THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 28 SEPTEMBER 1973

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993943
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• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 11
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: September 28, 1973

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The President's Daily Brief
28 September 1973
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
28 September 1973
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
The Soviets appear to be testing changes made in
their Soyuz spacecraft since 1971, when three cos-
monauts were killed during re-entry. (Page 1)
France
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One US citizen was wounded during a terrorist strike
in Eritrea yesterday
(Page 3)
Iceland has told the UK to withdraw from its waters
by October 3, or face a break in relations. (Page 4)
Harold Wilson, chief of the British Labor Party, may
be thinking of softening his party's opposition to
participation in the EC. (Page 5)
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USSR
With yesterday's launch of a Soyuz spacecraft,
Soviet cosmonauts have returned to space after an
interval of more than two years. TASS announced
that the Soyuz and its two passengers will spend two
days in earth orbit and will conduct scientific ex-
periments as well as checks on their own operations.
The Soviets presumably are primarily in-
terested in testing changes made in the
spacecraft since June 1971, when three
cosmonauts aboard Soyuz 11 died during re-
entry. An unmanned Soyuz launched last
June apparently was also a test of modifi-
cations to the spacecraft.
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ETHIOPIA
Yesterday terrorists of the Eritrean Liberation
Front (ELF) fired on government buildings in Asmara
for about an hour. A small number of soldiers and
civilians were killed; several were wounded, includ-
ing one US citizen.
The attack occurred on Ethiopia's most im-
portant religious holiday and was intended
to embarrass the government. The ELF had
distributed leaflets the day before imply-
ing that an attack would be made.
Recently there has been an upsurge in ELF
activity, including the ambush of the dep-
uty commander of Ethiopian troops in Eri-
trea, indicating that the insurgents may
be emerging from a fratricidal rift that
has been in progress for two years. The
rebels are not yet united, but their ranks
have been augmented by disgruntled stu-
dents, and sympathetic Muslim states con-
tinue to provide arms and money.
Even as happened yesterday, the ELF so far
has avoided US interests in Eritreql
and 2,000
US citizens residing in the province.
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ICELAND-UK
As a result of last week's incident at sea,
Reykjavik decided yesterday to break diplomatic re-
lations if London does not withdraw its frigates by
October 3 from waters claimed by Iceland.
The British will probably attempt to tem-
porize. Following NATO Secretary General
Luns' personal intervention in the dispute
earlier this month, the British did ac-
knowledge that they needed to be more
flexible.
The ultimatum Will expire on the same day
that Icelandic Foreign Minister Agustsson
arrives in Washington to begin formal ne-
gotiations on the future of the US-manned
Icelandic Defense Force. The hardening of
positions in the cod war will make Agust-
sson's efforts to preserve the Force--even
on a reduced scale?more difficult than
ever.
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UK
Labor Party leader Harold Wilson met in London
late last week with a delegation of French Socialists
led by Francois Mitterand--the first in a series of
talks he plans with other European socialist parties.
The two men discussed Wilson's pledge to "renegotiate"
the terms of EC entry if his party comes to power.
Wilson said that a future Labor government would make
every effort to reform and reduce the common agricul-
tural policy (CAP) and would try to get a better deal
on other agricultural issues. Mitterand responded
that he was "sympathetic" because CAP also hurt French
industrial workers; it was up to each member of the EC
to set its own priorities and fight for them.
Wilson meets next month with the Dutch and
the Germans, who are more pro-EC than his
party. He probably hopes that holding
these talks will strengthen the position
of moderates at the party's annual meeting
next week, where left-wing and anti-EC
forces are likely to attract more support
than they did last year. The recent con-
vention of the Trades Union Congress voted
to reject participation in EC institutions
now and to continue opposition to EC mem-
bership.
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