles, rockets, and long-range artillery.
The Libyans are likely to turn at least
some of these arms over to Egypt, which
could provide Cairo with a partiaZ al-
ternative to Soviet weapons. The French
will require the Libyans to adhere to
terms similar to those in the 1969 Mirage
aircraft contract that forbids third-
country use of the arms, but such stipu-
lations will become meaningless if the
prospective merger between Egypt and
Libya, scheduled for September 1973. is
carried out.
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JAPAN
The Liberal Democrats should retain a comfortable
majority in the parliamentary elections scheduled
for 10 December. Broad public support for Prime
Minister Tanaka 's normalization of relations with
Peking, and his unprecedented personal popularity,
have dimmed the opposition's hopes of recouping
losses suffered in the elections three years ago.
With rather modest prospects for gains by the oppo-
sition, Japanese public attention will be on compe-
tition among the Liberal Democrats. In many cases,
the voters will choose among candidates representing
factions of the same party as well as among the par-
ties.
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