THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 18 MAY 1973

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993826
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 12
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: May 18, 1973

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The President's Daily Brief
18 May 1973
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
18 May 1973
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
President Pompidou and Prime Minister Heath will ex-
plore next week the possibility of a common position
on issues Pompidou will discuss with President Nixon.
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North Korea's entry into the World Health Organiza-
tion yesterday--the first recognition of Pyongyang
by a major international organization--is the be-
ginning of the end for South Korea's campaign to
keep the north diplomatically isolated. (Page 2)
Feeling against French nuclear testing in the South
Pacific is running high in Australia, and an anti?
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French boycott sponsored by the country's major
labor federation is proving a problem for Prime Min-
ister Whitlam. (Page 3)
In Argentina president-elect Campora is taking a
conciliatory line toward his political opponents as
he prepares for his inauguration next Friday.
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Saudi Arabi*
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Zaire will not renew the Israeli military assistance
agreement when it expires in September
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FRANCE-UK
Next week in Paris, President Pompidou and
Prime Minister Heath will explore the possibility
of a common position on issues Pompidou will discuss
with President Nixon.
The British have been more sympathetic to
Dr. Kissinger's Atlantic Charter proposals,
believing that Europe must have some re-
gard for US problems. The French still
fear the US might dominate a US-European
relationship and undercut European unity.
Both Paris and London oppose linking trade
and security questions, fearing that prob-
lems in one area may impede agreements in
the other or that the US will use its de-
fense commitment to press for trade con-
cessions.
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KOREA
North Korea's entry into the World Health Or-
ganization yesterday--the first recognition of Pyong-
yang?by a major international organization--is the
beginning of the end for South Korea's campaign to
keep the north diplomatically isolated.
WHO recognition opens the door for Pyong-
yang's entry into other UN agencies and
raises the possibility of observer status
at the UN General Assembly this fall.
Seoul had resigned itself to Pyongyang's
participation in UN organizations and
possibly to some changes in the UN's
handling of the Korean issue, including
termination of UN political involvement
in Korea. But ROK officials want to hold
fast on other vital issues, including the
presence of US forces in South Korea and
the continuation of the UN military com-
mand. Both of these issues have been
targets of strong North Korean attacks
that are certain to be stepped up as Pyong-
yang's role in international councils in-
creases.
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AUSTRALIA FRANCE
Feeling against French nuclear testing in the
South Pacific is running high in Australia, and an
anti-French boycott sponsored by the major Australian
labor federation is proving a problem for Prime Min-
ister Whitlam. The boycott, which includes airline
and ship servicing, postal and telecommunication
links, and contact with local French firms, was in-
stituted despite a public warning by Whitlam that it
would contravene international agreements.
Whitlam himself has publicly condemned
French testing, thus making it difficult
for him to rein in the trade unions. He
probably will work quietly behind the
scenes to end the strike, as he did during
the brief boycott of US shipping last Jan-
uary. Whitlam, who is aware that he needs
French goodwill to gain favorable trade
arrangements with the European Community,
is not likely to allow the issue of nuclear
testing to sour completely Australia's
relations with Paris.
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ARGENTIMA
President-elect Campora is taking a conciliatory
line toward his political opponents as he prepares
for his inauguration next Friday. He is calling on
all parties to join in his program of "national re-
construction" and seems open to including represent-
atives of the large Radical Party in his government.
The Radical Party, second in size to Cam-
pora's Peronist Party, is middle class -
based. Its cooperation would help ease
the difficult first months of the new ad-
ministration as it seeks to carry out such
controversial commitments as amnesty for
political prisoners.
The armed forces are now resigned to giving
up control of the government. Even the
most uncompromising anti-Peronists in the
military have seen their support dwindle
and have lost hope of finding a pretext
strong enough to block the inauguration.
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SAUDI ARAB IA
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WEST GERMANY
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ZAIRE-ISRAEL
Zaire will not renew the Israeli military as-
sistance agreement when it expires in September,
Zaire's President Mobutu has no wish to
be associated with Libyan Presi
dhafi's radical Arab osition.
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NOTE
China: The Chinese have begun to turn increas-
ingly-ITIMports both to meet short-term consumer
needs and to restore momentum to their lagging econ-
omy. This year alone, Peking has contractedfor im-
ports of grain cotton, and vegetable oils worth $900
million The Chinese have curtailed the construction
of primitive rural fertilizer factories and contracted
for four, large Western-built fertilizer complexes.
They are looking more to imports, also to promote'
growth in basic industries. German and Japanese firms
are now competing for the construction of a $300-
million steel complex, and several other countries
are negotiating with the Chinese for the installation
of electrical generating equipment.
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