THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 12 JUNE 1973

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993847
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 12
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: June 12, 1973

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The President's Daily Brief
12 June 1973
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
12 June 1973
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
The communique issued after Le Duan's visit to China
signals some significant adjustments in Sino - North
Vietnamese relations. (Page 1)
China
(Page 2)
Italian Prime Minister Andreotti's resignation this
morning opens the way to renewed Christian Democratic
collaboration with the Socialists. (Page 4)
Libya's President Qadhafi is pressing US oil compa-
nies to comply with his demands or be nationalized.
(Page 5)
Libya
Algeria/ \
/ (Page 6)
The Soviets have not responded to Japanese Prime
Minister Tanaka's announcement that he will visit
the USSR in September. (Page 7)
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CHINA - NORTH VIETNAM
The communique issued at the end of Le Duan's
and Pham Van Dong's visit to China contains warm
?words of praise for the great friendship between
the two countries, but also reflects a good deal of
hard bargaining. Indeed, on one important point--
the implementation of the Paris accord--the two
sides apparently could not agree on language.
The section dealing with the accord contains
unilateral North Vietnamese and Chinese statements,
a format reminiscent of the US-China communique
last year. Hanoi's statement is full of harsh crit-
icism of the US and Saigon, which are blamed for
all shortcomings in implementation. The Chinese
section merely praises the Vietnamese Communists'
"efforts" to implement the accords and states that
Peking supports their efforts to "consolidate the
peace in Vietnam and safeguard the results already
gained." There is no condemnation of the US or its
allies, and the language suggests that the sort of
backing the Chinese are prepared to give the North
Vietnamese in the future is sharply limited.
Chinese aid may also have been a contentious
subject. The North Vietnamese are full of praise
for past Chinese support, and the Chinese say they
will fulfill their "internationalist duty" by help-
ing the Vietnamese Communists "safeguard and con-
solidate peace, build socialism in the North, achieve
independence and democracy in the South," and even-
tually achieve reunification. North Vietnamese ex-
pressions of gratitude for future aid are strikingly
absent, however.
Taken as a whole, the communique strongly
suggests that there have been some signif-
icant adjustments in Sino - North Vietnam-
ese relations as a result of the visit,
both on a general level and in regard to
the nature of an Indochina settlement.
The cloudy language of the communique,
however, leaves the specific nature of
that adjustment in some doubt.
Le Duan and Pham Van Dong are now back in Hanoi
after only a brief tour of the Chinese countryside.
Further travel by Le Duan seems unlikely, but a
ceremonial junket by Pham Van Dong to Hanoi's other
benefactors remains possible.
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CHINA
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ITALY
Prime Minister Andreotti's resignation this
morning opens the way for negotiations aimed at
reviving Christian Democratic collaboration with the
Socialist Party. The Socialists are receptive to a
renewed partnership. Long and difficult bargaining,
however, will be required to work out specific terms
of another "opening to the left," especially the
question of Socialist autonomy from the powerful
Communist Party.
Andreotti's year-old coalition, which in-
cluded the conservative Liberal Party,
was the first Italian Government to ex-
clude the Socialists in nearly a decade.
Andreotti will probably remain head of a
caretaker government during the negotia-
tions. The Christian Democrats are sched-
uled to choose a new party secretary on
Sunday; he will begin negotiations with
the other parties next week on a new
government. Interior Minister Rumor, a
former center-left prime minister, is a
reported front-runner to succeed Andre-
otti as prime minister, while veteran
party leader Fan fani may become the new
party secretary.
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LIBYA
President Qadhafi's anti-US harangue yesterday
was primarily aimed at placing maximum pressure on
US oil companies either to accept Libya's demands
for 100-percent participation or be nationalized.
Characteristically, Qadhafi linked the issue of US
policy in the Middle East, and specifically US re-
connaissance flights off the Libyan coast with the
oil negotiations. He warned that the time had come
to confront US "challenges" and implied that a major
showdown with US oil companies is at hand.
The Libyans rejected an offer by the com-
? panies for a 50-50 joint operating agree-
ment earlier this week. In an attempt to
maximize the impact of Qadhafi's speech,
the Libyans set today as the deadline for
? counterproposals.
The nationalization of Bunker Hunt yester-
day was obviously intended to underscore
Qadhafi's threats, but the announcement
is not likely to alarm the other companies.
Bunker Hunt has been operating without
a formal agreement since its former part-
ner, British Petroleum, was nationalized
in 1971, and company officials have been
anticipating a take-over for some time.
The company accounts for only 5 percent
of Libyan oil production.
Despite Qadhafi's pressure, the major
companies will probably be unwilling to
go beyond their latest offer. If the ma-
jor producers can convince the smaller
companies to present a united stand, they
may be successful in keeping the negotia-
tions open.
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NOTES
USSR-Japan: The Soviets thus far have not
commented on Prime Minister Tanaka's announcement
on Friday that he will visit the USSR sometime after
September 20.
Recently, the Soviets have also
slowed down the pace of their economic negotiations
with the Japanese. Apparently Moscow believes that
?its talks with US and West European leaders about
economic development projects in Siberia will put
pressure on the Japanese to be more forthcoming when
their discussions with the Soviets finally take
place.
Iran-Iraq: The Shah has told Ambassador Helms
that Iran is not now negotiating with Iraq and has
no intention of doing so in the foreseeable future.
There had been several reports recently that secret
talks aimed at improving relations between the two
countries were under way. Some preliminary sound-
ings were in fact taken at a secret meeting in Geneva
last April. The Shah has now, however, decided to
play it tough with Iraq, insisting that Baghdad ac-
cept Iran's position on the disputed border before
other matters can be discussed.
Yemen (Aden) - USSR: Moscow is continuing to
deliver military equipment to Aden. Since June 9,
six Soviet military AN-12 transports have arrived
and at least two others are due shortly. The cargo
is not known, but during a similar airlift in April,
Moscow delivered Aden's first MIG-21 aircraft. The
Soviets also shipped at least 22 T-54 tanks by sea
last month. Although Moscow has been providing mil-
itary aid since 1968--amounting to some $30 million--
shipments have picked up significantly during the
past year, as tensions increased between Aden and
Yemen (Sana).
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