THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 1 OCTOBER 1973

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993945
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• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: October 1, 1973

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The President's Daily Brief
1 October 1973
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
1 October 1973
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
Israel
Jordan
Syria
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There is a chance that the Austrian Government will
reverse its decision to end group transports of So-
viet emigrants to Israel and close transit facilities
maintained for that purpose. (Page 2)
An underground anti-regime movement may be developing
in Iraq. (Page 3)
Notes on USSR-Iraq and China appear on Page 4.
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FEDAYEEN-1SRAEL-AUSTRIA
There is a chance that the Austrian Gov-
ernment will reverse its decision to end
group transports of Soviet emigrants to
Israel and close transit facilities main-
tained for that purpose.
Chancellor Kreisky has already said that he
would not ban the passage of individual Soviet Jews
to Israel, and Austrian officials have indicated
that the Schoenau transit camp, which has been a
way-station for 60,000 Soviet Jews in the last two
years, could not be closed without permission of the
Jewish agency that runs it. Yesterday, Kreisky
added that "we shall have to think very carefully
about closing down Schoenau."
The Austrians run the risk of provoking
more Arab terrorism on their territory if
they should renege on the deal made last
week with fedayeen kidnapers of some
emigrating Soviet Jews. Palestinian
sources have publicly hailed the kidnaping
as a major success and have said it is
part of a larger plan to bring to a halt
emigration of Soviet Jews to Israel.
On the other hand, Austria will also be
under strong pressure from Israel. Prime
Minister Meir, who is attending today's
meeting of the Council of Europe, is ex-
pected to seek support for an appeal
urging the Austrians to reconsider.
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IRAQ
An underground anti-regime movement may be
developing. American representatives in Baghdad
recently received a copy of a tract signed by the
"Secret Committee of the 30 June Uprising" which
sharply attacked the regime, in particular Saddam
Husayn Tikriti, number two man in the ruling Baath
hierarchy. The tract, which threatened assassina-
tion of "traitors" if the direction of the Iraqi
revolution and the party were not corrected, may
have been the work of remnants of the group led
by former security chief Nazim Kazzar which was
responsible for the abortive coup last June.
The government believes this group is respon-
sible for a rash of brutal murders recently, in-
cluding those of the family of a former police chief
and the father of the chief prosecutor in the trial
that led to the execution of Kazzar and at least
35 others.
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NOTES
USSR-Iraq: Seven TU-22 medium bombers were
at Habbaniyah Airfield,
some 40 miles west of Baghdad. The aircraft arrived
in Iraq on September 20. Another seven TU-22s appar-
ently were delivered four days later.
China: An editorial published in all leading
newspapers honoring the founding of the People's
Republic asks for "new victories" to greet the Na-
tional People's Congress, but does not indicate
when the congress, China's rubber-stamp legislature,
will meet. Such mention of the congress suggests
that it has not yet been held and that it may con-
vene soon. The meeting will be the occasion for
forming a new government, revising the constitution,
and perhaps for setting out more clearly policy
guidelines alluded to in published reports on the
recent Tenth Party Congress,
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