THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 27 DECEMBER 1972

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993697
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: December 27, 1972

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The President's Daily Brief
27 December 1972
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
27 December 1972
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
In the domestic portion of his speech last Thursday,
Soviet party chief Brezhnev devoted primary atten-
tion to relations among the various Soviet nation-
alities. He also revived the promise of a new state
constitution. (Page 1)
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USSR
In the domestic portion of his speech last
Thursday saluting the USSR's 50th anniversary,
Brezhnev devoted primary attention to relations
among the various Soviet nationalities. He warned
of the dangers of persisting nationalistic tenden-
cies that "interweave" with special local or re-
gional interests--presumably a reference to recent
problems in the Ukrainian and Georgian republics,
where party chiefs were removed earlier this year.
Brezhnev also spoke frankly of "objective problems"
that arise in attempts to achieve a balance be-
tween the interests of individual nationalities
and the interests of the Soviet Union as a whole.
Brezhnev's only other exceptional theme was
a statement that the time is ripe for a new state
constitution. He said that the draft of the new
version will be submitted for nationwide discus-
sion before the next party congress, due to be
held in 1976.
A new constitution was one of Khrushchev's
pet projects. He repeatedly promised
to replace the current one, adopted in
1936, but the proposal appeared to have
fallen by the wayside after his ouster.
This is the first time Brezhnev has men-
tioned a new constitution since 1966.
Although Brezhnev looked haggard and
tired by the final day of the celebra-
tion, he delivered his three-and-one-
half hour speech with vigor and appeared
to have recovered from the illness that
sidelined him during part of October and
November.
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NOTES
USSR:
Saudi Arabia:
Vietnam: The weekly flight of the Interna-
tional Control Commission aircraft from Saigon that
was reported yesterday as arriving in Hanoi on 25
December, actually landed in Vientiane.
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