THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 19 JULY 1973

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993879
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: July 19, 1973

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The President's Daily Brief
19 July 1973
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
19 July 1973
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
The Libyan "march to Cairo" is underway, but Sadat
plans to send a delegation to meet the marchers at
Mersa Matruh. (Page 1)
Allende's attempt to open a dialogue between the
coalition parties and the Christian Democrats is
at an impasse. (Page 2)
EC Agricultural Commissioner Lardinois arrived in
the US yesterday
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Some Icelandic Government leaders are taking a more
flexible attitude toward the US-manned NATO base at
Keflavik which augurs well for retention of the
facilities. (Page 4)
Notes on Iraq and Yugoslavia appear on page 5.
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EGYPT-LIBYA
President Sadat, attempting to head off the
Libyan "march on Cairo," broadcast a direct appeal
to Qadhafi that the march be canceled in the inter-
ests of the "seriousness, objectivity, and respon-
sibility" that should govern the ongoing consulta-
tions on merger. Sadat stated that the march is
"not a proper revolutionary measure" and could only
open the door for "enemies of the revolution." The
Libyan motorcade, which began yesterday morning,
plans to reach the Egyptian border on Friday.
To back up his public plea for restraint, Sadat
yesterday interrupted the Damascus visit of Arab
Socialist Union first secretary Hafiz Ghanim and
dispatched him hurriedly to Benghazi, where Qadhafi
has been since he left Cairo last week.
Qadhafi still appears intent on under-
scoring his differences with Egypt, even
to the point of risking a confrontation
with the E tians.
In an attempt to save both sides from more
embarrassment, Sadat has agreed to allow
the marchers to enter Egypt and is sending
a delegation to meet them at Mersa Matruh,
some 100 miles inside Egypt, but still
far from Cairo. Qadhafi may not be satis-
fied with this, but Sadat is unlikely to
compromise on the larger issue of the
merger. Qadhafi's performance will go far
to convince the Egyptians that anything
more than a loose federation is unfeasible.
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CHILE
Allende's attempt to open a formal dialogue be-
tween the Popular Unity parties and the Christian
Democrats has reached an impasse. The Communists,
vigorously pursuing their new tough line toward the
opposition, apparently have joined the Socialists
in impeding Allende's effort to work out an under-
standing. The rhetoric emanating from the leaders
of both Marxist parties has become increasingly in-
flammatory.
Adding to the aura of unease, the far-rightist
Fatherland and Freedom movement has announced it
will go underground and use "all available methods"
to combat the regime, in hopes of provoking the
armed forces into moving against the government.
In addition, business and professional "guilds" re-
portedly are considering an effort of their own to
galvanize the military into action by staging a na-
tionwide strike next week.
Fatherland and Freedom's brazen threats
are more likely to subject it to further
repression than to accomplish its goals.
The outcome of a rerun of last October's
guild strikes is less predictable.
The armed forces remain apprehensive over
the continued arming of the government's
civilian supporters. They are also dis-
turbed over suggestions by some Popular
Unity leaders that soldiers should evalu-
ate the constitutionality of their offi-
cers' orders before obeying. No new in-
formation has been received on what prog-
ress, if any, plotting officers have
made.
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EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES - US
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Agriculture Commissioner Lardinois arrived yes-
terday in Washington
Earlier this week the Council ordered the EC
Commission to look into ways of encouraging the pro-
duction of soybeans and other protein-rich stock
feeds within the EC and in less developed countries.
the Commission is expected
to include in its recommendations some kind of EC
support policy for soybeans.
This would particularly please the French,
who have long wanted the community to be-
come more self-sufficient in agriculture.
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ICELAND
A more flexible attitude toward the US-
manned NATO base at Keflavik on the part
of some government leaders augurs well for
retention of the facilities.
On July 13, Foreign Minister Agustsson outlined
to Ambassador Irving his government's latest bargain-
ing position. Agustsson's proposals call for the
paring down of defense functions and reduction of
up to one third of the military personnel over the
next five years. Prime Minister Johannesson also
projected a more relaxed attitude in an interview
published on July 14, denying that his coalition
government was pledged to ejecting the defense force
before the end of its term.
This contrasts sharply with demands by
other government officials, following Brit-
ain's introduction of warships in the "Cod
War" on May 183 for the removal of all US
military personnel and Iceland's withdrawal
from NATO. Base negotiations remain linked
in Icelandic minds to the fishing dispute,
but prospects seem improved for working
out a fishing settlement before base talks
begin in September.
Some signs that the coalition's two Com-
munist ministers are divided over tactics
may also have encouraged Agustsson and
Johannesson to bring forward a more con-
ciliatory position.
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NOTES
Iraq: The ruling Baath Party has agreed to
form a national front with the Iraqi Communist Party,
and the two left the way open for the Kurds to join
at a later date. There has been no indication of the
working relationship planned between the parties in
any future government, but a likely early result is
a new cabinet in which the Iraqi Communists will have
a larger role. As of now, there are only two Com-
munist ministers, both without portfolio, in the
cabinet. Although the Soviets will be pleased, and
the Iraqi Communists will enhance their status,
past experience indicates that the Communists will
not be allowed to endanger Baathist supremacy.
Yugoslavia:
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