THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 24 SEPTEMBER 1973

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993939
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: September 24, 1973

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The President's Daily Brief
24 September 1973
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
24 September 1973
PRINCIPAL ,DEVELOPMENTS
Chinese
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The fedayeen fear they are being abandoned by Egypt
and Syria, now that these states have reached a
rapprochement with Jordan. (Page 2)
We review the military situation in Cambodia on
Page 3.
West Germany's Foreign Minister has accepted Gromyko's
invitation to visit Moscow for talks on Berlin.
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Egypt's and Syria's rapprochement with Jordan
have led the fedayeen to conclude that their inter-
ests are being abandoned by those governments and
that Syria is moving to bring the fedayeen under
its control.
The failure of Presidents Sadat and Asad
to get King Husayn to allow the fedayeen
to return to Jordan brought vehement pro-
tests from the fedayeen, grouped under
Yasir Arafat's Palestine Liberation Or-
ganization (PLO). As a result, Egypt is
now cool to the PLO and Syria has imposed
sanctions on fedayeen in its territory
who do not belong to the Syrian-sponsored
fedayeen group, called Saiaa.
PLO leaders on Saturday completed a two-day
meeting to assess their situation and to try to
avert further splits within the movement.)
Such a papering-over of differences
leaves the situation much as before the
leaders' meeting, with the PLO divided,
and enmity between the two largest feda-
yeen groups, Fatah and Saiga, undimin-
ished. The leaders' demand that the
fedayeen be allowed to re-enter Jordan
suggests that Husayn's kingdom will once
again become a target of guerrilla at-
tacks.
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CAMBODIA
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CAMBODIA
Insurgent forces have made no major ground at-
tacks on Kompong Cham in over two weeks, although
they are still shelling the city daily. They have
offered only moderate resistance to government troops
who have strengthened defensive positions west and
north of the city. Convoys on the Mekong continue
to deliver supplies, and conditions in the city are
starting to return to normal.
Antigovernment units withdrew from Route 1
southeast of Phnom Penh last week and have not re-
turned to the attack. A recent intercepted message
shows they have run low on ammunition in this sec-
tor. Meanwhile, flooding has apparently forced in-
surgents to abandon positions near Ang Snuol on
Route 4, and military convoys have begun moving be-
tween the capital and the port of Kompong Som for
the first time in over three weeks.
The Cambodian Army is planning to bring in
fresh troops and armor in an attempt to reopen
Route 5 where it is cut about 30 miles north of
Phnom Penh. Six insurgent battalions are deployed
along this highway
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USSR - West Germany: West German Foreign Min-
ister Scheel has accepted Gromyko's invitation to
visit the USSR between October 30 and November 5.
Prior to the visit, middle-level officials from both
countries will meet to review the questions concern-
ing Berlin that are disturbing bilateral relations
and affecting Bonn's ties to Eastern Europe.
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