THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 20 JUNE 1973

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993854
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: June 20, 1973

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The President's Daily Brief
20 June 1973
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
20 June 1973
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Brezhnev's stop in Paris on his way home will serve
a number of purposes for him and President Pompidou
?as well. (Pagel)
Spurred by some states seeking to diminish US influ-
ence, the OAS is meeting in Lima today to discuss
reorganization of the inter-American system. (Page 2)
Huge crowds are gathering to welcome Peron home to
Argentina, but there are continuing reports of a
rift between him and President Campora. (Page 3)
Communist military pressure against key highways
has raised the prospect of another rice crisis in
Cambodia's capital. (Page 4)
President Thieu is taking steps to strengthen his
power, suggesting he does not anticipate an early
political settlement with the Communists. (Page 5)
The trial of the fedayeen terrorists in Sudan has
been delayed. (Page 6)
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FRANCE-USSR
Paris sees Brezhnev's three-day stopover in France
next week as a reminder to its allies on both sides
of the Atlantic that Paris retains a "special" rela-
tionship with Moscow. The visit, the fourth Franco-
Soviet summit in less than three years, was arranged
only a few days ago.
Pompidou's talks with Brezhnev will concentrate on
European matters, including US and Soviet relations
with ?the EC. They are likely to discuss their re-
spective positions on the CSCE meeting scheduled to
open on July 3. If Brezhnev tries, as he did in
January, to draw the French into the MBFR talks, he
will again be rebuffed. The two leaders will also
compare notes on their talks with President Nixon.
From the Soviet standpoint, the visit offers an op-
portunity to show Brezhnev's interest in improving
Soviet - West European relations and to demonstrate
that Moscow's interest in Western Europe is not di-
minished by superpower summitry. Brezhnev may also
try to counter recent statements in London and Paris
by the Chinese foreign minister warning the Europeans
to beware of close ties with the USSR.
?The French press has already played the Brezhnev
visit as a diplomatic success for Pompidou, who will
have met with the leaders of the UK, West Germany,
the US, and the USSR within a four-week period. The
Elysee probably will also exploit the addition of
Brezhnev to Pompidou's heavy schedule to counter
rumors that Pompidou is in health.
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WESTERN HEMISPHERE
Representatives of the 23 members of the Or-
ganization of American States open consultations
in Lima today on?proposals to reorganize the inter-
American system. The proposals come from a nation-
alistic group of governments that increasingly is
challenging US influence in the OAS and its spe?
cialized agencies. Peru, the most energetic advo-
cate of change, is joined on most issues by nine
other states.
The reform group wants to move at least
some parts of the organization out of
Washington, change its structure, and
reduce US influence over development
loans from multilateral agencies. It
also wishes to review hemispheric de-
fense needs with a view to abrogating
the Rio Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance.
Opposition to the treaty centers on a
belief that the external threat to hemi-
spheric security has diminished since the
accord was drafted in the late 1940s.
The advocates of extensive change are
likely to fall short of getting agree-
ment for a major overhaul of the inter-
American system. They failed to agree
before the meeting on specific recommen-
dations for reorganization, and they do
not have the clout to overcome a require-
ment for a two-thirds vote on most sub-
stantive issues.
They could win a symbolic victory, never-
theless, if more than half of the mem-
bers come out in favor of important changes.
Most of the reformers also claim that
OAS sanctions against Cuba are anachro-
nistic and that members ought to be free
to re-establish relations with the Castro
government if they wish. The present
meeting is not empowered to vote on that
issue, but some indirect test of strength
on it seems likely,
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ARGENTINA
Peron's failure to attend any official functions
with President Hector Campora in Madrid has given
some substance to continuing reports of a growing
rift between the two.
Peron may find it difficult to change hab-
its formed over the years in which he un-
dercut and then forced out of the movement
any Peronist who seemed to be in a posi-
tion to rival him for leadership. On the
other hand, Peron may merely be piqued
over Campora's clumsy handling of such
problems as terrorism and divisions be-
tween moderate Peronist labor leaders and
the radical Peronist Youth wing.
In any event, Peronist and anti-Peronist
alike are hoping that Peron will take a
firm stand against terrorism and that his
return to Buenos Aires will put an end to
the disturbances of various government
agencies by young people.
Peron knows that the wave of kidnappings
and extortion attempts aimed at foreign
businessmen is hurting the climate for
foreign investment that he is counting
on to help Argentina out of its economic
slump. The kidnapping on June 18 of the
general manager of the Firestone Rubber
Company will make the matter of terrorism
even more urgent.
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