THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 26 MARCH 1973

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993780
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• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: March 26, 1973

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The President's Daily Brief
26 March 1973
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
26 March 1973
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
South Vietnam
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A Cambodian Government spokesman says that Phnom
Penh has rejected a peace overture from the Khmer
insurgents. (Page 2)
Efforts to extend the Turkish president's term
failed again. Parliament now may try again to
break the deadlock on choosing a successor.
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CAMBODIA
The Khmer insurgents have offered to begin
peace negotiations, but the Lon Nol government has
turned down the Communist proposals, according to
a government spokesman. The offer was contained
in a letter to First Minister Hang Thun Hak which
purportedly was written by Hou Youn, Sihanouk's in-
country "minister of interior." The government
spokesman, who gave the story to the press, refused
to divulge the proposals other than one stipulation
that Lon Nol and his supporters were not to partici-
pate in the negotiations.
There are some doubts that the offer is
authentic, given the fragmentary nature
of Hak's earlier accounts of his contacts
with Hou bun and the uncertainty that
bun is even alive. If the offer is au-
thentic, however, the government's an-
nouncement to the press probably has
closed this channel to the insurgents.
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NOTES
Turkey: The crisis over the presidency con-
tinues following the Senate's rejection yesterday
of the proposed constitutional amendment to extend
President Sunay's term by two years. With Sunay's
term expiring on Wednesday, parliament probably
will resume efforts to elect a successor today.
If it is no more successful than in the eight
previous ballots, the Senate's presiding officer,
Tekin Ariburun of the Justice Party, will become
acting president. In the early voting Ariburun
held a substantial lead over Faruk Gurler, the
military's candidate, but both withdrew in favor
of the constitutional amendment approach when
neither was able to secure the necessary two-thirds
majority.
Cambodia: Over the weekend government forces
began a multi-battalion operation_to clear a 15-
mile section of Route 1 between Phnom Penh and the
Neak Luong ferry crossing on the Mekong. Four
battalions are trying to push south along the high-
way, and other units are moving up from the south.
In other action, government forces reopened Route
5 northwest of the capital on Friday, while the
insurgents yesterday attacked government positions
along Route 4 some 50 miles from the port of Kom-
pong Som and closed a section of the highway. In
the extreme south, three government outposts near
Pong Touk have been overrun in the past few days.
Europe-Terrorism: Western European govern-
ments are making only limited progress in developing
a collective approach against terrorism. At a re-
cent meeting of EC foreign ministers, only the Bel-
gian and German ministers advocated concerted action,
such as demarches with Arab governments or tightened
internal security measures. Some fear that coor-
dinated diplomatic measures could make matters
worse. Two study groups established after the
Munich incident last September were reactivated,
however, and EC members have begun exchanging in-
formation on terrorist activities with other Euro-
pean states.
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